Business Development Services (BDS) Forum

Monthly e-mail based BDS Newsletter 

Website Statistics

• BDS-Forum Newsletter

• Senegal BDS Newsletter

• Ethiopian BDS Newsletter

 
BDS-Forum Newsletter  [top]

Newsletter 1-2010

• New BDS websites in Yemen and Senegal

• Network of private sector Websites in different countries

Newsletter 12-2008

• Yearly timeplanner 2009 template

• Monhtly timeplanner 2009 template

• Wall calendar 2009 template

Newsletter 11-2008

• Results of the first two BDS cycles in Senegal

  • number of enterprises by sector,

  • resultats of support activities by category, s

  • upport of business organizations and

  • information services on national level)

Newsletter 9-2008

• New publication of the all-in-one business guide
  "Start and improve your business"

• Use this guide to publish your own business guide

Newsletter 6-2008

• Websites of business associations in Senegal

• Other business development websites

Newsletter 3-2008

• E-commmerce avec des marchés virtuels sur Internet

• Exemples de site web d'entreprises individuelles

Newsletter 2-2008

• Resultats of the first 6-month BDS cycle in Senegal

• Delivering services to small and medium enterprises.

• Capacity building of national business organizations

Newsletter 12-2007

• New English Business Training Modules just published

• CD-ROM package with all english and french training modules

Newsletter 9-2007

• Document management with document template, file compression
  and pdf converter

• Create your own virtual library for efficient project document management

Newsletter 8-2007

• Monitoring and Evaluation of international projects and partner organisations

• Initiating Business Development Services (BDS) in Senegal

Newsletter 6-2007
New: Training Modules for small and medium enterprises in French language.

• Module 1: Les cycles de création et de gestion d'enterprise

• Module 2: Marketing et étude de marché

• Module 3: Comptabilité de base et calcul des coûts

• Module 4: Procédures de création d'entreprise

• Module 5: Guide d'accès au financement

• Module 6: Comment élaborer un plan d'affaires?

• Module 7: Promotion du commerce international

Newsletter 3-2007
Macro-level Interventions: Business climate survey, Good governance, Red tape, Public Private Dialogue, Poverty Reduction Strategies, Financial System Development, Anti-corruption

Newsletter 2-2007
New BDS Internet portal Senegal, Example of BDS with medium size enterprises

Newsletter 1-2007
Six-Pack for SME development: 6-month BDS cycle approach, BDS Internet portals, Organizational Development, Networking, M+E for projects, M+E for partners.

 
Senegal BDS Newsletter  [top]

Bulletin Mai 2007
Bibliothèque virtuelle de l'ADEPME, Guide des investissements au Sénégal, l'Approche BDS des cycles de six mois

Bulletin  Avril 2007
Nouveau portail de services d'appui aux entreprises du Sénégal www.senegal-entreprises.net, Répertoire des structures d'appui et établissements financiers, Boîte à outils de suivi-évaluation pour consultants

 
Ethiopian BDS Newsletter from 2005 to 2006  [top]

The monthly e-mail based BDS newsletter is sent to more than 450 addressees in Ethiopia (50%) and abroad (50%). The newsletter gives updated information on business related events and is a good tool for discussion of BDS strategies, lessons learnt and BDS success stories.

See the following newsletters
under www.bds-ethiopia.net/news.htm

BDS Newsletter 15, July 2006: New writer for the BDS newsletter. Business planning for small enterprises. BDS workshops in Yemen.

BDS Newsletter 14, June 2006: 7 steps for business registration in Ethiopia

BDS Newsletter 13, May 2006: Do we need a Monopoly for Private Sector Development?

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 special edition 1 -4/06: Creation of funds for non-fiancial services with banks

BDS Newsletter 12, April 2006 Ethiopian Business Directory published; Directory of international development projects; BDS of Bahir Dar Chamber of Commerce

BDS Newsletter 11, March 2006 Extensive monitoring and evaluation systems for local institutions?

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 10, February 2006 Addis Trade Fair; Multi-level Approach?; Business Information Handbooks

BDS Newsletter 9, January 2006 Example of Value Chain Development; Trade Fairs

BDS Newsletter 8, December 2005 How to put BDS into Practice; BDS Success Story of municipal garbage collection cooperative

BDS Newsletter 7, November 2005 New Chamber Webpages;

BDS Newsletter 6, October 2005 BDS Intervention in Industrial Clusters; Exposition on BDS in the Hilton Hotel; New value chain development project

BDS Newsletter 5, September 2005 Hollow-block Producer Success Story; How to present a Success Story; Action-Research and BDS;

BDS Newsletter 4,  August 2005 New Directory of international PSD related projects in Ethiopia; How to make a good Powerpoint Presentation

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 2, June 2005 Ethiopian BDS Network Meeting; Criticism of the "full commercial BDS approach"; Sector specific information on textile, leather, food, construction

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

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