Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB)

Background

The SIYB ASSOCIATION OF SOMALIA is a membership-based association formed in 2020 and registered in 2022. The Association seeks to promote entrepreneurship skills training for medium and small entrepreneurs and creation of decent work and employment opportunities for the women and youth in Somalia and the region. This will be done  through the delivery of the Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB) Programme and related Business Development packages, including: Generate Your Business Idea (GYBI); Start Your Business (SYB); Improve Your Business (IYB); GET Ahead Package; Improve Your Exhibition Skills; Expand Your Business (EYB); and the SIYB Business Game.

Start and Improve Your Business is one of the largest global business management training programme developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO). Its focus on starting and improving businesses as a strategy for creating more employment and decent work for potential and existing entrepreneurs across the globe.  It is an all-inclusive programme which has shown growth and impact at the business level.

The membership comprises Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB) licensed Master Trainers and certified Trainers by the International Labour Organization/. In Somalia, there are currently 15  Certified ILO/SIYB Trainers who deliver the flagship ILO/SIYB Programmes of Training of Potential Entrepreneurs (TOPE), Training of Entrepreneurs(TOE), Improve Your Exhibition Skills (IYES), GET Ahead and Expand Your Business (EYB).

Additionally, we offer related Business Development services (BDS) and entrepreneurship related training, business consultancy, business coaching and mentorship, evaluations and impact