 | The workshop, held May 20-22, 2008, brought together women entrepreneurs from Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda, World Bank and IFC staff, government officials and experts from other organizations to share analytical works and best practices on private sector and entrepreneurship development.
Organized as a capacity building effort under the World Bank's
Gender Action Plan, the workshop resulted in a virtual network of women entrepreneurs of the five countries, which meet bi-monthly. | |
Analytical and Operational Insights on Women’s Entrepreneurship in Africa Sheraton Addis Hotel, Ethiopia, May 20-22, 2008 Agenda | Day 1 - May 21, 2008 | 8:00 | Registration | | 8:30-9:15 | Welcoming remarks Introductions & check in | Jeeva Perumalpillai-Essex, World Bank Acting Country Director for Ethiopia and Sudan Silvina Embon, Facilitator | 9:15- 10:15 | Small Group Discussions by Country
Expectations and Best practices (PDF 100 KB) | Silvina Embon and Lucia Fort | 10:30 – 11:30 | General overview and framework -- Female entrepreneurs’ characteristics, access to finance, obstacles to entrepreneurship, correlation with economic growth, legal aspects, etc | Mary C. Hallward-Driemeier, Senior Economist, DECRG, World Bank (PDF 110KB) | 11:30– 12:30 | Cross-country experiences on gender in the private sector in Africa Discussion | Elena Bardasi, Senior Economist, PRMGE, World Bank (PDF 168KB) | 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch: Presentations by Dr. Victoria Kisyombe , Managing Director of SELFINA, Tanzania | | 14:00 - 15:00 | Doing Business: overview on the Doing Business project and Doing Business for women in AfricaPolicy Reforms and challenges ahead. The “One Stop Shop” experience in Uganda Q&A | Amanda Ellis, Lead Gender Specialist PRMGE, World Bank, Dr. Maggie Kigozi, Executive Director, Uganda Investment Authority (PDF 231KB) | 15:15 – 16:45 | Open Discussion on Women’s Access to Finance · Setting up a Women’s Bank in Ethiopia · Micro-leasing in Tanzania · Global Best practices on access to finance for women Discussion | Representatives from Ethiopia Women Exporters/ Entrepreneurs Association, Dr. Victoria Kisyombe, Managing Director of SELFINA, Tanzania Amanda Ellis, Lead Gender Specialist PRMGE, World Bank(PDF 426KB) | 16:45 - 17:00 | Closing First Day | Jacqueline Maleko, Tanzania Regina Ossa Lullo, Southern Sudan | 17:15 – 18:15 | Focus group Consultations A focus group of volunteer workshop participants, including decision/policy makers, women entrepreneurs and technical experts, will contribute their insights on the formal and informal challenges to women’s entrepreneurship. | Mary C Hallward-Driemeier, Senior Economist, DECRG, World Bank, Silvina Embon, Facilitator, Haddas Wolfe Giorgis, Rapporteur | Day 2 -May 22, 2008 | 9:009:15 – 10:00 | Agenda for the Day Private Sector Development in Ethiopia | Silvina Embon, Facilitator Menbere Taye Tesfa, Private Sector Development Specialist, World Bank Ethiopia | 10:00 – 11:00 | Brief introduction to the problems of informal small firms based on evidence on Tanzania -Findings from the Ethiopia Rural ICA | Caterina Ruggeri Laderchi, Economist, Africa, PREM, Elena Bardasi, Senior Economist, PRMGE, World Bank | 11:15 – 12:00 | Supporting Women Entrepreneurs in practice | Paola Cirillo , AIDOS
(PDF 252KB) | 12:00 – 13:00 | Group Discussion | | 13:00 - 14:30 | Lunch: Training & Mentoring Women Exporters: ACCESS Initiative: Promoting African Businesswomen in International Trade (East African Experience Lalibela Patio | Nigest Haile (Ethiopia), Happie Muchomuv (Tanzania), Jenneifer Mwijukye (Uganda), and Carole Osero-Ageng'o (Kenya) | 14:30 - 15:30 | WIDP: Process and What was achieved? Lessons Learned | Caterina Ruggeri Laderchi, Economist, Africa, PREM, World Bank (PDF 104KB) | 15:45 - 17:30 | Parking Lot + Small group discussions: · What are the key issues for women entrepreneurs in the sub-region? · How can we as (1) govt . (2) donors (3) private sector, (4) women’s CSOs/SMEs, help move this agenda forward? · Defining next steps, i .e. follow up using GDLN? Building a Community of Practice? Briefing by each discussion group Discussion and agreements | Silvina Embon
Commitments of East Africa Countries (PDF 110KB) | 17:30 to 18:00 | Closing remarks Evaluation | Jacqueline Maleko, Tanzania Lucia Fort, WB Silvina Embon, Facilitator |
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