BANGKOK, June 10, 2013 - The 2013 FedEx/Junior Achievement International Trade Challenge, a program designed to inspire and educate young Thai entrepreneurs, began on May 25 with a workshop attended by students in Bangkok.
At the workshops, more than 100 high school students from secondary schools gained a basic understanding of entrepreneurship and were inspired by industry experts who shared their experiences in trade, marketing, finance, and other areas. Following the workshops, students applied their newly-acquired knowledge into developing proposals for an international business.
The proposals will be evaluated by the organizing committee and eight finalist teams will be shortlisted to compete at the national International Trade Challenge competition in Bangkok in June. The top three winning teams will then be selected to represent Thailand at the regional final in Hong Kong in August, 2013 where they will compete against other teams from Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam.
FedEx Express, the world’s largest express transportation company, has sponsored the FedEx/Junior Achievement International Trade Challenge (FedEx/JA ITC) in Asia Pacific since 2007. This is the fifth year that FedEx and Junior Achievement (JA) are holding the program in Thailand. The program aims to help students foster their knowledge of international trade, as well as to enhance their teamwork and presentation skills and nurture an entrepreneurial spirit.
“FedEx is proud to support the International Trade Challenge because it introduces business skills to students in a creative and hands-on way. These skills, and an entrepreneurial spirit, have never been more relevant because we live in an age of hyper-change - where career plans follow many paths, and new business opportunities come in all shapes and sizes,” said David Carden, Managing Director, FedEx Express, Thailand and Indochina.
He added, “The program serves as a great platform to engage and expose young people to a new way of thinking about business – a first step - we hope - to their development as business leaders of the future.“
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