assalamualaikum my name is Laiju from Bangladesh.

bangacraft

Good morning. Rikki Agudah from Society of Crop Agribusiness Advisors of Kenya. info@socaa.or.ke

Good Afternoon from Bangladesh. I am Razonno Mugdha from BASIS.

Good morning everyone! Here is the link to the Facebook page of the ITC Virtual Gathering. We are kindly inviting you to join us at this page, share your thoughts, feedbacks, and, most importantly, meet each-other and build new lasting connections! https://www.facebook.com/events/457621095227556/?active_tab=discussion

Omokide SherifatPrincipal Trade Promotion OfficerWomen in Export DivisionNigerian Export Promotion Council

Good morning everyone, i am Benedicta Naa Odarkor Ablateye and the Community Associate for Kumasi Hive; a tech hub in Kumasi in ghana

Good morning everyone, Ramah Madiba, from the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry....KNCCI. Dialing from Nairobi Kenya..

Hi. Have a great day! Sri Lanka Export Deelopment Board.

Good morning everyone. Esther Ikporah from the Nigerian Export Promotion Council, Abuja, Nigeria.

Good Morning,

Hello everyone, Ms. Basemera Peace from Chamber of Women Entrepreneurs in Rwanda. Happy to be with you.

Good morning everyone. ADETORO HAMMED from the Nigerian Youth Chamber of Commerce, Ogun,Nigeria.

Hello Everyone, Joy Kyula From African Women’s Entrepreneurship Program - Kenya /East Africa Chapter

Good Afternoon to every one from Bangladesh. Shaikh Munwar Hossain. GM (Finance & Admin.) , Dhaka Handicrafts Ltd.

Nana Poquah, from Association of Ghana Apparel Manufacturers- AGAM, Ghana. Good Morning. Glad to network and engage!

Nuruzzaman from ECOTA Fair Trade Forum, Bangladesh

Good morning from Arif Zaman at the Commonwealth Businesswomen’s Network (CBWN), the only organisation directly recognised by all Commonwealth governments in 54 countries for encouraging, enabling and embedding women in leadership and women’s economic empowerment through work in trade, talent and training. www.cbwn.org

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Hallo everyone from Organisation of Women in International Trade (OWIT) Nairobi. We promote women in International Trade. Our audacious goal is to assist women generate 60% of their revenue from Exports! visit: www.owitnairobi.org

Good morning All , Catherine Ndung’u Ubunifu Association based in Nairobi, Kenya

NAAWE (Network of Asia Africa Women Entrepreneurs) grimes to facilitate strategic alliances among women entrepreneurs in Africa and Asia

Goodmorning from Kamaldeep Sandhu, Ubunifu Association based in Nairobi

Good morning all, for the next one week, feel free to have informal networking sessions with other participating BSOs through a Facebook Event Page “ITC SheTrades Commonwealth Virtual Gathering for Business Support Organizations” - https://www.facebook.com/events/457621095227556/?active_tab=discussion

sorry about the last information about NAAWE

Good morning from Buzz Women Gambia, West Africa

A few Shetrades beneficiaries have come together and formed NAAWE (Network of Asia Africa Women Entrepreneurs) to facilitate strategic alliances among women entrepreneurs in Africa and Asia. We see it as a vehicle to influence and multiply SheTrades impact across the two continents, hence, getting more women onto global trade.

Good morning everyone. I am Leticia Onu, Assistance Chief Trade Officer, Women in Export Division, Nigerian Export Promotion Council. Happy to be with you.

Good morning everyone, Blessing Irabor, President OWIT Nigeria

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good morning all participants I am Myriam tchatchou chief of cooperation center national of promotion exchanges Cameroun

Very nice to meet you all - welcome to the SheTrades Commonwealth virtual gathering! Looking forward to having you to benefit from our sessions for BSOs for the next one week!

Good morning all, for the next one week, feel free to have informal networking sessions with other participating BSOs through a Facebook Event Page “ITC SheTrades Commonwealth Virtual Gathering for Business Support Organizations” - https://www.facebook.com/events/457621095227556/?active_tab=discussion

Good Morning to you all, I am Tatenda from ZimTrade in Zimbabwe. Is it possible to get a copy of the Crisis Management Toolkit for Women-owned businesses?

Hi Tatenda! Thanks for your interest. You can find the Crisis Management Tool here https://shetradescommonwealth.converve.io/COVID19-Toolkit.html

https://shetradescommonwealth.converve.io/upload/fck/file/STC_Guidebook_COVID-19_Crisis_Management_Tookkit_and_RRAP_082020.pdf

Thank you

Good afternoon everyone, Jane Musindi, from The Society of Crop Agribusiness Advisors of Kenya, Nairobi

Hello everyone, am Adeola Ogunkolade, from African Fashion Development and Empowerment Centre (AFDEC), Lagos, Nigeria

Good afternoon. Sharnalata roy, President, Sylhet women chamber of commerce and industry, Bangladesh.

Hi , I am Babucarr, From The Gambia Youth Chamber of Commerce (GYCC)

Good Afternoon.

I am Rose Osok Founder of The Mums in Business Forum/ Association a networking platform bringing together Mumpreneurs to connect ,network,share and support one another's entrepreneurial journey..Based in Nairobi Kenya.

Dear participants, please do not hesitate to ask any questions you might have to the speakers here. Thank you so much for your presence and engagement today!

plz give this pdf file

https://shetradescommonwealth.converve.io/upload/fck/file/STC_Guidebook_COVID-19_Crisis_Management_Tookkit_and_RRAP_082020.pdf

For the next one week, feel free to have informal networking sessions with other participating BSOs through a Facebook Event Page “ITC SheTrades Commonwealth Virtual Gathering for Business Support Organizations” - https://www.facebook.com/events/457621095227556/?active_tab=discussion

All the presentations from all 6 sessions taking place this week and more will be shared in the ITC BSO Virtual Gathering e-booklet in early December 2020. Thank you very much for your patience!

Feel free also to privately message each other to network - over 100 BSOs from over 20 Commonwealth countries are participating this event this week. Have a great week ahead to benefit from the five-day sessions.

Please send me all PowerPoint presentations

Please share the ppt.

All the presentations from all 6 sessions taking place this week and more will be shared in the ITC BSO Virtual Gathering e-booklet in early December 2020. Thank you very much for your patience!

To continue engaging with peers and create new professional connections beyond the event, we will be sharing contact details of the participants through an e-booklet, specially designed for this event. If you are interested to appear in the e-booklet, please fill the following online form: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=MG1Hw8N7m0-dFfRElH_0zaMI-1jvCGJAupDnEq5oMyBUM01PNDlJQUtQSjFGTjJaSFpNWlM3QlZOSC4u

thank you

thank you

what is link for the resource materials?

https://shetradescommonwealth.converve.io/upload/fck/file/STC_Guidebook_COVID-19_Crisis_Management_Tookkit_and_RRAP_082020.pdf

Good work Terfa

thanks

Thanks for sharing the pdf copy of STC_Guidebook_COVID-19_Crisis_Management_Tookkit_and_RRAP.

The second panel is with BSOs who have started using the Crisis Management Toolkit

and how about this of us who are just been introduce to this toolkit?

Thank you Terfa

Great presentation Terfa. Thank you👏

Hello everyone. I am Md. Mamunur Rahman, Founder & CEO of EXPOPRO (

Thanks for the presentation Terfa

Send e mail to stcommonwealth@intracen.org

thank you Terfa well understood ...looking forward to your email

Please write to: stcommonwealth@intracen.org (use session name as email subject)

Please see more details about EXPOPRO, visit www.expopro.org

The session is suspended until noon CET, please join us in a bit!

Thanks for the great presentation. To contact me please write to info@expopro.org. Thanks, Md. Mamunur Rahman, CEO of EXPOPRO (www.expopro.digitaledu.today)

For the next one week, feel free to have informal networking sessions with other participating BSOs through a Facebook Event Page “ITC SheTrades Commonwealth Virtual Gathering for Business Support Organizations” - https://www.facebook.com/events/457621095227556/?active_tab=discussion

the training in Kenya please included Catherine from Ubunifu association undertook a training too on how to use the tool

it would be great to hear from Catherine on her experience in that training

It was held at Naccima House, G.R.A, Ikeja, Lagos State,Nigeria -

How have the youth run SMEs responded in terms of adopting the toolkit? any case study from the panelists?

How this CMT will help in the post COVID situation?

We have many SMES working to cope with financial interventions .. how have most of them managed to deal with financial crisis

QUESTION; what has been the specific impact or change the tool kit has done or contributed to the MSMEs?

Were there any common challenges that came up while the SMEs were using the tool?

Please share the source for this CMT, for the new users.

How does the tool kit guide in dealing with Human resource management which is an area of crisis for SMEs

Question: Do you think, delivering the tool kit training virtually to members during COVID 19, is as effective as physical delivery? If YES/NO please share your experience

question . We have many SMES working to cope with financial interventions .. how have most of them managed to deal with financial crisis

Did you face any issue came up when using the toolkit? How did you over come it?

Thank you for the answer about the youth. However, one more thing we may need to consider when on-boarding youth BSO members, to use this toolkit, is that, because youth are tech survey, they generally on the other hand have minimal appetitite for scenario and crisis planning. We may need to first map their psychological barriers to business planning, then after that train them to adopt the toolkit.

Thank you for answering ...mindset is key to changing behaviours of MSMEs

https://shetradescommonwealth.converve.io/upload/fck/file/STC_Guidebook_COVID-19_Crisis_Management_Tookkit_and_RRAP_082020.pdf

thank you

It can be hybrid if it is possible but considering the Covid-19 Federal Government Protocols virtual training will be advisable for now.

Yes, I got it. Thank you.

Thank you everyone for your participation and engagement today! We hope that you have enjoyed this first session of the SheTrades Commonwealth Virtual Gathering for Business Support Organisations!

Thanks for the great session. All the best.

Join us tomorrow for the second session on “Agile strategies for guiding your response”. This session will discuss a simplified approach to strategy development, and how this approach supports resilience and responsiveness of BSOs. Participating BSOs will have the opportunity to learn from others and share experience and best practices. This session offers a simple tool that will help guide decision-making in a time of crisis.

Thank you for the session

you can have both physical meeting and Virtual. its all depend on your target group. it also depends on availability of bigger sa

Learnt a lot

space and observing the Covid protocols

It was a good session. Thanks to all.

it was a great session.

Margaret Mutheu, 1Million Startups Organization Kenya. Email: margaret@1millionsartups.co.ke

Thank you for answering my question

To continue engaging with peers and create new professional connections beyond the event, we will be sharing contact details of the participants through an e-booklet, specially designed for this event. If you are interested to appear in the e-booklet, please fill the following online form: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=MG1Hw8N7m0-dFfRElH_0zaMI-1jvCGJAupDnEq5oMyBUM01PNDlJQUtQSjFGTjJaSFpNWlM3QlZOSC4u

i would appreciate to have the recorded link becuause my connection system has been very bad

thank you

Thank you.....

thanks bye..

tnx bye

thank you! good day"

Bye

Bye everyone. Many thanks from SheTrades Commonwealth for joining in this active discussion