MEDIA RELEASE
GYIN Gambia and Doorways to Train 30 Youth Entrepreneurs on Personal Initiative (PI)
Bijilo, The Gambia – February 13, 2025: The Global Youth Innovation Network (GYIN Gambia
Chapter) on 13th February, 2025 signed another six-month contract agreement with Doorways
gGmbH to train 30 youth entrepreneurs’ in the West Coast Region (WCR).
The Personal Initiative (PI) Training is an action-oriented and evidence-based training program
that focuses on creating an entrepreneurial mindset and has proven to increase entrepreneurial
success. Doorways gGmbH is a certified provider for PI Training.
The project “Personal Initiative (PI) for Youth in the Gambia – Pilot” is funded and supported by
Doorways gGmbH and will be implemented by GYIN Gambia Chapter. The goal of the project is
to prepare and deliver training to 30 youth members in the West Coast of The Gambia.
The concept of PI means being self-starting, future-thinking, and overcoming barriers. It is a
psychological construct which can be developed by changing people’s mindset.
As part of this project, GYIN Gambia will develop training preparations which will include virtual
field visit by meeting with potential beneficiaries, adapting the 10 existing training modules of the
PI Training to the local context and language.
GYIN Gambia will organise Training of Trainers (ToT) and deliver 10 training sessions (3
sessions per week of 3 hours each, led by the lead trainer) to 3 groups of 10 participants each.
Furthermore, coordinate monitoring and evaluation activities of the PI training- asking for
feedback, administering questionnaires among other M&E tools that will be use.
Doorways gGmbH is a company for the support of development cooperation as well as the
support of education, national and vocational training, including student aid and for the support
of science and research. The company realizes its statutory purposes in particular by
implementing training and other education projects of the Global South. This includes the
coordination and organization of events for further education, such as workshops, trainings,
lectures or informal meetings.
GYIN Gambia Chapter is a non-profit and non-political business support organization
specialized in rural development, supporting market linkages and access to markets. GYIN
Gambia under its programs has supported businesses with a focus on developing the export
capabilities of small and medium-sized businesses in developing and transition them. The
network projects and programs contribute to the global efforts to achieve United Nations Global
Goals for Sustainable Development and the Aid for Trade agenda by empowering returnee
migrants, women and youths with self-reliant skills, so they can initiate to improve their market
linkages.
For more information, contact
Mamadou Edrisa Njie
Executive Director
Tel: +220 3938929/ 2502929
Email: edrissanjie@gyin.org
