International Cooperation between DEVNET and China Ordos City
CHINA, Winner News 08-16-2010

In order to promote and implement two cooperation projects, Economist Mr. Daniel Barrios, General Director of DEVNET, visited the city of Ordos in May 2010. Following extensive interviews and analysis with government officials, a Cooperation Agreement between the Government of Ordos City and Devnet Association has been agreed to be signed.

Kenyan women in rural communities to benefit from information on market opportunities
AFRICA KENYA, Winner News 08-16-2010

Kenyan women in livelihood and small businesses stand to benefit from the information exchange which has been started as a result of the cooperation agreement recently signed between Devnet Association and Namwisisi Women Group (NWG) of Kenya. Devnet is an international non-government organization with Consultative Status Category 1 granted by the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations

Accord signed to extend WINNER to China, Mekong countries
CHINA, Winner News 11-20-2009

An agreement between Devnet Association and the Women’s Federation of Shanghai was recently signed to intensify the cooperation and communication between international organizations and local Chinese government entities in the run up to the Shanghai World Expo in 2010.  The agreement is viewed as a strategic alliance between these organizations, whereby Devnet will undertake preparatory activities for the introduction of the WINNER Program in China, including the countries of the Mekong Sub-region in Southeast Asia

Nepalese women entrepreneurs take lead in defusing explosive labor issue
NEPAL, Winner News 11-20-2009

Women entrepreneurs, business owners together with members of civil society recently held a forum on the delicate labor situation in Nepal that had been causing alarm among industrialists, employers and even business investors.  Described as a “burning issue of the day”, the labor situation has created an environment of fear and anxiety that negatively impact business and flow of investments in the country.

Rural women entrepreneurs, artisans introduced to new WINNER portal
PHILIPPINES, Winner News 06-11-2008

Fourteen women entrepreneurs from the Likhang Novo Ecijano Manufacturers Association and Gapan Footwear Manufacturers Multi-Purpose Cooperative recently joined a one-day seminar on e-markets through the new WINNER system held at the WINNER office at the DFA Building, Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City.

ICT Tools for Access to Markets
PHILIPPINES, Winner News 06-11-2008

The Japanese International Cooperation Agency recently sponsored the entrepreneurship course of micro and small entrepreneurs in the food and non-food sectors from various provinces of the country.

Past Japan PM Kaifu heads DEVNET Association - Japan
JAPAN, Winner News 06-11-2008

Former Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu of Japan has joined the board of directors of the newly-established DEVNET Association in Japan as its Chairman Emeritus of the association’s Advisory Board.  DEVNET Japan is a non-profit organization that is part of the worldwide network of Devnet Association International.

Voices + Choices: Women’s success stories
, Winner News 06-11-2008

Some of the documented success stories of WINNER women entrepreneurs from rural communities appear in the book entitled Voices + Choices which was recently launched by the Women’s Features Service, a news agency that reports on all issues from the point of view of women. 

Countryside women producers attend orientation on new WINNER portal
PHILIPPINES, Winner News 06-11-2008

Fourteen women entrepreneurs from Cagayan Valley in the Northern region of the Philippines recently attended an intensive one-day seminar conducted by WINNER-Philippines on how women SMEs can gain access to new markets through the new WINNER system.

Washington-based organization holds business matching event in Bucharest
ROMANIA, Winner News 06-11-2008

A Washington D.C.-based international organization recently held an international meeting to introduce and match potential business partners for mutually advantageous technical and business cooperation.  Held in Bucharest, the meeting discussed leads in further advancing the growth of Romanian women’s enterprises through sustainable inter-enterprise relationships.