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KENYA & ZAMBIA: Enabling legal environments for MSE employment
The ILO has commission Simon White to facilitate the programme planning for the second phase of the NORAD-funded Law-Growth Nexus II: Labour Law and the Enabling Business Environment for SMEs in Kenya and Zambia. From 28 November to 1 December 2011, he facilitated a programme planning workshop involving all programme staff and other stakeholders in Mombasa, Kenya. During this workshop, he provided a presentation on the key issues affecting labour law and MSE growth, drawing from recent findings in Africa and Asia.
TANZANIA: Business Sector Programme Support
Danida, through PEMConsult, commissioned Simon White to undertake an assessment in Tanzania to identify the potential scope for the fourth phase of the Business Sector Programme Support (BSPS IV) in Tanzania, which will run from 2013 to 2018.
SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY: Improving public private dialogue
Southern African IDEAS was commissioned by the German International Cooperation (GIZ) and the SADC Secretariat in Gaborone, Botswana, to provide advice and support in the formulation of a strategy to improve public-private dialogue (PPD) in the region.
SOUTH AFRICA: Social Entrepreneurship Targeting Youth in South Africa
Simon White was recently commissioned to undertake an external, end-of-project evaluation of the Social Entrepreneurship Targeting Youth in South Africa (SETYSA) project. The evaluation was conducted in February 2011 and involved a review of all project documents as well as consultations with project partners, stakeholders and beneficiaries.
GLOBAL: Information Economy Report 2011: ICT & PSD
UNCTAD – the United National Conference on Trade and Development –– has commissioned Simon White, Managing Director of Southern African IDEAS to contribute to the forthcoming annual Information Economy Report 2011. The theme of this year’s report is: Information and Communications Technologies and Private Sector Development.
NAMIBIA: Namibian Informal Sector Organisation: Transforming the Informal Sector for Economic Development and More Productive and Decent Work
Southern African IDEAS has been commissioned to prepare a position paper for the newly established Namibian Informal Sector Organisation. NISO has been created to respond to the needs and demands of the informal sector and its operators.
PALESTINE: National Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency
Simon White, Managing Director of Southern African IDEAS, has been commissioned to prepare a detailed project document for the establishment of a national Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) Development Agency in the West Bank of Palestine.
SOUTH AFRICA: Toward an Enabling Environment for Women’s Entrepreneurship Development in South Africa
Simon White, Managing Director of Southern African IDEAS, has been appointed the Project Leader in the above research project, which is implemented by the Blueprint group.
KENYA: National Review of Donor Supported Business Environment Reform Programmes and Practices
In November 2010, Simon White (Managing Director of Southern African IDEAS) led an international review team to examine the way donor and development agencies in Kenya support the government and business membership organisations in their efforts to improve the business environment for private sector development. This activity was conducted on behalf of the Donor Committee for Enterprise Development. The other team members were Ms. Liz Winton, DFID London, and Mr. Stefan Engels, UNDP Nairobi.
