The NTFP-EP with Riak-Bumi conducted a training-workshop on enterprise development last 24-28 May at the Sungai Pelaik Long House in Danau Sentarum, West Kalimantan, Indonesia. It was participated in by EP and Riak Bumi staff and partner-communities engaged in crafts enterprises in Kalimantan – including weavers from Pengerak and crafts producers from Kedang Pahu.
The training aimed to equip the participants with basic knowledge and skills on the four aspects of entrepreneurship (marketing, production, finance and organizational development & management). It focused on providing simple enterprise development tools to enable the participants to organize and strengthen community-based enterprises in their respective areas.
The main learning methodology was “learning-by-doing,” inspired by Competency-based Economies through Formation of Enterprise (CEFE), an entrepreneurship training concept developed & promoted by the German Agency for Technical Cooperation. Simulation games combined with processing and inputs discussion on entrepreneurial theories were used so participants could discover their potentials, understand their strengths, think creatively, solve problems, get business ideas and know how business works. {Beng Camba}