Training on innovative handicraft

Kathmandu, March 2012 - In Nepal, women entrepreneurs engaged in intensive training on innovative handicraft design to establish powerful connection between creativity and business.

Organized by WINNER-Nepal, in collaboration with Women Entrepreneurship Committee of the Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI), the training comprised several sessions, with each focusing on: design principles, materials, ideas and elements of design, colors, product development, pricing, targeting market niches and online marketing campaigns.

WINNER-Nepal Director Nibedita Shrestha said: “There was strong interest on the part of the women to learn everything there is to know about design and how to capture the market’s imagination.” In summing up the training outcome, Ms. Shrestha said that “clarity and simplicity of design”, “pragmatic view of design” and “autonomy of design” are the basic principles learned by the women.

Meanwhile, KIP-UN Initiative (Knowledge, Innovations, Policies and Territorial Practices for the United Nations Millennium Platform) and Devnet (Development Information Network) recently signed a cooperation agreement to mobilize efforts and resources towards the creation of an international school of policies and best practices aligned with the United Nations Millennium Platform. This gives focus on innovation as key to sustaining business growth and development. The initiative is a strategic approach to development as it is based on the active role of local communities in enhancing local, natural, human and historical resources and in integrating all social sectors to capitalize on the knowledge gained from the experience of territorial development and to expand the network of experiences that are coherent with the UN Millennium