Arthalaya Curriculum

Arthālaya
Making sense of it all..
Curriculum
Samriddhi, The Prosperity Foundation

© Samriddhi, The Prosperity Foundation. 2009.
Table of Contents
Session 1: Introduction to ‘Arthālaya’.................................................................................3

Briefing 1: Introduction to Arthalaya Enterprise Module....................................................4
Session 2: Finalization and Registration of Enterprises......................................................5
Session 3: Possibilities for a prosperous Nepal...................................................................6
Session 4: Story of an Entrepreneur (Guest speakers session)............................................8
Session 5: Scenario Mapping...............................................................................................9
Session 6: What motivates people?...................................................................................10
Briefing 2: Policy Intervention - 1.....................................................................................12
Session 7: Call of an Entrepreneur (Documentary Screening)..........................................13
Session 8: Economic Freedom – The forgotten right........................................................14
Session 9: Voluntary exchange and cooperation – the virtue of markets..........................15
Session 10: Mission ‘Fact Finding’...................................................................................16
Session 11: Documentary Screening – Greed is Good by John Stossle............................17
Session 12: Presentation of Fact finding mission..............................................................18
Session 13: Policy Watch on Markets................................................................................19
Session 14: Morality of Markets – Are businesses virtuous?............................................20
Session 15: The facilitating role of government................................................................21
Briefing 3: Policy Intervention - 2.....................................................................................22
Session 16: Documentary Screening – License Permit Raid Raj......................................23
Session 17: All men are equal before law – Rule of Law..................................................24
Session 18: Policy Watch on Role of Government............................................................25
Session 19: Towards Enterprise Building – Understanding business requirements..........26
Session 20: Towards Enterprise Building – Leadership as an essential component..........27
Session 21: Towards Enterprise Building – Power of small groups..................................28
Session 22: Samriddha (Prosperous) Company of the batch – reflection of the enterprise
module...............................................................................................................................29
Session 23: Wrap Up and Evaluation................................................................................30
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DAY I
Session 1: Introduction to ‘Arthālaya’

Session Time: 1 hour and 30 minutes
Session Objectives:
- To orient participants about the program and set the tone for the remaining 5 days
- To collect participant’s expectations and explain about the programs objectives.
- To introduce arthālaya enterprise module to the participants as a background
activity.
Methodology:
This session will entail the organizers sharing information about the program with the
participants. Therefore, although lecture method is used, it is recommended to use
interactive style of lecture with participants having the space to ask questions and interact
with the organizers.
Important topics:
- Review of the program and what is in store for the next 5 days
- Objectives of the program
- Methodology of the program
- Participants expectations
- Logistic announcements
- Introductions of arthālaya enterprise module.
Recommended tools:
- Meta cards to be used for participant expectation collection. Group the
expectations into categories and address those that cannot be met during the
program immediately.
- Use of name games to introduce the participants to each other.
- Forms and materials including seed fund (Samriddhi Bank Currency) to be
distributed to the participants.
Resource Person:
- Recommended to use one of the organizers as the resource person. One person
can play the role of the main facilitator while a co-facilitator would be useful to
carry out activities.
- Best to introduce the organizing team as a whole during this session.
Reference Materials for the participants:

- Organizational information materials like brochure, leaflets etc
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Briefing 1: Introduction to Arthalaya Enterprise Module

Session Time: 30 minutes
Session Objectives:
- Orient the participants about the enterprise module that is going to be running in
the background of the program.
- Distribute ‘Samriddhi’ money worth NRs.500/- to all the participants.
- Talk about business opportunities and briefly about start up of business
- Orient the location and kind of business activity that participants can run for the
coming 5 days
Methodology:
The session is a lecture session where the organizers should brief the participants about
the program. However use of power point slides would be effective. Demonstration
method can also be used to demonstrate how business operates to the participants. Space
for answering participants’ queries should be adequate. Therefore, it is encouraged to
have more of question and answer rounds during this session.
Important topics –
- Enterprise Module
- Types of enterprises (Examples to stimulate the participants)
- Process of enterprise formation and operation
- Incentive for the winning enterprise
- Idea Market
Recommended tools –
- A visually aided presentation
- Brief demonstration
- Question and answer rounds
Resource Person –
- Needs to be a person familiar with running enterprise development modules and
should have thorough knowledge of the existing module.
- Person with a business background would be preferable.
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Session 2: Finalization and Registration of Enterprises

Session Objectives:
- To finalize on the mergers that take place during the Idea Market held during
Dinner break
- To register the enterprise with at ‘Samriddhi Registration Desk’
- To announce the number and types of enterprises
Methodology:
The facilitator of this session should finalize the mergers and help participants register
their enterprise. After this, each enterprise representative should be allocated at least 3
minutes of advertorial time where s/he can explain about the enterprise to the rest of the
participants and call on customers.
Important topics:
- Announcement of mergers
- Announcement of final list of enterprises
- Announcement of trading times
Resource Person:
- It is advisable to use the same resource person who conducted the briefing of the
‘enterprise module’ to give continuity to the program and help the participants
clarify doubts.
END OF DAY I
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DAY II
Policy Announcement 1 –
Breakfast time
Announce progressive taxation on profits made at the end of each day. The tax need to be
paid to Samriddhi Reserve Bank at the end of each day. Taxation structure will be as
follows:
- Companies making a profit of 50 rupees or below: Rs.5/- tax
- Companies making a profit of Rs.51 to Rs100: Rs.10/- tax
- Companies making a profit of Rs.101 to Rs.250: Rs.25/- tax
- Companies making a profit of Rs.251 to Rs.500: Rs.50/- tax
- Companies making a profit of Rs.501 and above: Rs.100/- tax
Session 3: Possibilities for a prosperous Nepal

Session Objectives:
- To help participants explore the potential and possibilities of economic prosperity
in Nepal
- To map barriers and challenges in creating economic prosperity.
- To introduce the fundamental basis of economic prosperity namely Economic
Freedom and Enterprising, Rule of law and other basic prerequisite to prosperity. .
Methodology:
The session can be started by mind mapping on “Is Nepal a Poor country or Rich
Country” The mind mapping can go on for about 15 minutes. The facilitator needs to
wrap up the session by clustering similar issues and clarifying what are possibilities and
what are actually prosperity. This session can end up with majority of the mind map
turning out to be possibilities for economic prosperity.
The participants can then be asked to explore what is impeding economic prosperity in
Nepal. Participants are likely to come up with issues like political instability, security,
power cuts, industrial security, armed conflict, corruption, bureaucratic hassels, impunity
etc.
This will have set an environment to the moderator to link the issues brought forward by
the participants during the mind-mapping to link up with larger policy issues and issues
and fundamental basis and pre-requisite to economic prosperity like economic freedom
and enterprising, rule of law, property rights, sound policies and policy regime and policy
stability.
Important topics:
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- Possibilities of a prosperous Nepal

- Barriers to prosperity in Nepal.
- Basis and pre-requisite of economic prosperity like economic freedom, rule of
law, property right, sound policy and policy stability.
Recommended tools:
- Mind mapping and interactions.
- Power-point presentation to wrap up the session.
Resource Person:
- Needs to have the ability to engage participants in an interactive discussion and
finally be able to link up the discussion to broader framework of session.
- Needs to have a fair understanding economic of the topics to be introduced during
the session including economic freedom
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Session 4: Story of an Entrepreneur (Guest speakers session)

Session Objectives:
- To share practical experience of building an enterprise in Nepal.
- To create general understanding about the amount of contribution made by
entrepreneurs in development.
- To share the possibilities of enterprising in Nepal and the barriers/challenges
faced by it.
- To create a general appreciation of entrepreneurs in the country.
Methodology:
Moderated guest lecture session followed by interaction with the participants.
The moderator should introduce the speaker and the topic under discussion. The floor
should be opened for the guest speaker for a set amount of time. Max.45 minutes
recommended. Then the floor should be opened for questions and discussions. During the
Q & A round, moderator should be watchful about the discussions falling away from the
topic and at times participants talking on and on and leading nowhere.
Important topics:
- Personal story of enterprise building and case studies from the speakers
colleagues.
- Personal thoughts and experience on challenges to enterprising in Nepal.
- Non legal cost of building and running enterprise like bribes, forced donations,
cost of licenses etc.
- General information on policy regime.
Recommended tools:
- Power point if the speaker wants to use one.
Resource Person:
- A successful and credible business entrepreneur who has an understanding
overview to the business environment in Nepal.
- An experienced moderator to moderate the session.
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Session 5: Scenario Mapping

Session Objectives:
- To develop the premise for the workshop to talk about policy regime.
- To explain the current status of Governance System
- To explain the current status of markets, business and private enterprise
- To explain the current status of civil society
- To gather and list down issues as pointed by the participants.
Methodology:
This session is largely a brainstorming session which needs to be conducted in the
plenary. The facilitator needs to throw in stimulating questions that collects and generates
discussion about the various aspects that need to be covered in this session. This session
is also about collecting participant’s existing perception of the country scenario.
In order to generate information from the participants facilitators may need to throw in
examples of what they mean. For example to explain the current status of markets,
facilitator may give an example of Nepal which has a mixed market system where both
the government and private parties compete with each other in the business area.
Care has to be taken that all participants interact and express their opinions during this
session such that there is ownership of the issues that are produced during this session.
Important topics:
- Explanation of policy regime
- Current status of governance system
- Current status of markets, business and private enterprise.
- Current status of civil society
Recommended tools:
- Idea mapping tools like developing an issue tree or flow chart is advisable such
that participants stay on track while commenting on issues.
- Use of co-facilitators to throw in examples will maintain the neutrality of the
facilitator and build ownership of the issues pointed out during the session.
Resource Person:
- Needs to be a person who is able to conduct a general analysis of political,
economic and social environment of Nepal.
- Needs to be a person with a good facilitating experience such that information can
be drawn from the participants
- Needs to have enough experience to bring discussions back on track as there are
higher chances of discussions drifting to irrelevant topics and areas.
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Session 6: What motivates people?

Session Objectives:
- To help the participants identify factors that motivate people to open up an
enterprise
- To help the participants identify incentives that work for different groups of
people.
Methodology:
This session would use a mixture of both brainstorming and group work exercise. The
first 15 minutes of the session should be spent on the plenary brainstorming with the
participants on the question – what motivates people? Probing technique has to be used
such that self interest is established as the ultimate answer to the question. This
information has to be generated from the participants. Then questions that help establish
the fact that human actions are guided by incentive system needs to be established in a
similar manner. Once the groups comes to a consensus on these two issues, the plenary
needs to be divided into working groups.
4 working groups with 6 participants each need to be separated and each group will be
asked to assume a specific role and figure out the incentive system behind the actions of
this category of people:
 Business people
 Health workers
 Labor unions
 Government employees
Assuming these roles the participants in 4 working groups will discuss the following
questions:
- What is the incentive behind their actions/ activities?
- What do you think is the major hindrance for them to carry out their work
properly in the existing scenario?
Participants should be given 20 minutes preparation and discussion time by the end of
which they will have prepared a presentation. Each working group then gets 3 minutes of
presentation time and the remaining time will be used to answer questions in the plenary.
Towards the end of the session, facilitators need to establish that people’s actions are
guided by incentives and self interest and therefore, for them to have a smooth
functioning work environment, the incentive system needs to be corrected.
Important topics:
- Incentives and self interest guides people’s actions
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- To create a conducive environment for businesses the incentive system should not
be distorted.
Recommended tools:
- Brainstorming with stimulating and some lead – in questions
- Group work with moderator, time keeper and note taker for each group pre
determined.
- Brown paper and meta cards for preparing presentation
Resource Person:
- Needs to be someone with a thorough understanding of Ayn Rand’s self interest
philosophy.
- Needs to have the ability to generate required information from the participants
- Needs to have knowledge of the existing Nepalese scenario and should be able to
relate this with the session.
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Briefing 2: Policy Intervention - 1

Session Objectives:
- To debrief the experiences of running the enterprise for the whole day.
- To debrief the impact of policy intervention -1 announced at breakfast time.
- Conduct discussion on impact of progressive taxation
Methodology:
This is largely an interactive session where participants should be encouraged to share
their views and experiences of running a business. Care should be taken that at least 1
participant from each enterprise has an opportunity to express their experience.
Facilitators should direct the discussion towards issues such as competition, challenges of
running an enterprise, how wealth is created and impact of progressive taxation on
everyone.
Important topics:
- Competition
- Challenges of running an enterprise
- How wealth is created
- Impact of progressive taxation
Recommended tools:
- Question and Answer methods
- Ask volunteers to share experiences
Resource Person:
- Should have an understanding of the enterprise module
- Should have been present throughout the day to observe the enterprise activities
- Should have knowledge about progressive taxation and its impact in the economy.
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Session 7: Call of an Entrepreneur (Documentary Screening)

Session Objectives:
- To orient the participants on the basic ideas of enterprise building
- To orient the participants on the foundation, philosophy and characteristic of
entrepreneurship
Methodology:
The documentary is relatively long. Therefore, it is advisable to stop after each case of
the entrepreneur is presented and conduct discussion amongst participants. Since this is
an after dinner session, participants are likely to be very tired. Therefore, care should be
taken that participants take part in the discussion. Stimulating questions can be thrown
from time to time to initiate the discussion.
In the Nepalese case, the story of the farmer shown at the beginning and of Jimmy Li
shown at the end of the documentary would be particularly relevant. Therefore, owing to
time restrictions if portions of the documentary will be shown then emphasis should be
given to these two stories.
Important Topic:
- What are the foundations, philosophy and characteristics of entrepreneurship?
- What differentiates an entrepreneur from any other business person?
- How entrepreneurs contribute to the nation as a whole?
Recommended tools:
- Documentary
- Discussion in between the documentary screening
Resource Person:
- Should be a person who has already watched the documentary and understands
the dynamics presented.
- Should be familiar with scenes and sequence of the documentary such that they
know where to stop and initiate discussion.
END OF DAY II
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DAY III
Session 8: Economic Freedom – The forgotten right

Session Objectives:
- To introduce the concept of economic freedom and its importance.
- To help the participants understand the relation between economic freedom and
economic progress
- To help the participants understand economic freedom as our prime agenda to
realize the vision of a free and prosperous Nepal.
- To set the premise for the sessions to follow. Introduce Rule of Law and Limited
Government as essentials for ensuring economic freedom and a freely functioning
Market led economy.
Methodology:
This is largely a lecture session. Therefore, care should be taken to make the session as
interactive as possible. Visual aids may be preferable to develop a presentation on
economic freedom. Similarly, examples and case studies should be used to illustrate a
point.
It is advisable to allow time for discussion and debate (if any arises) after every 20
minutes of the presentation. Since economic freedom is a relatively new concept for the
audience in Nepal, various measures of economic freedom and the process of calculation
of the index should also be discussed in detail.
Important topics:
- Concept of economic freedom and its importance
- Relationship between economic freedom and economic progress
- How economic freedom helps achieve economic progress
- What are the characteristic features of economic freedom?
- What are the pre requisites of economic freedom? What kind of policy initiatives
helps achieve economic freedom?
Recommended Tools:
- Visual Aids
- Case Studies
Resource Person:
- Person with preferably an economics scholarly background would be able to
relate the session well.
- Needs to have a thorough understanding of economic freedom and its various
aspects.
- Needs to be able to relate the concept of economic freedom in the Nepalese
context and give examples of how it can be achieved.
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Session 9: Voluntary exchange and cooperation – the virtue of

markets
Session Objectives:
- To orient the participants on how markets work
- To help the participants understand how the ‘Invisible Hand’ of the market works
- To help the participants understand the concepts of voluntary exchange and
cooperation
- To help the participants understand how markets work without central planning
Methodology:
This is also largely a lecture session. Therefore visual aids and use of examples is
encouraged. Facilitator should prepare a visual presentation explaining the concepts of
markets and how they work. Emphasis should be given on the voluntary cooperation that
is driven by self interest of each individual. Examples of how big things can be achieved
without the need of central planning should be emphasized.
As it is a lecture session, time for discussion, debate and participant questions should be
adequate. It is very important to stop in between the presentation and ask participants for
feedback on what they have understood so far. Case study of a certain sector would be
useful to illustrate how the ‘invisible hand’ works.
Important topics:
- How markets work
- Invisible Hand
- Voluntary exchange and cooperation in markets
- Markets with central planning vs. markets without any central planning
Recommended tools:
- Visual Aids
- Case studies
- Discussion/Debates
Resource Person:
- A person with economics as scholarly background would be preferable.
- Needs to have adequate knowledge of markets and the concept of ‘Invisible
Hand’
- Needs to be able to present ideas in a logical manner to the participants.
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Session 10: Mission ‘Fact Finding’

Session Objectives:
- To help the participants compare what they had learnt so far with the actual
market around Dhulikhel.
- To help the participants understand challenges of setting up a business through
interaction with entrepreneurs of Dhulikhel
- To help the participants understand the market conditions of small markets like
Dhulikhel city market
Methodology:
Participants will be divided into 4 groups of 6 people each. They will be sent to 4
separate locations where they will interact with entrepreneurs and study various aspects
of Dhulikhel city.
The first group will be sent to Dhulikhel Hospital which is a community run successful
hospital. This group will be asked to find out how the management works and how
successful this model is. They will try and learn the incentive system and how profits are
distributed.
The second group will be sent to Dhulikhel Chamber of Commerce to interact with the
staff and board members available about the challenges that Dhulikhel business
community faces. They will also learn about the various types of businesses existing in
Dhulikhel at the moment and how profitable the area is.
The third and fourth group will be dispatched to two separate areas of Dhulikhel market
where they will interact with 5 entrepreneurs each and learn their stories of how they
started their business and how they sustain their business. They will also learn about
various challenges and opportunities of doing business in the area. They will also learn
about management of business in the area.
Important topics:
- How businesses are run
- How businesses are managed
- What are the challenges that an entrepreneur running
- What is the difference between community management and private
management?
Recommended tools:
- Group work (a game can be used for group division)
- Field visit
Resource Person:
- Facilitator has a very limited role in this session. Facilitator should only explain
what the participants are supposed to do and divide them into groups.
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Session 11: Documentary Screening – Greed is Good by John

Stossle
Session Objectives:
- To orient the participants about how markets run and how voluntary cooperation
is achieved in markets
- To orient the participants about Self Interest and how this helps societies come
together and achieve greater heights
- To orient the participants about the difference between ‘communal
property/services’ and private property/services.
Methodology:
This is a documentary screening session. It is advisable to show portions of the
documentary and pause for discussions after each segment. The documentary focuses
around questions and these questions can be useful to initiate the discussion in the
plenary.
Some portion of this documentary may be highly controversial for the Nepali audience.
Therefore care should be taken that the discussion does not get personal and all
discussion are centered around the questions asked in the documentary.
Important topics:
- How markets run and how voluntary cooperation is achieved in markets
- Self interest and how this helps societies come together to achieve greater heights
- Difference between private property and communal property
Recommended tools:
- Documentary
- Discussion (Use questions asked within the documentary)
Resource Person:
- Needs to be a person who has already watched this documentary and is clear
about the concepts present in the documentary.
- Needs to be able to handle debate and divert issues from getting personal.
END OF DAY III
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DAY IV
Policy Announcement – 2
Breakfast time
A policy announcement that business opened by participants from marginalized groups
will be subsidized on their tax at the following rate:
- Companies making a profit of 50 rupees or below: Rs.5/- tax (None)
- Companies making a profit of Rs.51 to Rs100: Rs.10/- tax (Rs.5/-)
- Companies making a profit of Rs.101 to Rs.250: Rs.25/- tax (Rs.10/-)
- Companies making a profit of Rs.251 to Rs.500: Rs.50/- tax (Rs. 25/-)
- Companies making a profit of Rs.501 and above: Rs.100/- tax (Rs.50/-)
Session 12: Presentation of Fact finding mission

Session Objectives:
- To present the findings of earlier day’s fact finding mission to the rest of the
group
- To allow the participants to share each others experience and learn from them
Methodology:
Since this is a presentation session, participants should be prepared with their
presentation before the session starts. The 4 groups gets 7 minutes of presentation time
each and the rest of the time is dedicated to plenary discussion.
Since this session is about sharing of experiences and ground level information,
participants should be encouraged to interact. Given the time, almost all participants can
get enough time to share some of their experiences. Therefore, care should be taken that
all participants interact actively during the session.
Important topics:
- How businesses are run
- How businesses are managed
- What are the challenges that an entrepreneur running
- What is the difference between community management and private
management?
Recommended tools:
- Stimulating questions
- Discussion
Resource Person:
- Needs to able to bring out the important topics outlined above and help
participants reflect their experiences.
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Session 13: Policy Watch on Markets

Session Objectives:
- To introduce the concept of ‘Competition Law’, cartels and syndicate systems
- To introduce the concept of ‘Tort Law’, voluntary quality standard bodies like
ISOs to protect consumer rights
- To help the participants understand how policies and laws affects markets i.e. both
producers and consumers.
Methodology:
This session is a mixture of lecture session and group work session. Earlier half hour of
the session should concentrate on clarifying concepts outlined above with the help of
examples and address participants queries regarding these issues.
Out of the one hour remaining participants should be divided into 4 groups 6 participants
each. They should be given 4 case studies pertaining to policy affect on markets. The case
studies could be made on the following topics:
- Licensing
- Taxation
- Cartels
- Subsidies
The groups are allocated 15 minutes of working time. After the 15 minutes of discussion,
the 4 groups quickly review their cases and discuss the impact of the policy on the
markets. Each group should be given 5 minutes each and remaining time should be
allocated for plenary discussion.
This is an interactive session where the participants may have a lot of questions.
Therefore, facilitator should try and address as many queries as possible.
Important Topics:
- Competition Law
- Cartels
- Tort Law
- Voluntary quality standard bodies
- Impact of policy decisions on markets
Recommended tools:
- Examples to illustrate impact
- Case studies
- Group work
Resource Person:
- Should have adequate knowledge on the impact of policy. Could have a scholarly
background of public policy and economics.
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Session 14: Morality of Markets – Are businesses virtuous?

Session Objectives:
- To help the participants understand ethical practices of business
- To help establish with the participants that the morality of a business person is to
earn money and that is how businesses contribute to the economy
- To help participants understand the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility
and its growth trends in the coming years
- To help the participants realize that the power to make businesses conduct ethical
practices is in their hands as consumers
Methodology:
This is a lecture session. Due to the nature of issues being discussed, maximum
interaction with participants is encouraged. The lecture can be conducted with the help of
visual aids.
The issue here is to break pre conceived notions about businesses cheating money. The
first half of the session can work on issues of ethical practice and morality of a business
person. As much as possible theory should be backed by examples. Then the session can
proceed to the concept of Corporate social responsibility and how it has evolved over
time. Finally the lecture can move towards helping participants realize their own role in
helping promoting ethical business standards.
The other half of the session can then focus on generating questions of clarification and
discussion from the participants. Facilitator should relate the issues raised here with
issues that have come up during scenario mapping session.
Important topics:
- Ethical practices of business
- Morality of a Business person
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Role of consumers in helping form ethical business environment
Recommended tools:
- Use of case studies and examples
- Can use experiences of a few participants to relate ideas being discussed
Resource Person:
- Should have knowledge about the outlined issues.
- Preferable to have a person involved in business.
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Session 15: The facilitating role of government

Session Objectives:
- To help the participants understand the concepts of ‘Principle of Subsidiarity’ and
Limited Government.
- To help the participants understand the pre requisites required for a freely
functioning enterprise and to help them understand the role of government in this.
- To help the participants understand the consequences of having too much
government intervention in the economy.
Methodology:
This is a lecture session. Since it is preceded by a lecture session as well, care should be
taken that participants are highly engaged during this session. Therefore, lecture could
follow the question answer method, where the lecture is based on raising questions,
getting feedback from the participants and directing them towards desirable answers.
Use of examples and case studies is also vitally important in this session to understand
the consequences of too much government intervention in the economy.
Facilitator also should raise the issue of transparency and accountability that is usually
the prime issue with any kind of government activities in case of Nepal. Issues raised
during the scenario mapping session should also be addressed.
Important Topics:
- Principle of Subsidiarity
- Limited Government
- Pre requisites of a freely functioning enterprise
- Consequences of having too much government intervention in the economy.
Recommended tools:
- Case studies and examples
- Visual aids
Resource person:
- Should have adequate knowledge of above outlined issues.
- Should be able to relate to issues of governance
- Preferable to have an ex-bureaucrat associated with Industry, commerce and trade.
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Briefing 3: Policy Intervention - 2
Session Objectives:
- To help the participants understand the consequences of affirmative action and
subsidies
- To allow the participants the space to share the experiences of doing business
Methodology:
This is largely an interactive session where participants should be encouraged to share
their views and experiences of running a business. Care should be taken that at least 1
participant from each enterprise has an opportunity to express their experience.
Facilitators should direct the discussion towards issues such as experience of running an
enterprise, challenges associated with it and impact of affirmative action and subsidies.
Important topics:
- Challenges of running an enterprise
- Impact of affirmative action
- Impact of subsidies
Recommended tools:
- Question and Answer methods
- Ask volunteers to share experiences
Resource Person:
- Should have an understanding of the enterprise module
- Should have been present throughout the day to observe the enterprise activities
- Should have knowledge about affirmative action, subsidies and its impact in the
economy.
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Session 16: Documentary Screening – License Permit Raid Raj

Session Objectives:
- To help the participants understand the issues of licensing and registration
- To help participants understand the ‘law of unintended consequences’
- To help the participants realize the impact of a policy on small entrepreneurs
Methodology:
This documentary is relatively short. However, it can be divided into two portions such
that the information is not lost. The first part deals with Rickshaw pullers based in Delhi
city. A lot of questions have been put forward in the documentary and these may be serve
as questions for the panel to discuss after pausing the documentary. The second part
shows the case of street vegetable vendors of Delhi.
The documentary also shows issue of corruption and therefore, more of the discussion
may divert towards discussing corruption. However, facilitator has to be careful to bring
the discussion back on track and discuss the issue of licensing and registration.
Important Topics:
- Licensing and Registration
- Impact of this on poor people
- Law of unintended consequences
Recommended tools:
- Documentary
- Discussion
Resource Person:
- Should have watched the documentary before and should be able to bring the
issues into focus
- Should be able to prevent from the discussion going off track
END OF DAY IV
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DAY V
Session 17: All men are equal before law – Rule of Law
Session Objectives:
- To help participants understand the basic premise of rule of law
- To help participants understand current state of ‘rule of law’ in Nepal
- To help participants understand the law and order situation and identify gaps in
the situation
Methodology:
This is a lecture session which is slightly technical in nature. Students who are not from a
law background may have difficulty in understanding some concepts. Therefore, this
lecture has to be delivered in a very simple language avoiding technical terms as much as
possible. Also its important to remember that participants need to understand the concept
of rule of law as a premise for setting up a free and functioning enterprise. Therefore,
focus on more of laws and their impact on the market mechanism should be given during
the discussion.
The facilitator should allow plenty of time at the end of the session for discussion and
questions. Generally, due to unique concepts participants may have more questions at the
end of this session.
Important Topics:
- Rule of law and its characteristics
- Current state of Rule of Law in Nepal
- Law and Order situation in Nepal
- Law and order situation and its impact on business
- How maintaining Rule of Law facilitates the creation of a conducive environment
for business.
Recommended tools:
- Visual Aids
- Discussion (Question and Answer sessions)
Resource Person:
- Needs to be someone with a Law background, preferably a practicing lawyer in
corporate law
- Needs to have adequate understanding of the issues affecting the law and order
situation in Nepal and how this affects business
- Needs to be able to relate how Rule of Law facilitates a conducive environment
for business.
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Session 18: Policy Watch on Role of Government

Session Objectives:
- To help the participants understand the impact of existing licensing and taxation
requirements of the Nepalese Government on the business community
- To help the participants understand the consequences of existing labor law of
Nepal
- To help the participants understand the consequence of having a government
monopoly in some industries.
Methodology:
This is largely a case study session. Therefore, participants should be divided into 4
groups of 6 participants each. Each group will be given a case study. The case study can
focus around the following areas:
- Lack of hiring and firing policy in the labor law of the government and its impact
on business community
- Licensing requirements and how this impacts businesses
- Government monopoly and its impact on an industry and consumers
- Taxation of ‘luxury items’ and its impact on the economy
The groups will be given working time of 30 minutes. After 30 minutes each group will
be given 5 minutes of presentation time and the rest of the time will be used for plenary
discussion and inputs from the facilitator.
Important Topics:
- Licensing
- Taxation
- Labor law and its consequences
- Government monopoly and its impact on the economy.
Recommended tools:
- Case study
- Group work and presentation
Resource Person:
- Should have knowledge of government policies and its impact on the economy.
- Should be able to help the participants identify the key issues in each case.
- Preferably someone who comes from a business background or has a good
understanding of business environment in Nepal.
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Session 19: Towards Enterprise Building – Understanding

business requirements
Session Objectives:
- To help the participants understand various options available to start up a business
in Nepal
- To help participants explore ways on getting work done without resorting to
bribing.
- To help participants understand the basic requirements to build up a business
Methodology:
This is a lecture session. However, interaction with the participants should be
emphasized. Some of the presentation would focus on the laws and provisions that are
required to be followed in order to set up a business. Other parts of presentation will draw
on the experiences of the business person.
While talking about basic requirements of building up an enterprise, emphasis should be

laid on the idea generation, capital accumulation and human resource accumulation. The
lecture may continue up to an hour while at least thirty minutes should be allocated to
answering participant’s queries and resolving their confusions.
Important Topics:
- Options available to start up a business in Nepal
- How to get work done without resorting to bribing?
- Basic requirements of building up a business in Nepal
Recommended tools:
- Examples
- Question and answer
Resource Person:
- Should be a person who understands the business environment and requirements
for setting up a business in Nepal.
- Preferably a business person
- Should be able to relate with the participants and help them with their confusions
and questions
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Session 20: Towards Enterprise Building – Leadership as an

essential component
Session Objectives:
- To help the participants understand the importance of leadership in enterprise
building
- To help the participants learn about the various types of leadership styles and the
role of a leader in an enterprise
- To help the participants understand how leadership skill can be acquired
Methodology:
This is a simulation and reflection session. Leadership exercises need to be used to
demonstrate a point. Certain portion of the session at the beginning may require lecture
where the participants are told about the various styles of leadership, role of a leader and
the importance of leadership in enterprise building. First 15 minutes of the session should
concentrate on these issues followed by 5 minutes of question and answer sessions.
After this at least two leadership building exercises are recommended. Out door activities
are encouraged in this session. After each exercise, it is recommended to have a de
briefing time where the participants share their experience of participating in the exercise
and discuss what they learnt from the activity.
Since simulation is going to be used, active participation should be encouraged and care
should be taken that no one is missed out during de briefing.
Important topics:
- Importance of leadership in enterprise building
- Types of leadership styles and role of leader in an enterprise
- How leadership skill can be acquired.
Recommended tools:
- Human Knot
- Spider Web
Resource Person:
- Should have experience of running leadership camps and out door leadership skill
sessions
- Should understand the characteristic and posses the qualities of a leader.
- Preferably an experienced trainer
END OF DAY V
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DAY VI
Session 21: Towards Enterprise Building – Power of small

groups
Session Objectives:
- To introduce the idea of Entrepreneurship clubs to the participants
- To discuss and finalize ways of club formation
- To develop a list of activities for the participants to follow up on once they return
to their colleges
- To discuss support from Samriddhi Team.
Methodology:
This is also an interactive session where a lot of discussion will revolve around the
participant’s commitment to carry forward the ideas discussed during the last 5 days. The
facilitator should first introduce the idea of Entrepreneurship clubs and finalize in
consultation with the participants on what these club activities could be.
After this, the facilitator needs to discuss ways of forming this club at their college and
how this can be put forward for smooth functioning. Once the group formation
techniques is discussed, participants should be given individual work time where they can
develop a list of activities they can individually commit to in order to form the
entrepreneurship clubs.
A template to develop the list of activities can be given to the participants such that
information collection is easy for the organizers. Once this task is completed, facilitator
should discuss the role of Samriddhi Team as back up support to the clubs.
Important Topics:
- Entrepreneurship clubs
- List of activities that participants will implement
Recommended tools:
- List of activities template
- Consultation and discussion
Resource Person:
- Should be the person from Samriddhi Team who is responsible for coordination of
Entrepreneurship Clubs
- Should have a clear idea of club formation and their purpose.
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Session 22: Samriddha (Prosperous) Company of the batch –

reflection of the enterprise module
Session Objectives:
- To help the participants de brief their overall experience of running enterprises
- To highlight the lessons learned of the process
- To award the “Samriddha (Prosperous) Company of the batch”
Methodology:
This is an interactive session where all the participants will get 2 to 3 minutes each to
reflect upon their experiences of running a business enterprise. They will share the
lessons learned during the process. They will share the best part of opening the enterprise
and how they can relate this back to their everyday lives.
After this, all companies will be asked to present their balance sheets. Calculation of
dividends will be made. The company giving the highest dividend to its shareholders will
be awarded the ‘Samriddha (Prosperous) company of the batch’. This will entail a
certification and a memento on behalf of Samriddhi.
Important topics:
- Experience of running enterprise
- Lessons learned
- Samriddha (Prosperous) company of the batch
Recommended tools:
- Engage the participants through questions
Resource Person:
- Should have observed the enterprise module for the past five days
- Should be able to draw information from the participants
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Session 23: Wrap Up and Evaluation

Session Objectives:
- To conduct the post test survey
- To get the evaluation form of the program filled up by the participants
- To express Samriddhi’s appreciation and discuss further opportunities at
Samriddhi
Methodology:
In this final session, participants should be allowed to some time to discuss the strengths
and weaknesses of the workshops. Then one representative on behalf can present these to
the organizers. It is best for the organizers not to stay in the hall while the participants are
discussing strengths and weaknesses.
The facilitator should cover the weakness areas pointed out by the participants and
commit to eliminate/ minimize these in the next program. Then the participants should be
asked to fill up the evaluation forms individually and the post test survey forms.
Finally the facilitator should thank all the participants for their time and show further
opportunities of association and involvement with Samriddhi.
Important topics:
- Evaluation form
- Post test survey
- Appreciation and further opportunities at Samriddhi
Recommended tools:
- Post test survey forms
- Presentation of Strengths and Weakness by one representative on behalf of the
participants
Resource Person:
- Should be a person responsible for Arthalaya
- Should be in a position to make commitments and disseminate information on
behalf of Samriddhi
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Arthālaya

Making sense of it all..

Samriddhi, The Prosperity Foundation

Session 1: Introduction to ‘Arthālaya’.................................................................................3

Session 1: Introduction to ‘Arthālaya’

Reference Materials for the participants:

Briefing 1: Introduction to Arthalaya Enterprise Module

Session 2: Finalization and Registration of Enterprises

Session 3: Possibilities for a prosperous Nepal

- Possibilities of a prosperous Nepal

Session 4: Story of an Entrepreneur (Guest speakers session)

Moderated guest lecture session followed by interaction with the participants.

Session 5: Scenario Mapping

Session 6: What motivates people?

Briefing 2: Policy Intervention - 1

Session 7: Call of an Entrepreneur (Documentary Screening)

Session 8: Economic Freedom – The forgotten right

Session 9: Voluntary exchange and cooperation – the virtue of

Session 10: Mission ‘Fact Finding’

Session 11: Documentary Screening – Greed is Good by John

END OF DAY III

Session 12: Presentation of Fact finding mission

Session 13: Policy Watch on Markets

Session 14: Morality of Markets – Are businesses virtuous?

Session 15: The facilitating role of government

Briefing 3: Policy Intervention - 2

Session Time: 30 minutes

Session 16: Documentary Screening – License Permit Raid Raj

Session 18: Policy Watch on Role of Government

Session 19: Towards Enterprise Building – Understanding

While talking about basic requirements of building up an enterprise, emphasis should be

Session 20: Towards Enterprise Building – Leadership as an

Session 21: Towards Enterprise Building – Power of small

Session 22: Samriddha (Prosperous) Company of the batch –

Session 23: Wrap Up and Evaluation

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