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The Consultative Meeting for the Establishment of a Regional Knowledge Network of Rural Women Cooperatives was held at the United Nations Conference Center, Bangkok on 23 and 24 August 2007. The Meeting was one of many activities of the project entitled “Establishment of sustainable e-business and network for co-op enterprises for women in rural communities”, which is supported by the Government of the Republic of Korea and being jointly implemented by the Information, Communications, and Space Technology Division and the Emerging Social Issues Division of UNESCAP.
The project aims to empower women in rural communities through building capacity in entrepreneurship and in the use of ICT as a tool for marketing their agricultural products. In particular, the project seeks to establish a knowledge network of women cooperatives that will serve as a means to strengthen their entrepreneurship skills, enable them to share information, experience and knowledge regarding women entrepreneurship and business development, and provide outlets for marketing their products through e-business.
The objectives of the Meeting were to:
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Consult with women cooperatives' stakeholders, including governments, associations of cooperatives, international organizations and NGOs, on the establishment of a knowledge network of women agricultural cooperatives in the Asian and Pacific region;
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Share experience and good practices of cooperative business and networks;
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Identify training needs of women agricultural cooperatives to develop entrepreneurship and e-business; and
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Discuss a pilot implementation of a model e-business centre in a selected women agricultural cooperative.
Documents:
Papers and Presentations:
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Introduction to the ESCAP's project entitled “Establishment of sustainable e-business and network for cooperative enterprises for women in rural communities”, Ms. Ja-Kyung Yoo, Chief, ICT Applications Section, ICSTD, UNESCAP (PDF – 501 KB)
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Knowledge Networks: General principles, Mr. Clovis Freire, Associate Economic Affairs Office, ICT Applications Section, ICSTD, UNESCAP (PDF - 737 KB)
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Justice Fazlul Haque Welfare Foundation, Mr. MD Shafi Uddin, Executive Director, Justice Fazlul Haque Welfare Foundation (JFF), Bangladesh (PDF – 116 KB)
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The experience of pilot e-business project, Mr. Kinzang Tobgyal, Project Manager, E-business Project, Policy and Planning Division, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Bhutan (presentation - PDF – 2 MB), (paper - PDF - 72 KB)
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Women Association for Community Development , Ms. Bun Roeub Khiev, Advisor to Women Association for Community Development (WACD) and Senior Provincial Program Advisor of UNDP/Project Support to Decentralization and De-concentration (UNDP/PSDD), UNDP/PSDD Office Pailin Municipality (In the compound of Department of Rural Development), Pailin Municipality, Cambodia (presentation - PDF – 58 MB), (paper - PDF – 21 MB)
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All China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives , Ms. Lu Li Ping, Deputy Division Chief, Economic Development and Reform Department, All China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives Information Network System, China (presentation - PDF – 51 KB), (paper - PDF – 48 KB)
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Nabanna Information Network, Ms. Jhulan Ghose, Coordinator, Change Initiatives, India (presentation - PDF – 1 MB), (paper - PDF – 30 KB)
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An Analysis of Working Women's Forum (India), Ms. Nandini Azad, Director/Board of Governance, Indian Co-operative Network for Women Limited, India (presentation - PDF – 934 KB), (paper - PDF – 173 KB)
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Lao Business Women Association, Ms. Chanthachone Vongsay, Vice President, Lao Business Women Association, Lao Universe Garment Co., Ltd., Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDF – 140 KB)
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Women Entrepreneurs Council, Ms. Aminath Arif, Vice-Chairperson, Women Entrepreneurs Council, Maldives National Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Republic of Maldives (presentation - PDF – 287 KB), (paper - PDF – 101 KB)
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Gender Center for Sustainable Development, Ms. Bayasgalan Natsag-Yunden, Head of the Local Development center for Women (GCSD), Gender Center for Sustainable Development, Mongolia (PDF – 57 KB)
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Training Needs for Rural Women Entrepreneurs of Mongolia, Mr. Maidar Tsend, Director, Mongolian Horticulture Society, Mongolia (paper - PDF – 702 KB)
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Myanmar Women Entrepreneurs Association, Ms. Chaw Khin Khin, Executive Committee Member, Myanmar Women Entrepreneurs Association (MWEA), Myanma Computer Co., Ltd. (MCC), Myanmar (presentation - PDF – 905 KB), (paper - PDF – 100 KB)
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National Cooperative Federation of Nepal, Mr. Babul Khanal, Manager, Project and Development Department, National Cooperative Federation of Nepal Ltd. (NCF/N), Nepal (presentation - PDF – 598 KB), (paper - PDF – 402 KB)
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Cooperatives in Thailand, Ms. Chamlong Yimsuan, Cooperative Technician 7, Cooperatives Promotion Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Thailand (PDF – 18 MB)
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Network Strategic Plan, Structure and Governance, Ms. Stephanie Hodge, Policy Strategist and Evaluation Specialist (presentation - PDF – 199 KB), (Paper on Knowledge Network strategy – PDF 189 KB), (Paper on Knowledge Network Structure and Governance – PDF 109 KB)
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Web-based knowledge networks, Dr. Basheerhamad Shadrach, IDRC, telecentre.org programme (PDF – 501 KB), (paper - PDF – 48 KB)
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Capacity building of rural women harnessed by the use of information technology, Ms. Yoon-Ji Choi, Rural Resources Development Institute (RRDI), NIAST, Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea (presentation - PDF – 4 MB), (paper - PDF – 1 MB)
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Training needs on entrepreneurship and e-business development for women cooperatives and Training needs discussion, Ms. Marie Sicat, Associate Social Affairs Officer, Gender and Development Section, Emerging Social Issues Division, UNESCAP (PDF – 1.5 MB and 580 KB)
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Pilot of e-business coop centre, Mr. Clovis Freire, Associate Economic Affairs Office, ICT Applications Section, ICSTD, UNESCAP (PDF – 1.7 MB) |
