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BTDS Assignments on Venture Creation

Our venture creation and incubation-related work is outlined below under three heads:

Business Incubators

  1. European Union program to establish business incubator management training institute under aegis of First Elements Ventures Ltd., Cyprus, December 2003

  2. Series of training workshops on business incubation for Japanese incubation and entrepreneurship development professionals, Japan, October - November 2003

  3. Study on sustainability of Innovation Support Centre, GODISA, Durban, South Africa, January 2003

  4. Preparation of strategic business plan for East Coast Biotechnology Regional Business Innovation Centre, Durban, South Africa, January 2003

  5. Preparation of training manual translated into Japanese on planning and operation of technology business incubators in Japan, 2002

  6. Advisory services to Managing Board of Advanced Materials Technology Incubator, Hyderabad, India, July 2001. Appointed to Board of AMTI

  7. Feasibility analysis and business plan for the Panama (ICT) Technology Business Accelerator, for Inter-American Development Bank, April 2001

  8. Entrepreneur needs assessment, feasibility analysis and business plan study for a university-affiliated, agri-business incubator in Sri Lanka for UNIDO, February - September 2001

  9. Consultant on European Commission program on benchmarking of European incubators (on sub-contract to Centre for Evaluation and Strategic Studies, UK), Brussels, 2001

  10. Business plan for establishing tourism-linked business incubator for community empowerment in Luxor, Egypt, May 2000

  11. Advisory support for start-up of Business Incubation Center at Kimberley, Northern Cape Province, South Africa, for DFID/Maxwell Stamp, April 2000

  12. Case study on effectiveness and sustainability of technology business incubator program in China for UNIDO, February 2000

  13. Assessment study of USAID-supported business incubator program in Ukraine, October 1999

  14. Preparation of case study on assessment of technology incubator program in Brazil for IBD/IBRD/UNDP Conference on Building a Business Development Support Industry, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 1999

  15. Preparation of training manual on planning and operating technology business incubators for UNESCO, Paris, 1999

  16. Feasibility study and business plan for business incubator at Grissom Airforce Base, IN, USA, with Kingsbury International Ltd, June 1998

  17. Case Study on operating performance of technology business incubators in Brazil, for World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank Conference on Building Effective Business Development Services, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, January 1998

  18. Initiation of "technoparks" program, 1991, and managers training on technology incubators for KOSGEB, Turkey, 1998

  19. Business plans for establishing pioneering International Business Incubators for Ministry of Science and Technology, and IBI manager's training course in Suzhou, China, 1997

  20. Trustee on board of Lexington Foundation, Elkhart, IN. USA, on implementing the NxLevel Entrepreneurship development program, since 1997

  21. Strategic planning services and management training on business incubator program for South African Breweries in South Africa, 1997 - 1998, followed by initial operations support at the Insaldo incubator, Johannesburg

  22. Advisory support to incubator management on enhancing operations at Corporacion Innovar, Colombia, 1996

  23. Incubator management training program as sub-contractor to Ernst & Young through itinerant workshops at Bucharest, Timourasa and Brasov in Romania, 1996

  24. Feasibility study/business plan for U-Tech Innovation Center, Jamaica, 1996

  25. Feasibility analyses for incubation program for Krasnodar region, Russia, February 1996

  26. Managed first comprehensive assessment of Business Incubators in Economic Development covering seven developing countries, UNDP-UNIDO-OAS, New York, 1996

  27. Study on Strategic Role for UNIDO in Development of Business Incubation, Vienna,1996

  28. Planning business incubators at An-Najah University, Nablus, and Gaza, Palestine, 1995

  29. Design and implementation of pilot incubators for Social Fund for Development in Egypt together with manager training and on-site operations support together with Master Plan for expansion to a national program of over 20 incubators, 1994 - 1999

  30. Advisory services with overall responsibility for the planning, implementation, training and operations support for the national business incubation program in Uzbekistan, 1994 - 97

  31. Advisory services for development of management team during implementation of the Technology Park Malaysia and its incubation campus, 1994 - 96

  32. Overall planning of Biotechnology Incubator for Biominas Foundation, followed by operations support and development, Brazil, July 1993

  33. Planning and establishment of three pilot incubators in Indonesia, followed by Master Plan for expansion, manager training, and launching incubator association, 1992 - 97

  34. Strategic long-term plan for planning and managing the operations of the Mexican Association of Technology Parks and Business Incubators (AMIEPAT), Mexico, August 1992

  35. Entrepreneurship development and incubator management programs for Morelos and Yucatan, for the Organization of American States, Mexico, 1991 - 93

  36. Programming of Baltic International Technology Park in St. Petersburg, Russia, 1991

  37. Preparatory work and managers training workshop for business incubator in Syria, 1991

  38. Planning of IT incubator for government of Mauritius, 1991

  39. Feasibility study for university-affiliated incubator in Morocco, 1990

  40. Analyzed feasibility of business incubation programs in Poland and India, 1990 - 1995

  41. Initiated planning of techno-parks and business incubators for State Planning Organization, government of Turkey, 1990

Small business support services

  1. Team leader on Country Review of UNDP Technical Cooperation Program in Jordan, with focus on employment generation for youth and women, August 2002

  2. Study on U.S. venture capital industry and other innovative means of funding technology start-ups in Australia, 2000

  3. Consultant to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations & Trade on small enterprise development in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, China, November 1999

  4. Case studies on evaluation of and benchmarking of technical assistance programs at International Workshop on Evaluation Capacity Development, Beijing, China, November, 1999

  5. Consultant for World Bank on small venture promotion in Saudi Arabia, 1999

  6. Advisory services on innovative modes for strengthening small and medium scale enterprises in Indonesia, 1999

  7. Studies on lessons learned from evaluations of projects on Small Enterprise Development and Entrepreneurship Development for UNDP Evaluation Office, New York, 1999

  8. Presentations to orient task managers at World Bank Private Sector Development Forum on S & T and technology business incubation, Washington DC, 1998 and 1999

  9. Advisory services on research management and venture creation, Guyana, 1998

  10. Study on creating knowledge-based enterprises for previously disadvantaged communities under Equity Access System (EASY) Initiative, South Africa, 1998

  11. Design of pilot franchising center for sustainable livelihoods in Egypt, 1998

  12. Advisory services on promoting inventiveness for Government of Brazil, 1997

  13. Programming the UNDP-India Country Cooperation Framework for Management of Technology, 1997

  14. Programming of endogenous technological capacity and venture creation in Pakistan and Bangladesh, 1991

  15. Establishment of Science and Technology Development Fund (FAPEMIG) for new venture formation in Minas Gerais State, Brazil, February 1990

  16. World Bank appraisal mission for establishment of Turkey Technology Development Foundation, Ankara, Turkey, 1990

  17. UNDP/UNIDO mission on small enterprise development and venture creation program in Albania, 1990

Major Conferences and Presentations

  1. Preparatory conference organized by the King Abdulaziz Foundation for the Gifted to initiate action on the first technology business incubator in the country, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, January 2004

  2. IRI Management workshop on e-incubation of Italian-Chinese joint ventures, Rome, Italy, December 2003

  3. Keynote presentation at infoDev Asia Regional Workshop, Bangalore, India, October 2003

  4. Organization and presentations for the WAITRO-CSC sponsored Workshop on Technology Business Incubation for Southern Africa Development Community countries at Mauritius, February 2003

  5. Keynote presentations at UK Business Incubation International Conference, Edinburgh, U.K., November 2002

  6. Keynote presentation to ISEB-WAITRO International Environmental Biotechnology Conference on National Innovation Systems, Vera Cruz, Mexico, June 2002

  7. Commonwealth Science Council sponsored workshop on creation of innovation-based economies through technology business incubators, Paphos, Cyprus, May 2002

  8. Presentation on Potential Synergy between Research Institutes, Technical Universities and Technology Incubators, Workshop at SIRIM-WAITRO, Malaysia, March 2002

  9. Presentation of results of European Commission Benchmarking Program for European Incubators at NBIA Conference (jointly with representatives of EC and Centre for Strategy and Evaluation Services, U.K), Toronto, Canada, March 2002

  10. Leader of Competia Workshop on Clustering for Competitiveness, Ottawa, February 2002

  11. Keynote addresses and assistance in preparation of First Government of India Workshop on Technology Incubators, Bangalore, January 2001

  12. Keynote presentations on Progress of Technology Incubation Worldwide at 2000 International Conference on Business Incubation, Pudong, China, April 2000

  13. Keynote presentation at the Panama International Technology Business Incubator Conference, Panama City, Panama, September 2000

  14. Organization of Workshop on New Economy Business Development and Entrepreneurship in Mediterranean Countries, Trieste, Italy, December 2000

  15. Presentations for Third International Training Workshop for Business Incubator Managers, Government of China, Shanghai, October 2000

  16. Presentation of a one-week course on Business Incubation at Business Development Services 2000 Summer Training Program at Strathyclyde University, Glasgow, for The Springfield Centre, Durham, U.K., July 2000

  17. World Bank Workshop on development of self-owned businesses in Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, March 1999

  18. Presentation on Technology Incubation Systems at World Bank Private Sector Development Forum, Baltimore, USA, September 1998

  19. Conference on Entrepreneurial Business Development, KAIST, Taedok, Korea, August 1998

  20. Organization of workshop with UNESCWA on business incubation for West Asian countries, Beirut, Lebanon, 1998

  21. Presentation at UNCTAD Workshop on Industrial Clusters, Geneva, September 1998

  22. International Conference on university-business-government partnering for venture creation and economic development, FODESEP, Cartagena, Colombia, August 1997

  23. Study and presentation on small enterprise support mechanisms at UNDP-sponsored Regional Workshop for Asian Countries in Transition, Shanghai, China, January 1997

  24. Study on Technological Entrepreneurship under Conditions of Global Change for UNESCWA Expert Group Meeting, Bahrain, November 1995

  25. Organization of First Developing Countries Workshop on Entrepreneurial Business Development through Incubators, Cuernavaca, Mexico, November 1991

  26. Organization of orientation workshop on business incubation and venture capital in Vina del Mar, Chile, 1990

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