FACTORS AFFECTING THE PERFORMANCE OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IN MICRO ...

given to women entrepreneurs in order to support them. This is strengthened by the mean
(1.82) and standard deviations (0.98) calculated in the table above.
As one stakeholder in strengthening women entrepreneurs in MSEs, TVETs are also
expected to support in finance, technology, raw materials and facilities. Table 17 above
shows that, the respondent entrepreneurs do not agree with the provision of financial and
raw material supports given through TVETs. The means (1.84) and (1.79) and standard
deviations (1.37) and (1.49) clearly depict that supporting women entrepreneurs in MSEs
financially and raw material wise is not common. Nevertheless, the respondent women
entrepreneurs agree with a mean (3.88) and (3.65) and standard deviation of (1.37) and
(1.49) that technology and facility supports are given to them by TVETs.
To conclude, the overall supports given to women entrepreneurs in MSEs through
TVETs is below average as the grand mean (2.61) and grand standard deviations (0.23 )
in the table show.
4.1.6 Co operations among MSEs, TVETs and Micro Finances
When MSEs come in to idea, it was targeted to use them as main tools in reducing
poverty through the cooperative efforts of TVETS, micro finances and municipalities as
the interview conducted with heads of MSEs, TVET leaders and micro finance managers
indicate. It was designed that MSEs-to perform the recruitment and selection of
entrepreneurs in MSEs; TVETs -to provide the necessary trainings to the selected
entrepreneurs; micro finances- to give financial supports and municipalities -to make
premises(land) available to them.
In order to achieve these shared responsibilities, a common string committee that
includes members from all (college dean, municipality mayor, MSEs Process owner and
micro finance manager) was formed. As the interview results show, the committee has a
regular meeting period; plan tasks together and follow up their achievement jointly.
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