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Economic Empowerment of Women for Development of SMEs and Entrepreneurship promotion of women and youth presented at

UNIDO: A Global Platform for Development of Women Entreprenurship St PetersBurg 20 Septmeber 2018

Presented by

• Dr. Amany Asfour

World President BPW International Founder of Business and Professional Women –Egypt Chair of COMESA Business Council President African Alliance for Women Empowerment President of AfroArab Network for Women Empowerment President of Egyptian Business Women Association

International Theme and Action Plan 2017-2020

Empowering Women to realize the SDGs”

“Empowering Women to realize the SDGs”

History of BPW International

“Empowering Women to realize the SDGs”

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Ecosystem for Women and Youth Empowerment and Entrepreneurship Promotion

Empowerment of

Women

What is Power ?

The right definition

• f Power

Power is potency - the capacity to act, to implement.

UNIDO’s mandate on inclusive and sustainable industrial development (ISID).

 UNIDO’s mandate on  inclusive and sustainable industrial

development (ISID).

 How can UNIDO support Women

Entrepreneurs in getting access to International Markets

 Investments and Technologies

Triad of Empowerment 3 Ps

(Pillars)

Empowerment POWER

Personlity ( Investment in Human Resources including Women and Youth ) Personal Empowerment Programs Product Policy and Procedures

How to Achieve Empowerment?

Through

• 1. 1-Awarness,Popularization
• 2. Education
• 3. Capacity

Building

• 4. Training
• 5. Young Entrepreneurship

promotion & Building of an Entrepreneurial Culture

6 - Access to Financial Resources 7- Access to Technology and Information

8-Technical Assistance and Support services

9-Advocacy

10-Project Development

Role of Partners of Development in Women Empowerment and Entreprenurship Promotion to achieve Sustainable Development

 -Government  -Civil Society Organizations  Private Sector  Academia  International and Regional

• rganizations ,UN Agencies

 UNIDO

Role of Partners of Development in Women Empowerment and Entreprenurship Promotion to achieve Sustainable Development

 What is the Role of Cooperation

between UNIDO and Business

• rganizations in supporting Women

Entrepreneurship

Role of Civil Society Organizations in Women and Youth Empowerment and Entrepreneursip Promotion

 1- Awareness and Building the

Entrepreneurial Culture

 2- Access to Information  3-Advocay and Lobbying  4-Access to Training and capacity

Building

1- Awarness , Building the Entrepreneurial Culture and Mentorship Programs

Example of Efforts of Civil Society for Economic Empowerment of Women and Youth and Stimulating and enhancing Entrepreneurship Ecosystem

 Projects of  BPW Egypt 

2-Lobbying and Advocacy for legislation for Economic Empowerment of Women and Youth for a better Echosystem

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Main Pillars for Advocay

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1- Government and Corporate

Procurement Policies 15 Trillion USD Government procurment

Women has only 1 percent ,Youth ) percent ?? No Data

2- Financial Inclusion for Women and Youth

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Government Procurement

 Government procurement offers a

unique route to empower women and combat poverty Public procurement accounts for over 30% of GDP in developing countries and some 10-15% of GDP in developed

• countries. Women-owned

businesses have been largely excluded from this sizable market due to lack of access to information on bids understanding of procedures and ability to meet requirements.

Global She Trades

Panel at UN during CSW with African Ministers of Gender and ITC ED about Women and youth Empowerment through Government procurement policies

2-Spreading :

Visit to BPW in Mongolia

Visit to BPW in Mongolia

Corporate Procurement

Corporates should be encouraged to use local sourcing from Women and Youth COMESA Business Council. Project of sourcing from Local Partners Training of local SMEs to meet the demands and standards of the Corporates . In 2016 ,480 SMEs were trained half are women and youth in countries of COMESA

Corporate Procurement

Corporate Procurement

Corporate Procurement

Corporate Procurement

Training Program in Darfur

Building capacity and training for Rural women in Agribusiness Project fighting poverty and creating jobs

 Project for drying tomato is established

in the rural area in south of Egypt Which has a target of value addition and training of women and youth farmers for packaging and the end product is marketed to the global market in Italy and Spain .It created lot of employment and transformed the village .

Workshop for Rural Women and youth in South of Egypt for Women and Youth in agriculture and Value addition

Workshop at the villages and rural areas

Project of Dried Tomato in Rural Area South of Egypt

4- Promoting women and Youth in science ,Technology ,Innovation and Entreprenurship to support SMEs and Agriculture and Agribusiness

Linking Science ,Technology,Innovation , Entrepreneurship and solutions for Clean Energy and Green Economy

In the field of Agribusiness

Front Back

Solar Energy , Renewable Energy Clean Energy The Scientific Association of Egyptian Women introduced to rural women a solar dryer to dry tomatoes. A group of rural women led by a scientist of the National research Center are producing dried slices of tomatoes and selling them in the local market.

Also a Simple Solar Dryer for small scale farmer and for domestic use up to 5 Kg is developed

Financial Inclusion

 -Allocation of funds for access to credit

for women and Youth Startups and

• wner of SMEs

 - Promoting financial Institutions to

allocate funds for Youth

3- Training and Capacity Building Capacity for Women and Youth Entrepreneurs

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Promoting Entrepreneurship and Role Models

Project for Support of Women and Youth Entrepreneurs By

 Egyptian Business Women Association  BPW-Egypt

Establishment of Business Development Center and Business incubator for Women and Youth (Hachepsut Business Development Center and Business Incubator )

MISSION

To promote economic Growth through support of Women and youth entrepreneurs

Goals:

 The creation of employment and jobs  The Economic Empowerment of women and Youth  Promoting the Entrepreneurial Culture

Target Groups

1-Start up of Business 2-MSMEs 3-owners of Companies with potential growth and Export Special Target Groups 1-Women in the informal Sector 2- Youth and University Students 3--Women in the rural and grassroot areas

The HWBDC comprises three activity Centres:

 A-External Training Centre (ETC)  B- Business Incubator Centre (BIC)  C-Centre for Strategic Reorientation

(CSR)

A-ExternalTraining Centre (ETC)

 training programs and courses relevant to

the needs of the youth entrepreneurs and women owners of MSMEs.

 About 650 trained, 4.500 advising hours 

A- External Training Center Hatchupsut Training center

University Students and Youth at micro,small and medium levels but who need to update their business knowledge to develop

Training Program for Young Women Entrepreneurs

Training programs for start Ups

 -How to write a business plan  How to register your company  -Trade agreements  Marketing  Market strategies

There are also specialized sectoral training programs depending on the need and sector

• f the field needed

Special Modules for Training and Building Capacity

B-Business Incubator Center (BIC)

B- Business Incubator Centre (BIC) Services provided by BIC

1-Premesis for start of the company Initial premises for the incubated

companies (there will be space for 20 internal businesses), The Incubatee is hosted for up to 18 months until she is able to register her company

 _2-Services refering to technical , logistical

and legal issues to guide through the preparation, follow-up and technical wrapping up of their business projects (Business Plan), in particular in the juridical,technological, economic and commercial areas;

  _3-Services related to access to information

and lUniversal access to the information and communication technologies;

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4-Services related to Product development and value addition including designing ,packaging ,branding

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_5-Services related to Marketing of products and development of marketing tools including brochures.CDs .Websites …

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_6- Services related to access to Finance referring them to the financial Institutions in partnership with EBWA after building their capacity of writing a good Business Plan and having a good Market Survey

Business Incubator and ICT Center

Evaluation Committee for Selection of Incubatees

Incubatee in Interior Design

Pupets Design Incubatee

Touristic Products Incubatee

Business Incubator and ICT Center

Advocay and Lobbying during African Union Summit in Addis Ababa for Government Procurement Policies for SMEs and Women Entrepreneurs On the High Level Panel H.E president of South Africa and H.E Prime Minister of Algeria

4- Promoting women and Youth in science ,Technology ,Innovation and Entreprenurship to support SMEs and Agriculture and Agribusiness

African congress for Women and Youth in science ,Technology ,Innovation and Entrepreneurship 22-25 November 2015

African congress for in science ,Technology ,Innovation and Entrepreneurship 22-25 November 2015

African congress for in science ,Technology ,Innovation and Entrepreneurship 22-25 November 2015

Session on Agriculture and Agribusiness 2016 and financing Technology and Machinary for Youth in Agriculture

Training Program for Women Exporters

• f Ethiopia

Financial Inclusion

 -Allocation of funds for access to credit

for women and Youth Startups and

• wner of SMEs

 - Promoting financial Institutions to

allocate funds for Youth

Reommendations 12 (Ps)

 1- Policy  one Stop Shop  Governement Procurement Policies  2-Personal Empowerment Programs and

skill devlopment

 3-Project development  Business Development Centers and

Business Incubators

 4-Proper Information  5 – Promote Innovation and Transfer of

Technology to women and Girls

 6- Mapping exercises on available

resources

 7- training and capacity building for

women and girls

 8-Promoting Entrepreneurships  9- Partnering with Private Sector for

Corporate procurement

 10- Partnerships  with Regional and International

• rganizations

 eg: UNIDO,ITC.CBC  11- Programs for Mentorship 

 12-. Promote Financial Inclusion for

Women and Youth

 13-Promote Investment in Startups and

Innovations

 14- Promote Technical Vocational

training TVET

African Alliance for Women Empowerment

Our Goal Economic Empowerment of Women Through support of MSMEs Our Slogan

Financial independence gives you the power of choice and voice Our Message

Young Women Entrepreneurship Promotion

Why Economic Empowerment

• f Women

 To Achieve financial

independence.

WHY?

To have the power of choice and voice.

Our Symbol

 Queen Hatchupsut of Egypt; 15th

century BC. The Big trader

 Ruled as a pharaoh for 15 years.  The 1st registered Business Women

in history. She used to do trade between Egypt and other countries of Africa & Asia.