20121015_EDD12_Full_Agenda

TUESDAY 16
HIGH LEVEL PANELS
WORLD FOOD DAY | HIGH LEVEL PANELS
11:00 – 12:30 Women Entrepreneurship to Reshape
Auditorium B the Economy Through Innovation in the MENA Region
#Women
#EDD12
Marcus Cornaro, Deputy Director General, Directorate-General
for Development and Cooperation – EuropeAid, European Commission
Tara Dawood, Chief Executive Officer, Dawood Capital
Management Limited
Valerie D’Costa, Programme Manager, infoDev – The World Bank Group
Heidi Hautala, Minister for International Development, Finland
Guven Sak, Managing Director, Economic Policy Research Foundation
of Turkey – TEPAV
Ghada Waly, Managing Director, Egyptian Social Fund for Development
Many countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region are undergoing
deep institutional and social changes. In this context, policies promoting
innovation and entrepreneurship are often left behind. Women are particularly
disadvantaged when trying to access opportunities that promote economic
growth. How can we help create a space for women to become part of the
innovation economy of this region? This HLP will explore ways in which women
can actively contribute to reshape the economic landscape in the MENA. It will
include experiences from female practitioners in the field of innovation, business
creation and overall economic development, draw on good practices from
Turkey, analyse programmes aimed at the challenges, and finally discuss an
ideal policy framework that could promote women´s involvement in the innovation
economy.
Moderated by John Hendra, Deputy Executive Director, UN Women
Organised by Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey – TEPAV,
infoDev – a Global Technology Entrepreneurship Program of The World Bank Group,
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women – UN
WOMEN
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