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Entrepreneurship development and SME support in Myanmar and Supporting Tourism in Myanmar through Business Management Training - Final Cluster Evaluation

eval_number:

2223

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2223

lessons_learned:

themes:

theme:

Start and improve your Business

category:

Enterprises

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comments:

SIYB trainers designing training programmes for their segment of SMEs in different regions of Myanmar.

challenges:

This innovation created a challenge for trainers who are used to the text-based classroom training, and less equipped or prepared to adopt to the feedback from entrepreneurs during the training session. However, it is important to develop these initiatives further. Many small entrepreneurs, especially in the rural areas, have high expectations and find the idea of creating their own business desirable, Still, there are many constraining factors in the environment, and many factors related to skills and access to finance that need to be overcome. Therefore, it is important to design training and business support services that can enable potential business owners to identify these concrete obstacles and find specific ways to overcome them through the training and support offered through the ILO.

success:

Interest among a wide range of different SMEs in Myanmar has been created, also among the micro entrepreneurs in rural areas, who see business development as a way to improve livelihoods and create more income for their families and communities. The practical and readily adaptable learning from the training not only builds on the textbook examples, but to a large extent also on the other types of learning.

context:

The development of a culture for business in Myanmar requires that training approaches are related specifically to the context and made as practical as possible. From the outset, the prevailing attitude to learning is concentrated on teacher-oriented classroom training.

description:

The SME project team has managed to develop the SIYB training approach further through the engagement with different existing and emerging business partners in Myanmar. Among the significant contributions is the development of new methodologies as a result of the collaboration with the GIZ on the regional BDS (Business Development Services) development and the integration of action learning into the SIYB. Another similar example relates to the development of the SCORE programme in Myanmar, which was reduced to shorter classroom-based interventions and more emphasis on on-site advice and consultancy. In this way, the practice-oriented methodology of the SIYB is slowly moving towards less-text-based and shorter training inputs divided into shorter modules, and with more emphasis on on-site coaching to entrepreneurs based on their specific needs.

administrative_issues:

To be decided

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/210840

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location:

country:

Myanmar

region:

Asia and the Pacific

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eval_title:

Entrepreneurship development and SME support in Myanmar and Supporting Tourism in Myanmar through Business Management Training - Final Cluster Evaluation