Abstract
ABSTRACT
Despite government commitment and political will to create a conducive environment and support to the success of Entrepreneurship Development program, there are still plenty of challenges to surmount before realization of the golden objectives indicated in the program. The study used both qualitative and quantitative approach. Descriptive method was used by applying frequency and percentage of respondents based on the data collected through both primary and secondary data sources.
Entrepreneurship Development is primarily determined by demographic, Economic and environmental as well as political conditions prevailing in the country and it were clear that unprecedented population growth and technological advancements will create a potential employment shortage in the country. Thus, governments at different levels have been using various forms of training and extension service provision mechanisms to new graduates' youths However, the project is facing the following challenges: -lack power to control over the project, employee's turnover and budget inadequacy. Thus, the project is to be established under the framework of the UNDP initiative and will identify and select growth-oriented enterprises as well as potential entrepreneurs, unemployed youth and women entrepreneurs and provide them with entrepreneurship training and a comprehensive and integrated range of business development services in Addis Ababa, Oromia, Amhara and Tigray regions of Ethiopia. Keywords Entrepreneurship Development program, Ethiopia.