
Entrepreneurship promotion
Next-Gen SIYB: Expanding, digitalising, and adapting together
The ILO organized a knowledge exchange webinar aimed at ILO’s Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB) global trainer network comprised of over 13,000 trainers and master trainers.
27 September 2024
This knowledge exchange webinar was aimed at:
- Exploring the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and digital tools to complement and strengthen SIYB training implementation; and
- Highlight field experiences and learnings from using SIYB’s latest training modules on ‘Digitalize Your Business’ and ‘Expand Your Business’.
Trainers engaged in discussions to emphasize the practical application of AI-based tools to support enterprise development, and shared their crucial insights on adapting to the digital ecosystem to drive SIYB forward.
Opening remarks
- Dragan Radic (Chief, MSME Branch, ILO Headquarters)
Moderation
- Luisa Iachan (Technical Officer, Entrepreneurship Promotion, ILO Headquarters)
Session 1: The use of AI tools as a complement to SIYB training
- Bailey Klinger (Head of the AI and MSME Productivity Initiative, HacerPeru)
- Efrain Quicaña Navarro (Sr. Specialist, Rural Economy, Productive Development and Formalization, ILO Lima)
Session 2: The new SIYB modules ‘Digitalise Your Business’ (DYB) and ‘Expand Your Business’ (EYB)
- Esther Okone (SIYB Master Trainer, Kenya)
- Gemunu Wijesena (SIYB Master Trainer, Sri Lanka)
Webinar recording

Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB)