ONLINE TRAINING

Centre for Entrepreneurship Development and Financial Inclusion

TRAINING PROGRAMME ON

Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Livelihood Models for Rural Communities (08-12 November, 2021)

Session time: Afternoon (2:00 PM- 5:00 PM)

Last date of Registration: 04 November, 2021

ABOUT THE TRAINING PROGRAMME

A preponderant majority of rural population are now struggling for a sustainable livelihood opportunity during the post Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdown. In rural areas the livelihood opportunities are not only shrinking but also unsustainable. Creation of livelihood avenues in massive number and ensuring their sustainability will be crucial to address the problem of poverty and inequality is rural areas. Lack of entrepreneurial skill especially among rural youth, women and marginalized communities is one of the most important reasons for this situation.

There is an urgent need to infuse entrepreneurship spirit among rural youth undertaking awareness, capacity building, hand-holding programmes and imparting improved technologies in the rural areas. Achieving economic empowerement through promotion of entrepreneurship, specifically in the current situation where restoration and creation of alternate livelihood is very important for vulnerable population. In this context, the said training programme has been designed to equip and empower the rural youth and women with entrepreneurial skills, knowledge and approach to start a new sustainable entrepreneurial venture and/or scale up the existing ones. After the programme, the participants will be able to promote and guide rural people into successful entrepreneurs. The training programme will also help in understanding nuances of entrepreneurship development such as mentoring and handholding, packaging, financial and marketing linkages.

KEY OBJECTIVES

  • To provide support identifying sustainable livelihood opportunities in rural areas;

  • To enhance the entrepreneurial skills among rural youth, women and marginalized communities;

  • To develop strategies towards sustainable livelihood ventures on a community approach;

  • To provide hands-on training on select sustainable entrepreneurial projects/models;

  • To facilitate (post training programme) linkages with financial, marketing, technology and quality control and skill agencies;

  • To appraise about the recent Govt. schemes towards skill and entrepreneurship development;

TRAINING PEDAGOGY

Training methods will comprise of lectures, group discussions, and presentations. Presentations on good practices/ successful models will be imparted.

RESOURCE PERSONS

Besides in house faculty members who have long years of experience, eminent speakers/resource persons from outside will also be invited for taking sessions.

WHO ATTENDS THIS TRAINING PROGRAMME?

  • Officials from Depts. of rural development, SIRDs, NRLM, SRLMs,

  • DDUGKY, NSDC, Sector Skill Councils

  • CRPs, Young Professional, associated with SVEP and other farm and non farm-livelihood

  • ETCs, ATIs, RSETIs, EDIs, MSME-Dis, IIEs

  • Banking professional, academics

  • Experts and technical staff from CSR, NGOs and other civil society organizations.

WHAT TOPIC DOES THIS TRAINING PROGRAMME COVER?

  • Rural entrepreneurship development: Emerging challenges and opportunities

  • Sustainable livelihood and entrepreneurship models;

  • Contemporary policy challenges Govt.’s responses;

  • Formulating business plan;

  • Entrepreneurship development during Covid era;

  • Marketing, financial inclusion, technologies, innovation;

  • Aggregates: SHGs, FIGs, FPOs, Producers companies, copoeratives, value chain analysis;

  • Best practices in entrepreneurship and livelihood models;

  • Institutional architecture/support system;

  • Role of local institutions such as Panchayats in entrepreneurship development.

WHY SHOULD I JOIN?

At the end of the training programme, the participants will get a better understanding of:

  • Adequate knowledge on identifying potentials sectors in their respective states to start sustainable livelihood options and scale up the existing ones;

  • Develop strategies towards sustainable livelihood models and relevant linkages with financial, marketing, technology and quality control and skill agencies;

  • The existing government schemes and policies to promote rural entrepreneurship development;;

  • How to design appropriate interventions to address challenges faced by informal sector through skill development, entrepreneurial capabilities, marketing, and creation of knowledge networks for continued support and long term handholding. Comprehensive reading materials will also be made available;