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 of 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) Personlity ( Investment in Human Resources including Women and Youth ) Personal Empowerment Programs Empowerment POWER Policy and Product Procedures
How to Achieve Empowerment? Through
1. 1-Awarness,Popularization 2. Education 10-Project Development 3. Capacity 9-Advocacy Building 8-Technical 4. Training Assistance and Support services 7- Access to 5. Young Entrepreneurship promotion Technology and & Information Building of an Entrepreneurial Culture 6 - Access to Financial Resources
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 organizations ,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 organizations 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 -
Main Pillars for Advocay 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
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
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. Back Front
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 owner of SMEs - Promoting financial Institutions to allocate funds for Youth
3- Training and Capacity Building Capacity for Women and Youth Entrepreneurs -
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 of 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;
4-Services related to Product development and value addition including designing ,packaging ,branding _ 5-Services related to Marketing of products and development of marketing tools including brochures.CDs .Websites … _ 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
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