Workshop

Proceedings of the

SDC SED workshop 2003: "Small Enterprise Development and Empowerment: The entrepreneur and his/her capacity to influence the decisive conditions for the success of his/her enterprise"

Date: January 09 - 10, 2003
Location: Study Center Gerzensee, Gerzensee (near Berne), Switzerland

This year's workshop on "Small Enterprise Development and Empowerment: The entrepreneur and his/her capacity to influence the decisive conditions for the success of his/her enterprise" encountered again the high interest of around 80 participants, coming from various postions in support to small enterprise development such as SDC Headquarters in Bern, various SDC-Coordination Offices, Swiss NGOs and SDC financed programs in various regions, especially in Western Africa. The conceptual input on 'empowerment' by Linda Mayoux was challenged by specific project presentations and discussed more in-depth in working groups and a 'panel' discussion during the second day.

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Announcement	[128 KB] English version
Programm/e	[113 KB] English version
From marginalisation to empowerment. Towards a new approach in SED	[344 KB]	Dr. Linda Mayoux, International Consultant, Cambridge/Great Britain
Support to micro enterpreneurs in view of enforcing their bargaining power: the case of salt workers in India	[56 KB]	Mona Dave, Responsible Rural Economic Activities, SEWA, Ahmedabad, India
Transformation and commercialization support for agri products in Ecuador	[1803 KB] [4286 KB]	Available as MS-Powerpoint (full functionality) and PDF (restricted content). Don't download the MS-Powerpoint if you have a slow connection! Ruben Flores, Project Coordinator, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation and Agriculture (IICA) Ecuador
The constraints of the economic environment and the challenge to develop SE in transition countries: the example of Kyrgyzstan	[99 KB]	Eugene Ryazanov, Program Responsible of Small Enterprise Promotion, Helvetas, Kyrgyzstan
Récapitulatif des contributions des programmes du Mali, du Burkina et du Bénin	[193 KB]	Atelier échanges, Suisse

A list of participants is available on demand.

If you have specific questions beforehand please contact the workshop organisers at E-Mail address: sed@intercooperation.ch