Council for Economic Empowerment for Women of Africa - Uganda Chapter (CEEWA- U) - Uganda
- Uganda
- Resources
- Capacity Building
- Business Training
- Business Training
Quick information guide
How to build the capacity of your business?
- Understand where your business is
- Adopt a growth mindset
- Invest in training
- Practice an ongoing knowledge development
- Document key processes
- Set clear goals and track the use of technology
- Connect with other business people
Risk sources in your business
- Strategic - decisions concerning your business objectives.
- Compliance - with laws, regulations, standards, and codes of practice.
- Financial - transactions, systems, and structure of your business.
- Operational - operational and administrative procedures.
- Environmental - external events you have no control over such as weather/economic conditions.
- Reputational - character/goodwill of the business
Preparing a Risk Management Plan
A well trained and efficient team is the best insulation a company has from the effect of risks. A plan that is easy to reach and apply should be available when disaster strikes.
- Identify the risk - Work with teams in each sector and ask 'what if...happened?'
- Assess the risk - What are the chances of the risk happening? What are the consequences to the company?
- Manage the risk - Develop cost-effective options for dealing with the risks. These include; avoiding, reducing, transferring or accepting the resources contributing to the risk.
How support your Risk Management Plan;
- Monitor and review - Regularly review your plan and ensure control measures are in place. Continuously train and test your staff to ensure that they know what to do should a risk occur. Your Risk management Plan should be part of your business process.
Business training
When setting up and running a business, there are many aspects to consider in getting a product/service to market profitably.
For business people to grow their companies, they always think of increasing staff to help grow the business. Since that isn’t always easy, there is a big need to find alternatives for their businesses growth. Experts suggest a number of recommendations that do not need necessarily to hire new staff and consequently spend more money for that growth. Entrepreneurs can still build the capacity of their businesses without incurring more expenses for the growth.
Recommendations to build capacity of your business
- Understand where you are - in order to build a suitable training plan for your business. What stage is your company in the Business Maturity Model? How will training benefit your company?
- Adopt a growth mindset - and share it with your staff. Is your business capable of growth and improvement?
- Invest in training for your human resources - especially for the key people who make the most difference;
- Make knowledge development and sharing an ongoing practice - how well does your team understand how your business works? Are they up to date on innovations in their areas of work?
- Flesh out and document key processes - clear, documented processes ensure that quality products/services are produced every time. Are these present in your company? Are they being used and and continuously improved?
- Set clear goals and track metrics for the use of technology - how does technology make your business more efficient? Are measuring crucial steps that affect the quality of your products/services?
- Connect with other organisations - to learn as an organisation. Is your company subscribed to the leading Associations in your sector? Are you and your employees members of professional Associations in their fields of expertise?
Council for Economic Empowerment for Women of Africa - Uganda Chapter (CEEWA- U)
| About the (CEEWA- U) | The Council for Economic Empowerment for Women of Africa - Uganda Chapter (CEEWA- U) is a registered non-government, not-for-profit and women membership organization working to promote economic empowerment of women in the development process. It was legally registered in 1997 Registration No: S.5914/1947 - 1881). Its vision is “A Uganda in which women’s economic aspirations, rights and productive potentials are fully recognized and mainstreamed in the framework of equitable and sustainable human development”. The mission is to promote the economic empowerment of women in the development process through gender disaggregated research, advocacy, training, information dissemination and documentation. |
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| What is the enrollment procedure and what is required from participants? | CEEWA-Uganda organizes business management trainings, based on the available resources, for target beneficiaries in different geographical areas (at community/village level). We target economically active women who are underserved, underprivileged or in difficult circumstances and these include women entrepreneurs, groups, farmers and youths. The Community Development Officers (CDOs) work closely with the local leaders i.e. LC1s, Secretaries of the women etc. to identify participants as prescribed by CEEWA-U. In some cases, the CEEWA-U contacts the existing Community Based Organizations make recommendations for potential participants. We target 80% female and 20% male participants. Requirements from the participants: entrepreneurship evidence, records of business operation and registration documents (certificates) of women groups. |
| Links to e-Learning resources | The resources are not available online but exist in both hard and soft copies at CEEWA Uganda office. |
| Available templates online for business management to be shared | The templates on business management are not online, but exist in hard and soft copies at CEEWA Uganda offices |
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| Contacts | Council for Economic Empowerment for Women of Africa - Uganda Chapter (CEEWA- U) |