Entrepreneurship for sustainable development
Date
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Event
Session Type
Conference
Session Themes
Entrepreneurship
SMEs
Interpretation
English / French / Spanish / Arabic / Russian / Chinese
Room number
Hall 4 Room 12
Contact Email
arlette.verploegh@un.org
Background Documents
18 October 2023
17:00 - 19:00 Abu Dhabi
Asia/Dubai
The Enterprise Ministerial Roundtable at the World Investment Forum will connect investment and enterprise development policy. It will focus on new directions for private sector development and entrepreneurship promotion policies towards increased sustainability and inclusiveness for the attainment of the SDGs. It will emphasize efforts to boost green growth and discuss initiatives such as social enterprise and impact investment, as well as entrepreneurship for youth, women and vulnerable groups. Building on UNCTAD's Investment Policy Framework and UNCTAD's Entrepreneurship Policy Framework, the discussions will shed light on the investment and entrepreneurship policy interface.
Session themes:
- New ways and means to not only boost foreign investment but also its linkages with the domestic economy.
- Innovative approaches to access international finance for local entrepreneurs and micro, small and medium-sized enterprises.
- Effective entrepreneurship development strategies to reach vulnerable or marginalized groups and to promote inclusive development.
- Wholistic frameworks connecting investment and enterprise policies in support of private sector development and formalization programmes in developing countries.
Speaker(s)
Minister Delegate in Charge of Planning, Ministry of the Economy, Planning and Regional Development, Cameroon
Minister of State, Ministry of Labour, Public Service Reform, Social Partnership, Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development, Dominica
Vice Minister of Industrial Development at the Ministry of Industry, Trade and MSMEs, Dominican Republic
Minister of Trade, Industry, Regional Integration and Employment, the Gambia
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Planning and Investment, Lao People's Democratic Republic
Minister of Commerce and Consumer Protection, Republic of Mauritius
Minister of Industry, Commerce And Supplies, Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises Development, Zambia
Minister of Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development, Zimbabwe
Managing Director Directorate of SDG Innovation and Economic Transformation United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Deputy Executive Director a.i. for UN Coordination, Partnerships, Resources and Sustainability, UN WOMEN
Secretary-General, Ministry of Entrepreneur and Cooperatives Development, Malaysia
