“International Women Entrepreneurs Summit- 2019”, organized by the South Asian Women Development Forum with the theme “Harnessing Economic Empowerment” was held on September 13th- 14th in Kathmandu, Nepal. The summit brought together international delegates from over 22 countries and focused on some of the emerging issues like e-trade, agriculture, gender, women's leadership, sustainable development, and tourism.
Through this summit, policymakers, entrepreneurs, researchers, and development practitioners discussed how the public and private sectors can help overcome multiple barriers and accelerate support for women entrepreneurs, youths, and startups.
The summit resulted in three major outcomes
Signing of the MOU between the Nepal Agriculture Research Council NARC and National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM), India. This collaboration of the two institutes will benefit Nepal in the advancement of new technology for the agro-sector.
Partnering with UNESCAP at the National Inception Workshop on E-commerce capacity building for women-led MSMEs in South Asia. This is a two-year project.
A regional survey in South Asia was conducted by WTO in partnership with SAWDF, targeting women entrepreneurs. A workshop on pre-testing of a training module on trade rules was organized on 15th September 2019 by WTO in collaboration with SAWDF.
