Local products by ethnic minority women in Dak Nong province are exhibited at the meeting (Photo courtesy of UNDP)Dak Nong (VNA) – As many as 450 ethnic minority women in theCentral Highland province of Dak Nong will be helped to sell their productsonline under the framework of UNDP-supported project 'Economic empowerment ofethnic minority women via application of I4.0'.
On September 26, 45 groups of ethnic women met with representativesof companies, governmental and non-governmental organisations.
The meeting, based on the 3M (Match, Mentoring and Move) model, created aplatform for participants to approach policies and innovations to promote theirbusinesses and expand production.
Contributing to Vietnam’s commitment of leaving no one behind, the projectultilises opportunities offered by the Industrial Revolution 4.0 includinge-commerce platforms which enable small businesses to approach the market andsupply chains; modern financial solutions; online courses on start-up, softskills and climate change resilience; and new production technologies, amongothers.
In Dak Nong, ethnic minoritity groups account for 34 percent ofmultidimensionally poor households.
Extreme weather events along with limited access to information, markets andtechnology threaten to take away their main livelihood of farming.
“It is a timely step to support ethnic minority promote their products andconnect with partners via the application of Industrial Revolution 4.0,” saidTon Thi Ngoc Hanh, Vice Chairwoman of the provincial People’s Committee.
“We will need to find the advantages of each group and area to help themunleash their potential, make products and escape from poverty,” she added.
Nguyen Tien Phong, head of UNDP Vietnam’s inclusive growth unit, saidadditional resources, both technical and financial, were important in helpingethnic minorities escape poverty.
“To achieve the Sustainable Development Goal of 'end poverty in all its formseverywhere', poverty reduction programmes need to act as a living laboratorythat attracts the participation of governments, businesses, socialorganisations and ethnic minorities to pilot innovative solutions and spreadthe benefits of these initiatives to people in the most remote areas,” hesaid./.
