Further reading
'Business development services' in Responding to Forced Displacement report
Files for download
Business development services_0.pdf 1.18 MBILO training materials and courses
ILO, Digitalize your Business (DYB) training tool
ILO, Start and Improve your Business (SIYB) training programme
ILO, GET Ahead resources
ILO, What Works for Sustainability in Entrepreneurship Training Delivery? A Guide for Practitioners Based on Lessons from ILO’s SIYB Programme, 2021
SIYB, Improve Your Agriculture Business (IYAB) training guide (Arabic), 2022
ILO, Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE) Programme, SCORE brochure
Global perspectives on the intervention
UNICEF, UPSHIFT training model
Business Development Service Providers Network (BDSPN)
Local perspectives on the intervention
Uganda: UWEAL, Women Entrepreneurs Association Limited in Uganda website
Uganda: FSME, Federations of small and medium-sized enterprises in Uganda website Uganda: Unleashed website
Egypt: ILO, Digitalize your Business, teaching manual in Egypt, Teaching manual/handbook, 2024
Kenya: ILO, Embracing Digital in Kenya: A Practical Guide for Freelancers, Digital Entrepreneurs and Owners of Micro and Small Enterprises, report, 2024
Jordan: ILO, 'Jordan launches first ILO SCORE training programme in the Middle East', ILO news release, 21 December 2022
Jordan: ILO, 'JCI and partners discuss challenges and solutions to boost productivity, decent work, and export of Jordanian agri-food MSMEs', ILO news release, 11 August 2023
Lebanon: UN, 'Workshop to develop a policy paper on Iraq’s position regarding the return of Syrian refugees and its impact on the labour market', press release, 19 February 2025
Vietnam: ILO, Impact of Start your Business (SYB) Training on Women Entrepreneurs in Vietnam, 2023
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