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programmes. This can help prepare learners of all ages and backgroundsto have productive livelihoods as self-employed entrepreneurs. In countrieswhere significant numbers of young people work in the informal economy,this resource material may be used to train those already in the workforce tosystematize and improve the quality of their work, with the goal of eventuallybecoming contributors to the formal economy.UNESCO views the ability to engage in a livelihood as a vital lifeskill. Therefore, this training package in entrepreneurship may be considereda contribution towards achieving goal 3 of the EFA agenda – providingyoung people and adults with access to quality life-skills programmes.Peter SmithAssistant Director-General for EducationUNESCOParis, March 20063
PrefaceStarting my own small business is a prototype modular training packagein entrepreneurship that is intended to provide supplementary knowledgeto young people receiving technical and vocational education and training(TVET), in formal or non-formal settings, so that they may acquire an entrepreneurialmindset and the knowledge to set up a small business, if they so wish.The training packages have been developed as a result of numerousrequests from high-level education policy-makers in developing countries,particularly in Africa, who have bemoaned the lack of employment opportunities forthe technically trained, while at the same time the availability of technical serviceswas very limited. They were convinced that young technically trained people neededto become self-employed as independent service providers rather than depend onfinding wage employment. Young people would then be able to satisfy the demandfor those services while carving out profitable careers for themselves.Yet, there was little available resource material on entrepreneurship thatcould augment TVET. This led UNESCO to hold two workshops in Lusaka, Zambiaand Kampala, Uganda bringing together TVET policy-makers from 11 East Africancountries to design modular training packages in entrepreneurship for higher secondaryTVET learners and for non-formal learners. Following their guidelines andin close consultation with a core group of the workshop participants, UNESCO’sSection for Technical and Vocational Education developed these prototype trainingpackages for the two groups of learners.The training packages are elementary and are intended to be an introductionto ethical entrepreneurship. They make no claim to be a complete resourcematerial on starting a small business. Rather, they are core programmes that outlinethe key topics on entrepreneurship and may be expanded or abbreviated asthe teaching situation demands. They also aim at instilling a heightened sense ofself-confidence, particularly among non-formal learners, and awakening them tothe possibility that self-employment could be a viable career option.Launching a successful business requires an awareness of one’sknowledge, skills, abilities, aptitudes, values and preferences. The training thereforebegins by inviting students to consider their own strengths and weaknesses inthese areas, so that they develop a clear sense of themselves. They are encouraged4
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