Second Enterprise Development Forum - November 21, 2003
Experience and lessons form other facilitating projects on enterprise development


Network meeting on Enterprise Development was organized on November 21, 2003 at Hotel Summit. A total of forty members attended the meeting.

Two presentations were made in the meeting. The first one was made by Mr. G.B. Banjara. The presentation was on - Experiences and Lessonsfrom SIPP.

The presentation focused primarily on technical training to SMEs. Mr. Banjara said that SIPP was involved in technical trainings like skill development, capacity building, et cetera.

The Second Presentation was made by Mr. Bansi Rana, Team Leader, Franchising-SKILL, and Ms. Shobhana Pradhan, Programme Officer, Franchising- Skill. They presented on -Training Towards Greater Outreach. The presentation was about employment-oriented training programme. Ms. Pradhan presented on the franchising approaches to increase the impact of SKILL. She talked about the selection process of franchisee, signing of franchise agreement and selection of training and trainers. Also, she shed light on Impact Financing.