Form: 1501TD_EF

TRAINER ENTRY FORM

Application reception date: _______

A Background information (Education level, BDS and adult learning

experience)
01. Name of the applicant: 02. Country:

03. Organization: 04. Employed since:

05. Your position in the organization: 08. Email:

09. Cell phone:
06. Postal address: 10. Telephone:
11. Fax:
07. Home address: 12. Year of birth:
13. Gender: r Male r Female r
Other
14. What is the highest educational level you completed? 15. How is your understanding of the
local business language?
r Elementary (0) r Excellent (3)
r Secondary (1) r Good (2)
r College (2) r Fair (1)
r Higher, please specify: __________ (3) r Weak (0)
16. Which other relevant training qualifications do you have: 17. Who do you provide assistance to
most?
1. r Potential entrepreneurs
Owners/managers of:
2. r Micro sized enterprises (<10
employees)
3. r Small sized enterprises (<100
employees)
r Medium/large sized (>250
employees
r Other: _____________________
18. What experience do you have in adult education?
 Planning courses (logistics, choice of venue, equipment, 19. How many years of experience
etc.) do you have in training adults?
 Organizing courses (selection, training needs analysis and r <1 year (0)
programme design)
r 1-2 years (1)
 Conducting courses (teaching, training and/or facilitation)
r 3-5 years (2)
 Evaluation of courses (appreciation, performance, impact)
r >5 years (3)

20. In which of the following Business Development Service 21. How many years of
(BDS) areas are you most experienced? experience do you have with BDS?
r Business start-up/management training r <1 year (0)
r Business counselling / advisory services r 1-2 years (1)
r Vocational / technical training r 3-5 years (2)
r Financial assistance / Credit supply r >5 years (3)
r Licensing / Legal assistance / Creation of associations
r Other,
Name of the applicant: Country:

22. How many years of experience do you have with 23. Briefly describe the main difficulties you
training potential / existing entreprepeneurs? face as a trainer training potential /
existing entrepreneurs:
r <1 year (0) 1
r 1-2 years (1) :
r 3-5 years (2)
2
r >5 years (3)
:

24. How many years of your own business experience 25. Describe your own business experience, if
do you have? any:
r 0<1 year (0)
r 1-2 years (1) 26. Is this business still in operation? r Yes
r 3-5 years (2) r No
r >5 years (3)
27. How do you cost the trainings that you provide? 0= if always provided for free through donor
funding; 1= if trainees pay at least for their lodging/travel/meals 2= close to 50% only subsidized
3= participants pay for their training

28. Do you have any other relevant expertise and training experience, other than in business start-up
and management related topics (e.g. leadership training, association building, etc.) that you would
like to mention? If yes, please specify:

B Business Management Concepts (displays understanding of business concepts that are also
covered in SIYB manuals)

29. Have you been previously trained in SIYB in the following capacity?
r SIYB as entrepreneur
r Other as entrepreneur: _____________________
r Other as trainer: __________________________
r As entrepreneur and as trainer

30. How do you rate your knowledge of the following business start-up and management topics?
31. How do you rate your 32Have you
knowledge of these topics? trained
Topic: entrepreneurs
in these topics?
Excelle Good Fair Wea Yes No
nt (2) (1) k
(3) (0)
1. Entrepreneurial characteristics
2. Generating and testing business ideas
3. Preparing and presenting a business plan
4. Start-up capital, lending institutions, etc.
5. Legal forms of business
6. Legal responsibilities, licenses and insurances
 7. Business and family
8. Marketing
9. Buying & Stock control
10. Product costing
11. Accounts / record / book-keeping
12. Planning for your business
13. People and productivity

C Constructive behaviour towards training participants, partners

33. What are the training needs of small-scale entrepreneurs?

34. How do you think these training needs can be addressed best?

D. Personal assessment and expectation from training: Internal motivation, self-esteem and frank
introspection

35. Briefly describe your major strengths and weaknesses as a trainer:

Strengths: Weaknesses:
1: 1:

2: 2:

36. What subject / topic do you expect to learn during the SIYB Training of Trainers?
1: 3:

2: 4:

37. What personal improvement do you expect from 38. How many clients do you expect to train
being an SIYB trainer? yourself annually with the SIYB
programme?
r < 20 a year (0)
r from 20 to 40 a year (1)
r from 40 to 60 a year (2)
r > 60 a year (3)
39. Do you have a client-ready market?
r Yes r No
40. How did you find out about the SIYB programme:
 r from my manager r from entrepreneurs / clients
r from peer trainers / r through a BDS information
colleagues session
r from another BDS provider r other, please specify:
_____________

Name of the applicant: Country:

E. If you were selected

41. When can you participate in a Training of Trainers workshop?

42. To what extent will you be available to undertake Training of Entrepreneurs and coach them through
individual or group counselling?

F Please feel free to write down any other comments / observations: