Description: Within the framework of its Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC will organise a Webinar on ‘Use of Business Registers for Business Demography and Entrepreneurship Statistics’ on 28 March 2022 in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) with the participation of official statisticians working in National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of the OIC member countries. The main objective of the Webinar is to provide a platform to exchange knowledge and best practices to improve statistical business registers of NSOs of OIC member countries including discussions on challenges of and lessons learnt by all stakeholders. The Webinar will cover the following topics including country experience presentations: Pre-requisites for statistical business registers to support business demography statistics with a focus on coverage of small and micro enterprises Methods for identifying genuine demographic events Presentations by participating OIC Countries: Albania, Indonesia, Malaysia, Palestine, Türkiye, Uganda The Webinar will be conducted through a video conferencing platform by following synchronous learning and instruction approaches designed in line with the virtual training solutions undertaken by SESRIC in order to better serve the Centre’s training activities and keep participants motivated and engaged during this time of global crisis due to COVID-19. Webinar Documents: Concept Note and Work Programme (English)
Description: Within the framework of the Vocational Education and Training Programme for the Member States of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC-VET) and in collaboration with the Gambia OIC-Secretariat, SESRIC will organise a Training of Trainers (ToT) Course on “Business Formation and Entrepreneurship Skills Development” on 08-10 November 2021 through an online video conferencing platform. The ToT course will be provided by a competent expert for the benefit of experts and trainers from the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Institutions in the Gambia. The main objective of the ToT course is to equip the participating trainers with the skills needed to plan and manage trainings as well as to conduct mentoring sessions for entrepreneurs according to international standards. The ToT course will also focus on providing both theoretical and practical aspects of business formation and entrepreneurship to assist TVET trainers in delivering quality education to the Gambian entrepreneurs and help them overcome the challenges faced in their businesses. The Vocational Education and Training Programme for the Member States of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC-VET) is an initiative of SESRIC officially launched at the COMCEC Economic Summit held in Istanbul, Turkey, on 09 November 2009. The Centre developed and designed this Programme to support and contribute to the efforts of the OIC member countries towards addressing the challenges and limitations faced in the area of TVET. The Programme aims to enhance the quality of TVET systems in the OIC member countries, which in turn contributes to the development and competitiveness of their economies. SESRIC, in its capacity as the Executing OIC Organ of the Programme, monitors the implementation of the “OIC-TVET Strategic Roadmap 2020-2025”, and regularly submits the progress reports towards the implementation of the Roadmap to the COMCEC Sessions and the Follow-up Committee Meetings. For more details about the OIC-VET Programme and its activities, please visit: https://www.oicvet.org.
Description: Gender-responsive trade policies require sound national statistics. To develop a coherent approach to measuring gender, entrepreneurship and trade using official statistics, and building on the existing statistical data and capacity of countries, UNCTAD, UNECE and UNECA launched the project "Data and statistics for more gender-responsive trade policies in Africa, Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia”. During this session, pioneering countries will present progress on linking gender, entrepreneurship and trade. The session also presented the goals of the new project to spearhead a dialogue among trade and statistics communities.
