FROM :
Felix Paul Phiri
Immigration
Department
P.O
Box 331
BLANTYRE
TO : Indian
High
Commission LILONGWE
SUBJECT: REPORT
ON A TRAINING PROGRAMME ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SMALL BUSINESS
PROMOTION
I
would like to submit the report following the
training programme on “Entrepreneurship
& Small Business Promotion” from September
26 – November 04, 2016
organized by the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India,
Ahmedabad.
On
the first day as a part of the programme, we were given an
opportunity to make a country paper presentation outlining the
following points:
-
The
socio-economic background of Malawi.
-
Policies
that the Malawi government adopts to foster Industrial development
,small scale sector
-
Interventions
undertaken through training for SME development.
-
Activities
of the Immigration department etc.
-
One
slide with a map of Malawi along with National Flag
This
was a good platform for me to tell all the participants more about
Malawi e.g. political overview, health overview, industry and
education system etc.
We
benefited a lot from this training programme because after the
training we are now equipped with new techniques and skills to
perform the following:
-
Identify
and analyze constraints and barriers to entrepreneurship development
and devise appropriate strategies.
-
initiate,
plan and implement entrepreneurship development activities for
creation of small enterprises
-
Sensitize the
environment for extending timely assistance and support required for
establishment of small business ventures.
-
Effectively
counsel the entrepreneurs in various areas such as: enterprise
selection, implementation and management of new enterprises as well
as survival, growth and diversification of existing enterprises.
-
Designing
and Managing Support Services for Potential Entrepreneurs
-
Effective
Business Counseling
During
the two weeks Study tour we were taken away from Ahmedabad
and visited different historic places across India and these are
major tourists’ attraction centers for example Taj mahal. We
were provided an exposure to Indian industrial scenario and cultural
milieu.
I
would therefore, like to thank you nominating me to attend the
training programme, I have really learnt and experienced a lot during
my stay in India. The knowledge acquired will one way or the other
assist me in coming up with entrepreneurship development programs
for the department and the country at large. When another chance
arises in future consider me to further my studies in
Entrepreneurship at postgraduate level.
Mr.
F.P.Phiri (Assistant Immigration officer)
