Entrepreneurship & Small Business Promotion Programmes by MEA

13 Sep '08

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Entrepreneurship & Small Business Promotion commencing from Jan. 05 - Feb. 13, 2009 which is sponsored by Ministry of External Affairs Government of India under ITEC / SCAAP Programme and will be organized at EDI Campus.

Rationale
Entrepreneur Trainer-Motivators (ETMs) acquire a place of prominence because they have taken upon themselves the responsibility of raising the motivation to achieve, thus inducing among people the spirit and skills to set up their business ventures.

However, with the changing times it is important for ETMs as well, to acquire new tools and techniques to lead potential entrepreneurs to new enterprise creation as also facilitate growth of existing small enterprises. The programme addresses this need.

Objectives
The programme will develop a cadre of hard core professionals who will work for the promotion of economic activities in Developing Countries. They will be equipped with new tools and techniques to lead potential entrepreneurs to new enterprise creation as also facilitate growth of existing small enterprises, thereby intensifying and strengthening the efforts of policy makers and planners towards economic development of their respective countries.

Target Group
The programme has been specially designed for professionals involved in activities related to promoting Entrepreneurship. It is, therefore, specially suited to the following:

Small Business Counsellors
• Entrepreneurship Trainer-Motivators
• Small Business Promotion Officers
• Bankers/Officials of Financial Institutions
• Extension Workers of NGOs
• Executives of Government Organisations engaged in investment/business promotion
• Credit Officers-Small Business Advisors/Consultants

Course Contents
• Entrepreneur, Enterprise and Entrepreneurship
• Women and Entrepreneurship
• Analysis of Competencies and Assessing Potential Entrepreneurs
• Business Opportunity Identification & Business Plan Preparation
• Small Business Management
• Designing and Managing Support Services for Potential Entrepreneurs
• Effective Business Counselling
• Benefits To Participants

The participants will acquire skills to:
• identify and analyze constraints and barriers to entrepreneurship development and devise appropriate strategies;
• initiate, plan and implement entrepreneurship development activities for creation of small enterprises;
• sensitize the environment for extending timely assistance and support required for establishment of small business ventures;
• effectively counsel the entrepreneurs in various areas such as: enterprise selection, implementation and management of new enterprises as well as survival, growth and diversification of existing enterprises

Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India

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