• Business Development Services (BDS) are generally defined as: “services that improve the performance of the enterprise, its access to markets, and its ability to compete. The definition of ’business development service’… includes an array of services such as training, consultancy, marketing, information, technology development and transfer, business linkages, etc., both strategic (medium to long term issues that improve performance) and operational (day-to-day issues).
• BDS are crucial to the growth of SMEs. They have the potential to help new entrepreneurs and existing businesses to grow, become more competitive, and contribute further to the prosperity of Rwanda.

The services being provided by Business Development Service Centres (BDC) include, but not limited to the following:

• Entrepreneurial Development Services
• Business Registration
• Business Advice and Counseling
• IT Services
• Business Information Services
• Export Development Services
• Tourism Information
• Tax Advisory Services
• Environment Compliance and Cleaner Production Services

 

Basis of intervention :

• BDS provision shall be aligned to GoR development plans and programs: Vision 2020, EDPRS, and IDP.

• BDS shall support Start Ups with high potential and existing SMEs that can be moved to the next level.

• BDS provision shall put special emphasis on value addition and export promotion.

 

BDC soft infrastructure

Services immediately rendered are:

• IT Trainings

• Entrepreneurship Development

• Online Business Registration

• Business Plan Elaboration,

• Enterprise Support Services

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Setting up a business Investment opportunities Investment Implementation

Tourism Conservation Agriculture

Trade and Manufacturing Asset & Business Mgt Human Capital and Institutional Development