Starting
your own business
dvudvevno-obuchenie1
On August 3rd and 4th , 2013 Center for Community Development in Knezha,
a structure of the "Amalipe" Center, organized training for people of
Roma origin wishing to start their own business within a project, initiated by
the "New Road" Association in Hayredin. Those wishing to start their
own business or optimize an existing one received both theoretical and
practical tips from Boyan Zahariev - Program Director of the "Open Society
Institute" Foundation in Sofia, Spaska Mikhailova - President of the
"New Road" Association in Hayredin, Diana Angelova – trainer and
consultant, Angel Angelov, trainer and lecturer at Sofia University, Ivan
Dimitrov Hristov - Executive Director of the Local Initiative group in Knezha.
The first day of the training began with a brief
introduction and acquaintance with all the attendees of the training - their
names, marital status and occupation. The moderator Borko Mishev first
introduced himself. Trainers urged the participants to be very active and to
ask questions, to respond, and thus to clarify their ideas about their own
business. For this purpose, expectations from the training and more specific
information were written on the flip chart:
Information about business project and the type of activity / what could
be done
Documentation and registration
Financing options
Risks
Regional expert medical commission - deductions
The training continued with a task for the participants
to write down their strengths and weaknesses in order to test their ability to
manage own business. They had to present their writings and to consider what
qualities he/she owns and if he/she is ready to manage the business. Within the
next challenge, every participant had to give three ideas for developing
business. dvudvevno-obuchenie2After this, the discussion about the appropriate
business for participants started. For some of the attendees, it was decided
that the second business idea is more suitable for the development of business
than the first.
At the end of the first day of the training, a
SWOT-analysis of the business ideas was emphasized and tentative questions to
be answered were set. The second day started with a procedure for registering a
company, specific features, differences between Sole trader and Ltd - starting
capitals. Concrete steps to register as a farmer. Ms. Diana Angelova led the
discussion and answered the questions. The Executive Director of LIG - Knezha
was invited to join the training. He presented the guidelines for application.
From the conversation with Ivan Hristov, participants obtained very important
information – about the ability of everyone to become a member of the General
Assembly of LIG with an application! Through this opportunity, new standards
for start-up business and additional points for people of Roma origin and women
could be set.
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