Any guidance session should start with recommending that a business project undergo intensive and lengthy planning and should deal with a number of questions:
What skills and professional experience exist and are necessary to be successful?
What are the conditions in the native country regarding the business planned?
Where will the start-up capital come from?
What does the family think of the project?If initial research and information highlight the deficits and development needs, advice can be given as to which steps should be taken before returning. Important aspects in this process are:
- supporting returnees in acquiring and improving technical and business skills;
- defining the business concept as far as possible;
- building partnerships in the host country;
- gathering information on the circumstances in the country of return;
- estimating the financial and material resources necessary and obtaining these.
