The Global Entrepreneurship Network is partnering with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and Rwanda Development Board on the the upcoming African Entrepreneurship Policy Forum 2017. The forum will take place in Kigali, Rwanda, on December 13 - 14, 2017.
The African Entrepreneurship Policy Forum is part of a global series of discussions aimed to explore innovative public sector approaches to stimulating new firm formation and growth. These Startup Nations Policy Dialogues engage a network of policymakers and experts leading efforts to advance entrepreneurship in more than 70 countries.
The main expected outcomes of the regional workshop are:
- Sharing experiences and views, learning from best practices and formulating avenues for strengthened cooperation at the regional and continental level;
- Enhancing the current role of the African Union and NEPAD on entrepreneurship promotion and SMEs development in the continent.
Participants are also expected to:
- Learn about technical aspects of developing and implementing national entrepreneurship policies based on UNCTAD’s "Entrepreneurship Policy Framework" (EPF) methodology and existing good practices in Africa, including how to integrate entrepreneurship in the broader sustainable development agenda (SDGs);
- Get a good understanding of the complexity in designing and implementing entrepreneurship policies, and their role in regional and national specific contexts;
- Acquire knowledge of possible strategies, best practices and examples of entrepreneurship policy and programmes in Africa.
Many senior state officials, finance business executives, entrepreneurs, Regional Directors of Development Institutions have confirmed their participation, thus offering the opportunity to network and deliberate on best practices of enterprise development.
See the attached PDF file below for additional information. It is free to participate, however space is limited, so early registration is strongly encouraged on-line at https://reg.unog.ch/event/22779.