In 2019, The Trust for the Americas partnered with N.C.B. Foundation and the MICO University to promote digital skills among Jamaican Youth. The N.C.B. ICON Lab offers youth between 16 to 30-years-old access technology and coaching to promote digital, entrepreneurship, and life skills.
N.C.B. ICON promotes an entrepreneurial and learning mindset, for Jamaican youth to become referents and change agents in their communities. ICON is an acronym for Innovative, Creative, Outstanding, and Nationalistic. This lab is the first to provide skills for tomorrow to vulnerable youth in Jamaica and facilitates leadership and job-readiness combined with innovation and entrepreneurship.
To promote an entrepreneurial mindset, access to employment, and technology-driven ventures to at-risk youth in Jamaica, through access to a collaborative space with quality training, and links to an entrepreneurship ecosystem.
1. Train 150 at-risk youth in digital skills and entrepreneurship during 2020
2. Benefit 300 people through access to collaborative spaces and innovation methodologies.
3. Promote awareness about the skills of tomorrow and the future of work.
Adapting the physical space
Entrepreneurship, life skills, and digital skills (including Augmented Reality – A.R.)
Economic incentives to promising ventures
Advisory, mentorships, and networks
Progress and effect through built-in evaluation methods
The training focus on promoting the business mindset of those who will lead the implementation of the N.C.B. ICON Lab
Kingston, Jamaica (11/20/2019) With the aim of fostering economic empowerment through stimulating innovation and providing training in skills for tomorrow and entrepreneurship, N.C.B. Foundation, Mico University College and The Trust for the Americas sign a memorandum of understanding to design and implement the first year of an Entrepreneurship and Skills for Tomorrow Innovation Lab, in order to improve access to quality educational opportunities for Jamaican youth.
