Management training

Management and entrepreneurial training aims to build up the competencies of local enterprises and cooperatives as sub-contractors, safeguarding the timely delivery of works, material and services to the general construction contractors at a high quality level.

The training programme will enhance the personal and professional competence, needed by entrepreneurs, managers and permanent administrative staff of such enterprises and cooperatives, both sub-contracted and potential sub-contractors.

The preferred tools for implementing this strategy are:

• The use of the CEFE – Competency based Economies through Formation of Enterprises” approach (for entrepreneurial aspects);
• Short management trainings (such as: marketing, acquisition and tendering, cost/price calculation, material waste management, bookkeeping, taxation) based on thorough needs assessment (for management aspects) and
• ISO 9001:2000 training for advanced enterprises and cooperatives concerning quality improvement of the process itself, and

In addition, professionals and TVET graduates planning to create a construction related enterprise or cooperative will be offered “Start - up - Business” trainings, using the CEFE-approach, enhancing their entrepreneurial skills and training in how to design business plans, and to organize and manage small businesses.

The CEFE training method, which is used by GIZ worldwide to stimulate entrepreneurial skills and also applied in UCBP, is based on an action learning approach. It trains participants in how to design business and production plans, and teaches them about marketing, organization, management and financial planning.