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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