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

2. November 2,2007United Nations MCTC MASHAV

3. November 2,2007United Nations Gender equality and women’s empowerment 1961 - 2006  12,500 participants (mainly women) from 147 countries trained at MCTC  20,000 in situ MCTC 2006

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

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

6. 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

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

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

9. 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

10. 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

11. November 2,2007United Nations Global Partnerships: The YABT (Young Americas Business Trust-OAS) “Business Labs ” 17 000 trainers and young entrepreneurs 29 countries of the Americas expanding now to Mongolia and Africa

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

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

14. 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 )

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

16. November 2,2007United Nations India Rural Development Agency 700 self help women’s groups INDIA 1998 120 villages

17. November 2,2007United Nations TECPAN- GUATEMALA 2006

18. November 2,2007United Nations TECPAN- GUATEMALA 2007

19. 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

20. November 2,2007United Nations Thank you! The Golda Meir Mount Carmel International Training Center (MCTC) mctc@mctc.co.il shula@mctc.co.il Haifa 2006 Haifa 2002