Douja Ben Mahmoud Gharbi

Serial entrepreneur, Business and Entrepreneurship consultant and Mentor with a strong community development motivation. UNIDO expert on Entrepreneurship and Investment Promotion. President of CEDE- Entrepreneurship Center and Endogenious Development, Vice-President of CONECT- Confederation of Citizen Companies in Tunisia and vice-president of FPM- Finance Participative en Méditerranée. Was an active and board member of the National Young Entrepreneurs Association and the National Chamber of Women Entrepreneurs from 1996 to 2011, Served also as Tunisian Hub Manager to the MENA Businesswomen’s Network. Speaker on entrepreneurship, women entrepreneurs, Investment promotion and development, invited at the Presidential Obama Summit on Entrepreneurship in Washignton, DC in 2010, at the US-Maghreb Entrepreneurship Conference in Algiers, at WIEF Businesswomen Forum 2010 in Malaisia and 2008 In Koweit, at OCDE conference « beyond crisis :supporting young entreprises », at WED Conference« Better knowledge, experience sharing and successful approaches towards WED promotion in the Arab region » Jordan in 2009 and other international conferences in Africa and around the word.Specialized in project management, entrepreneurship and employment projects, and Mentoring as volonteer witin the business organizations and associations CEDE, CONECT, CJD, CNFCE and FPM and also as a consultant within UNIDO, linxeo… Focus on ecosystems development, value chains development, CSR strategies, Social Business, business counselling and training.Has a master degree from the University of Economics and Management of Tunis. Condensed training in Business Administration by the Beyster Institute of the University of California (MEPI Program in San Diego-USA), training on export techniques, management and capacity development of Women in Africa (ICT and Trade Facilitation Office Canada program), Business Training and counselling of UNIDO (ARCEI Program).