Announcement

Istanbul/Turkey

23-24 February 2012

In short

·  Two days in-depth training for incubation professionals as well as incubation program planners and managers;

·  Delivered by a group of incubation experts / trainers from all continents;

·  First-hand incubation practice drawing from the experience, examples, and lessons learnt from the infoDev global incubator network (more than 400 business incubators in more than 100 countries worldwide);

·  Interactive participant-centred training method (PCT) for maximized exchange of experience and practice;

·  Participants receive an infoDev training certificate;

·  Istanbul/Turkey, 23-24 February 2012;

·  Based on financial support from infoDev the d fee is only USD 550,00;

·  Number of participants is limited to secure intensive training – early registration is recommended!

Objective and participants

High quality leadership is a key factor determining the probability of success for a business incubator. World Bank’s infoDev has developed an in-depth business incubation training program, drawing from the lessons, good practice, and different business models from around 400 business incubators coming from more than 100 countries worldwide. The training program consists of 12 modules (one day each) covering all areas from planning and managing an incubator to specialized topics like virtual incubation and technology commercialization.

Participants of the training include business incubation and business start-up support professionals, business incubation program planners and managers as well as individuals and organizations that currently prepare for starting business incubation programs. Participants will gain high quality incubation management skills in key areas of successful incubation leadership. The training will offer a minimum of four of the 12 infoDev training modules. The selection of topics will reflect the wishes of the participants. For selecting your training modules, please see the registration form below (p.3).

Methodology

Led by a group of international incubation professionals and trainers, participants will be engaged into active participation and exchange. Introductions to global good practices and examples of business incubation will be delivered though a state-of-the-art participant-centred training (PCT) method. Working in small groups of participants will optimize the learning effect.

Participation fees and registration

·  Participation fee for the two days training (two training modules) including training materials, welcome dinner and catering during the training (not including travel and hotel in Istanbul) is USD 550,00 (USD 275,00 per module and day) incl. taxes per participant.

For registration details, please see below Registration.

·  The number of participants is limited. Please, now indicate your interest to participate! With confirmation of participation we will inform about the modules offered.

Agenda

Wednesday, Feb 22 / Arrival
Registration and networking dinner (7pm)
Thursday, Feb 23 / Full day training
Please find more details on the training modules in the attached document infoDev training program overview 12.2011.pdf
Friday, Feb 24 / Full day training
Celebratory dinner with certificates of participation
Saturday, Feb 25 / Departure


Registration

We kindly request you to register for your participation in the training by completing and returning to us the questionnaire below until December 20th. Following your registration, you will receive confirmation and further information on the training logistics as well as the official invitation, payment details and further information for your preparation.

Name:

Organization:

Position:

Contact details:

Our organization is interested to participate with participant(s).

We require further information. Please get in touch with us.

We book participation for the following modules (Please find more details on the training modules in the attached document infoDev training program overview 12.2011.pdf).

Please note that each module requires a full day. One participant can only register for maximum two modules (two days):

Please insert number of participants here: / Please insert number of participants here:
Module 1&2 (1 day training):
Business Incubation Definitions and Principles & Business Incubator Models, Including Success Factors / Module 7 – Monitoring, Evaluation and Benchmarking
Module 3 – Planning an Incubator / Module 8 – Implementing a Mentoring Program
Module 4 – Marketing and Stakeholder Management / Module 9 – Deals and Financing for Incubator Clients
Module 5 – Financing an Incubator / Module 10 – Technology Commercialization through Incubation
Module 6 – Managing the Incubator / Module 11 – Setting Up Virtual Services

Please note that the availability of training modules will depend on the number of registrations for each training module. You will receive final confirmation on the availability of your training module. Number of places are limited, please register early!

Please return this completed page to the following address:

(Mr. Todor Yalamov, coordinator of infoDev’s ECAbit Eastern European and Central Asian Incubators Network – Registration and Contact Point for all participants)

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