1. ICT for Women empowerment Najat Rochdi Regional Coordinator najat.rochdi@undp.org

2. Gender issues and concerns in Arab Region Economic Life Education Media/Political participation Laws Health

3. UNDP/ICTDAR Strategy Use ICT to provide strategies for the alleviation of the feminization of poverty by fostering women's’ enterprise expanding women’s capabilities Improving their knowledge »better their quality of life

4. Service lines Capacity building Access to ICT Women entrepreneurship development Access to knowledge Networking

5. WRCATI Women’s Rights and Children trough Access To Information Egypt, Lebanon and Tunisia (800K USD) 2 years (Dec 03 – Dec 04) In the process of resource mobilization to expand to other countries to start in 2005 with other partners (Jordan, Morocco and Yemen) Objectives: Access to Knowledge of what a person’s entitlements are, how the legal system works and how to benefit from it bringing legal information in a full package to poor women in the area (CD ROM, Website, FAQ) Capacity building Networking Family Court automation

6. Community Access Centers Youth and Women empowerment In partnership with NGOs and private sector Address development issues: HIV, Drug, workforce development, unemployment, entrepreneurship,.. Skills and workforce development

7. ICT hub for SMEs

8. Project justification Inadequacies in the provision of business information and training Limited services available from stand- alone and bureaucratic institutions When available, it is limited in scope and not provided in an integrated manner. Need tailor-made information, solutions and training

9. Project Development objectives –Foster SMEs creation –Bring IT jobs to rural areas to address unemployment, underemployment, and population loss –Enable local development

10. Project Description Set up an ICT Hub (service provider) in partnership with government, NGOs, professional associations, local authorities and the private sector Create nodes thru existing outlets (2 nd phase) Develop Entrepreneurship specially for Women and Youth Develop an SME Info Portal and Toolkit

11. Information services Needs assessment Provide adequate information to enhance productivity and facilitate market access. Link all relevant national and international information sources Provide legal, commercial and political information Indicators, products, suppliers,… »Trough an integrated platform: SMEs Portal

12. Support and Advisory services Support to develop a business plan and start a small business Access to financial resources, loans, special package for IT equipment, Incubators ICT access center Resource Sharing Center Access To Partners

13. Collaborative work/Networking Communities of Interest (New business process, market,..) Economies of Scale (bigger commercial contract, increase capacity, meet volume, share risks,..) Clustering Partnership

14. Skills and workforce Training of Trainers Technology Exposure and Solution workshops Training Use of ICT ICT for Business Management (Accounting, Catalogue, e-mails, Marketing,..) Web Development, Maintenance Development of business plan Business Management English

15. Outlets Community Access Centers Women Crisis/support Centers ICT hub for SMEs

16. More on www.ictdar.org