Following successful completion of Know How Academy for small businesses Shavkat Kalonov, managing partner and CEO of Top Consulting, is the winner in Tajikistan of a social media competition organized by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in support of the Know How Academy for small businesses.

According to the EBRD Dushanbe Resident Office, the program features five key business-essential modules, specifically tailored to help small and micro-sized enterprises build their skills and business resilience.  Each module is available in English, Russian, Arabic, Ukrainian and Turkish, takes only 30 minutes to complete and is free of charge.

The program includes interactive training, experience sharing, information on local sources of financial assistance and additional resources. Upon successful completion of the course participants receive a certificate.

Mr. Kalonov said about the program: “This is great, interactive training with elements of gamification.  It provides timely and practical information that will help manage micro and small businesses in the period after the coronavirus pandemic.”

As a winner in the competition, Mr. Kalonov won one of five free remote training courses worth €1400 run by EBRD partners Crown Agents.

The Know How Academy has been created by the EBRD and is funded by the European Union (including through its European Investment Advisory Hub), Kazakhstan and the EBRD’s Small Business Impact Fund (Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Norway, Switzerland, Sweden, US, Taipei China).