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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:
- Training
- category:
- Employment
- comments:
- The beneficiaries are the unemployed and those who had a job and interested to start a business.
- challenges:
- The factors that created the frustration could be related to the fact that beneficiaries believed that by attending SYB, they will be supported financially to start a business. The confusion may have been created during the selection phase as the trainers didn’t explain to them if any link exists between training in SYB and financial assistance.
- success:
- Potential entrepreneurs who were supported by a loan or cash assistance have succeeded in starting a business.
- context:
- The frustration indicated above was revealed by the participants of the focus group with potential entrepreneurs. For that reason, only 3 people over 10 invited to the focus group accepted to attend.
- description:
- Conducting SYB training without linking the participants to financial institutions led only to meager results while discouraging other people to join the training.
This lesson is related to outcome 1: “Iraqi/Kurdish potential entrepreneurs, start-ups and existing businesses benefit from standardized business development support services”. Potential entrepreneurs who were not supported by a loan or cash assistance displayed high frustration since they were not able to start a business despite the fact that they developed a business plan. This is discouraging other people to join SYB courses
- administrative_issues:
- ILO may introduce in the design of SYB a session to be attended by relevant financial institutions. This will allow the SYB participants who prepare a draft business plan to present it in-person to the relevant financial institution of their choice.
- url:
- https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/253330
- 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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