Business Development in Iraq, Stage II/2013
Training of Trainers for the Ministry of Labor in Erbil April 2013
In Erbil, Business Innovation Programs (BIP) has organized the first training (BPD)/ Stage II in cooperation with the Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs (MoLSA) in Iraq. The aim is to educate Certified Entrepreneur Trainers at 11 Labor and Vocational Training Centers. The training is managed by Dr. Hussein F. Tahir, General Director BIP Iraq. The Follow- Up Team and division daily leader for Business Innovation in MoLSA joined the course.
In this first training, completed from the 22th to the 27th of April, 22 employees and new future trainers participated. During the 40 hours training the following subjects were introduced and discussed; Aim of the program, Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Introduction to Project Management, Introduction and Practical Training in the Business Innovation Programs methods and tools for business or project plan development. This involves working practically in describing and calculating a business or project idea. Subjects like business idea, personal qualifications, network, markets and customers, competition, financial calculations, laws and regulations, critical success factors are introduced, described, presented and discussed.
The participants and future trainers are selected according to criteria such as education, motivation and ambition. When the certification training and certification process is completed, the marketing of Business Plan Development courses will start. Together with the Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs, Business Innovation Programs aims to establish sufficient Entrepreneur Centers in Iraq, each providing business plan development training to the adult population in their region.
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