Making a Difference with Women's ICT-Enabled and Based Enterprise "
rosaline
"Connected Opportunities:
Making a Difference with Women's ICT-Enabled and Based Enterprise "
25th & 26th October 2007
New Delhi, India
(Tel: 91-11-65422890)
Training Dates: Friday 25th & Saturday 26th October 2007
Duration: 16 Hours (Two Days)
Venue: Indian Society for Training &
Development,
B-41, Institutional Area, New Mehrauli
Road,
New Delhi-110016, India
Context:
The criticality & efficacy of Information and Communication
Technologies in facilitating and accelerating the process of reducing
poverty across the globe is continuously growing. It has become a
reality that without the usage of ICTs, a society will fall behind in
the path of development. Much development work has been channeled into
ICT projects and the development of ICT-enabled enterprises which are
an effective component for ICT-based and enabled enterprises for
women.
Governments, Civil Society, Development Professionals and other
stakeholders alike, are realizing that development has direct impact
with effective use of ICT. Several ICT initiatives have already been
established and ICT is being used not only for educational
development, policy advocacy, and local governance and in many more
areas but have facilitated employment, income and skill generation in
enterprises worldwide. However, the benefits have rarely been
accessible by the poorest groups in society and the two day workshop
will contribute to help increase awareness and integration of the
number of sustainable ICT-enabled and ICT-based enterprises run by
groups of women in developing countries to benefit local communities.
This is for a focused ICTs for Women initiative of a group of
organizations to further strengthen organizations capacities through
utilization of ICTs for Women, while also benefiting others at large
in the process of knowledge sharing.
Objectives:
* To create more awareness about How To use of ICTs amongst women
and the basic operational character of the women's ICT-enabled and ICT-
based enterprises
* Understanding the need for "women's ICT-enabled and ICT-based
enterprises and how it contributes for community development"
* To understand the strategies to be adopted by women for the ICT-
enabled and ICT-based enterprises to help ensure sustainability and
growth.
* To understand why "women's ICT-enabled and ICT-based
enterprises" are investments for donors.
* To understand what "women's ICT-enabled and ICT-based
enterprises" are being delivered by women.
* Good practice & guidance on the business and gender aspects of
"ICT-enabled and ICT-based enterprises for women"
* Clear guidance on how best to support project life cycle "ICT-
enabled and ICT-based enterprises for women".
* To provide possible solutions for the challenges faced by Women
in ICT Enabled and ICT-Based Enterprise.
Experts: Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC), Women's
Studies and Development Centre of Guru Ghasidas University Bilaspur -
Chhattisgarh, The Indus Entrepreneurs , TIE (Knowledge Partner), One
World South Asia
· Dr.Anupama Saxena, Associate Professor and Head, Department
of Political Science Guru Ghasidas University, Bilaspur.
Dr Anupama Saxena is currently Associate Professor and Head,
Department of Political Science Guru Ghasidas University Bilaspur. She
is also the in-charge Director of first women's studies and
development centre of Chhattisgarh state. She is actively engaged in
research, extension and advocacy work related to women. She has
organized/directed a number of training workshops, conferences and
seminars. A keen observer of the gender dimension of emerging
information society and has published/presented a number of research
papers at national and international level.
Recent activities include participation by invitation in the inaugural
meeting of UNO's task force on ICTs for poverty alleviation in
Malaysia, invited presentation in the International colloquium on "
Women in Engineering and Technology Education and Employment" at
Tunis, organized by World Federation of Engineering Organizations ,
participation in a workshop for Phase Two of Gender Evaluation
Methodology for ICT 4 D projects in Malaysia and completion of an UNDP
sponsored project on "Status of Women with Disability in
Chhattisgarh". She is a trained GEM (Gender Evaluation Methodology for
ICT 4 D project) practitioner and is currently engaged in Gender
Evaluation of E gram Suraj scheme of Chhattisgarh.
· Prof. Vijendrakumar Narendraprasad Shukla, Professor,
University School of Information Technolog
Prof. Vijendrakumar Narendraprasad Shukla is Director and heads
Multilingual Software Research and Development Lab at CDAC Noida since
last 11 years. He has served as Assistant Professor / Lecturer in
various academic institutions linked with University of Pune,
Marathwada University, University of Bombay and I.I.T.Roorkee. He is a
member of various professional bodies like IETE, IEEE, ISTE.
He is Manager W3C India office. He is also working as a Convener of
the National Committee on Technology Development in Indian Languages
(TDIL) set up by the Department of Information Technology, Government
of India.
He was conferred the 1st IETE-Brig M L Anand Award for his outstanding
contribution in the field of I.T. His teaching and research subjects
include Data Mining, Formal Computing, Software Engineering, Object
Oriented Software Engineering, Multilingual Computing, Geomatics, e-
governance & Open Source Technology.
· Ms.Geeta Malhotra, Head - ICT Advocacy, Grassroots
Communications & Capacity Building
Ms Geeta Malhotra has been working with One World for the last two-and-
a-half years and is a key member of the OWSA Management Team since
April 2006. As Head - ICT Advocacy, Grassroots Communications &
Capacity Building, Geeta leads all programmes related to promoting and
using ICTs for localising MDGs at the grassroots level and advocating
the related issues at the policy level
The programmes are designed and implemented across South Asia based on
multi-stakeholder partnerships. She brings in 23 years of experience
in research, advocacy and communications in health and development
issues. Geeta has a double PG in Sociology and Population Studies. She
is currently pursuing Phd in Women's Empowerment vis-a-vis RCH.
Contents:
Day 1 - Session to Session Plan 25th October 2007
09:30 AM - 10:00 AM Welcome Speech and
Introduction of Speakers & Participants
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM "Connected Opportunities"
· Where India Stands in ICT
· Collaborative Techniques/Methods of
ICT for Development.
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM Tea Break
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM Understanding the concept
of Women's ICT-Enabled and ICT- Based Enterprise
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM Benefits of ICT-Enabled
and ICT-Based Enterprises
a. Benefits to women,
b. Benefits to supporting agency
c. Benefits of Communities
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM Lunch Break
02:00 PM - 02:45 PM Case studies of successful
rural women IT based /IT enabled enterprises.
Discussion on some latest case studies on successful Indian rural
women.
02:45 PM - 03:30 PM Challenges & Learnings of
ICT-Enabled and ICT-Based Enterprises for Women
03:30 PM - 04:00 PM Case Studies
04:00 PM - 04:15 PM Tea Break
04:15 PM - 05:00 PM "Key Challenges in the
encouragement and running of Women ICT-Enabled and ICT-Based
Enterprises"
· Challenged having their roots in
social cultural context
· Other Challenges -Lack of
Infrastructure, Language, Finance, Skills, Long and complicated
administrative procedures to gain necessary
permissions etc.
Day 2: Session to Session Plan 26th October 2007
09:30 AM - 10:00 AM Summary of the 1st Day (By The
Participants)
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM The Enterprise Perspective in
Planning and Managing Women's ICT-Based
Enterprise
(Includes both -Hardware and Software)
· How to analyze?
· What to analyze?
o The value chain
o Enterprise Analysis
o Context Analysis
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM Tea Break
11:30 AM - 01:00 PM ICT-Enabled and ICT-Based
Enterprise Business Good Practice
o Finding Customers
o Retaining Staff
o Obtaining Finance
o Buying Technology
o Managing Operations
o Sales and Marketing
o Choosing a Business Strategy
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM Lunch
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM The agency Perspectives in
Supporting and Evaluating Women's ICT-Enabled and ICT-Based
Enterprises.
· What is a "Support Agency"?
· Identifying "Whom to Support and Why"
· Determining "What Support to Provide"
o Support Option
o Support Analysis
· Who could be the "Potential Sponsors"?
· "How to approach" the Potential Sponsors?
03:00 PM - 03:15 PM Tea Break
03:15 PM - 04:00 PM How Can You Provide the Support
Interventions?
o Making Use of Existing Provisions
o Providing Customized and Standard
Provisions.
4:45 PM - 05:00 PM Conclusion: Interactive and Feedback
Session
05:00 PM - 05:15 PM Certificate Distribution and Vote of
Thanks by Responsenet
Methodology:
The training consists of structured learning exercises and case-
studies. A participatory approach and a high level of interaction
among participants and trainers are involved. Trainers and
participants share experiences, good practices and lessons learned to
enhance learning opportunities to favour the development of innovative
approaches. The following approaches are also used:
a. Lectures
b. Group exercises
c. Presentations.
d. Case Studies
e. Interactive Sessions
Who Should Attend:
This is a training for those professionals working in the area of ICT
for Women and will consist of individuals representing organizations
from development sector, institutions working for ICT, corporate, NGOs
and stakeholders who will play a critical role in planning and
managing Women's ICT-Enabled and ICT-Based Enterprise. This is divided
into two broad groups:
1. Support Seekers (Women themselves and NGOs working for women
etc)
2. Support providers (Successful women entrepreneurs, NGOs ,
Government Agencies, Corporates etc )
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Social Service Activities, Amalgamated Plantations Pvt. Ltd (erstwhile
Tata Tea Ltd), Cept university Ahmedabad, Prakasam District Social
Service Society, Sulabh International, YUVA,Rural, Nagpur, Tirunelveli
Social Service Society (T.S.S.S), World Vision India, Agrigold
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CARE, WFP, BISWA, Handicap International, Cansupport, Chintan
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Medical College, Sikim Manipal University, Indian Red Cross Society
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Center, RMSI, Reliance Energy Limited, North Delhi, Power limited
NDPL, Goldman Sachs, Emmanuel Hospital Association Disaster Management
& Mitigation, Speck Systems Limited, Directorate General of Home
Guards, Science applications International Corporation, International
Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Amber Fort Museum, Sarmang
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Pvt.Ltd, Institute of Pathology -ICMR, IFRC, NIAW (National Institute
of Animal Welfare), Italian Trade Commissioner, Ispat Industries
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Service, Gramalaya, VSAD-Bangladesh, ADAMS-Bangladesh, Society for
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Chemical Society for Rural Development-Babrala U.P. One World South
Asia-New Delhi CYDA-Pune. CSR-New Delhi . Pest Control India Pvt.
Ltd-New Delhi . Rural Development Society-Tamil Nadu. GM Medical
Centre-U.P. World Vision-New Delhi .
Participation Fee:
Rs. 5000/- (Inclusive of Training Manuals, 2 days refreshments, and
stationery).
Seats are limited and thus advance registration is suggested. To be
sure of participation, we request you to send the nominations at the
earliest along with the participation fee. For registration, kindly
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and Based Enterprise"
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25th & 26th October 2007
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