Development of STEP Training Curriculum for Student Teachers UGANDA, KENYA, TANZANIA CLIENT: GERMAN ACADEMIC EXCHANGE SERVICE (DAAD) Description of project: The goal of the project was to develop a new entrepreneurship curriculum for student teachers to be rolled out at different universities in eastern Africa with a primary focus on Uganda. The curriculum was used to prepare student teachers to teach entrepreneurship at secondary schools. An international team of experts from Germany, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania developed a curriculum based on the STEP Training and implemented and evaluated the new curriculum at partner universities in Uganda. STEP Training in Nigeria STEP Training in Lebanon

STEP Training at Two Rural Universities SOUTH AFRICA CLIENT: GERMAN COMMISSION FOR UNESCO DONOR: BASF FOUNDATION Description of project: The object of the project was the sustainable research-based implementation of the Student Training for Entrepreneurial Promotion (STEP) at two rural universities in South Africa to contribute to the improvement of the quality of education and life chances as well as to the reduction of youth unemployment in South Africa. In each project year, the 12-week training program was implemented using a randomized control group design (targeted sample: 200 students per year per university). The randomly chosen training group participants were equipped with knowledge and skills important for starting businesses (mixture of topics from business administration, entrepreneurship research, and psychology). Doorways co-founder Carina Bohlayer was responsible for the implementation of the project as a member of Leuphana University. PI Training for Female Farmers PI Training for Female Factory Workers

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PI Training Short Version and Training of Trainers PHILIPPINES CLIENT: INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT GROUP (IMG) DONOR: JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY (JICA) Description of project: Together with IMG Partners, we developed a contextualized and shortened version of the PI Training for the Philippines. In 2023, we conducted three Training of Trainer (ToT) workshops in Davao City in which we trained trainers to deliver this short version to small-scale entrepreneurs in politically unstable regions of Mindano. In 2024, we conducted two more Training of Trainer (ToT) workshops to further qualitfy (master) trainers and ensure the long-term sustainability of the project. Within the bigger project, the PI Training is an important element to provide holistic support to entrepreneurs. PI Training for Adolescent Girls and Young Women PI Training for Rural Entrepreneurs in Tamil Nadu

STEP Success Stories Find out more about the participants of the STEP Training and the impact the program had on their businesses and lives! STEP PROJECTS Our Projects View all CONTACT Get in Touch Your Name Your Email Address Message I have read and agree to the terms of use . Send info@doorways-training.org +49 4134 9099726 Wiesenweg 2 21406 Barnstedt Home Doorways About Us Our Projects Success Stories Clients and Partners Contact STEP STEP Impact STEP Projects STEP Success Stories STEP Publications PI PI Impact PI Projects PI Success Stories PI Publications Blog FAQs Support Us © 2023 Doorways gGmbH. All Rights Reserved Terms of Use Imprint +49 4134 9099726 info@doorways-training.org Wiesenweg 2 21406 Barnstedt Popcorn Parlour From friends to successful business partners Martin Developing a never-give-up-attitude Msafiri An innovative fashion business Janet A successful portfolio entrepreneur Dennis Ngeno The importance of risk evaluation YANA Trekkers Establishing trust is key Pascal Filling a market gap

Leila A Success Story from Togo A fashion designer by training, Leila Salifou has been involved in the catering business for several years now. An only daughter, she decided to continue her mother’s business, leading her to take over her mother’s restaurant after her training. But she felt as though something was missing, like a sauce that needs an extra pinch of salt. This was the secret she learned in the Personal Initiative training, which for her was a little like teaching a person to fish rather than giving him or her the fish. It opened her eyes and enabled her to move out of the informal sector. “Before this training, I had a small restaurant. Like so many other good ladies along the side of the road, I sold foufou. But after the Personal Initiative Training, I did some further training in catering and then registered my business at the Centre de Formalités des Entreprises to obtain my official economic operator’s card. It was the training that made me see that I needed to change, to move out of the informal sector in order to develop my business. I was able to print advertising brochures, which I distributed to various businesses. Today, if people need a catering service, they contact me directly. If I had not had this training, I would have always been one of those good ladies along the side of the road. Now I’m sure that I am building a lasting business that my children and grandchildren will be able to take over when I’m no longer there,” she says. Leila is now an accomplished economic operator who is asked to prepare luncheons for training seminars in ministries and other organizations in Togo. She believes that she can grow her business enough to one day cater to heads of state. To realize her dream, she is building a recreation center that will include a restaurant, bar, VIP space, banquet room and, most importantly, a cooking school to train the next generation. Her ambition is to train young women in the preparation of typical Togolese dishes and to export them around the world. She has also started a small side business that offers guided tours. Success Story of Yeshi Success Story of Habibou info@doorways-training.org +49 4134 9099726 Wiesenweg 2 21406 Barnstedt Home Doorways About Us Our Projects Success Stories Clients and Partners Contact STEP STEP Impact STEP Projects STEP Success Stories STEP Publications PI PI Impact PI Projects PI Success Stories PI Publications Blog FAQs Support Us © 2023 Doorways gGmbH. All Rights Reserved Terms of Use Imprint +49 4134 9099726 info@doorways-training.org Wiesenweg 2 21406 Barnstedt

PI Training in Rural Rwanda RWANDA CLIENT: Entrepreneurial Solutions Partners (ESP) DONOR: Mastercard Foundation Description of project: As part of a large-scale project funded by Mastercard Foundation, our partners ESP are planning to train 2,500 small-scale entrepreneurs in rural Rwanda over the next five years. For this purpose, we developed a contextualized version of the PI Training and conducted a Training-of-Trainers workshop (ToT) followed by a pilot training in rural northern Rwanda. PI Training for Rural Entrepreneurs in Tamil Nadu PI Training Content Development for MSME Retailers

DOORWAYS Our Services New training development Coaching and mentoring Capacity building of our global partners Rigorous impact evaluations Training implementations Adaptations of existing training programs Project management (on-site and digital) STEP TRAINING AND PI TRAINING Training Programs Our two main training programs, the Personal Initiative (PI) Training and the Student Training for Entrepreneurial Promotion (STEP) are action-oriented, evidence-based entrepreneurship training interventions that have been developed by a research team under the guidance of Prof. Michael Frese and Prof. Michael Gielnik. Find out more about the different target groups and previous projects and results! STEP PI SPECIFIC PROGRAMS FOR OUR Target Groups While we remain true to our principles and methodologically work evidence-based as well as action-oriented in all cases, we can (and are convinced that we should) at the same time include target group and context-specific factors and content. In the past, we have successfully offered programs for diverse target groups. Agripreneurs Agripreneurship training programs to foster sustainable growth in rural areas Sustainable / Social Entrepreneurs Training programs that foster sustainable entrepreneurship to promote business ideas and implementations with a positive impact on society and the environment Workers Training programs for workers to promote wage employment and decent work conditions University, TVET and high school students Training programs for students that can be implemented at educational institutions (at various levels) Female Entrepreneurs Training programs that focus on strengthening female entrepreneurship and empowering women in business Illiterate Trainees Adaptations of training materials to underprivileged target groups with limited or no access to higher education Adolescent Girls and Young Women Adaptations of training materials to underprivileged target groups with limited or no access to higher education DOORWAYS PROJECTS Our Projects View All CONTACT Get in Touch Your Name Your Email Address Message I have read and agree to the terms of use . Send DOORWAYS What We Do We promote entrepreneurship by developing, implementing, and evaluating interventions and training programs that foster entrepreneurial thinking and behavior. In our training programs, we use evidence-based training contents and apply action-oriented training approaches. Research has shown that action-oriented approaches, in which participants are learning by doing, outperform other (more conventional and lecture-based) training courses. While our training programs are based on scientific evidence and have been evaluated to the highest empirical standards, we are aware that no intervention is ever perfect. We therefore continuously re-evaluate our training programs to further deepen the theoretical and practical understanding of how our programs can be most effective in benefitting participants, societies and the environment. To this end, we invest in creating new training designs and formats in line with the UN’s SDGs. What We Do Read more about Doorways and the services we offer

PI Training for Entrepreneurs ZAMBIA CLIENT: AGOVA / MENTOR ME Description of project: We trained local trainers from two local NGOs in preparation for a roll-out of the Personal Initiative (PI) Training in Zambia. Both organizations aim to support entrepreneurs and facilitate MSME growth to attain sustainable development outcomes. One NGO implemented the PI Training immediately as part of the USAID Zambia Enterprise Development and Growth Enhanced (EDGE) Activity. Trading Support and PI Training PI Training in Tajikistan

STEP Sustainability SOUTH AFRICA CLIENT: GERMAN COMMISSION FOR UNESCO DONOR: BASF FOUNDATION Description of project: STEP's overarching goal of effectively reducing youth unemployment shall contribute to the achievement of the UN Agenda 2030. To do so effectively, the project comprises the following components: Development, implementation, and evaluation of a new STEP variant (STEP Sustainability, focusing on social / sustainable entrepreneurship) at an additional partner university in South Africa; as well as mentoring and coaching project partners from previous project phases in continuing and scaling the training program. Furthermore, the institutionalization of STEP in the South African education system and the transfer of the approach to South Africa's neighboring countries shall be initiated. Doorways co-founder Carina Bohlayer was responsible for the implementation of the project as a member of Leuphana University. PI Training for Farmers STEP Training for Young Women

STEP Training at Universities and for Communities NIGERIA CLIENT: INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR MIGRATION POLICY DEVELOPMENT (ICMPD) Description of project: Two Training-of-Trainer (ToT) workshops were held at Godfrey Okoye University in Enugu. The goal was to train 15 new trainers to support the STEP Training trainer team at the university. The workshops resulted in all trainers being honored with official STEP Training trainer certification, including one trainer, who was also certified as a Master Trainer for the STEP Training. Since the program has been running at Godfrey Okoye University for more than four years, it has already had a positive impact on many students. There are also plans to bring the STEP Training to Godfrey Okoye Secondary High School and even roll it out across Nigeria in the future. Digital Content Creation STEP Training for Student Teachers