BDS
Theory [top]
Full-commercial BDS Approach:
Committee of Donor Agencies
for Small Enterprise Development, Washington 2002
Business Development Services for Small Enterprises - Guidelines for
Donor Intervention (BDS Bluebook)
bds-guidelines-bluebook.doc
Miehlbradt/Mc Vay (Donor
Committee), Turin 2002: (needs new version of Adobe
Reader)
Seminar Reader–Developping Commercial Markets for BDS
bds-reader-turin-2002.pdf
ILO, SME Development,Turin 9/2003,
(needs new version of Adobe Reader)
BDS Primer, fourth annual BDS seminar
en_ILO_BDS_Reader_Primer.pdf
ILO/SEED, 2004
BDS Reader Update 2004
bds_readerupdate_2004_eng.pdf
3,1 MB
ILO 9/2005
BDS Reader 2005
reader_2005_final.pdf
5,7 MB
BDS Guide SEEPNetwork-webpage
Online BDS Guide :
Introduction
Types of BDS
Selecting Services
Delivery Channels
Performance Management
Funders
Definitions
Resources
Principles
Donor Guidelines
BDS and Development
Revised moderate BDS
Approach:
Irwin/Schneider-Barthold,
Munich 2002:
The revised BDS Paradigm. BDS for all Categories of Enterprises
bds-paradigm-revised-2002.doc
Dieter Gagel, Addis Ababa
2005
How to develop sustainable BDS without Radicalism?
revise-inefficient-fundamentalist-bds-approach.pdf
2,6 MB
Rainer Müller-Glodde / Simone Lehmann,
Kandy/Berlin/Dakar 2006
The Nucleus Approach. Promotion of SME and Organizational Development
of Business Associations and Chambers
in Developping Countries
nukleus-approach-06-06.pdf 65
KB
BDS
Practice
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Dieter Gagel, Addis Ababa
2004
Introduction to
the demand-driven BDS Approach
demand-driven-bds.ppt
(powerpoint)
Gagel/Fantahun/Bartels, Addis
Ababa 2005
Toolkit for BDS-Facilitation. Demand-driven Business Development Services
toolkit-bds-ethiopia-final-7-2005.pdf
MSE Development Project,
Addis Ababa 2005
BDS in Industrial Zones of Addis Ababa
bds-in-addis-clusters.ppt
(powerpoint)
MSE Development Project,
Addis Ababa 2005
Support on Self-Employment of technical School Leavers
bds-support-to-tvet-graduates.doc
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The Six-Pack for SME Development
Product
description 1: The 6-month BDS
Cycle Approach. Demand-driven Business Development Services
(BDS)
product1-six-month-bds-cycles.pdf
90 KB.
The demand driven 6-month BDS
cycle approach is a participatory method comprising of
situation and problem analysis and action planning (one month)
and the implementation of services to overcome the identified
business constraints (five months). The business owners are
assisted by BDS facilitators of partner organizations to
identify their main business constraints and to suggest own
solutions. The BDS facilitator assists them with refining the
owners' proposals and forwards additional problem-solving
service interventions in collaboration with BDS providers.
Product description 2:
Internet based BDS and Business Information Portals
product2-bds-internet-portals.pdf
94 KB.
Different BDS and business information media - such as Internet BDS
Portals, CD-ROM BDS Portals, Email based BDS newsletters and printed
handbooks - provide the necessary background information for business
counselling, strategy discussion, experience exchange and networking on
meso level. They complete the Business Development Services (BDS) of
business consultants on enterprise micro level.
Product
description 3: Bottom-up Organizational
Development of Partner Organisations product3-bottom-up-od.pdf
80 KB.
The bottom-up organizational development
is a simple tool to improve the service delivery performance and
management of partner organisations. Start with the existing management
system of the organization and improve step by step (bottom-up). Do not
force an external management system to a local structure (top-down).
Product
description 4: Don't make always the same
mistakes in Networking product4-networking.pdf
90 KB.
Creating a Business Development Services
(BDS) Network. The SME/BDS network will be a forum of experience
exchange, coordination and policy dialogue between public and private
institutions and entrepreneurs.
Avoid
heavily formalised structure of Network.
Structures with President, Secretary, Board of members, Membership fees
etc. are not absolutely necessary for efficient networking. Main purpose
of networking is experience exchange and coordination.
For this, periodical meetings e.g. 3-monthly meetings are sufficient and
should not be formalised by rules and regulations.
Product
description 5: Monitoring and Evaluation
System for international programmes and projects
product5-m+e-development-projects.pdf
73 KB.
One problem in the recent M+E discussion is that emphasis is made
exclusively on "Impact evaluation". "Activity monitoring" is too boring
for a "scientific-based" M+E discussion. But in our understanding
activity monitoring is the basis of impact evaluation: How can you
evaluate the performance and quality of a programme if you do not know
what and how much has been done? Our M+E system includes
activity monitoring as well
as impact evaluation and M+E document management.
Product
description 6: Monitoring and Evaluation
System for local partner organizations
product6-m+e-local-partner-organizations.pdf
65 KB.
Taking
into account that your partner organizations do not have the financial
and management capacities of an international project, you will know
that you cannot force a international high level M+E system on a local
structure. That is why basic activity monitoring by basic data
collection and basic impact evaluation by periodical SWOT analysis
meetings will give you better results than the useless attempt to get
everything. Together with the "folder method" you will have immediate
and complete overview on the existing M+E systems of your
partner organizations involved.
All
in One:
Product 1-6 in one document
sixpack-for-sme-development.pdf
260 KB |
Dieter Gagel, Tunis, 2001
Needs assessment and action planning for BDS in Tunisia
(French language)
tun024.doc
Dieter Gagel, Mali 1998
Needs assessment / action planning for BDS with crafts associations in
Mali
(French)
tableau-de-situation.xls +
plan-d-actions.xls
BDS
Success Stories
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BDS succes stories - short
bds-success-stories-leaflet.pdf
400 KB
BDS success stories -
detailed
bds-success-stories.pdf
2 MB
Capacity
Building of Business Associations and Chambers
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Ethiopian BDS Network, Addis
Ababa 2004
Improve your Business Association
business-association-5-2-04.pdf
Bahir Dar Chamber of
Commerce, Bahir Dar 2005
Business Development Services of the Bahir Dar Chamber of Commerce
bahirdarchamber.ppt
Ethiopian Chamber of
Commerce, Addis Ababa 2006
The Ethiopian Business Directory
ethiopian-business-directory.doc
The Business Directory has been organized and
published in collaboration
with the GTZ MSE Development Project
Ethiopian Chamber of
Commerce, Addis Ababa 2005
Membership statistics of the 15 City Chambers
chamber-statistics.doc
The membership statistics have been carried out
in collaboration
with the GTZ MSE Development Project
Ethiopian BDS Network, BDS
Newsletter, Addis Ababa 2006
Compulsory membership for sustainable finance of Chambers of Commerce
Web site of the Ethiopian
Chamber of Commerce
www.ethiopianchamber.com
The Ethiopian Chamber website has been published
in collaboration
with the GTZ MSE Development Project
Web site of the Adama
Chamber of Commerce
www.adamachamber.com
The Adama chamber website has been published in collaboration
with the GTZ MSE Development Project
BDS
Training Programs
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Dieter Gagel, Yemen 2006
BDS Theory and Practice. Workshop report
bds-workshop-report-yemen-2006.pdf.
3,5 MB. This is the latest and most complet training
including experiences
from 2002-2006
from different countries
Dieter Gagel, Addis Ababa
2002
Training of Trainers: Needs assessment, action planning and BDS delivery
report tot-bds 12-02.doc
Dieter Gagel, Addis Ababa 2002
Training workshop for BDS facilitators
bds workshop 7-02.doc
Dieter Gagel, Addis Ababa
2003
Introducing counselling services to customers of the Commercial Bank of
Ethiopia
bds-cbe-workshop-10-03.doc
Example of BDS with medium enterprises
BDS
Information Services - published Handbooks
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Dieter Gagel, Fantahun Melles,
Karl Bartels (for EBDSN) - Addis Ababa 10/2004
Toolkit for BDS Facilitation.
Demand-driven Business Development Services (BDS)
toolkit-bds-ethiopia-webversion.pdf
1,2 MB
EBDSN, Addis 7/2004
Start and Improve your Business
start-your-business-1-7-2004.pdf
620 KB
EBDSN, Addis 2004
Marketing Strategies for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in Ethiopia
marketing-23-2-04.pdf 290 KB
EBDSN, Addis 02
Trade Fair Participation and Export Guide
tradefair-export-25-02-04.pdf
434 KB
EBDSN, Addis 2004
Business Planning for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
businessplan-18-06-04.pdf
255 KB
EBDSN, Addis 2004
Accounting and Cost Calculation
Manual
accounting-cost-calculation-14-2-04.pdf
180 KB
EBDSN, Addis 2004
Loan conditions of
Commercial Banks
and Micro Finance Institutions in Ethiopia
loan-conditions-23-02-04.pdf
468 KB
EBDSN, Addis 2004
Improve your Business Asociation
business-association-5-2-04.pdf
175 KB
EBDSN, Addis 2004
Standards and Quality in
Ethiopia
standards-quality-27-2-04.pdf
190 KB
EBDSN, Addis 2004
Investment Guide for Ethiopia
investment-25-2-04.pdf 240 KB
EBDSN / Chambers of Commerce, Addis 7/04
Taxation in Ethiopia
taxation-manual-8-7-04.pdf
E-mail
based monthly BDS Newsletter
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simply click on the BDS
newsletter webpages:
BDS Newsletter 1, May 2005
New webpage of the Ethiopian Chamber of Commerce; New
publication on Taxation; Assisting unemployed school leavers for business
start-up
BDS Newsletter 2, June 2005
Ethiopian BDS Network Meeting; Criticism of the "full commercial BDS
approach"; Sector specific information on textile, leather, food,
construction
BDS Newsletter 3, July 2005
What is demand-driven? Fields of Intervention for BDS Facilitators; Types of
BDS services provided; Industrial Zones Development in Addis
BDS Newsletter 4, August 2005
New Directory of international PSD related projects in
Ethiopia; How to make a good Powerpoint Presentation
BDS Newsletter 5, September 2005
Hollow-block Producer Success Story; How to present a Success Story;
Action-Research and BDS;
BDS Newsletter 6, October 2005
BDS Intervention in Industrial Clusters;
BDS Newsletter 7, November 2005
New Chamber Webpages;
BDS Newsletter 8, December 2005
How to put BDS into Practice; BDS Success Story of municipal garbage
collection cooperative
BDS Newsletter 9, January 2006
Example of Value Chain Development;
BDS Newsletter 10, February 2006
Addis Trade Fair; Multi-level Approach?; B
BDS Newsletter "Special Edition", February 2006
How to create small document files by picture compression; how to create
zip-files; how to create pdf-files.
BDS Newsletter 11, March 2006
Extensive monitoring and evaluation systems for local institutions?
BDS Newsletter 12, April 2006
Ethiopian Business Directory published; Directory of international
development projects; BDS of Bahir Dar Chamber of Commerce
BDS Newsletter special edition 1 -4/06: Creation of
funds for non-fiancial services with banks
BDS Newsletter special edition 2 -4/06: Linking
technical trainers for on-the-spot advice to micro and small enterprises;
Company Re-Engineering Module for medium and large business
BDS Newsletter 13, May 2006: Do we need a
Monopoly for Private Sector Development?
BDS Newsletter 14, June 2006: 7 steps for
business registration in Ethiopia
Internet
BDS Portals and Learning Platforms
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Dieter Gagel, Addis Ababa 2004
Impact of Internet BDS Portals (german language)
bdsportal-impact.pdf
Business Development Services (BDS) Forum
www.bds-forum.net is a new
website edited by Dieter Gagel, freelance consultant, promoting a moderate
BDS approach including commercial BDS providers as well as NGOs,
self-help-organizations and public providers. The website gives a lot of
examples of BDS interventions in industrial clusters, with business
start-ups, with Chambers of Commerce, sector-specific BDS interventions and
BDS in value chain development. Handbooks on marketing, start your business,
import-export, trade fairs, business planning, bookkeeping and cost
calculation and capacity building of business associations are available for
download. Links to Ghanaian, Tunisian, Ethiopian, Malian, Guinean BDS
portals.
New BDS Portal in Senegal
www.senegal-entreprises.net
Ethiopian BDS Network
www.bds-ethiopia.net
Start and Improve your Business
www.start-your-business.net
Business Experience
www.bds-forum.net/africa
Action-Research
www.action-research.de
Monitoring
and Evaluation of BDS
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Dieter Gagel, Addis Ababa
Monitoring and Evaluation of BDS, Organizational Development and
Networking
m-and-e-system.doc
MSE Development Project, Addis Ababa 2004
Report on activity monitoring of BDS, CEFE entrepreneurship training,
organizational development and networking
activity-monitoring-8-10-04.doc
Mulatu Zerihun, freelance consultant, Addis
Ababa 2004
Impact Study of MSE development project activities on BDS, CEFE
entrepreneurship training, organizational development and networking
impact-final-19-10-04.doc
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New BDS Portal in Senegal
www.senegal-entreprises.net .
One of the biggest national BDS portals world wide! |
