JCI CYEAThe JCI Creative Young

Entrepreneur Award

What is the JCI CYEA Program?• An international competition that recognizes, honors and

celebrates exceptional young entrepreneurs and the role of creativity in their success.

• CYEA runs on a local, national and international level and recognizes the world’s most outstanding young entrepreneurs

Who can participate?• Young Entrepreneurs between the ages of

18 and 40• JCI Members & non-members

Flanders District of Creativity

• The Flanders DC was established by the Flanders government as an initiative to make its economy more competitive through creativity, entrepreneurship, and forging international connections

• Flanders DC is a non-profit organization and receives an annual operating allowance from the Flanders government

• Flanders DC acts as an agent linking various initiatives, companies, regions, and nations – facilitating fast and innovative combinations.

www.flandersdc.be

Who is JCI looking for?JCI is looking for creative young entrepreneurs that have started a new business or created significant positive change in an existing business such as:

• New product development

• Service development

• Approach to the market/marketing

• Solved a business problem in a creative way

• Changed a process in a positive and creative way

How can Local Organizations participate?

• Promote the National or International Competition and encourage nominees from your community to enter

• Host a Local Competition without an award ceremony and up to three semi-finalists to your National Competition

• Host a Local Competition with an award ceremony and forward semi-finalists to your National Competition

How can National Organizations participate?• Promote the International Competition and

encourage nominees from your country to enter

• Host a National Competition without an awards ceremony and forward up to 3 semi-finalists to the International Competition

• Host a National Competition with an award ceremony and forward semi-finalists to the International Competition

Why run the JCI CYEA Program?

• Fulfills the JCI Mission• Sponsorship opportunity• Public Relations opportunity• Learning opportunity• Membership increase

Suggested Timelines for Participating

• 2011 Sept: Include CYEA in your JCI Organization’s 2011 Plan of Action

• 2011 Oct: Manpower-Find committee members and non-JCI partners

• 2011 Nov: Work on the deadlines, website• 2011 Dec: Prepare the promotional materials

Suggested Timelines for Participating

• 2012 Jan: Issue a press release and start the promotion of the CYEA program

• 2012 March: Invite potential CYEA judges

• 2012 April: Keep promoting the CYEA program

• 2012 May: Collect/Submit the nominations online to JCI

What are the entry procedures?

• All nominations must be submitted online and in English.

• Go to http://www.jci.cc/jciprograms/en/cyea to access the nomination form.

• Answer all the questions thoroughly and completely in order to be eligible.

DEADLINE: MAY 28, 2012

Important notes

• All nominations must be submitted online

• Your National/Local Organization’s and JCI’s deadline should be the same: May 28, 2012

• Nominees born before January 1, 1972, are not eligible for the JCI Creative Young Entrepreneur Award.

Please keep in mind:

National/Local Organizations must use the JCI website

• CYEA has been set up so that all entries must be received using the online system on JCI's website

• If a National Organization is running a program they must still use the JCI online system for the submission of entries

Nomination and award process• 28 May 2012: international deadline to submit

nominations

• JCI will forward online entries to the participating National Organizations for distribution to participating Local Organizations

• Each level of the competition will have three semi-finalists selected to move to the next level

• 16 July 2012: National Organizations must submit their semi-finalists to the International Competition

Nomination and award process•Entries received from non-participating JCI Organizations will be entered into an open pool

•National open pool: entries from non-participating Local Organizations•International open pool: entries from non-participating National Organizations

•Three International finalists will be chosen•The winner will be chosen by an International panel of Judges, and announced at JCI World Congress

Judging Process• The three International Finalists will be selected

from a pool of applicants

• The three International Finalists will travel to the JCI World Congress where the winner will be announced

The finalists will receive:• One economy airline ticket to the JCI World

Congress

• Accommodation at Headquarters Hotel

• One free congress registration

Who are the Judges?

• They are from recognizable and credible companies

• They are well-known and well-respected personalities in the business world

• Individuals on the business side of the Creative Arts (successful theatrical entrepreneur, a music promoter etc.)

What tools are available?

1) CYEA Toolkit: http://www.jci.cc/info/en/jcilibrary– Introduction and overview– General rules– Nomination and awards process– How to get involved (3 ways)– Action steps– Sample ads and press releases– Judging documents– Sponsorship proposals– Guide to tabulating results

What tools are available?

JCI CYEA website: www.jci.cc/jciprograms/en/cyea– About Flanders DC– General Rules– Nomination and Award process– How to Run a Local CYEA Competition

JCI CYEA online nomination form: www.jci.cc/jciprograms/en/cyea/cyeaentryform

JCI CYEA Toolkit: www.jci.cc/info/en/jcilibrary

Contact and Additional Information

For more information online, visit www.jci.cc/jciprograms/en/cyea

For questions, please contact the JCI Programs Manager at the JCI World Headquarters

programs@jci.cc