World Vision Myanmar

Economic Development and Agriculture Department

Income and Economic Development Project

Report for

Small Business Start-Up Skills Training

in Palaw Townships

14-15 January, 2014

Table of Contents

1. Background............................................................................................................. 3

2. Objectives .............................................................................................................. 3

3. Limitations .............................................................................................................. 4

4. Conducted by........................................................................................................................................ 4

5. Participant List ......................................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.

6. Methodology of the Training ....................................................................................... 5

7. Training Agenda .................................................................................................... 7

8. Output of the Training .............................................................................................. 8

9. Result of Pretest and Post-test of Training................................................................... 9

10. Information from individual Business-Plan of participants ............................................... 10

11. Lesson Learnt and Suggestions .............................................................................. 12

12. Photos of Business Start-up Skills Training in Palaw (14-15, Jan, 2014) ..................... 12

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1. Background

Economic of the majority of the community in Palaw Township are based on the farm related activities

through growing rice and cash crops such as rubber, flowers, beans, betel leaves, betel nuts and cashew

nuts. Apart from this people make their living from raising livestock, especially pigs and poultry, petty

trade, running small shops and handicraft business. Many landless people are working as seasonal farm

labourers, migrating to urban regions during non-planting time to find temporary employment.

Farming households produce primarily for home consumption, using traditional, low-input systems.

Surpluses are sold to cover household monetary needs.

Most of these small businesses are struggling with a multitude of constraints that hinder their

development potential. They have difficulties in generating value-added products, accessing markets

and realizing additional cash income. Underlying all these difficulties are;

A lack of support, advice and skills to run a business

Poor business infrastructure such as electricity and poor access to technical knowledge (e.g. on

effective processing, grading and storing techniques for agricultural products);

Lack of access to financial services or savings and capital to invest in technology and know-how

that could add value to their products;

Lack of MSMEs development, luck of stable jobs and local job opportunities, low wages belong to the

main push factors that cause people from the target area to migrate aboard and being retarded their

Socio-Economic Development.

2. Objectives

Small Business Start-up Skills Training is directly related to Output 2.2 of Income and Economic

Development Project Logical Framework Objective that Village Saving and Loan Association members

linked to knowledge and information on financial management and business development.

This is also linked to WVM National Strategic Guidance for Economic Development FY12-15,

Strategic objective 1 - Capacity Building for Economic Development

Enhanced capacity of staff, partners and communities to effectively plan and implement economic development activities

Sub objectives

1.1. Increased capacity of National Office, ADP staff and partners to help communities to build the skills and expertise required to create economic growth opportunities

1.2. Enhanced household and community capacity to plan and manage their own economic development process

Small Business Start-up Skills Training in Palaw Township intends to

VSLA members to increase knowledge on production planning, business and financial

management skills, and quality management

VSLA members are realized their available resource and recognized possible small business they

can do

VSLA members has idea on how to invest their saving money in their interested business

VSLA members has capacity to learn/ absorb and able to apply what they have learnt from

training

In combination these interventions will contribute to improved household economic well-being and

economic capacity of caregivers to provide well for their children.

3. Limitations

Time limitation to conduct training in all title of curriculum book in two days,

Transportation: Time limitation to start and end on time, because some participants came from

remote villages who are late about 10 to 15 minutes

Absent or substitute of participants: 2 trainees joined in second day only. 1 participant substitute

with her family member in second day because of work

Basic writing and calculation skills of participants are not equal: it was difficult for trainer to adjust

the timing and harmony of training.

4. Conducted by

U Aung Lwin Trainer Economic Development Coordinator NO

Daw Su Wai Myint Trainer Technical Officer NO

Daw Cho Myat Nwe Tun Facilitator Project Manager NO

U Ye' Naing Facilitator CDF Palaw

U Nyi Naing Win BCF Palaw

Daw Wai Mar Soe BCF Palaw

5. Participants List

All of Trainees are Village Saving and Loan Association Members those who are interested to learn

business knowledge and want to apply and start the small own business. 25 participants in 1st day and 27

in 2nd day that 7 Male and 20 Female and attendance are following,

Sr. M/F Name Village

1 U Aye Mya Mya Daung

2 Daw Naw Tinzar Win Pe' Htauk

3 Daw Pyae Pyae Htwe Hmaw Gyaung

4 U Saw Mae Pe' Htauk

5 Daw Cho Zin Oo Ga De'

6 Daw Ei Ei Phyo Taung Yar Kan

7 Daw Si Si Maw Ga De'

8 Daw Nan Bae Kar Pa Wut Phyar

9 Daw Moe Moe Aye Thin Gan Taw

10 Daw Naw Nyaw Lae Lat Pan Pyin

11 U Saw Nee Kalit Ka Byar

12 U Than Lwin Ka Byar

13 Daw Lwin Wah Oo Min Htein

14 Daw Cho Mar Lwin Mya Daung

15 Daw Ma Khaing Pa Wut Kone

16 U Tun Shein Shat Pone

17 U Saw Al Phalar Ka Byar

18 Daw Hnin Hnin Lat Min Htein

19 Daw Than Than Maw Taung Yar Kan

20 Daw Naw Phaw Win Pa Wut Phyar

21 U Moe Thit Lat Pan Pyin

22 Daw Aye Kyu Mya Daung

23 Daw Cho Mar Ei Shat Pone

24 Daw Than Dar Aung Hmaw Gyaung

25 Daw San Cho Pa Wut Kone

26 Daw Ye Ye Lwin Shat Pone

27 Daw Htay Htay Mu Thin Gan Taw

6. Methodology of the Training

Participatory Learning Approach used in this training such as identify their interested type of small

business, group discussions, self-calculation of costing and budgeting, individual business plan etc. and

conceptual talks.

Training made by three major modules;

1. Basic Knowledge of Economics: such as goods and service, production factors, demand-supply

and equilibrium etc.

2. Marketing: such as market, market analysis, identify the targeted market, pricing, marketing

strategies etc.

3. Basic Accounting and Financial Control: include basic accounting knowledge, practical

exercise such as costing, budget estimate, general ledger and cash book control, book keeping

etc.

7. Training Agenda

Training Agenda of Small Business Start-up Skills Training in Palaw & Kyangin Township

I ncome& Economic Development Project

1st Day

Time Title of Purpose Model I EC materials

9:00 -9:10Introduction about WV and IED

project

9:10 - 9:20 Greeting of Participants

Individual introduction writing and greeting

Name, village name, Objective to attend,

strengthen, weakness, commitment in this

training time

A4 & Soft pen for each

9:20-9:30 Economic Concept Pretest Individual Writing Test

Pretest sheet

9:30- 10:15Separate group, Exercise 1 and

explanation2 seller group& 2 buyer group sperate group by 1 to 4 count - colour

papers, soft pen, paper tapes

What is Economics? Precise sheet

Economics Systems?

10:30-10:45 Tea Break

10:45-11:00New Ideal Small Business Start-

up Exercise (2)Identify type of business and 3 requirements

(individual)

colour paper, soft pen for each, Then-

Group by similarity type and stick and

tape on Flip Charts

3 factors of production in

Business Precise sheet

Types of Goods and Services

Exercise sheets, Precise sheet

11:40-12:20 Exercise 3 & Explanation

(4 group), 2 producers, 1 seller, 1 buyer

Conditions wrote before, colour papers,

stapler, tapes, clip, soft pen, pipes etc.

12:20-1:20 Lunch Break

Demand & Supply Presentation

Equilibrium

Buyer group and seller group play an aution,

quantity willingness to buy and sell changing are

depend on the changing the price, And then-

Explanation&discussion

2:00-2:30 Market & 3 Types of market Presentation

MarketablePresentation

3:00- 3:15 Tea Break

3:15- 4:00Changing the Marketing

technique and approaches

(5) group, 1-Producer group,2-over40, 3-

between25-40, 4-between 16-25, 5- income

< 2000

Instructions for each group

4:00- 5:00 Market Analysis

Presentation & Group Exercise by types of

business

Market analysis flip chart, handouts,

Table sheets,

Market Flip Chart ၊ Handouts

1:20-2:00 Flip Chart, Marker Pen

10:15-10:30 Presentation

11:00-11:40

Presentation

2nd Day

Time Title of Purpose Model I EC materials

9:00-9:10 Re-capture

9:10- 9:45 Target Market Presentation Target Market sheets

9:45-10:15Basic Accounting and Financial

ControlLecture, individual exercise Accoounting Sheets, Sample Flip Chart

10:15- 10:30 Tea Break

10:30- 10:50Basic Accounting and Financial

ControlLecture, individual exercise Accoounting Sheets, Sample Flip Chart

10:50- 11:20 Pricing (Exercise-9) Matching exercise Matching sheets, Handouts, Flip Chart

11:20-11:40Marketing Strategies (exercise-

10)Matching exercise Matching sheets, Handouts, Flip Chart

11:40- 12:00Production Costing and Profit &

Loss (Exercise-11)Calculate by groups A4 ,Ball Pen

12:00-1:00 Lunch Break

1:00- 3:00 Small Business Start-up Plan Individual exercise Business Plan Form

3:00- 3:15 Tea Break

3:15- 3:45 Re-capture

3:45-4:15Question& Answer, Business

Counsuling

4:15- 4:45 Post Test Individual exercise Post test Forms

4:45- 5:00 Closing theTraining

8. Output of the Training

This two day training that could be improve the knowledge of the basic economic concept and

practice of the attendance who are VSLA member especially from 12 villages from different location of

Palaw township.

Most of the VSLA will improve their knowledge the following items by participation in this training.

Basic knowledge of Economics

How to start the small business by their own capacity

What are the requirements to start-up the small business

How to maintain the monetary and how to control the financial

Psychologically spark willingness to start the small business and self confidence

Correct Wrong Don't Know

31%

59%

10%

80%

16%

4%

Pre-test and Post-test result of Small Business Start-Up Skills Training

PreTest Post Test

9. Result of Pretest and Post-test of Training

World Vision Myanmar

Economic Development and Agriculture Department

Income and Economic Development Project

Palaw Township, 14-15/ 1/2014

Pre-test and Post-test result of Small Business Start-Up Skills Training

Question No. Correct Wrong

Don't

Know Total Correct Wrong

Don't

Know Total

1 2 19 4 25 21 5 1 27

2 17 8 0 25 23 3 1 27

3 7 16 2 25 24 3 0 27

4 8 16 1 25 16 10 1 27

5 9 12 4 25 19 6 2 27

6 9 15 1 25 24 3 0 27

7 2 22 1 25 23 3 1 27

8 6 17 2 25 14 11 2 27

9 7 16 2 25 22 4 1 27

10 12 10 3 25 21 5 1 27

11 8 13 4 25 23 3 1 27

12 0 22 3 25 24 1 2 27

13 2 17 6 25 24 3 0 27

14 5 18 2 25 23 1 3 27

15 22 0 3 25 24 2 1 27

116 221 38 375 325 63 17 405

31% 59% 10% 80% 16% 4%

PreTest Post Test

10. Information from individual Business-Plan of participants

According to the individual Business-Plan results, trading is the most interested type of business and livestock second and Agriculture is third.

Agriculture11%

Livestock26%

Trading48%

Production8%

Industry0% Loan

0%

Others7%

Interested Type of Business

All of participants already have at least two resources of production factors. Among them, some 37%

has all of production factors Land, Labor and Capital. Note: Entrepreneur or Enterprise can be

considered as themselves. According to this result, it is close to reality to start-up the business and they

will apply this training knowledge soon.

As a result of this training, 0%, no one of participant are fail in the writing their individual business plan.

26% very well understand on the training and they made Perfect Plan. 74% made Good Plan that

acceptable and seems well understand on the training.

Land

Labor

Capital

Land+Labor

Land+Capital

Labor+Capital

All

Nil

0%

0%

0%

48%

11%

4%

37%

0%

Do you Have any Land/Labour/Capital

26%

74%

0%

Score of individual business plan

Perfect Plan (Deep

understanding)

Good Plan (Well

Understanding)

Fail Plan (Don't

understand/ writing

problem)

11. Lesson Learnt and Suggestions This training is the first training to be modified the Small Business Start-Up Skills Training

curriculum and guide book. We find out that to be understand all the components of the carriculum,

we need more time. Two days training can be covered only give the knowledge of some highlight

points and participants have to learn themselves by Handout and Curriculum book.

Time arragement- Most of participants are come from very far village, after 4 PM, there

were difficult to organised and difficult to get their well attention.

Some are not skill in writing or calculating, Trainer has to check them to be finish on time with

other participants. Different background and level of education of participants have to be considered.

Most of the participants (78%) have experiences in their interested business or have been control

the financial or own business. There are 22% of participants as green-horn business entrepreneur who

have never experience in those field or own financial controls of business experience. As a suggestion,

we should make an evaluation of those trainees at the end of the project eg. How many participants of

non-experience person are really starting the business? And also, how many participants of experience

person are really expended their existing business or skills up or successful?

12. Photos of Business Start-up Skills Training in Palaw (14-15, Jan, 2014)