{"id":81041,"date":"2016-10-28T04:23:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-28T02:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/united-nations-development-programme-graduates-first-empretec-training-of-new-entrepreneurship-and-enterprise-development-programme\/"},"modified":"2016-10-28T04:23:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-28T02:23:00","slug":"united-nations-development-programme-graduates-first-empretec-training-of-new-entrepreneurship-and-enterprise-development-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/united-nations-development-programme-graduates-first-empretec-training-of-new-entrepreneurship-and-enterprise-development-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"United Nations Development Programme Graduates First EMPRETEC Training of New Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/united-nations-development-programme-graduates-first-empretec-training-of-new-entrepreneurship-and-enterprise-development-programme?lang=en\">United Nations Development Programme Graduates First EMPRETEC Training of New Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development Programme<\/a>: <\/p>\n<p>On 29 October, the press is invited to the closing ceremony of the EMPRETEC Entrepreneurship Training as part of UNDP&rsquo;s new Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development Programme.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>A batch of competitively selected 80 South Sudanese entrepreneurs (50% women) will graduate and receive certificate of course completion after acquiring various entrepreneurship skills in a hands-on learning environment. The overall objective of the Entrepreneurship&nbsp;and Enterprise Development Programme is to bring about a transformational change in unleashing the growth potential of micro and small-scale enterprises, transform livelihood farmers to economic farmers by 2019 through entrepreneurial skills development, and the provision of a comprehensive range of business advisory services. The programme has a special focus on unemployed youth and women.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The pilot phase of the Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development Programme is to introduce the EMPRETEC approach and test its suitability for South Sudan. The 6 days training was facilitated by UNCTAD-certified entrepreneurship master trainers from EMPRETEC Ghana Foundation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>What<\/strong>: closing ceremony of the EMPRETEC Entrepreneurship Training<\/p>\n<p><strong>When: <\/strong>Saturday, 29 October 2016 at 3:00pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where: Juba <\/strong>Multi Service Training Centre (MTC), behind Juba Football Stadium&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Hon. Biel Jok Thic, <\/strong>Undersecretary: Ministry of Trade and Industry<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mrs.&nbsp; Mary Akech Milla, <\/strong>Director General for Private Sector Development: Ministry of Trade and Industry<\/li>\n<li><strong>MS. Mary Hillary Wani, <\/strong>Understorey for Labour: Ministry of Labour, Public Service and Human Resource Development<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rev. John Chol Daau, <\/strong>Director General for Vocational Training: Ministry of Labour, Public Service and Human Resource Development<\/li>\n<li><strong>Koji Ito, <\/strong>Economic Affairs and Development Cooperation: Embassy of Japan<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mr. Ola Mislmo, <\/strong>Counsellor, Development Cooperation:&nbsp; Embassy of Sweden<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mr. lansana Wonneh, <\/strong>Deputy Representative: UNWOMEN<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mr. Aligo Manasseh Khamis, <\/strong>Director:&nbsp; Juba Multi-Service Training Center(MTC)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mr.&nbsp; Jean Luc Stalon, <\/strong>Deputt Country Director(Programmes): UNDP South Sudan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>Distributed by APO on behalf of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"well well-sm\"><b>Media files<\/b><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/thumb\/a4e487058ee2889\/200\/70\" alt=\"United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)\"\/><br \/>Download logo<\/div>\n<p><small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/united-nations-development-programme-graduates-first-empretec-training-of-new-entrepreneurship-and-enterprise-development-programme?lang=en\">APO &#8211; Africa-Newsroom: latest news releases related to Africa<\/a><\/small><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>United Nations Development Programme Graduates First EMPRETEC Training of New Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development Programme: On 29 October, the press is invited to the closing ceremony of the EMPRETEC Entrepreneurship Training as part of UNDP&rsquo;s new Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development Programme. 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