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Suomi-Etelä-Afrikka-seura

09/28/09

Seminar on Micro entrepreneurship 14th Oct

Finland-South Africa Association organises in cooperation with the Federation of Finnish Enterprises a seminar on 14th October titled "Micro entrepreneurship as an engine of development". The seminar mirrors entrepreneurship through Finnish and South African cooperation.It also looks wider into the meaning of entrepreneurship for development. The seminar is a part of the Finland-South Africa Association's project "Developing Micro Entrepreneurship in South Africa 2005-2009". In the same occasion a handbook made in the project will be launched titled "Hit the Ground Running - Doing Micro Business Training in South Africa".

 

13.30 Coffee

14.00 Tervetuloa - Welcome
Jarkko Wuorinen, Federation of Finnish Enterprises / Suomen Yrittäjät

14.15 Towards social development though micro entrepreneurial training
Arja Alho, Finland- South Africa Association

14.30 Developing Private Sector in FinnishDevelopment Cooperation
Okko-Pekka Salmimies, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Department for Development Policy

14.45 Private interest in ending poverty - an opportunity to NGO-corporate cooperation
Mika Railo, Service Centre for Development Cooperation

15.00 Discussion

15.15 Panel Discussion: True entrepreneurship - Development from below?
Arja Alho, Finland- South Africa Association
Ulla Sarasalmi, Finn Church Aid
Lauri Haavisto, Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission
Nomzamo Landigwe, Hope Africa (South Africa)
Siziwe Kuboni, Greater Stellenbosch Development Trust (South Africa)
Chair: Johanna Hietalahti, researcher and journalist

16.00 Discussion

16.30 Concluding remarks

16.40 Wine

17.00 End of the seminar

Welcome!
Registration before 9th Oct to leena.marsio(at)saunalahti.fi