November 2,2007United Nations Eradicating Poverty through Enterprise Shula Ferdman –Microenterprise Development The Golda Meir Mount Carmel International Training Center (MCTC), Haifa, ISRAEL

November 2,2007United Nations MCTC MASHAV

November 2,2007United Nations Gender equality and women’s empowerment  12,500 participants (mainly women) from 147 countries trained at MCTC  20,000 in situ MCTC 2006

November 2,2007United Nations Entrepreneurship Increased Income Other dimensions of poverty Health Social Services Education Gender Equality Social Exclusion

November 2,2007United Nations Involving all Sectors Counseling Training MSME Development Educational Institutions Private Sector Government Civil Society Int’l Agencies Financial Institutions

November 2,2007United Nations Women – Among the poorest of the poor Supportive Environment (organizational,legal,economic and social incentives) Self empowerment Contribution to the family and the community

November 2,2007United Nations A Holistic Approach Counseling Training Entrepreneurial Support Follow up Training Microcredit Counseling

November 2,2007United Nations Practical approach of “bottom up development” Offer Tools Entrepreneurial Capacity Building

November 2,2007United Nations Entrepreneurial Capacity Building Business and managerial concepts “translated” into a language understood by the target population and adapted to the social environment Rely on local available resources

November 2,2007United Nations ICTs and Small Businesses More access to potential clients and suppliers More information Joining other entrepreneurs to ensure larger orders Cutting administration costs

November 2,2007United Nations Global Partnerships: The YABT (Young Americas Business Trust-OAS) “Business Labs ” trainers and young entrepreneurs 29 countries of the Americas expanding now to Mongolia and Africa

November 2,2007United Nations Business Laboratories “ learning by doing” “hands-on“ experience Honduras 2006

November 2,2007United Nations Business Laboratories I D E A Feasibility study Marketing Production Finance Business plan PROFIT

November 2,2007United Nations 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 )

November 2,2007United Nations Business Support Centers “ one stop shop” Screening ideas Training Counseling Guidance Follow up * * * * * *

November 2,2007United Nations India Rural Development Agency 700 self help women’s groups INDIA villages

November 2,2007United Nations TECPAN- GUATEMALA 2006

November 2,2007United Nations TECPAN- GUATEMALA 2007

November 2,2007United Nations The Golda Meir Mount Carmel International Training Center (MCTC) and MDGs “ Creating decent and productive employment is the most effective and sustainable pathway to reducing poverty” (1) Promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment. Developing a global partnership for development (1) UN Secretary General Report,17 August 2007

November 2,2007United Nations Thank you! The Golda Meir Mount Carmel International Training Center (MCTC) Haifa 2006 Haifa 2002