IEDI identified a big gap between market demand and supply of Enterprise Development Facilitators (EDFs). Considering this situation, IEDI has carrying out the EDF courses to develop sufficient number of EDFs to bridge the existing gap by conducting the EDF course from 2015.

The EDF course is a new initiative in Nepal, based on the curriculum developed by Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training (CTEVT). The main objective of this course is to develop quality human resources capable of providing effective and efficient enterprise development services to micro and small enterprises at local level.

IEDI intends at developing Level III and Diploma courses for EDF in coming days to address the demand of different level of capable human resources in the field of entrepreneurship in the country.