Implementation of Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB) Training in Solomon Islands.

ILO invites applications from registered entities with presence in the Solomon Islands that can offer support to rural communities, in particular women, informal business owners, to acquire the skills and knowledge they need to improve productivity and grow their businesses and promote their progressive transition to formality.

The applicant organisation/firm/company will be tasked with raising awareness amongst these stakeholders on the benefits of business formalisation and support the beneficiaries with developing their skills and capacities in such areas as entrepreneurship, business development and digital literacy, basing on modules of the ILO Start and Improve Your Business (SYIB) programme.

At the organisational level, it is expected that the applicant organisation shall have identified a project manager and a team of 3-5 personnel for timely completion of the training under this assignment. Amongst other are:

-        Availability of certified SYIB trainers, capable of delivering capacity building activities based on the relevant modules of the ILO SIYB programme;

-        Access to field-based representatives/agents who engage with and recruit stakeholders in selected rural areas, including women and informal business owners;

-        Experience in engaging with local business owners and in facilitating trainings or outreach activities amongst the target beneficiary population;

-        Strong digital, financial literacy and business development skills as well as adult training capacities.