UNITED NATIONS - / www.MaximsNews.com@ U.N./ - 22 August 2007 - The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) is working to establish a regional knowledge network of rural women’s cooperatives which will enable women entrepreneurs to share their business knowledge and experiences and market their products  through the Internet. 

A regional meeting is taking place from 23 to 24 August in Bangkok. Around
30 participants representing agriculture and cooperative ministries,
organizations of rural women entrepreneurs, cooperatives and cooperative
unions, regional knowledge networks and UN agencies are expected to attend
the meeting.
 
Participants will develop and adopt a strategy for the creation of a
regional knowledge network of rural women’s cooperatives. They will discuss
the implementation of a pilot model e-business centre in a women’s
agricultural cooperative. The meeting will also serve to identify key
training needs of women’s agricultural cooperatives to build their capacity
in entrepreneurship and in information and communication technology (ICT)
applications.
 
Rural women’s cooperatives play a vital role in fostering women’s
entrepreneurship, women’s empowerment and rural development. 

The proposed web-based knowledge network will enable women’s cooperatives across the
region to share good practices, experiences, and information for business
development, to strengthen entrepreneurial skills, and enhance marketing of
their products through the Internet.
 
The meeting is part of a UNESCAP project entitled “Establishment of
sustainable E-business and network for green cooperative enterprises for
women in rural communities,” which aims to empower women in rural
communities through building capacity in entrepreneurial skills and in the
use of ICTs.
 
Supported by the Government of the Republic of Korea, the project is being
implemented by the ICT Applications Section of the Information,
Communication and Space Technology Division and the Gender and Development
Section of the Emerging Social Issues Division of UNESCAP.
 
More information on the meeting is available at:
http://www.unescap.org/icstd/applications/projects/Green-Coops/consul-meetin
g/
 
NOTE TO JOURNALISTS:
 
You are cordially invited to attend the meeting, which will open on
Thursday, 23 August at 9:00 AM in Conference Room F on the first floor of
the United Nations Conference Centre.
 
Please contact Ms. Thawadi Pachariyangkun, UN Information Services, for
interviews or further information. Tel: 66+022881861
Email:  pachariyangkun.uneascap@un.org  or  unisbkk.uneascap@un.org

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