The Huella Emprendedora project, an regional initiative done by the
International Young Professional Foundation (IYPF) and YES Latin
America, announced in YES Kenya 2006, the winners of its nearly
Regional Contest Logo implemented in 17 countries of Latin America
the past few months.
This competition was launched in July with the participation of an
international judging panel consisting of young entrepreneurs from
different countries around the world. Pip Collin (Inspire Foundation -
Australia), Martha Lee (YES Singapore), Amjad Baiazy (Ideaccess
Middle East - Syria), Pedro Marcelino (IYPF - Portugal), Mariana
Ballestero (Vientos del Sur - Argentina), Valentina Lozano (IYPF -
Colombia), Renata Affonso (Ambassador of YES In Latin America -
Brazil) and Jean Paul Chepiu (Red Online - Peru), were the members of
the international jury.
There were 2 categories in the Logo Contest: (1) the most involved
YES Country Network, and (2) the best logo design. Everyone got a
chance of winning US200 dollars as cash prize. Proposals were
received from Colombia, Guatemala, Panama and Peru. Jose Rodriguez of
YES Guatemala won because of his excellent logo proposal, and YES
Guatemala's high and active participation in all the process.
Ursula Carrascal, General Coordinator of Huella Emprendedora Project,
gave the announcement during YES Kenya 2006's Plenary 5: Building an
Entrepreneurial Culture... Stand Up Against Poverty: Bringing the power
of youth to achieving the MDG's. Ursula and Dacil Acevedo called
Guillermo Leverman, YES Country Coordinator from Guatemala to receive
the Certificates in behalf of his YCN and Jose Rodriguez.
For more photos from the event, see here
www.flickr.com/photos/55645770@N00/
For a full review of the Youth Employment Summit 2006 and the work of
YES since 2002, see
www.yesweb.org/yeskenya2006.pdf