General information Internship Company:
This NGO is a non-profit organization founded in the year 2006 actual Directo and the companies that form his business conglomerate as a unified expression of our Corporate Social Responsibility philosophy and strategy.
The NGO’s objective is to stregthen the economy and reduce poverty levels in Central American countries. This NGO is deeply commited to the advancement of modern, equal and developed societies in the central american region and considers that the best way to contribute in a collective manner to reach this goal is to support the small and medium enterprise (SME)sectors of our economies. Through a constructive joint operation between non-financial and financial networks composed by the companies from the conglomerate, they offer SMEs products and services to better their possibilities of success in the economy. This NGO serves as a catalyzing agent for SMEs´ success through the transfer of technical, administrative, financial and technological business knowledge as well as the know-how and the know-who.
Through a network of strategic alliances that include this conglomerate, non-govermental organizations, academic institutions and international organizations, this NGO offers SMEs support through programs and projects directed at improving their capacities and the economic development of their products and services.
MISSION
“Strengthen the economy and reduce poverty levels in Central American countries through the formation, support and accompaniment of Small and Medium Enterprises so that these can develop and become competitive and sustainable”.
VISION
“Be the Foundation with the greatest effective impact in the promotion and strengthening of SMEs in Nicaragua and the Central American region”.
VALUES
- Excellence: We act with integrity, commitment and passion in favor of the small and medium economic actors.
- Effectiveness: We promote actions that have true social and economic sustainable impact.
- Equity: We promote the inclusion and access of SMEs to economic opportunities in the value chain.
- Creativity: We offer innovative solutions that promote alliances and incentivize the vocation for entrepreneurism.
Information about the Internship project.
The objective of the Project for “Tourism Development in Southwestern Nicaragua” is to contribute to increase the levels of income, employment and the improvement of the competitiveness in human resources and tourism businesses while elevating the quality of life within the general population of Southwestern Nicaragua.
The main interventions of this project are in the departments of Granada and Rivas with emphasis in the municipalities of Moyogalpa, Altagracia, San Juan del Sur and Granada.
The project´s goal is to benefit 500 businesses, distributed in the following manner (200) micro, small and medium tourism service enterprises, (50) rural tourism iniciatives, (50) agro-businesses, (150) adjoined tourism service providers, and (150) suppliers, in the territories established by the project. In addition, it will play a role in the development of the municipalities, of public and private spaces like the tourism commissions, business associations and the delegations of the territories of the central government.
Activities and Guidelines
- Strengthening of business capabilities.
- Human resources certification program.
- Improvement in Mi-SMEs performance.
- Technical assistance and mentoring for new business initiatives.
- Strengthening of tourism value chains and other related chains.
- Strengthening of public-private tourism relations.
- Development of an inclusive business with Credomatic.
- Facilitate and improve access to financial services.
- Linking demand with supply of non-financial products and services.
- Promotion and development of local suppliers of non-agricultural products.
- Promotion of agri-business.
- Promotion of rural tourism.
- Description of the supply of tourism in southwestern Nicaragua.
- Promotion and marketing of the southwestern region primarily in Costa Rica.
- Promotional activities for national and Central American tourism.
Your activities as a intern:
This NGO has seperated the Southwestern region of Nicaragua in three subregions; the colonial town and province of Granada, the vulcanic Island of Ometepe and the surfer’s and fisherman’s paradise of the coastal region of San Juan del Sur.
In each region two full-time consultants are working on the realisation of the activities mentoined earlier. One of these consultants will be your internship-supervisor. Partly you can work on your own research related and in coordination with the activities mentioned, partly you will support the consultant in his tasks of supporting the SME’s. How you work is divided depends on the requierment of your educational intitution and the study-year you are at.
Activities with the SME’s will be very basis, for example learn the businees owners how to use a computer, set up an administration system, explain the need of marketing, formulate and execute making a marketingplan with the owner.
For your own research you can think of central marketing questions such as: What are the profiles of the actual touristgroup who are visiting these areas? Which profiles a re missing/ have potential to grow and how to realize this/ Analysis and recommendation of the subregions based on the opinions of tourists which are gathered by questionaires/ etc.
The consultants do not speak English, neither do most of the entrepeneurs. Therefor an intermediate/ good command of the Spanish language is recommendable, although not obligated.
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