Offer support to young people, provide high quality training and consultancy services to aspiring entrepreneurs ensuring access to the skills needed to write a business plan, as well as share best practices and develop a local and global community of young companies. These are the objectives of "Shell InventaGIOVANI", the social investment program of Shell Italia, partner of the “Tempa Rossa” Joint Venture (Total 50%, Shell 25%, Mitsui 25%), dedicated to supporting youth entrepreneurship, the first edition of which was presented in Taranto.
The initiative falls within the scope of the Memorandum of Understanding relating to the compensatory measures of the "Tempa Rossa" project signed on 18 April 2018: as regards the Taranto edition presented, the program Shell InventaGIOVANI – aimed at young people in Taranto and its province – will be sponsored by the University of Bari Aldo Moro, by Confindustria Taranto and by the Port System Authority of the Ionian Sea - Port of Taranto, who have already launched successful experiences such as BaLab and FuturePort Innovation Hub.
These are the requirements to participate:
• Minimum age: 18 years
• Domicile in Taranto and province
• Higher Secondary School Diploma
• Access to the program by completing a special application form on the site www.inventagiovani.it
• There is no entry selection of the participants.
In particular, in 2020 the following training and consultancy activities will be provided twice a year:
- 7 workshops divided into 3 modules:
Workshop Introduction Shell InventaGIOVANI Italy & Business Model Canvas (2 days)
Business & Life Coach workshop on Design Thinking and business management (3 days)
Demo & Pitch Practice Coaching Workshop (2 days) on how to prepare a pitch
- 1 month of Business and Life coaching activities for individual participant or business team.
Lastly, in addition to the training activities, 1 Investors Pitch Day is planned, a one-day event in which future startuppers participating in Shell InventaGIOVANI meet potential investors and present their pitch, and 1 Award Day, a one-day event in which those who will follow the Shell InventaGIOVANI program participate in a pitch/business model competition where the winners are rewarded respectively with a cash prize and a month of Mentorship.
Shell Invent YOUNG PEOPLE, started 10 years ago by Shell Italia E&P in Basilicata, is part of the global Shell LiveWIRE project carried out worldwide in 15 countries by Royal Dutch Shell with the aim of promoting and supporting youth entrepreneurship.
