in partnership with the Global Entrepreneurship Network and i4Policy
About this session
Part I: Entrepreneurship Policy: Challenges and Results
Developing entrepreneurship is a key element of strategies that support the attainment of the SDGs, particularly SDG9, to build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation. In this high-level event, organized with the Global Entrepreneurship Network and i4Policy, ministers will share lessons from various strategies, including innovative solutions, with a view towards developing models that can be adopted and adapted to individual countries’ needs.
Issues for the debate
- Key elements of successful entrepreneurship development strategies
- Innovative solutions for strategy development and implementation
- Special needs dimensions
Part II: Celebration of 30 years of Empretec
UNCTAD’s Empretec programme has been engaged in entrepreneurs’ motivation and skills development in 40 countries since 1988, using a behavioural approach to entrepreneurship. Its impact has proved effective for a vast range of target audiences in advanced and less developed economies. Over the past three decades, Empretec has continuously demonstrated high impact by contributing to sustainable development and inclusive growth.
Issues for the debate
- Key success factors of Empretec and comparative advantages vis-à-vis other entrepreneurship programmes
- Measuring Empretec impact
- Way forward to further strengthen Empretec
Speakers
H.E. Mr. Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen
Minister of Trade and Industry, Ghana
Ms. Armgard Wippler
Deputy Director General for SME Policy, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy, Germany
Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi
Secretary-General, UNCTAD
H.E. Mr. Zayed R. Alzayani
Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, Bahrain
H.E. Mr. José Ramón Valente
Minister of Economy, Economic Development and Tourism, Chile
H.E. Prof. Bambang Brodjonegoro
Minister of National Development Planning of Indonesia
H.E. Ms. Amelia Kyambadde
Minister of Trade, Industry and Co-Operatives, Uganda
H.E. Professor Mthuli Ncube
Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Zimbabwe
Ms. Marthe Chantal Mbajon
Secrétaire Général, Ministère des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises, de l’Economie Sociale et l’Artisanat, Cameroun
Mr. Alfonso Abdo Felix
Executive Director, Conquito, Ecuador
Ms. Betty Maina
Principal Secretary, State Department of Investment and Industry Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives, Kenya
Ms. Rkia Derham
Secretary of State to the Minister of Industry, Investment, Trade and Digital Economy, Kingdom of Morocco
Ms. Winifred Ngangure Kabega
Head, Investment Promotion and Facilitation, Rwanda Development Board
Mr. Jonathan Ortmans
Founder and President, Global Entrepreneurship Network
Ms. Heloisa Menezes
Technical Director of SEBRAE (Serviço Brasileiro de Apoio às Micro e Pequenas Empresas), Brazil
Mr. Alejandro Delgado Ayala
President, National Institute for Entrepreneurship, Mexico
Mr. Jorge Lawson
Director Banco de la Nación, Argentina
Mr. Sanjay G. Mungur
Ms. Busi Bango
Director, Empretec Zimbabwe
Ms. Paola Barcellos Tucunduva
Empretec Trainer, Presenter of Alma do Negócio, Professor at Fundação Dom Cabral FDC
Mr. Aditya Dash
Managing Director, Ram' Assorted Cold Storage Ltd
Mr. Roberto Bertin Gandara Mendes
Mr. Renato Santos
Ms. Carla Goglia
Director Empretec Argentina