Ethiopian Business
Development Services (BDS) Network
Contact:
info@bds-ethiopia.net
- Tel. 00251-1-62.61.34
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Addis Ababa
BDS - Newsletter
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No. 4 - August 2005
New !
Directory of
international projects
New Directory of international
and national
Private Sector Development (PSD) related Projects in Ethiopia
The Ethiopian Chamber of Commerce just published a new directory of Private Sector Development related projects with international support and PSD related national institutions: www.ethiopianchamber.com/projects UNIDO, UNDP, UNCTAD, ILO, GTZ, USAID, SNV, SEQUA, EU, SIDA, World Bank, Enterprise Ethiopia, Ministry of Capacity Building, FeMSEDA, ReMSEDAs.
New !
Project Proposal: Business Linkages - Ethiopia (UNCTAD - Enterprise Ethiopia)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Period: 2005 -
Contact: Mr. Solomon Wole, Enterprise Ethiopia, Tel. 00251-1-51.26.7, ee@ethionet.et
Mr. Jacques Ferrière, UNCTAD, E9074, Tel. +41(0)22.917.4204, jacques.ferriere@unctad.org
Short Profile: The program actually is in the phase of project proposal looking for finance and is projected to deliver at least 15 business linkages within 24 months, spanning across various sectors. The key milestones are enabling environment recommendation within four months; first linkages in place within nine months; capacity upgrade of SME partners via provision of Business Development Services (BDS) within 6 months.
Activity Report 7/05:
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Business
Development
Services (BDS),
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Entrepreneurship
training,
- Capacity Building
- Networking
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download on
Comparison of the four 6-month BDS cycles
After a training and pilot period in 2002 and 2003 (BDS cycles 1-3) the outreach of our BDS intervention has significantly increased in 2004/05 with more than 4,500 businesses supported every six months - makes about 9,000 businesses supported per year. About 15 partner organisations in the field of Private Sector Development are participating on our 6-month BDS cycle interventions.
In the upcoming 5th BDS cycle (August 2005-January 2006), facilitators will focus on chamber support in the Amhara region, industrial zones support in Addis Ababa, support to self-employment of TVET graduates and sector-specific businesses in the textile, leather, food and construction sectors.
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Proceeding
of the
7th
Ethiopian
BDS
Network
meeting on
Micro
and Small Enterprises Development
The Seventh National Network Meeting, jointly organized by the GTZ-MSEDP and the EU-MSEDP, deliberated on the following themes: MSE technological and market support; Role of BDS in MSE development and its integration with the TVET system; MSE development achievements in Addis Ababa; Benefits of establishing clusters for MSE development; Experience of MSEs in financing MSEs; Experience of private BDS providers.
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