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On 15-16 January, a United Nations workshop on “Partnerships for Small
Enterprise Development” was held at UN Headquarters in New York, co-sponsored by
the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Industrial
Development Organization, Unilever, and the Global Compact.
The workshop explored numerous examples of partnerships in support
of small-enterprise development, including case studies involving a host of
small businesses in developing countries and presented by Unilever, Shell,
Hewlett-Packard, Anglo American, and Bolsa Amazonia/DaimlerChrysler.
In addition, a study prepared by Deloitte with support from
Unilever – and commissioned by UNDP, UNIDO and the Global Compact – was
presented at the workshop. Containing 21 case studies of innovative
partnerships, the study highlights the “need to increasingly support local
private sector and small enterprise development in developing countries as a
basis for achieving…development mandates, including in particular the Millennium
Development Goals”. The study also notes the rising interest by large
corporations in forging partnerships and linkages with small- and medium-sized
businesses around the world.
Please click here to download a PDF version of the study (1.4 MB).
