SIYB :: Impact Assessment

WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF THE PROGRAMME?

Does the SIYB project lead to more businesses being started, more competitive enterprises and to creation of more and better employment? Every two years the SIYB programme measures its impact on small enterprises that participate in the training.

The last impact study was carried out in 2001 based on a representative sample size of 955 SYB and IYB graduate entrepreneurs. The sample size was drawn from a universe of 4,186 participants stratified according to sex and type of training.

Outreach - To date (12/2003) the following workshops have been conducted and number of participants trained:

66 TOT workshops training 550 trainers (36.5% women/63.5% men)
366 SYB TOE workshops training 9.840 entrepreneurs (47.7% women/52.3% men)
163 IYB TOE workshops training 4.647 entrepreneurs (51.5% women/48.5% men)
The "IYB on the Air" programme has been implemented with the radio stations of Kien Giang, Dong Nai, Hai Phong and Yen Bai training 3.436 entrepreneurs (39% women/61 men)
30 SIYB Master Trainers (15 women/15 men)

Impact - In total 17.923 entrepreneurs have been trained to date (December 2003). If the business creation formula and job creation formula is used to extrapolate impact based on the current number of people trained then 4.389 new businesses have been started and 22.460 jobs created.

Longitudinal impact assessment 2003-2004

To know more about the impact of SYB and IYB training and to be able to assess whether impact can be directly attributed to the training, the SIYB programme is currently undertaking a longitudinal impact assessment tracking participants from SYB and IYB workshops over a 3 months period before and after training.

An independent consultancy company have been contracted to interview SIYB workshop participants from selected workshops taking place in the North, Central, South and Mekong regions and assess the impact of the SYB and IYB training workshops on business management skills and improved performance of the enterprise.

See description of Impact Assessment Process

The report is expected to be finalized by end March 2004.

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