Start and Improve your Business (SIYB) resources

  1. Global highlights

    SIYB Update 2022

    23 January 2023

    We are glad to share the 2022 SIYB Update. This year's publication showcases recent SIYB-related activities in 49 different countries plus information on the global SIYB highlights.

  2. Guide

    Digitalise your Business

    14 October 2022

    Digital Strategies for Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

  3. Event

    Launch Webinar | Digitalise your Business guide

  4. Webinar

    Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB) Global Tracer Study 2016–2020

    On December 3, the ILO’s Global SIYB team organized a webinar to launch the recently published 2016-2020 SIYB Global Tracer Study. The event promoted an engaging discussion about SIYB’s outreach, trends and what works for business management training programs.

  5. Publication

    Expanding entrepreneurship: 23 million and counting - Start and Improve Your Business Global Tracer Study 2016-2020

    29 November 2021

    Every 5 years the ILO’s Global SIYB team publishes the Global Tracer Study to analyse the outreach of the SIYB programme. SIYB has a long track record of promoting development of micro and small enterprises as a strategy for creating more and better employment for both women and men. The programme was created in the 1980s and has since been implemented in more than 100 countries. This year we are launching the 2016-2020 Global Tracer Study, providing quantitative and qualitative data on the implementation of the programme between 2016 and 2020.

  6. Global highlights

    SIYB Update 2021

    25 November 2021

    We are glad to share the 2021 SIYB Update. This year's publication showcases recent SIYB-related activities in 47 different countries plus information on the global SIYB highlights.

  7. Guide

    Promoting sustainable entrepreneurship through business incubators, accelerators and innovation hubs

    23 September 2021

    A guide for policymakers and practitioners on the work done by innovation organizations

  8. Publication

    Inclusive Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Analysis in Montenegro

    17 June 2021

  9. Event

    What works for sustainability in entrepreneurship training delivery?

  10. Guide

    What works for sustainability in entrepreneurship training delivery?

    31 March 2021

    A guide for practitioners based on lessons from ILO’s SIYB programme