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Eradicating Poverty through Enterprise

Eradicating Poverty through Enterprise. Shula Ferdman – Microenterprise Development The Golda Meir Mount Carmel International Training Center (MCTC), Haifa, ISRAEL. MASHAV. MCTC.

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Eradicating Poverty through Enterprise

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  1. Eradicating Poverty through Enterprise Shula Ferdman –Microenterprise Development The Golda Meir Mount Carmel International Training Center (MCTC), Haifa, ISRAEL United Nations

  2. MASHAV MCTC United Nations

  3. Gender equality and women’s empowerment MCTC 2006 1961- 2006 • 12,500participants(mainly women) from147 countries trained at MCTC • 20,000in situ United Nations

  4. Entrepreneurship Increased Income Other dimensions of poverty Education Health Social Services Gender Equality Social Exclusion United Nations

  5. Involving all Sectors Private Sector Financial Institutions Int’l Agencies MSME Development Civil Society Training Counseling Government Educational Institutions United Nations

  6. Women – Among the poorest of the poor Supportive Environment (organizational,legal,economic and social incentives) Self empowerment Contribution to the family and the community United Nations

  7. A Holistic Approach Training Entrepreneurial Support Counseling Training Counseling Microcredit Follow up United Nations

  8. Entrepreneurial Capacity Building Practical approach of “bottom up development” Offer Tools United Nations

  9. Entrepreneurial Capacity Building • Business and managerial concepts “translated” into a language understood by the target population and adapted to the social environment • Rely onlocal available resources United Nations

  10. ICTs and Small Businesses • More access to potential clients and suppliers • More information • Joining other entrepreneurs to ensure larger orders • Cutting administration costs United Nations

  11. Global Partnerships:The YABT (Young Americas Business Trust-OAS)“Business Labs” 17 000trainers and young entrepreneurs 29countries of the Americas expanding now to Mongolia and Africa United Nations

  12. Business Laboratories • “learning by doing” • “hands-on“ experience Honduras 2006 United Nations

  13. Business Laboratories I D E A • Feasibility study • Marketing • Production • Finance • Business planPROFIT United Nations

  14. Implementation in Different Sectors • In every High School in Panama • With high risk youth in Brazil (USAID) • With Rural Indigenous communities in Ecuador (The Ecuadorian Amazonian Eco-Development Agency) and in Bolivia and Guatemala • The private sector (Colombia) • Indigenous groups (Guatemala) United Nations

  15. Business Support Centers * “one stop shop” • Screening ideas • Training • Counseling • Guidance • Follow up * * * * * United Nations

  16. India Rural Development Agency INDIA 1998 120 villages 700 self help women’s groups United Nations

  17. TECPAN-GUATEMALA 2006 United Nations

  18. TECPAN-GUATEMALA 2007 United Nations

  19. The Golda Meir Mount Carmel International Training Center (MCTC) and MDGs “Creating decent and productive employmentis the most effective and sustainable pathway toreducing poverty” (1) Promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment. Developing a global partnership for development (1)UN Secretary General Report ,17 August 2007 United Nations

  20. Thank you! Haifa 2006 Haifa 2002 The Golda Meir Mount Carmel International Training Center (MCTC) mctc@mctc.co.il shula@mctc.co.il United Nations

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