National Institute for Employment & Vocational Training (INEFOP)

Short term: Within one year of infoDev financing:

• Brick and mortar related physical infrastructure renovation and recruiting a small number of competent personnel to operate and manage the business incubator
• Deploying a management information system and training of staff and incubator tenants/clients on basic computing and web-development skills 
• Creating innovative and diverse enterprises (8 incubated and 12 pre-incubated enterprises) and supporting tenants (incubated, pre-incubated and virtual/external) with continuous capacity-building training and other business development services
• Promoting activities to raise greater awareness of business incubator by using communication channels and marketing outreach strategies to attract clients and encourage donors and strategic partners to invest in INEFOP-PEA business incubator and in establishing other business incubators in Luanda and in other parts of the country

Medium to long term:

• Implementing a business network on national and international scope to facilitate commercialization of   products developed in an incubator;
• Generating employment, Promoting e-commerce; increasing research capabilities and developing    critical paths for graduating tenants
• Promoting the adaption of the business development processes developed in other parts

The incubator is to serve as a one-stop business service center, offering a comprehensive range of non-financial business services to assist entrepreneurs start, improve and expand their businesses. The range of BDS services planned include - Entrepreneurship and enterprise development training (currently offering UNCTAD EMPRETEC Entrepreneurship Training Workshop or popularly known as ETW); Business advisory and consultancy services; Credit facilitation; Linkages and referrals; and other services depending on demand of entrepreneurs. It may be noted that small and medium entrepreneurs are the target clientele of the incubator, although micro-entrepreneurs will be served depending on available donor resources. Key client focus would be small and medium high-growth-oriented local enterprises or businesses to serve as successful role models. The services are to be fee-based.