Key resources

  1. Brochure

    Start and Improve Your Business Brochure

  2. Web page

    SIYB Gateway

  3. Publication

    THE NEXT 15 MILLION
    SIYB Global Tracer Study 2011-15

  4. Evidence

    What Works in SME Development

  5. Guide

    SIYB Implementation Guide

Start and Improve Your Business Programme

What's new

  1. Guide

    What works for sustainability in entrepreneurship training delivery?

    31 March 2021

    A guide for practitioners based on lessons from ILO’s SIYB programme

  2. Webinar

    SIYB goes digital: introducing e-SIYB

    29 October 2020

    MSMEs account for the largest share of employment globally and are hardest hit by the economic effects of COVID-19. To support MSME survival and recovery, the Global SIYB Team and the ILO International Training Center, with the generous support of 17 Country Offices and projects, developed e-SIYB: a set of online tools designed to facilitate delivery of SIYB trainings during the pandemic.

  3. Global highlights

    SIYB Update 2020

    27 October 2020

    The “Start and Improve your Business (SIYB)” Update 2020 is out! This year’s update features news from 45 countries, as well as info on new global highlights.

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