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GEM project conducted cooperative cluster members' training on November 4 and 5, 2020 at Wereda 06 - Youth Centre, Addis Ababa. The training aimed to create an opportunity for the women pottery makers (GEM - Cooperative cluster members) to show what the market holds and how they should react towards the market changes.

The training also intended on how to approach the market and how to brand their products has been given to them. In addition, a guest speaker W/ro Fekeret from Feker design has shared her amazing experience with the women.

Nov 11, 2020

GEM project delivered capacity building training under the topics of product development, marketing and financial management for 35 Lalibela cluster members and officers of Lalibela City Trade and Tourism Office on 23 October 2020 at LAl Hotel, Lalibela

Oct 27, 2020

The Ethiopian Chamber of Commerce and Sectoral Associations (ECCSA), PRECISE Consult International and Innovative Organizations (Inoa) held financial support agreement signing event with the “Greening Ethiopian Manufacturing” (GEM) project, beneficiaries on 18 September 2020 in Lalibela in the presence of the Lalibala city mayor Mr Yilma Merk, Mr Tebeje Adbarie, Acting Head of Lalibela trade and tourism office and Mr Habtamu Tesfaye Tourism office acting head. It was also held B2B with GEM Lalibela cluster members and awareness creation on how to utilize the financial support.

Sep 23, 2020

The Ethiopian Chamber of Commerce and Sectoral Associations (ECCSA), PRECISE Consult International and Innovative Organizations (Inoa) held workshop and financial support agreement signing event with the “Greening Ethiopian Manufacturing” (GEM) project, beneficiaries on 15th of September, 2020 at Radisson Blue Hotel, Addis Ababa.

Sep 16, 2020

Several GEM cluster meetings took place last week. GEM team also facilitated online B2B meetings between Ethiopian and Slovenian businesses and meetings for EU ROM Expert. Within dissemination and replication activities, we met with Ethiopian State Minister of Agricultural Input and Output Marketing Sector and with the management team of Holeta Bee Research Center.

In Lalibela, meetings were held with the Mayor of Lalibela and Lalibela Tourism Office about the organization of the second Lalibela Arts and Crafts Festival.

Mar 11, 2020

Greening Ethiopian Manufacturing (GEM) arranges study visit for GEM Cluster Members to Italy 22-26 January 2020, through European Union supports aiming MSMEs in adoption of sustainable consumption and production (SCP) practices and seizing green growth opportunities, Implemented by Ethiopian Chamber of Commerce and Sectoral Associations (ECCSA), Precise Consult,  and INOA in Ethiopia.

The study visit program was designed to fulfill the following key objectives

• to learn about international trends in sustainable fashion, textile and leather manufacturing;
• to meet with leather, textile (garment) and heritage clusters’ representatives in Italy and exchange experience in doing business;
• to learn about successful SME support and competitiveness enhancement;
• to learn about management of cluster organizations, challenges and advantages successful clustering

Seventeen cluster members and GEM staff has attended the study visit. From the seventeen cluster members eight of them are female and the rest are male.  Participants’ sector distribution is ten from leather, six from textile and one from handicraft.

In the event the enterprise owners, managers and representatives visited six companies:

• Bonelli Erede Law firm, Milan;
• Prodital Leathers, Arzignano;
• Venetian Cluster for Conservation and Protection of Environmental and Cultural Heritage assets;
• Showroom of Mr. Franco Pianegonda, Vicenza;
• Technology Park of Pordenone and
• Green Fashion Week (GFW) organizers

Feb 7, 2020