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The SIA Method
The training approach behind every SIA programme: practical, close to home and built around a real problem.
The SIA Method grew out of years of work with women, young people and communities across Balochistan. The same six habits run through every programme.
The Method at a glance
- Used in
- Every SIA programme
- Grew from
- Microenterprise, youth, schools, bootcamps and policy hackathons
- Next
- Manuals for 6 flagship programmes in Year 1
- By 2031
- Accredited, and licensed to facilitators and partners
How SIA teaches
Six habits in every programme
Start with a real problem
From people’s own community, not a textbook case.
Learn by doing
Canvas, test with real people, pitch to a panel.
Close to home
At SIA’s hubs and offices and in partner communities, and with licensed facilitators as the network grows.
In your language
Urdu or English, with voice notes welcome.
Always a next step
Each programme leads to the next stage.
Measured
Under the new MEL framework: checked at the end and six months later.
The Method in action
How an Ideate cohort runs
- 1ApplyOnline or on WhatsApp.
- 2TrainingEntrepreneurship basics.
- 3Business Model CanvasOne page: customer, price, costs.
- 4PitchPresent the plan, get feedback.
- 5Micro-grantsFor the top 10%, to test the idea.
- 6On to IncubateA 100-day sprint for ventures that are ready.
Next for the Method
Documented, accredited and shared
Year 12026–27Now
Write it down
Manuals for 6 flagship programmes
- WEDP, Young Changemakers, microenterprise and design thinking among them
- Urdu/English, with Balochi and Pashto adaptations
Year 22027–28
Accredit
First accredited certification
- 30 facilitators licensed
Year 42029–30
License
A licensing pilot
- The SIA Method licensed to 2 partner organisations
By 20312030–31
Scale
An institution, not a project
- 10 accredited programmes
- 100 licensed facilitators, half of them women
Source: SIA Strategic Plan 2026–2031.
Questions
About the SIA Method
Can my organisation use the SIA Method?
Yes. Today SIA delivers it for you through Training for Organisations. A licence for partners is being prepared.
Is it only for business ideas?
No. It is used in schools, community projects and with government, as design thinking and policy hackathons.
Do I need to read and write well?
Sessions are practical and spoken, and you can apply by voice note.
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