The student portal to the business world in Algeria

Sarah Djekreif - Algeria

The University works to ensure the good academic formation of the student and this is the first task, and provides him with the conditions and tools for research. This is one of its main functions, but its role extends to the creation of bodies that meet the needs of its students. And their projects.

More than five years ago, the "House of Entrepreneurship" began to appear in several universities in Algeria as a flexible body similar in composition to scientific clubs, do not oblige students to attend or register, the headquarters of the university and its mission is to raise awareness and to motivate students who carry ideas of pilot projects, To create small or medium enterprises.

Amina Ben Zerara, Director of the Department of Construction at the University of Kalima, said that DAR has two main tasks. The first is to direct university students to think about establishing their own small institutions by motivating them to discover the stages of establishing an institution. The second is to accompany students with ideas Projects to develop and reflect them on the ground.

The accompaniment is in raising awareness, receiving ideas, presenting and setting up the project, and explaining the various stages in which it goes through to its embodiment.

Amina Ben Zerara says in an interview with Al Jazeera Net that each director of Moukawalitia has its own strategy based on "knowing the students' wishes and attitudes towards establishing institutions, and then directing their thinking towards entrepreneurship and convincing them instead of thinking about the job, They see it as an available option that protects them from unemployment. "

She added that among the methods adopted, "We noted at the outset that the proportion of students interested in Mqawalip not more than 15%, then we promoted this and targeted all students, and we found a great response from different disciplines, especially students of technology, computer and mechanics who have shown that they have innovative ideas, The belief that economic students are interested in entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship.

She added: "We also relied on competitions, including the organization of a national competition for creativity and innovation in entrepreneurship with the help of the University President Professor Saleh Al-Aqoun, and participated more than seventy students from different universities of the country."

The body and the need of students
Although the idea was launched five years ago, several Algerian universities have not yet been established, including the University of Algiers 3 in the capital, although it is one of the largest universities, and is joined annually by about 10,000 new students.

A number of students were surprised by this, and the student of business administration Amer Ben Shibu expressed his regret, saying, "Since this body exists and successful in other universities, why not be in our university."

A student at the University of Oran, Samira Bouchawi, is offering university-level experiments by establishing virtual institutions, such as creating digital radio stations in media outlets.

Desire and cooperation
As for the composition and role of the house, the director of the contracting house at the Arabi University in Tabasah, Omar Dakhishiyat, said that it consists of a director and a mentor from the university, two university professors and one from the state agency to support youth employment.

Al-Dar is described as a link between the university and the various supporting bodies, headed by the Youth Employment Support Agency. It provides tribal support to the university student through media days to instill entrepreneurship in the student community. It also organizes accredited training courses from the International Labor Office.

The activities of the "House of Entrepreneurship" continue in the summer, as it organizes events to bring young university students from the network to help establish a small institution. This training is supervised by a group of bank cadres, officials of the Tax Directorate, law officers,