Deadline- 11 September 2013
Ministry of External Affairs Government of India under ITEC / SCAAP Programme has announced Entrepreneurship & Small Business Promotion program. This program aims 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.
Benefits-
- 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.
Eligibility & Criteria-
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
- Entrepreneur 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
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