Training for Community Business Advisors

Funded by ESF/EQUAL, the SIED programme has developed a model to support enterprises initiated by communities who have experienced social exclusion in the labor market.

The essence of this project is to develop the capacity of community organizations to enable them to support and advise businesses generated by their communities.

The model enabled organizations to employ Community Based Business Advisers and to develop their capacity to support enterprises and entrepreneurs. The accessibility of advisers and their flexibility produced a highly effective model that can be developed by other partnerships.   IEA has provided the training for these advisors

Click here for the Community Based Business Advisor Training Programme Manual (pdf format) - IEA developed and delivered a training programme to enable Community Based Business Advisers (CBBA) to develop their skills, so that they could become SFEDI-accredited and support enterprises and entrepreneurs in their communities. Click here for the CD-ROM version in Shockwave.

Click here for The Training and Related Professional Development Programme - An Overview and Analytic Examination - End of Project Report

Click here for the Annoted Directory of Microfinance in the UK (pdf format) - A summary of listings organised by types of finance and types of business and organisations financed. Click here for the Cd-rom version in Shockwave.

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