Press Release
ILO conducts Start and Improve your Business (SIYB) - Training of trainers in Fiji
The International Labour Organization (ILO) partners with the Fiji Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism (MITT) to run the SIYB Training Programme
22 August 2017
Suva (ILO NEWS) The ILO in collaboration with the Fiji Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism (MITT) has completed two ‘Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB)’ Training of Trainers workshops.
The ILO ‘SIYB’ Program is a system of inter-related practical management-skills training packages for small-scale enterprise owners and managers. It encompasses a range of cost-effective and practical training, monitoring and evaluation methodologies and instruments which were designed to meet the management training needs of existing small business persons and the great demand from potential small-scale entrepreneurs who wanted to start their own businesses.
The SIYB training package has been successively introduced in over 70 countries.
The SIYB programme is structured into four separate training packages, which are designed to respond to the progressive stages of business development.
Generate Your Business Idea (GYB) is intended for people who would like to start a business, and who, through the training, develop a concrete business idea ready for implementation.
Start Your Business (SYB) is for potential entrepreneurs who want to start a small business and already have a concrete business idea. The programme is a combination of training, field work and after-training support, and helps participants assess their readiness to start a business and to prepare a business plan and evaluate its viability.
Improve Your Business (IYB) introduces already practising entrepreneurs to good principles of business management. Its six modules (marketing, costing, buying and stock control, record keeping, planning for your business, and people and productivity) can be taught individually or all combined in a full course.
Expand Your Business (EYB) enables growth-oriented small enterprises to develop a business growth strategy through training interventions.
At the end of the training, participants were assessed both on their presentation skills and in theory on what they had learned over the training course. In closing the training, Mr Donglin Li, Director ILO Office for Pacific Island Countries stated “Over the last month, the ILO planted seeds, SIYB seeds, I look forward to the harvest of fruits across Fiji and beyond to the Pacific Islands to create more job opportunities.”
Mr. Li said “It is clear that job creation is a crucial issue for every government. We must address the unemployment problem and promote decent jobs for our people. The SIYB which is one of the biggest global management training systems used for the support of micro and small enterprises (MSEs) currently on the global market has an important role to play in this regard,”
The ILO ‘SIYB’ Program is a system of inter-related practical management-skills training packages for small-scale enterprise owners and managers. It encompasses a range of cost-effective and practical training, monitoring and evaluation methodologies and instruments which were designed to meet the management training needs of existing small business persons and the great demand from potential small-scale entrepreneurs who wanted to start their own businesses.
The SIYB training package has been successively introduced in over 70 countries.
The SIYB programme is structured into four separate training packages, which are designed to respond to the progressive stages of business development.
Generate Your Business Idea (GYB) is intended for people who would like to start a business, and who, through the training, develop a concrete business idea ready for implementation.
Start Your Business (SYB) is for potential entrepreneurs who want to start a small business and already have a concrete business idea. The programme is a combination of training, field work and after-training support, and helps participants assess their readiness to start a business and to prepare a business plan and evaluate its viability.
Improve Your Business (IYB) introduces already practising entrepreneurs to good principles of business management. Its six modules (marketing, costing, buying and stock control, record keeping, planning for your business, and people and productivity) can be taught individually or all combined in a full course.
Expand Your Business (EYB) enables growth-oriented small enterprises to develop a business growth strategy through training interventions.
At the end of the training, participants were assessed both on their presentation skills and in theory on what they had learned over the training course. In closing the training, Mr Donglin Li, Director ILO Office for Pacific Island Countries stated “Over the last month, the ILO planted seeds, SIYB seeds, I look forward to the harvest of fruits across Fiji and beyond to the Pacific Islands to create more job opportunities.”
Mr. Li said “It is clear that job creation is a crucial issue for every government. We must address the unemployment problem and promote decent jobs for our people. The SIYB which is one of the biggest global management training systems used for the support of micro and small enterprises (MSEs) currently on the global market has an important role to play in this regard,”