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Merten Sievers
ILO
Value Chain and Entrepreneurship Coordinator
https://www.linkedin.com/in/msbol/
Description
Merten Sievers is the Value Chain Development and Entrepreneurship coordinator in ILOs Small and Medium Enterprises Unit. In his current position, Merten is responsible for 3 teams in the SME unit that manage: (i) the Entrepreneurship promotion portfolio, including the Start and Improve your Business entrepreneurship and management training programme (www.ilo.org/siyb); (ii) ILOs work inclusive market systems and value chains (www.ilo.org/valuechains), including the lab, an innovation project on Market Systems development for Decent Work (www.ilo.org/thelab); and (iii) ILOs work on Women’s Entrepreneurship Development (www.ilo.org/wed). A fourth evolving thematic area is support to refugee and host community livelihoods under the new “Approach to Inclusive Markets”, jointly implemented with UNHCR and other partners (www.ilo.org/aims). Combined the team backstops approximately 65% of ILOs technical cooperation activities in the area of market systems and enterprise development with activities in more than 60 countries.
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