The Young Americas Business Trust signed an Agreement of Cooperation with the Mayor of Medellín and the University of Antioquia

On May 28, the Chief Executive Officer of the Young Americas Business Trust (YABT), Mr. Roy Thomasson; the Mayor of Medellín, H.E. Alonso Salazar Jaramillo: and the Rector of the University of Antioquia, Mr. Alberto Uribe Correa signed an Agreement of Cooperation to strengthen the support for entrepreneurs.

The Agreement looks to promote the participation and integration of the University of Antioquia, through its business incubator Parque del Emprendimiento, with the labor that the Young Americas Business Trust continues accomplishing in the Region.

The event was held at Parque del Emprendimiento within the framework of the Roundtable on Science and Entrepreneurship as an event previous to the TIC Americas Finals in which distinguished personalities joined YABT, among those who stood out: the Assistant Secretary General, Ambassador Albert R. Ramdin; the Ambassador Michael King, President of the Permanent Council of the OAS; the Permanent Representative of Bolivia to the OAS, Ambassador Reynaldo Cuadros Anaya; the Principal Specialist of the OAS Department of Science and Technology, Mr. Jorge Duran; the Representative of the International Cooperation and Development Fund, Mr. Jonathan Liu; the Secretary of Education of Medellín, Mr. Felipe Andres Gil, among others.

Ambassador Ramdin declared his happiness of the work of YABT in the Americas: "The work that YABT keeps doing fills us with satisfaction and encourages the joining of forces that manifests itself in the signing at this agreement". Additionaly, Mr. Roy Thomasson, stated: "the objective of YABT is to promote the advancement of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean through the development of Entrepreneurship".

The Young Americas Business Trust is an initiative of the private sector that works in cooperation with the General Secretariat of the OAS, with the purpose of reducing poverty and unemployment basing it on skills advancement and training of young entrepreneurs for the generation of sustainable businesses.

May, 2008
Communications - TIC Americas
Young Americas Business Trust