FINAL MID-TERM REPORT Review of District Business Solution Centre's and Promoting Women in Business and Investment in Kenya Projects Prepared for Partnership Project(s)

Abstract

The District Business Solution Centers and Promoting Women in Business and Investment in Kenya projects were established with the aim of enhancing entrepreneurial capacity development, entrepreneurial competence and productivity of Micro and small enterprises and Small medium and large enterprises owned by the youth, women entrepreneurs and MSEs in Kenya. The overall goal of the projects was employment creation, poverty reduction and effective participation of the beneficiaries in the Kenyan mainstream economy. The projects were a design of GOK/UNPD for the delivery of BDS to the Youth, Women and MSE operators through the DBSC and PWBIK. The Implementing organisations of the DBSC and PWBIK projects are UNDP, ILO and UNIDO while the Co-ordination of implementation will be done by UNDP under guidance of the joint ILO, UNDP, UNIDO, MOTI project technical committee drawn from the respective organisations Kenya offices. Members of the steering committee comprise of the Ministry of Trade and Industry, the Ministry of Youth Affairs, the KIE, UNIDO, UNDP, ILO and relevant development partners who were to provide financial and non-financial support to the project.