SIYB Association of Sri Lanka

The "Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB)" Program of the International Labour Organization is a system of inter-related practical management-skills training package for small-scale enterprise owners and managers. It encompasses a range of cost-effective and practical training, monitoring and evaluation methodologies and instruments which were designed to meet the management training needs of potential and existing small business persons.

The overall objective of the SIYB Association is to contribute to the economic development and to the creation of new and better jobs in any country it practices. Within the framework set by the development objective, the first immediate objective of the SIYB program is to enable local Business Development Services (BDS) organizations to effectively and independently implement business start up and improvement training and related activities for potential and existing entrepreneurs.

The second immediate objective is to enable potential and existing small entrepreneurs through these SIYB partner organizations to start viable businesses and to increase the viability and profitability of existing enterprises, and to create quality employment for others in the process.