Updated: Thursday 04 January 2018

Business Model Canvas training

COWASH Organized 2-days Business Model Canvas training for 35 participants (5 females; 4 males and 1 female with disabilities).

Trainees were from Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET) / Polytechnic College instructors; Regional TVET and Micro and Small Enterprise Bureau and COWASH Regional Support Unit staffs.

Ato Bekele Damte was the master trainer and W/ro Weaza Kebede as a co-trainer.

The training event was to enhance the capacity of Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET) College / Polytechnic College instructors, Regional TVET and Micro and Small Enterprise Bureau staffs and COWASH Regional Support Unit staffs in using Business Model Canvas (BMC) so that the trainees shall use the BMC to train entrepreneurs in general and that of entrepreneurs working on sanitation marketing and water schemes maintenance businesses in five COWASH Regions.

The two-day Business ModelCanvas training completed successfully. The training was conducted by Ato Bekele Damte Fufa (M.A. in Cooperative Management, B.A. in Business Management), a consultant recruited by COWASH. Trainees have shown keen interest for the training and actively participated throughout the training sessions. Moreover, the training enabled participants to share their knowledge and experiences among themselves.

As a way forward participants have agreed to have discussion with their immediate supervisors to scale up training and utilization of Business Model Canvas in their respective region TVET Colleges/ Polytechnic Colleges/ TVET Centers.

You can find more in the attached training report.