They also involve creating the necessary conditions for developing the private sector, which creates jobs and drives development.

Strategy for Industrial and Innovation Development of the Country for 2003 2015

The development of innovation, entrepreneurial and technological capabilities as essential inputs for the development and growth of enterprises and

Commitment to employment creation in accordance with the Millennium Development Goals.

23 UNCTAD, Entrepreneurship and economic development the Empretec showcase (Geneva, 2004).

31 UNCTAD, Entrepreneurship and economic development the Empretec showcase (Geneva, 2004).

Elements of entrepreneurship and its relationship with economic development

See UNCTAD, Entrepreneurship and economic development the Empretec showcase (Geneva, 2004).

It nurtures a pro business environment that encourages enterprise formation and growth, facilitates the growth of industries, enhances the productivity, innovation and capabilities of enterprises, and helps increase access to markets and business opportunities.

New and innovative ways to develop and strengthen industrial and technological skills

Strengthening the role of the private sector and entrepreneurship in financing for development

126. The Philippines placed priority on strategies for poverty alleviation, employment generation, promotion of small and medium scale enterprises, technology transfer, human resources development, support for environmentally sustainable industrial processes and agro industrial development.

Since 2000, Merck has also been engaged in a partnership with the Government of Botswana and the Bill and Melina Gates Foundation to implement a comprehensive national HIV AIDS strategy, with the company providing 50 million over five years.

Higher income countries and regions experience an increase in total entrepreneurial activity related primarily to increasing rates of opportunity entrepreneurship, which requires better infrastructure and technology development.25

Industrial enterprises in Northeast China have a large proportion and a good foundation. For Northeast China, to make innovation means to have development and to plan for innovation means to plan for the future.

Support will be provided to coordinate rehabilitation and development activities, which consist of strengthening education and health facilities and services, training of farmers, the creation of employment opportunities and small enterprise development.

In many developing countries there is a growing awareness that education and vocational training needs to impart entrepreneurship skills, management skills and the promotion of an entrepreneurial culture.

This facilitates the steps involved in creating and developing an SME, and provides assistance and advice to entrepreneurs.

UNDP has also continued support for the Empretec Programme, which promotes entrepreneurship and development of small and medium sized enterprises in economies in transition.

For its part, UNIDO had an essential role to play in promoting industrial development, job creation and greater productivity.

He called on countries to strengthen cooperation and innovation, and promote the development of aerospace industry.

Services trade can create employment opportunities and promote poverty alleviation and human development.

The EMPRETEC programme aims at promoting entrepreneurship in developing countries.

Programmes have been set up to develop the rural economy and to integrate employment opportunities in rural areas.

In China, the very act of deregulating employment by allowing self employment has released the floodgates of entrepreneurial energy and led to a rapid growth of SMEs established by peasants and urban dwellers.

Many speakers expressed the view that employment creation should constitute a critical element of the national development strategy, given its central role in reducing poverty and facilitating the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.

This leads to the second set of activities driving economic growth namely the role of entrepreneurship in the creation and growth of firms.

Creating an environment conducive to South South entrepreneurship development, private sector cooperation E and technology exchanges for poverty reduction

The company was creating and addressing opportunities, through partnership, for industries in developed countries to expand in the emerging markets of developing countries.

He also talked about, in particular, microlending, which is a tiny loan that could help someone start or grow a business.

12. Stresses the importance of technical and vocational training in increasing technological learning and innovation and for promoting entrepreneurship for technological development

Within that overall result, jobs created from implemented socio economic development programs accounted for 78.6 , and 21.4 of those were created by the national fund for employment.

It is being implemented within the framework of the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the OECD and UNCTAD in the area of SMEs development and entrepreneurship.

(c) Unleashing Entrepreneurship Making Business Work for the Poor presented to the Secretary General by the Commission on the Private Sector and Development, convened by the Secretary General,

Mongolia had also created a development fund for women with an initial contribution of 800,000 from UNDP to promote employment opportunities and income generation for women living in poverty.

1. Reiterates that industrialization is a key element in the promotion of the sustainable development of developing countries and countries with economies in transition and in the creation of productive employment, value added income generation and, thus, the eradication of poverty, as well as in the facilitation of social integration, including the integration of women into the development process

In the current cycle, support is envisaged in two broad areas preparation of an integrated development plan and sustainable livelihoods and employment creation through assistance linking agriculture and small enterprise development with tourism.

Innovation in Development Finance

In employment creation, employment development strategies should take into account the role of self employment, entrepreneurship, small and medium sized enterprises and the informal sector.

It was of paramount importance for developing countries to establish an effective legal framework for labour and social security so as to improve the quality of existing employment and alleviate the problem of underemployment, while maintaining the necessary flexibility to create new jobs and develop small businesses.

Over time, developing countries using biological resources as a basis for development would need to promote the development of a bio resource industry by creating a critical mass of technical and entrepreneurial skills involving biochemical research, development and marketing.

Governments and local authorities could assist in creating employment opportunities and in enterprise formation in the vicinity of informal settlements through appropriate land development policies and infrastructure investments.

The evaluation should look at issues such as the sustainability of jobs created once programmes are completed, the quality of jobs created and the contribution of the project to social development.

His delegation also agreed with the view expressed by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) that lasting achievements in poverty alleviation and eradication must build on long term industrial development, which raised income, created employment and provided the resources required for investment in social development.

With a view to creating jobs, raising income and shifting the economic structure towards agricultural and rural industrialization. The Government will consider issuing a Decree on Encouraging the Development of Rural Industries.