Regional workshop2013
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The document summarizes key topics from a CIPE workshop for women's chambers, including: - Understanding the role and purpose of chambers in representing members' collective interests. - Important questions around long-term vision and sustainability of chambers. - Potential challenges of unethical practices and the importance of good governance. - Common issues facing women entrepreneurs in South Asia and how chambers can help address them.
Regional workshop2013
- 1. CIPE Regional Workshop for Women Chambers 2013
- 2. What Are your expectations from CIPE Workshop
- 3. Understanding Chamber Business A chamber is a voluntary membership based business organization that serves their member’s collective interests.
- 4. Two Key Questions Where do you want to be? How will you get there?
- 5. Who Owns the Chamber? • A member voluntarily invests money by payment of dues on a regular basis in exchange for a perceived value from the chamber. • Members are the first element of an organizational structure. • Members are both owners and customers.
- 6. Generic Roles of a Chamber/Association • Work proactively to improve the sector's / region’s profitability and competitiveness (R&D) • Work effectively to represent the sector's interests at all levels of the legislative regulatory process (Policy Advocacy) • Supply sound information and advice for members (Access to Information) • Promote exports and other market opportunities (Trade Promotion) • Promote training and education (Training and Development) • Work to ensure practice of principals of good governance (Good Governance)
- 8. Group A What is Long-term vision? Why is it important for chambers? What could happen in absence of long-term vision? Group B How long can you survive with current financial position? How can you make your chamber financially sustainable? Group C What are unethical practices? What could be the impact of such practices on your chamber? How can you reduce unethical practices?
- 9. Key Challenges Faced by Women Entrepreneurs in South Asia • Access to information about doing business • Understanding of legal issues • Access to support system • Lack of education • Lack of documentation leading to poor access to finance • Cultural issues • Innovation and commercialization • Access to markets • Poor communication skills • Lack of technology awareness • Managing Growth / Scaling • Going International
- 10. What Can Chambers Do?
- 11. Key Issues with Business Associations • Understanding of Purpose • Vision • Continuity • Leadership • Will to excel • Capacity of staff • Inability to operate as a business • Unethical practices
- 12. Leadership • Elected Leadership (Board): – Develop overall vision, mission and objectives • Management Leadership (Staff): – Execute the day-to-day functions to ensure that the vision, mission and objects are achieved
- 13. Leadership As Described by Staff
- 18. Good Governance in Chambers What does this mean for you?
- 19. Typical Areas of Concern (Transparency) • Compensation (Hiring/Firing/promotion) • Conflict of Interest • Solicitation • Buying/Selling/travel • Financial Integrity (gifts/donations) • Investment Policies • Accountability • Strategic Management
- 20. Does Governance Matter? • Independent, mission and member-driven association • Considering Members as the owners of association • Equitable treatment of members • Disclosure and transparency • Empower staff to deliver
- 21. Chamber Services • Networking opportunities • Advocacy • Member to Member Discount Program • Learning opportunities • Community development through effective CSR • Trade leads • Referral services • Employment exchange • Subsidized consultancy services • Promotion and advertising
- 22. What is your preference • Membership/services/advocacy OR • Grants/project
- 23. Key Learning from Women Chamber Diagnostics in Pakistan • Inability to run chamber as a Business • Lack of Vision, Mission, Objectives, Strategic Plan • Poor financial management (budgeting, fund raising, expense projection) • Poor networking (no membership drive) • Lack of staff capacity (inability to attract and retain quality staff) • Inability to attract member attention / support • Inability to attract donor funds • Founder’s syndrome