Skill & Capacity Building Programmes for Professional

In order to impart sustainability to its efforts in the field of entrepreneurship development, EDII undertook a host of activities to institute a cadre of Trainers who could take the mantle forward. The following programmes were organised in this area:

  • EDII was associated with Malaysian Government Agency – Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA), to implement skill-building programmes for its senior management officials. MARA is a prominent agency of Govt. of Malaysia devoted to promoting entrepreneurship within the country.
    • ‘Training of Trainers’ Programme was offered to senior management of Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA) to impart skills in Business Opportunity Identification and Business Plan Preparation, in addition to inputs on achievement-motivation training. The training was organised at MARA, Jawi Campus
    • In September, 2024, the Institute conducted two capacity-building programmes on New Enterprise Creation (Trainers’ Training Programme-Basic level), for the employees of MARA. The programmes were conducted in Malaysia for 31 new recruitees of MARA. The second programme that was the Advanced Trainers’ Training Programme aimed at developing a cadre of hard-core professionals in entrepreneurship sector who could strategically plan and implement entrepreneurship activities in Malaysia. The programme also open them to knowledge that would help them make rich contributions to policy making. 49 officials have been trained in the two programmes, 100 more will be trained in the impending six months.
  • Training of Trainers’ programme was organised as a part of ‘Fostering Innovation and Re-fuelling Entrepreneurship (FIRE)’ programme for Govt. of Malaysia by Human Resources Development Fund-HRDF (Pembangunan Sumber Manusia Berhad-PSMB) Government of Malaysia, to impart entrepreneurial knowledge and skill set, as well as to enhance the capabilities of trainers in delivering training for up-skilling and re-skilling of Malaysian women, low household income community and youth.
  • Training programme was conducted In Tanzania under sponsorship of UNIDO for creating a cadre of trainers designing and implementing training programmes in the areas of industrial management, entrepreneurship development and project development cycle.
  • Entrepreneur Trainer-Motivators’ Training Programme was organized at Ghana for institutionalizing entrepreneurship development in their respective countries. The initiative was sponsored by Commonwealth Secretariat, London.
  • Trainers’ Training Programme on ‘Entrepreneurship Education’ was organised under sponsorship support of Commonwealth Association of Polytechnics in Africa (CAPA), representing 25 CAPA led institutions and 11 Commonwealth African Countries . Inputs were imparted in the areas of planning and organizing workshop with emphasis on design and management of Entrepreneurship Skill Development Programmes in Polytechnics at Malawi.
  • Conducted Training of selected trainers from Senegal, Togo and Guinea-Conakry at EDII under the sponsorship of the World Bank.
  • The first full-fledged ILO sponsored Training of Trainers’ course organized for 12 vocational training instructors and development officers from Malawi in view of the then existing conditions in the region and the field action inputs.