DCED Webinar: The challenges of using evidence to inform funding decisions - highlighting simple ways to respond to growing evidence in the entrepreneurship and SME development fields.
This webinar took place on 5 April 2022.
Why do some enterprise support programs make little to no meaningful difference whereas others prove transformative in accelerating enterprise growth, employment gain, ability to raise capital, and the expansion of enterprises delivering social and environmental goods?
Growing evidence in the field and academia increasingly reinforces a few key characteristics that make all the difference. Simple, cost-effective, changes in relation to these characteristics have been found to improve an entrepreneur's journey to success and their enterprise's ability to create impact.
This session:
• showcased the impact of evidence based approaches;
• provided examples of how enterprise support organizations ‘’ESOs’’ (that provide one or both of financial and non-financial support to enterprises), and funders of entrepreneurship and SME development, have generated and responded to the evidence to boost impact; and
• signposted how funders can increasingly incorporate proven approaches.
Key resources from the webinar:
• SCALE Toolkit from the Argidius Foundation, offering guidance to implement evidence-based practices that boost small business growth and job creation - [ Ссылка ]
Speakers: Nicholas Colloff (Argidius Foundation), Alice Nkulikiyinka (Business Professionals Network & Rwanda Development Board), Julia Kho (Triple Jump). Moderator: Jim Tanburn (DCED)
