Gender and Entrepreneurship Together (GET Ahead) is a gender-sensitive entrepreneurship training programme designed for women and men with basic numeracy or literacy skills. The programme provides women and men with the business management and essential soft skills they need to embark on their entrepreneurial journey.

GET Ahead is designed following a multiplier strategy. The ILO supports and promotes an international network of GET Ahead Lead Trainers who support the global implementation of the programme.

• Lead Trainers are independent trainers or training officers of local training providers who have been selected, trained and certified by the ILO to supervise, evaluate and certify trainers seeking certification in the GET Ahead training programme. They are authorized and recognized by ILO-WED to start, carry out and complete Training and Certification processes of GET Ahead Trainers.
• Certified GET Ahead Trainers are also independent trainers or training officers of service providers. Once certified they are able to market and deliver the GET Ahead training programme to women (and men) planning or already running micro or small businesses without previous formal training. GET Ahead trainers are also able to provide post-training support to the women and men they trained. Find information on the certification process to become a GET Ahead Trainer here

By using this multiplier strategy and building the capacity of local actors, the ILO ensures the sustainability of the GET Ahead trainer network.



The network of GET Ahead Trainers and Lead Trainers spreads across dozens of countries and regions, including: Afghanistan, Algeria, Cambodia, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Iraq, Italy, Kenya, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lesotho, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Peru, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Vietnam, and Zambia, amongst others.



If you are part of the network, we encourage you to stay in touch and update your details regularly so that we can update our records and keep you posted on GET Ahead news and developments. Please email us at wed@ilo.org should you wish to update your details, get recertified, or need assistance with anything else.

Manuals and workbooks

• Programme implementation guide (English)
• Participant workbook (English, French, Spanish)

Templates

To understand the applicability of each template, please refer to GET Ahead Resources Guide

Templates for Lead Trainers (Training of Trainers – ToT)

• Action Plan for Trainer Development Cycles (English, French, Spanish)
• Trainer Development and Certification: Report I (English, French, Spanish)
• Trainer Development and Certification: Report II Post Training and Certification (English, French, Spanish)
• Training of Trainers Evaluation Form (English, French, Spanish)
• Tracking tool for TOTs and Certification (English, French, Spanish)

Templates for Trainers (Training of Entrepreneurs – ToE)

• Action Plan for Trainer Development Cycles (English, French, Spanish)
• Training of Entrepreneurs Evaluation Form (English, French, Spanish)
• Training of Entrepreneurs Workshop Reporting Template (English, French, Spanish)
• Coaching of Entrepreneurs Reporting Template (English, French, Spanish)

Communication materials

• GET Ahead brochure
• GET Ahead presentation
• Consejos para una correcta aplicación de GET Ahead [Video]
• Tips and Tricks to GET Ahead in your training [Video]

Success stories

• GET Ahead - Ugandan women entrepreneurs tell their stories [Video]
• GET Ahead - Promotion et développement de l’entreprenariat féminin en Algérie et au Maroc - Women For Growth
• “It was my dream to have a family business and I am happy to have fulfilled it”: The story of a Syrian refugee in Egypt
• GET Ahead: Improving financial outcomes for workers in the cotton value chain through multi-sectoral partnerships, training and financing in Egypt

Would you like to share your GET Ahead story and get featured across our channels? Please fill out our Success Story Template (English, French, Spanish) and send it to us at wed@ilo.org.

GET Ahead - Proof of impact

• Women business training programme in Kenya: Impact of incentives
• Developing markets: How training female entrepreneurs can improve business practices and profits – Evidence from Kenya
• Impacts of the Gender and Entrepreneurship Together Ahead (GET Ahead) training on empowerment of female microfinance borrowers in Northern Vietnam
• IMON International, Tajikistan: Microfinance and women entrepreneurship. An impact assessment of a start-up loan programme

Is there anything that you can't find on this webpage? Please get in touch with us at wed@ilo.org.