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Improved Business Development Support Services and Entrepreneurship Education Targeting MSMEs and Youth for the Creation of Decent Work Opportunities in Iraq - Final evaluation
- eval_number:
- 3477
- eval_url:
- https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/3477
- lessons_learned:
- themes:
- theme:
- Programme sustainability
- category:
- Organizational issues
- comments:
- SIYB trainers, potential entrepreneurs and small enterprises.
- challenges:
- The main challenge is to change the culture of the people towards paying for at least a nominal fee.
- success:
- Partner organizations will not be able to sustain their operations in the future in case donors’ funding drop. Beneficiaries should be aware that training cost is part of their expenses in the business and should be taken into consideration in their annual budget.
The Project could remediate this challenge by covering the nominal payment for those who cannot afford for now and could repay back when they get profit out of their business.
- context:
- Most of trainers and end beneficiaries would not attend the training courses if cost of transportation and other costs are not covered by the project. Trainers and end beneficiaries were complaining when the organizer of the training does not cover some of the costs., as they are used to receive services for free. Another issue is the high dependence on donor funding.
- description:
- Sustaining SIYB will be difficult without changing the culture of both trainers and end beneficiaries towards accepting to cover at least a nominal fee of the training.
This is related to the evaluation questions on Sustainability:
“To what extent the benefits that resulted from interventions of the programme will continue through adequate ownership, commitment, willingness displayed by key partners and other stakeholders?”
“What is the likelihood the benefits that resulted from the capacity building of trainers will continue after the end of the project?”
- administrative_issues:
- ILO to introduce this issue in the SIYB course through practical activities aiming at changing behaviour of beneficiaries.
- url:
- https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/253325
- location:
- country:
- Iraq
- region:
- Arab States
- eval_title:
- Improved Business Development Support Services and Entrepreneurship Education Targeting MSMEs and Youth for the Creation of Decent Work Opportunities in Iraq - Final evaluation
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