Young Women Entrepreneurs as Drivers of SDGS

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Young Women Entrepreneurs as Drivers of SDGs

The Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum (ICYF) held the Yung Women Entrepreneurs as Drivers of SDGs, 4-Day ONLINE Program jointly organized with the UNIDO Investment and Technology Promotion Office in Manama, the Kingdom of Bahrain, and other OIC and international institutions, on the 14-17th September 2020.

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The Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum will be holding the YOUNG WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS AS DRIVERS OF SDGS, 4-Day ONLINE PROGRAM jointly organized with the UNIDO Investment and Technology Promotion Office in Manama, the Kingdom of Bahrain, and other OIC and international institutions, on the 14-17th September 2020.
The program serves as a platform to address the vital role of young women entrepreneurs in driving growth and SDG. It also highlights the key role of institutions in enhancing opportunities and further strengthening cooperation with regards to further boosting women’s entrepreneurial opportunities.
The program entails a special focus on the role of young entrepreneurs as core benefactors, and benefactresses within sustainable development schemes. Attention to various programs and initiatives aiming to enhance cooperation on young women entrepreneurship, capacity-building, and partnership enhancement is crucial in the way of effectively impacting regional policies and programs and the overall SDG agenda.

The Idea

The program is purposed at (a) sharing good practices on infrastructures and ecosystems, (b) highlighting institutional efforts and initiatives for young women entrepreneurs, and (c) encouraging policy trends on the sustainable growth of female entrepreneurial inclusion. Online YWE as drivers of SDGS program objectives •Sharing good practices on infrastructures and ecosystems, •Highlighting institutional efforts and initiatives for young women entrepreneurs, •Encouraging policy trends on sustainable growth of female entrepreneurial inclusion. •Developing the skills, capacities, and confidence of young women entrepreneurs, •Addressing key points related to the infrastructure and echo systems for women economic empowerment for sustainable development, •Highlighting financing and microfinancing young women entrepreneurs’ initiatives, explore current conditions, problems and challenges encountering women’s roles in and contributions to sustainable development of their communities, •Promoting women’s best practices, successful experiences and policy models pertaining to the course of sustainable development.

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Speakers & Mentors

H.E Ruhsar Pekcan

Minister of Trade of Turkey

Ruhsar Pekcan graduated from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at Istanbul Technical University (ITU) in 1980 and completed her graduate studies at the same faculty. Pekcan started her professional career at Industrial Development Bank of Turkey (TSKB) in 1981 and served as General Manager an...

H.E Dr. Fehmida Mirza

Minister for Inter Provincial Coordination of Pakistan

Fahmida Mirza is a Pakistani politician who is the current Federal Minister for Inter Provincial Coordination, in office since 20 August 2018. She served as the 18th and only women Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan from March 2008 to June 2013. Previously, she was a member of the Nati...

Ms. Maha Akeel

OIC General Secretariat

Maha Akeel is the Managing Editor of the quarterly magazine, OIC Journal, issued by the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). OIC is the second largest inter-governmental organization after the UN with 57 member states and is the collective voice of the Muslim world. The OIC Journal refle...

Dr. Hashim Hussein

Head of UNIDO-ITPO

Dr Hashim S. Hussein is the Head of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization – Investment and Technology Promotion Office (UNIDO-ITPO) and Director of the Arab International Centre for Entrepreneurship and Investment Training (ARCEIT) in the Kingdom of Bahrain. He holds a PhD (Hono...

Mr. Taha Ayhan

ICYF President

H. E. Mr. Taha Ayhan, the President of ICYF, took office on 1st January 2019. He graduated from Istanbul Bilgi University Faculty of Law and Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences. He continued EU Master Programme about EU Relations in Vrije Universiteit in Brussels. He studied Administ...

Ms. Agatha Johnson

President & CEO of ADONAI VENTURES, Sierra Leone

Experienced Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the government administration industry. Skilled in Negotiation, Policy Analysis, Risk Management, Analytical Skills, and Government. Strong business development professional graduated from Various Training on ICT.

Ms. Mayssa Ghawas

Owner Play works, Bahrain

Designer of customized furniture, interior, and creator personal Spaces for work or play.

Ms. Simay Dinc

Founder, Recontact Istanbul/London

Simay is the co-founder of Recontact Games She is a passionate gamer & game producer of the award-winning cinematographic mobile games series, Recontact. Recontact: Istanbul, integrated video art in games, was chosen to be the best mobile game of Turkey by Apple in 2015. One of the most ...

H.E. Safia Boly

Former Minister for Private Investment, Enterprises and National Entrepreneurship, Mali

Minister Safia Boly has spent fourteen years at the United Nations working on improving the management and governance of peacekeeping funds. She ran the UN’s first shared service center established in Uganda to provide efficient support to UN missions in Africa. In August 2018, she returned to he...

Ms. Sharia Walker

Senior Youth Development Specialist, Women and Youth Empowerment Division, IsDB

Youth Development specialist, accredited mediator, strategic negotiator, academic-practitioner, and an experienced conflict resolution specialist with extensive expertise in the areas of alternative dispute resolution systems, assessment tools, curriculum's, outreach programs, and training. A ski...

Dr. Cem Tintin

Senior Researcher, SESRIC

He has more than ten-year research and consultancy experience in international trade, finance, tourism, economic integration, economic growth, and development. He presented his papers and delivered keynote lectures at several international conferences and workshops such as in Dubai, Brussels, Par...

Ms Ibukun Awosika

President International Women’s Entrepreneurial Challenge Foundation

Ibukunoluwa Abiodun Awosika is a Nigerian business woman, a mother, an actress, a motivational speaker, and an author. She currently serves as Chairman of First Bank of Nigeria.

Ms. Hye-rin PARK

Founder of Energy ENOMAD, Korea

Hyerin Park is a South Korean entrepreneur. Her last project, to generate energy from the tides, ended in debt as she failed to gain permission to integrate into the electricity grid. But she's back with another idea to tackle the problem of making renewable energy that could revolutionize how co...

Dr. Azza Fahmy

Chairwoman & Creative Director at Azza Fahmy Jewellery

Azza Fahmy is one of Egypt’s best advocates in the world of jewelry. Accordingly, her design school aims to follow her steps and spread the local culture.

Ms. Huda Janahi

Leader Entrepreneur and UNIDO-ITPO/AICEI Bahrain Entrepreneurs

In April 2005, was awarded Mohammad bin Rashid Award for the Best Arab Startup Business in Arab World. Subsequently, she was also named “inspiring example for the whole region” by then US President George Bush. Forbes Magazine accredited her as one of the 50 Most Powerful Businesswomen in the Ara...

Mrs. Sara Roversi

Founder of You Can Group, Italy

She’s often a sparring partner of key decision-makers in business and government institutions. She is the founder and director of Future Food. Her mission is to take creative and responsible food entrepreneurs to the next level of achievement through education, research projects, and disruptive i...

Ms. Leyla Alaton

Board Member & Shareholder, Alarko Holding / Turkey

Leyla Alaton is a popular spokesperson in the areas of Women in Business and Women Empowerment. She often gives talks in universities about entrepreneurship and women's economic independence. She is a role model and an inspirer for young women to have their careers and be involved in NGOs. She is...

Mr. Baybars Altuntas

Chairman of the World Business Angels Investment Forum

Baybars Altuntaş is a Turkish entrepreneur, angel investor, speaker and author based in Istanbul. He founded Deulcom International, a vocational training school in Turkey in 1992 and currently serves as the president of the executive committee of the company. He is currently a jury member on the ...

Ms. Zeynep DEMIR

Board Member, KADEM

Zeynep Demir, who completed her education life in Germany, started her career as an art director after receiving a Graphic Design education. She completed her secondary education at Berlin University of Applied Sciences, Department of Communication Management in Institutions. Between 2013 and 201...

Dr. Abla Abdel Latif

Executive Director Egyptian Center for Economic Studies

Dr. Abla Abdel Latif is currently the Chair of the Presidential Advisory Council for Economic Development; and the Executive Director and Director of Research of The Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES). She is also a Member of the Central Bank of Egypt’s Coordinating Council and has been ...

Ms. Soha Atallah

Vice President of the World Packaging Organization and Director of Liban

Soha Atallah is an international consultant, with extensive experience in industrial development, packaging, marketing, and food safety throughout theMiddle East, North Africa, and Asia. Ms. Atallah has partnered for 13 years with UNIDO as an international expert on packaging and marketing in num...

Mr. AbdulRahman AlAwadhi

Marketing Business Counsellor, UNIDO ITPO Bahrain

Mr. Al-Awadhi started his legal career in 2002 at Al-Adala Firm, where he practiced penal, civil and commercial cases before the courts of first instance. In 2005, he joined the Law Offices of Mishari Al-Ghazali where he primarily litigated the firm's cases before penal, commercial, civil, labou...

Ms. Rim Siam

Founder WEBB-Middleeast.com, Egypt

CEO WEBB International Middle EastLtd -President of Business Women Council/ --Alexandria Chamber of Commerce Egypt -Regional Manager of the Hot Mommas Project

Ms. Alaa Hamdok

Owner Solar Foods, Sudan

Dr.Alaa Salih Hamadto is a Doctor and co-founder of Solar Dried Foods Company (solar-foods.com). A company that operates in Sudan and produce Dried Foods using Solar. They distribute food to markets in Sudan with beautiful packaging and great quality.

Ms. Sandra Abi Chahine

Fashion Strategy and Communications Consultant, Lebanon

Experienced Strategy and Communications professional with a demonstrated history of working in the luxury goods and jewelry industry. Currently consulting for luxury and emerging brands with a focus on Sustainable Fashion.

Ms. Afnan Zayani

Founder MENA Businesswomen Network

Afnan Al Zayani is the president of Al Zayani Commercial Services; leads the BBS, and is head of the Coordination and Follow-up Committee. Alzayani has worked for twenty-seven years in the entrepreneurship community of Bahrain. Currently, she is the President and Proprietor of Al Zayani Commercia...

Ms. Kübra BAYRAKTAR

General Manager at Content for Children NGO

Kübra Bayraktar graduated from the International Relations Department of Near East University (Undergraduate - best student of the department in 2006) and Business Department of Bahçeşehir University, (Master degree – 2010). She did academic studies such as Strategic Planning Process, Investment ...

Timeline Schedule of: Young Women Entrepreneurs as Drivers of SDGS

Day 1

14th September, Monday

Time

Title

Description

Presenter

14:00 – 14:45 / GMT+3

Opening Ceremony

• H.E Ruhsar Pekcan Minister of trade of Turkey • H.E Dr. Fehmida Mirza, Minister for Inter Provincial Coordination of Pakistan • Mr. Taha Ayhan, ICYF President, Turkey • Dr. Hashim Hussein, UNIDO-ITPO, Bahrain • Ms. Maha Akeel,OIC General Secretariat • Keynote HE Ms. Veronika Peshkova, UNIDO Goodwill Ambassador • Ms. Sama Alawi, President of Regional CSR Academy (RECORDED SPEECH)

Salah Asmar

Presenter: Salah Asmar

15:00 – 15:45 / GMT+3

Panel 1: Role of Institutional Experiences and Policy Models in the Development of Women’s Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

Moderator: Dr. Hashim Hussein, Head UNIDO ITPO Bahrain
• Mr. Ubaydli Al Ubaydli, Chairman Arab Union for ICT “Women Gateway to the Future”
• Ms. Aalia Jafar , Director of International Organizations , ICCIA.
• Ms. Sharia Walker, Senior Youth Development Specialist, Women and Youth Empowerment
Division, IsDB
• Dr. Cem Tintin, Senior Researcher, SESRIC

16:00 – 16:45 / GMT+3

Special Session: Women Who Inspired the World

Moderator: Ms Ibukun Awosika, President International Women’s Entrepreneurial Challenge
Foundation
• Ms. Hye-rin PARK, Founder of Energy ENOMAD, Korea
• Ms. Luyin HONG, Official Partner of Jewelmer in Greater China.
• Dr. Azza Fahmy, Chairwoman & Creative Director at Azza Fahmy Jewellery
• Ms. Huda Janahi, Leader Entrepreneur and UNIDO ITPO / AICEI Bahrain Entrepreneurs
Ambassador
• Mrs. Sara Roversi, Founder of You Can Group, Italy
• Ms. Leyla Alaton, Board Member & Shareholder, Alarko Holding / Turkey
Day 2

15th September, Tuesday

Time

Title

Description

Presenter

13.00-13:45 / GMT+3

Panel 2: Best Practices of Financial Inclusion for Young Women Entrepreneurs

Moderator: Mr. Baybars Altuntas Chairman of the World Business Angels Investment Forum
• Ms Ibukun Awosika, Chairman First Nigeria Bank
• Ms. Jeong-Eun NAH Vice President Women in Science, Engineering and Technology in Korea
• Ms. Zeynep DEMIR, Board Member, KADEM.
• Dr. Abla Abdel Latif, Executive Director Egyptian Center for Economic Studies
• Ms. Pakinam Elhalaby, Islamic Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Agriculture

14:00 – 14:45 / GMT+3

Workshop 1: “Packaging and Franchising” How can Packaging and Franchising help me grow my business

Moderator: Mr. Afif Barhoumi, UNIDO-ITPO
Speakers:
• Ms. Soha Atallah, Vice President of the World Packaging Organization and Director of Liban
Pack
• Mr. AbdulRahman AlAwadhi, Marketing Business Counsellor, UNIDO ITPO Bahrain
Q&A Session

15:00 – 15:45 / GMT+3

Session 1: Women Entrepreneurs Case Studies and Testimonials

Speakers:
• Ms. Rim Siam, Founder WEBB-Middleeast.com, Egypt
• Ms. Alaa Hamdok, Owner Solar Foods, Sudan
• Ms. Sandra Abi Chahine, Fashion Strategy and Communications Consultant, Lebanon
• Ms. Benedicta Nanyonga, Executive Director Kinawataka Women Initiatives, Uganda
• Ms. Saniya Abdulaal, Owner Perfectly Pressed, Bahrain
• Q&A
Day 3

16th September, Wednesday

Time

Title

Description

Presenter

13.00-13:45 / GMT+3

Panel 3: Infrastructure and Ecosystems for Young Women Entrepreneurs

Moderator: Ms. Afnan Zayani, Founder MENA Businesswomen Network
• Ms. Sabah Almoayyed, Chairwoman of Flat6Labs Bahrain
• Ms. Jalilova Navruza, Refugee Protection Portfolio manager, United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) – Tajikistan
• Ms. Maria Christine Oghly, FCEM World President
• Ms. Jalila Arab, Founder and CEO Bahrain Fashion Incubator, Morocco
• Ms. Hauwa Yabani, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Abuja Technology Village FZ
Co. and Executive Board Member International Association of Science Parks and Areas of
Innovation (Nigeria)

14:00 – 14:45 / GMT+3

Workshop 2: “Financial Inclusion: Tools and techniques to better Access Finance and Financial Inclusion for Women Entrepreneurs.

Moderator: Mr. Afif Barhoumi
Speaker: Mr. Ahmed Hejres, Financial Business Counselor, UNIDO ITPO Bahrain

15:00 – 15:45 / GMT+3

Session 2: Women Entrepreneurs Case Studies and Testimonials

Speakers
• Ms. Douja Gharbi, Founder & CEO of RedStart – Tunisia
• Ms. Sana Afouaiz, Founder & CEO, WOMENPRENEUER INITIATIVE
• Ms. Saleema Vellani, Founder and CEO, Ripple Impact
• Ms. Kübra BAYRAKTAR, General Manager at Content for Children NGO
• Q&A
Day 4

17th September, Thursday

Time

Title

Description

Presenter

13.00-13:45 / GMT+3

Panel 4: Young Women Entrepreneurs: Challenges, Solutions, and Prospects

Moderator: Ms Reem Badran, Chairwomen Jordan Africa Business Association; the Middle East
Business Women Initiative
• Ms. Tazeen Qureshi, Assistant Researcher, SESRIC
• Ms. Kadiatou Diallo Head of department of communication & publications, Islamic Centre for
Development of Trade
• Ms. Sinem Sinangil, Speech Writer to Vice President of Republic of Turkey
• Ms. Alia El-Yassir, Regional Director, UN WOMEN
• Mr. Ameer Abubaker Hassan, Coordinator Enterprise Development and Investment Promotion
Program, Sudan

14:00 – 14:45 / GMT+3

Workshop 3: What is Branding and what added value will it have on my business.

Moderator: Mr. Afif Barhoumi
Speaker: Mr. Farrukh Alimdjanov, Industrial Development Officer, Business Environment, Cluster and
Innovation Division, UNIDO
Q&A Session
14:45 – 15:00 Break
15:00 – 15:45 / GMT+3 Session 3: Women Entrepreneurs Case Studies and Testimonials
Speakers
• Ms. Agatha Johnson, President & CEO of ADONAI VENTURES, Sierra Leone
• Ms. Mayssa Ghawas, Owner Play works, Bahrain
• Ms. Simay Dinc , Founder, Recontact Istanbul/London
• Q&A

15:45-16:15 / GMT+3

Closing Ceremony & Recommendations

Moderator: Mr. Iddi Ahmed, Professional, ICYF
• Dr. Hashim Hussein, UNIDO-ITPO, Bahrain
• Mr. Taha Ayhan, ICYF President, Turkey