14.2 Recommended actions – women entrepreneurs’ associations: Support for Growth-oriented Women Entrepreneurs in Tanzania, 2005
14.2 Recommended actions – women entrepreneurs’ associations: Support for Growth-oriented Women Entrepreneurs in Tanzania, 2005
project
The formation of women entrepreneurs’ associations in all regions of Tanzania
should be supported by the MIT-SME Section, with ILO-WEDGE support.
The ILO’s WEDGE-Tanzania programme should continue to build on its capacitybuilding
work by offering more training workshops. When finalized, the women
entrepreneurs’ association management manual should be translated into Kiswahili,
distributed widely and used as a tool for small groups to mobilize themselves into larger
associations and support the development of members in the areas of marketing, BDS
and advocacy.
An inventory of good practices in the development of women entrepreneurs’
associations should be developed, including information on their board structures and
governance, services to members, and other innovative association activities, taking
account of special projects and advocacy efforts. This information could form the basis
for upcoming workshops on capacity-building of WEAs.
(ii) Promote good practice in the operation of associations
Existing women entrepreneurs’ associations should be encouraged to:
• Establish regional advisory committees to gain benefit from the expertise of local
leaders in support of their objectives and action plans;
• Deliver responsive services to members, recognizing the needs of members at
different levels of growth;
• Identify and exchange good practice in membership services and approaches;
• Train leaders of new branches in organizational and governance issues;
• Publish newsletters profiling association activities and other related information;
• Distribute information on BDS to women;
• Develop capacity to present positions regarding MSE issues for women entrepreneurs
(e.g., access to credit/premises, BDS) to relevant agencies;
• Participate in further capacity-building workshops/conferences;
• Foster affiliation among WEAs within Tanzania and with other countries, so as to
expand networks, exchange mechanisms and trade opportunities.
(iii) Provide seed funding to strengthen WEAs
As part of the capacity-building for fledgling women entrepreneurs’ associations,
short-term funding could be provided so they can hire qualified staff to help build their
organizations and develop and deliver projects which will achieve association objectives
and serve members. Staff should possess the skills required to identify members’
development needs, manage the delivery of membership services, and write project
proposals for sponsorship and other funding.
(iv) Network women entrepreneurs’ associations into a truly national Tanzanian
association
Networking among women entrepreneurs’ associations should be facilitated to help
promote a collective voice (it may be possible and desirable to build this around
FAWETA). It is important that the different needs of different groups of women
entrepreneurs (e.g., at different levels of development, in different sectors, and with
different levels of education and experience) be respected in this national effort, given
that the demographic make-up of the membership of individual WEAs may differ
dramatically (e.g., from the sole traders of Zanzibar to the more educated women
entrepreneurs in Dar es Salaam).
(v) Share good practices in member services
In order to foster the exchange of good practices in forming, developing and
managing women entrepreneurs’ associations, including lessons learned from prior
experiences, it is recommended that a conference be convened for leaders of the major
groups in Tanzania, Ethiopia and Kenya (and possibly Zambia – the fourth country in
which ILO’s WEDGE team is operational) to discuss issues of governance, membership
building, value-added service provision, promotion activities, and advocacy efforts.
(vi) Create a Leaders’ Forum for “Top 20 Women Entrepreneurs of Tanzania”
It is recommended that the “Annual Top 20” of the nation’s women entrepreneurs
be formed into a Leaders’ Forum to serve as a network group for women in growth firms,
and to offer mentoring support to women-owned MSEs through the activities of women
entrepreneurs’ associations.
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i) Build capacity of women entrepreneurs’ associations through ILO’s WEDGETanzania
project
The formation of women entrepreneurs’ associations in all regions of Tanzania
should be supported by the MIT-SME Section, with ILO-WEDGE support.
The ILO’s WEDGE-Tanzania programme should continue to build on its capacitybuilding
work by offering more training workshops. When finalized, the women
entrepreneurs’ association management manual should be translated into Kiswahili,
distributed widely and used as a tool for small groups to mobilize themselves into larger
associations and support the development of members in the areas of marketing, BDS
and advocacy.
An inventory of good practices in the development of women entrepreneurs’
associations should be developed, including information on their board structures and
governance, services to members, and other innovative association activities, taking
account of special projects and advocacy efforts. This information could form the basis
for upcoming workshops on capacity-building of WEAs.
(ii) Promote good practice in the operation of associations
Existing women entrepreneurs’ associations should be encouraged to:
• Establish regional advisory committees to gain benefit from the expertise of local
leaders in support of their objectives and action plans;
• Deliver responsive services to members, recognizing the needs of members at
different levels of growth;
• Identify and exchange good practice in membership services and approaches;
• Train leaders of new branches in organizational and governance issues;
• Publish newsletters profiling association activities and other related information;
• Distribute information on BDS to women;
• Develop capacity to present positions regarding MSE issues for women entrepreneurs
(e.g., access to credit/premises, BDS) to relevant agencies;
• Participate in further capacity-building workshops/conferences;
• Foster affiliation among WEAs within Tanzania and with other countries, so as to
expand networks, exchange mechanisms and trade opportunities.
(iii) Provide seed funding to strengthen WEAs
As part of the capacity-building for fledgling women entrepreneurs’ associations,
short-term funding could be provided so they can hire qualified staff to help build their
organizations and develop and deliver projects which will achieve association objectives
and serve members. Staff should possess the skills required to identify members’
development needs, manage the delivery of membership services, and write project
proposals for sponsorship and other funding.
(iv) Network women entrepreneurs’ associations into a truly national Tanzanian
association
Networking among women entrepreneurs’ associations should be facilitated to help
promote a collective voice (it may be possible and desirable to build this around
FAWETA). It is important that the different needs of different groups of women
entrepreneurs (e.g., at different levels of development, in different sectors, and with
different levels of education and experience) be respected in this national effort, given
that the demographic make-up of the membership of individual WEAs may differ
dramatically (e.g., from the sole traders of Zanzibar to the more educated women
entrepreneurs in Dar es Salaam).
(v) Share good practices in member services
In order to foster the exchange of good practices in forming, developing and
managing women entrepreneurs’ associations, including lessons learned from prior
experiences, it is recommended that a conference be convened for leaders of the major
groups in Tanzania, Ethiopia and Kenya (and possibly Zambia – the fourth country in
which ILO’s WEDGE team is operational) to discuss issues of governance, membership
building, value-added service provision, promotion activities, and advocacy efforts.
(vi) Create a Leaders’ Forum for “Top 20 Women Entrepreneurs of Tanzania”
It is recommended that the “Annual Top 20” of the nation’s women entrepreneurs
be formed into a Leaders’ Forum to serve as a network group for women in growth firms,
and to offer mentoring support to women-owned MSEs through the activities of women
entrepreneurs’ associations.
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