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The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) organized the Regional Training Workshop on Entrepreneurship and e-Business Development for Women Cooperatives in Bali, Indonesia, from 27 to 30 November 2007.
The Training Workshop 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”, 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 products.
The objective of the Workshop was to train trainers on entrepreneurship and e-business development for women in cooperatives. The Training Workshop had joint sessions with a national workshop on women entrepreneurship development in micro and small enterprises that was organized by the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) and the Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology (APCTT), a regional institution of UNESCAP.
Documents:
Papers and Presentations:
1. Introduction to the ESCAP project and the training workshop, Ms. Ja-Kyung Yoo, Chief, ICT Applications Section, UNESCAP (presentation - PDF – 720 KB)
2. Gender perspectives on women’s empowerment and the promotion of women’s entrepreneurship, Ms. Marie Sicat, Associate Social Affairs Officer, Gender and Development Section, Emerging Social Issues Division, UNESCAP (presentation - PDF – 2,405 KB)
3. Entrepreneurship and e-Business Development for Women Cooperatives, Mr. Md. Abdul Kaium, IT Officer, Justice Fazlul Haque Welfare Foundation (JFF) (presentation - MS PowerPoint – 1,767 KB), (paper – PDF – 30KB)
4. Entrepreneurship and e-Business Development for Women Cooperatives - WACD, Mr. Sours Sokha, Program Officer, Srer Khmer, Cambodia (presentation - PDF – 3,170 KB)
5. Develop Women Entrepreneurship, Ms. Zhe Liu, Program Officer, Department of Economic Development, All China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives, China (presentation - PDF – 836KB), (paper - PDF – 39KB)
6. The Role of Clearinghouse for Information on Women in Development, Ms. Rochani Nani Rahayu, Head, Administration & HRD Division, Centre for Scientific Documentation and Information (PDII)-Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Indonesia (presentation - PDF – 7.3MB), (paper - PDF – 38KB)
7. Lao Business Women Association, Ms. Boonheuang Litdang, Daoheung Group Import-Export Co. Ltd., Lao People’s Democratic Republic (presentation - PDF – 97KB)
8. GCSD Contribution to Development of Women Entrepreneurship, Ms. Bayasgalan Natsag-Yunden, Head, Local Development center for Women (GCSD), Gender Center for Sustainable Development, Mongolia (presentation - PDF – 972KB), (paper - PDF – 27KB)
9. Supporting Rural Women Cooperatives of Mongolia through e-Incubator, Ms. Nomin-Erdene Bilegsaikhan, E-Marketing Researcher, Mongolian Horticulture Society, Mongolia (presentation - PDF – 102KB), (paper - PDF – 104KB)
10. Myanmar Women Entrepreneurs’ Association, Ms. Hnin Wai, Executive Committee Member (Education), Myanmar Women Entrepreneurs’ Association, Myanmar (presentation - PDF – 18MB), (paper - PDF – 80KB)
11. Country Paper on Women Entrepreneurship & E-business Development through Cooperatives in Nepal, Mr. Babul Khanal, Manager, Project and Development Department, National Cooperative Federation of Nepal Ltd. (NCF/N), Nepal (presentation - PDF – 75MB), (paper - PDF – 338KB)
12. Women’s groups is under cooperatives in Thailand, Ms. Woranut Ingkarojrit, Human Resource Development Officer, Development and Transfer of Cooperative Technology Office, Cooperatives Promotion Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Thailand (presentation - PDF – 6.6MB), (paper - PDF – 37KB)
13. Basics of Business and Entrepreneurship, Ms. Madhura M Chatrapathy, Trustee Director Entrepreneur and Development Catalyst, Asian Centre for Entrepreneurial Initiatives (presentation - PDF – 4.2MB), (paper - PDF – 28KB), (paper entrepreneurship – PDF – 125KB)
14. Cooperatives: business opportunities for women, Dr. Soon-Young Jung, Asia Pacific Women's Information Network Center (APWINC) (presentation - PDF – 250KB), (paper - PDF – 278KB)
15. Developing life skills for women’s empowerment, Ms. Aminath Arif, Vice-Chairperson, Women Entrepreneurs Council, Maldives (presentation - PDF – 25MB), (paper - PDF – 83KB)
16. Business planning: transforming ideas into business, Ms. Madhura M Chatrapathy, Trustee Director Entrepreneur and Development Catalyst, Asian Centre for Entrepreneurial Initiatives (presentation - PDF – 3.7MB), (paper - PDF – 54KB)
17. Marketing strategies, Ms. Madhura M Chatrapathy, Trustee Director Entrepreneur and Development Catalyst, Asian Centre for Entrepreneurial Initiatives (presentation - PDF – 1.2MB), (paper - PDF – 72KB)
18. Costing and Pricing, Ms. Madhura M Chatrapathy, Trustee Director Entrepreneur and Development Catalyst, Asian Centre for Entrepreneurial Initiatives (presentation - PDF – 1.8MB), (paper - PDF – 68KB)
19. Women’s entrepreneurship and technology, Dr. Uechai Jitthavech, Director of Information System and Technology Center, Office of SME Promotion (OSMEP), Thailand (presentation - PDF – 8.9MB)
20. Basics of e-business, including selling on the Web (B2C/B2B e-Commerce, e-market places), Ms. Vatcharaporn Esichaikul, School of Advanced Technology, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) (presentation - PDF – 614BK), (paper - PDF – 650KB)
21. Online Marketing Basics, Ms. Vatcharaporn Esichaikul, School of Advanced Technology, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) (presentation - PDF – 891KB), (paper - PDF – 673KB)
22. Payment and delivery systems, Mr. Roshanjith Siriniwasa, SAARC Trade Promotion, Adviser ICT, German Technical Cooperation (presentation - PDF – 1.2MB), (paper - PDF – 630KB)
23. Case presentation: Use of network for learning and marketing, Ms. Jhulan Ghose, Coordinator, Change Initiatives (presentation - PDF – 11.7MB), (paper - PDF – 39KB)
24. Case presentation: e-business for marketing handicraft and textile products for SMEs, Mr. Kinzang Tobgyal, Project Manager, E-business Project, Policy and Planning Division, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Bhutan (presentation - PDF – 358KB), (paper - PDF – 76KB)
25. Using established e-market places (Gov. Support Agencies, Development Agencies, NGOs, private sector), Mr Niko Atmadja, System Engineer, ICT4D Collaboratory, ASEAN Foundation (presentation – 2.8MB), (paper – 1.9MB)
26. Establishing your own e-business website (web hosting, open source, maintenance), Mr Niko Atmadja, System Engineer, ICT4D Collaboratory, ASEAN Foundation (presentation - PDF – 4.9MB), (paper - PDF – 3.5MB)
27. Pilot e-business website and discussion on replication, Mr. Clovis Freire, Associate Economic Affairs Officer, ICT Applications Section, UNESCAP (presentation - PDF – 3.1 MB)
28. Presentation of web-based knowledge network and network tools, Mr. Clovis Freire, Associate Economic Affairs Officer, ICT Applications Section, UNESCAP (presentation - PDF – 10.5 MB) |
