{"id":592,"date":"2021-01-17T12:31:16","date_gmt":"2021-01-17T12:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emma.gov.gh\/?p=592"},"modified":"2021-03-25T12:33:51","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T12:33:51","slug":"national-board-for-small-scale-industries-nbssi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emma.gov.gh\/index.php\/national-board-for-small-scale-industries-nbssi\/","title":{"rendered":"National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Call for Applications<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About the Project: The National Board for Small Scale Industries in partnership with the German Cooperation&#8217;s &#8216;Invest for Jobs&#8217; (an initiative of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development), is implementing a COVID-19 SME Innovation and Digitalization Support Scheme. The Project seeks to keep existing SMEs alive, strengthen their resilience in the current COVID-19 crisis and support them in their recovery phase, thereby sustaining jobs in the medium to long term. It also aims at improving the process efficiency and competitiveness of SMEs by providing access to knowledge, technology &amp; expertise in the field of digitalization and innovation management.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How to Apply<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Please visit https:\/\/nbssi.gov.gh\/SMEdigitalisation to complete an application form, or&nbsp;<\/li><li>Walk into any Business Advisory Centre (BAC) at the District Assemblies across the country to apply now&nbsp;<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Deadline for the application is 29th January, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hurry and don\u2019t be left out!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Support\/Interventions for SMEs<br>\n\u2022 Training in the use of digital solutions and e-Commerce&nbsp;<br>\napplications for marketing and sales<br>\n\u2022 Increase their understanding of digitalisation&nbsp;<br>\n\u2022 Use of digital solutions to adopt digital records keeping and accounting&nbsp;<br>\n\u2022 Use e-Platforms for business transactions&nbsp;<br>\n\u2022 SME digital literacy and digital skills Training&nbsp;<br>\n\u2022 Development of standardised SME Digital Transformation Playbook to guide the digital transformation of SMEs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Target Group<br>\n\u2022 Formally registered Ghanaian owned enterprises&nbsp;<br>\n\u2022 Growth-oriented SMEs<br>\n\u2022 SMEs that meet minimum standards in terms of IT infrastructure<br>\n\u2022 Minimum of 6 employees<br>\n\u2022 Business operations affected by COVID-19<br>\n\u2022 Participants committed to project activities<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sectors<br>\n\u2022 Agric and Agro-processing<br>\n\u2022 Manufacturing<br>\n\u2022 Tourism and Hospitality<br>\n\u2022 Food and Beverages<br>\n\u2022 Water and Sanitation<br>\n\u2022 Health Care and Pharmaceuticals<br>\n\u2022 Textiles and Garments<br>\n\u2022 Personal Protective Equipment<br>\n\u2022 Commerce and Trade<br>\n\u2022 Other Services<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, please visit https:\/\/nbssi.gov.gh\/SMEdigitalisation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Call for Applications About the Project: The National Board for Small Scale Industries in partnership with the German Cooperation&#8217;s &#8216;Invest for Jobs&#8217; (an initiative of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development), is implementing a COVID-19 SME Innovation and Digitalization Support Scheme. The Project seeks to keep existing SMEs alive, strengthen their resilience [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emma.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emma.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emma.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emma.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emma.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=592"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/emma.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":593,"href":"https:\/\/emma.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592\/revisions\/593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emma.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emma.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emma.gov.gh\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}