Business Development Services:

 

The Unit aims at facilitating provision of non-financial services to Micro entrepreneurs by conducted numerous surveys and implementing experimental projects for development of such enterprises.  It is worth mentioning that activities of the Small and Micro-Enterprises Unit is not limited only to securing provision of financial services to Micro entrepreneurs but exceeded it to creation of an adequate environment for provision of non-financial services for Micro entrepreneurs, which include clients of microfinance programs and institutions and non-beneficiaries, in order to upgrade efficiency and capacity of the group, by providing relevant training and qualification programs in various fields; such as tailoring, maintenance of mobile phones, embroidery, house management, food processing, handicrafts, production of perfumes and incense; etc.

 

In implementation to Small &  Micro Enterprises Strategy  and due to lack of non-financial services; such as consultancy services pertaining to production and marketing technology, in addition to the absence of training and non-availability thereof to the targeted clients by the Small and Microfinance Programs and Institutions, the Small and Micro Enterprises Promotion Agency  was established that aims at development of the capacities of the small and micro-enterprises in order to expand their productions and improve the relevant quality and at the same time develop demand channels for the products by extending training, conducting exploratory visits and sector studies.  It is worth mentioning that a grant agreement was concluded in Sana'a between the Social Fund for Development and the Royal Embassy of the Netherlands to finance an administrative training program for small investors that is to be implemented through the Agency.