EDNA Myanmar Co Ltd Daw Kyi Nyein EDNA

EDNA Myanmar Co. , Ltd. Daw Kyi Nyein - EDNA Myanmar

The Situation • 99% of the businesses in Myanmar are SMEs (75% of country’s employment relies on micro & small enterprises) • There is very little, or no, enterprise development support for micro and SMEs • Entrepreneurs have limited knowledge to compete in open market • No practical education program for entrepreneurs in rural communities • Myanmar small businesses are vulnerable to competition Daw Kyi Nyein - EDNA Myanmar 1 min

EDNA Myanmar • We provide Entrepreneurship Education and Enterprise Development Support to women, youth and disadvantaged groups across Myanmar • We are a social enterprise and an Education and Research Organization working with Miniseries, Universities and institutions to support entrepreneurial growth in Myanmar and Asia Daw Kyi Nyein - EDNA Myanmar

How EDNA Myanmar is Different • Our Education Program is different. Our course material was developed by the University of Sydney Business School’s Entrepreneurship & Innovation Program with EDNA Myanmar incorporate case stories from Myanmar and inspirational stories from Asia. • The EDD event serves as a platform for our participants to learn, network and get access to initiatives and programs supported by the ministries. Our work with ministries and regional governments across Myanmar supports access to regional resources to help our participants grow (grow in terms of knowledge and enterprise). • Our work centers on the communities with participants and mentors working with regional administration, ministries, NGOs, business sectors and community leaders (as well as mentors and participants from communities learning from each other) brings elements for strong social cohesion. Daw Kyi Nyein - EDNA Myanmar

Our Clients • We provide service to entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs from Rural Myanmar who has no access to entrepreneurship education and enterprise development support. • Our clients (as part of our fees for service work) also includes International universities and INGOs focusing on development projects and research Daw Kyi Nyein - EDNA Myanmar

Our Strategy for Sustainability • • Having built a productive relationships within Myanmar (between industry, government and educators) and across the region, EDNA will continue her work of Entrepreneurship Education and Enterprise Development with the organizations in her network We will increase our collaboration with Department of SME to offer entrepreneurship education and enterprise support to SME members across Myanmar We have started our paying course for entrepreneurship education and job skill programs to help entrepreneurs and their staff We are keen to expend our partnership by working with reputable local firms for their CSR initiatives to benefit entrepreneurs in rural Myanmar Daw Kyi Nyein - EDNA Myanmar

Management of EDNA Myanmar • Guided by the Board of Advise, consisting of academics and practitioners, the board of Directors is made up of highly dedicated group of mentors and academically trained practitioners • The field team consists of mentors with business experience (themselves becoming stakeholders and change agents) understanding the importance of the service we provide to the people Daw Kyi Nyein - EDNA Myanmar

Performance & Reporting • Since 2014, EDNA Myanmar tracks our performance with sophisticated baseline and end line surveys, and has already educated over 120 mentors, close to 9, 400 entrepreneurs, and helped develop hundreds of profitable, sustainable and employing enterprises. • We are financially accountable operating with cloud accounting software monitored by supporters of specific initiatives for total transparency • A taxpaying social enterprise with routine local and international auditing Daw Kyi Nyein - EDNA Myanmar

Entrepreneurship education enforces us to act and reach our goal, , not doubting where you are heading After attending EDNA Myanmar course I now see what ever business I do, I must understand my customers and market I am satisfied with the opportunity to help and facilitate our participant’s enterprise EDNAmm believes entrepreneurship education should be accessible across the country, and be accessible to all her citizens, especially to women, youth and disadvantaged groups. Building platforms for business networking, and providing information and resources for micro and small business operators may help Myanmar’s businesses grow. We believe the work we do will be of great support for building and sustaining peace in Myanmar. Daw Kyi Nyein - EDNA Myanmar

For more information Please Contact Daw Kyi Nyein Founder /Advisor EDNA Myanmar Co. , Ltd. Hp : +9597 321 9318, +9597 6521 9318 Email : kyikyin@gmail. com, kyi. nyein@ednamm. com