{"id":215765,"date":"2019-06-12T19:43:06","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T22:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=215765"},"modified":"2019-06-30T18:18:07","modified_gmt":"2019-06-30T21:18:07","slug":"qatar-a-finalist-for-world-chambers-congress-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/qatar-a-finalist-for-world-chambers-congress-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Qatar a finalist for World Chambers Congress award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rio de Janeiro \u2013 The Qatar Chamber of Commerce &amp; Industry is one of five finalists for the Best Unconventional Project award, one of the categories in the World Chambers Competition taking place at the World Chambers Congress,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/camaras-de-comercio-tem-que-estar-na-vanguarda-dos-negocios\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">which began this Wednesday (12)<\/a> in Rio de Janeiro. The Qatari project is the National Home-Based Business Program (<a href=\"https:\/\/qatarchamber.com\/unconventional-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NHBBP<\/a>), whose goal is to help small, youth- and women-run businesses thrive. The winner will be announced during the congress wrap-up dinner on Friday (14).<\/p>\n<p>The projects were introduced this Wednesday afternoon. Finalists also include the Par\u00e1 state chapter of the Brazilian Micro and Small Business Support Service (Sebrae-PA), the Moscow Chamber of Commerce, in Russia, the NSW Business Chamber, in Australia, and the Gaziantep Chamber of Commerce in Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>The latter\u2019s Syria Desk project has three in-house staff to cater to Syrian refugees and help them get jobs in Turkey\u2019s labor market. Guidance is provided on business and entrepreneurship, as well as training, vocational steering, Turkish lessons and meetings with interested parties.\u201cThe center works to integrate Syrian refugees, helping them join the Gaziantep labor market, and it\u2019s working out great. The next step is to focus on Syrian women as workforce,\u201d said Gaziantep Chamber secretary-general Hasan Baran U\u00e7aner. The executive said the project is geared towards integration and peace across the region. \u201cThis is a very new situation in Turkey. We had never welcomed refugees before, and all sectors have been impacted, so we must find a common ground. We must know one another and cooperate to incorporate these people into society,\u201d he argued.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-215765 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-06-12-at-19.11.202.jpeg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"755\" height=\"566\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-06-12-at-19.11.202-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-215752\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-215752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-06-12-at-19.11.202.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-06-12-at-19.11.202-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-06-12-at-19.11.202-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-215752'>\n\t\t\t\tFrom left to right, the moderator, U\u00e7aner of Turkey, the Russian and Australian delegates, Zeidan of Qatar and Paula Couceiro of Brazil\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-06-12-at-19.11.20.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"755\" height=\"566\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-06-12-at-19.11.20-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-215758\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-215758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-06-12-at-19.11.20.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-06-12-at-19.11.20-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-06-12-at-19.11.20-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-215758'>\n\t\t\t\tNora Zeidan\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-06-12-at-19.11.203.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"755\" height=\"566\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-06-12-at-19.11.203-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-215754\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-215754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-06-12-at-19.11.203.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-06-12-at-19.11.203-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-06-12-at-19.11.203-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-215754'>\n\t\t\t\tThe finalists\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-06-12-at-19.11.201.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"755\" height=\"566\" src=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-06-12-at-19.11.201-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-215756\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-215756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-06-12-at-19.11.201.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-06-12-at-19.11.201-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-06-12-at-19.11.201-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-215756'>\n\t\t\t\tThe projects were presented to a packed audience\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Nora Zeidan, gerente de eventos da C\u00e2mara do Catar, apresentou o NHBBP. \u201cCome\u00e7amos em 2015 e, desde ent\u00e3o, atendemos 400 pessoas. Destes, 18% foram at\u00e9 o fim do processo, e estamos muito felizes por poder ajudar estes empreendedores\u201d, disse. Segundo Zeidan, geralmente as pessoas interessadas s\u00e3o mulheres e jovens que querem trabalhar de casa. \u201cN\u00f3s facilitamos a entrada dos pequenos neg\u00f3cios no mercado, mas \u00e0s vezes as pessoas desistem, porque o processo todo pode levar entre 12 e 15 meses\u201d, revelou.<\/p>\n<p>They are entrepreneurs that don\u2019t have the money it takes to start a business and need guidance. She explained that, to start a business, one needs money in the bank, a physical space and employees, so a home office may be an economically viable way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe support them to become independent small and medium businesses. Therefore, they can grow and impact the economy, diversifying it and having new ideas, which is line with Qatar Vision 2030 (the country\u2019s development plan),\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The project comprises the whole country, which has only one chamber of commerce. Every citizen may participate. Information technology, graphic design, mobile apps, foodstuffs, and cosmetics are some of the business sectors of the entrepreneurs registered in the program.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other projects<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Moscow chamber competes with the project, <em>B2B Market World Platform<\/em>, a business facilitation software. The Australian chamber\u2019s project is a career platform for millennials called <a href=\"http:\/\/skillsroad.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Skills Road<\/a>, featuring advices, events, and job vacancies.<\/p>\n<p>And Sebrae-PA\u2019s project is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sebrae.com.br\/sites\/PortalSebrae\/feiras\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Feira do Empreendedor<\/a>, an event to foster entrepreneurship and business creation, with lectures, workshops and exhibitors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum &amp; Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-215750\">Bruna Garcia\/ANBA<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The five competing projects include one from Brazil\u2019s Sebrae-PA and one from Turkey, whose subjects are Syrian refugees. The winner will be announced on Friday over the conference wrap-up dinner in Rio de Janeiro.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2305,"featured_media":215750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[9076,31840,6089,510,9082,9081,2956,9075,1921,9073,8464],"class_list":{"0":"post-215765","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-innovation","8":"tag-best-unconventional-project","9":"tag-camara-do-catar-en","10":"tag-project","11":"tag-qatar","12":"tag-qatar-chamber","13":"tag-qatars-chamber","14":"tag-small-business","15":"tag-syria-desk","16":"tag-turkey","17":"tag-world-chambers-competition","18":"tag-world-chambers-congress"},"wps_subtitle":"The five competing projects include one from Brazil\u2019s Sebrae-PA and one from Turkey, whose subjects are Syrian refugees. 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