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The Occupation Defined
We've taken care to integrate the APEC-IBIZ Training and Certification Program for Small Business Counsellors in the mosaic of small business interveners in Canada. For this reason, the following definition of a small business counsellor has been adopted by the Canadian APEC-IBIZ Institute:
Counselling is a process through which one person helps another by purposeful conversation in an understanding atmosphere.
Through process facilitation, the smalll business counsellor leads and assists clients to acquire the capability to assess their current situation, to assess the advantages and disadvantages of alternatives, and to make an informed decision to act or not. Above all, the counsellor practices personal competencies that develop rapport and build relationships to assist the client in recognizing and achieving personal, entrepreneurial, and business goals and objectives.
Counselling is provided in the full range of business functions including marketing, finance, human resource development, and operations.
Counselling relationships can range from a one-time session to an ongoing relationship with regular meetings over several years.
The APEC-IBIZ Network of Small Business Counsellors
The APEC-IBIZ Network has been created to foster a community of Small Business Counsellors and related professionals, across Canada and throughout the 15 participating Asia-Pacific economies.
Our network includes several hundred Small Business Counsellors in Canada alone, working in:
- Community Futures Development Corporations
- Community Business Development Corporations
- University Business Development Centres
- Regional Development Agencies
- First Nation and Aboriginal Entrepreneurship organizations
- Women’s Entrepreneurship organisations and programs
- Self Employment Benefits programs
- Youth Entrepreneurship Programs
- Government departments
- Private Consultancies
We encourage APEC-IBIZ Network members to interact and communicate, to:
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Share tools (members only) that they have found useful in their work
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Share web links that they have found useful in their work
APEC-IBIZ Network members also have access to a number of member discounts.
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