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Our
BDS approach is action-oriented: Training of facilitators has to be
focussed on immediate implementation by the participants after the
training. Our BDS-method is demand-oriented:
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Every
facilitator visits 15 operators and discusses their situation,
main problems and proposals. These data are documented in a
situation analysis overview and then transferred to a 5-month
action plan.
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In
the following 5-months BDS delivery cycle the actions agreed
between operators and facilitator have to be implemented in
order to solve the problems identified. Every 5 months each of
the facilitators has to support another 15 businesses.
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In
the first BDS cycle from 9/02 to 12/02, 17 facilitators of our
Partner Organizations supported 170 operators.
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After
the extension of the programme in early 2003, 60 facilitators
will support 2x900 operators = 1,800 operators per year.
Commercial BDS providers and private NGO make part of our
approach.
General
BDS information is for free, but trainings and interventions are
given on fee basis.
CEFE
Training are conducted by our Partner Organizations in all regions
of Ethiopia. Trainings are for start-up who wish to create their own
business and for business owners who wish to strengthen their
entrepreneurial capacity especially management and marketing.
The
following trainings have been conducted by the project and our
Partner Organizations:
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4
Trainings for Trainers with 96 participants
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85
Start-up trainings with 2,125 participants
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53
Trainings for business owners with 1,420 participants.
In
order to strengthen the capacity of our Partner Organizations, we
assist the to do needs assessment analysis and action plans with the
business community of their surroundings to implement BDS delivery.
For this office structure and team work has to be improved and their
activities planned and organized.
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Partner Organizations on the national, regional and NGO level are
improving their services by better planning and organizing their
work.
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They
deliver regularly in 5-month cycles BDS services to operators
and improve their office management and staff training in order
to strengthen the quality of their services.
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Every
organization fills a presentation folder of its activities and
achievements in order to be more efficient and to present its
services to other partners and international donors.
Every
organization visualizes its situation analysis and action planning
of BDS services on board on the wall of their office in order to
inform themselves, business owners, partners and the interested
public.
Networking
between all Governmental Organizations, NGO, Projects and
International Donors related to private sector promotion and MSE
development helps to coordinate these sector activities and to share
experiences for better business services and sector strategies.
The
national Ethiopian BDS Network meets regularly all 6 months
discussing common problems and issues. 25-30 organizations of all
regions do regularly concertation and discuss specific issues as the
new Income Tax Proclamation, strengthening of Micro-Finance
Institutions, Trade Fair events and other. The demand oriented BDS
approach is implemented in all regions and concertated on Network
level.
The
Ethiopian BDS Network Webpage provides information for both business
owners and business advisors. On the topic "Business
services" please find information on Trade Fairs, Export,
Marketing, Business Opportunities, Management training, Business
planning, Legislation and Taxation, Accounting, Women Business
Profiles, Loan conditions of commercial banks and Micro-finance
institutions and other issues. All information is available on CD
and print-out Brochures too for small payment for those, who don't
have Internet access or computer.
Address GTZ-MSE
Development Project P.O.
Box 11133, Addis Ababa
Tel. 00251-1-613313
Fax 00251-1-620125
mse-pro@telnet.net.et |
