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Every entrepreneurial support organisation can adopt a variety of approaches to design and deliver entrepreneurship programmes to immigrant entrepreneurs, depending on the organisations’ mission and values, the programme’s objectives, and the profile of served immigrants and their businesses.

The following paragraphs first highlight some methodological principles for guiding the development of approaches and programmes targeting immigrant entrepreneurs, based on available literature and the MIG.EN.CUBE project’s findings. Second, some tools for designing effective and appropriate programmes are offered, together with examples of good practices derived from MIG.EN.CUBE experience and other available toolkits.

Methodological principles for professionals of entrepreneurial support organisations

• Visibility
• Equitable and inclusive design
• Participation
• Responsiveness
• Connectivity

Tools for programme design

Defining the programme’s learning and support objectives

Being clear about the learning and support objectives of entrepreneurial support programmes is key in ‘keeping the promise’ made to both entrepreneurs and other stakeholders (e.g., funders of the programme, trainers and mentors). From our own MIG.EN.CUBE research, we have identified the following possible goals of entrepreneurial support measures:

• Providing general entrepreneurial competences to migrant entrepreneurs
• Sustaining migrants in establishing or growing companies

Designing training, support contents and organisation

The training and support contents should be designed so as to be aligned and consistent with the objectives of the programme. There are three areas that need to be taken into account to set up the delivery of the programme: