Sanavbar CHARIPOVA is the
executive director of the National Association of Business women of Tajikistan,
an NGO, since 1995.
Qualifications Summary
Nine plus years of experience in regional youth organization development
concentrating in management and organizational administration; program
development, implementation and coordination focusing on community mobilization,
with extensive experience in working with development concepts concerning women
Programming. Special interests focus on: a) effective delivery of services with
the full participation and integration of women; b) poverty alleviation and
economic development through empowerment; c) development through the support of
civil society and the inclusion off all groups; d) rights-based programming and
access and full participation in the economic and social development agendas;
Nine years of progressive organizational management experience which included
decision-making and supervisory responsibilities in the areas of business
development services, marketing, human resource management and personnel
development, accounting and financial management, quality management, operations;
advocacy, including five years of experience in development of micro-lending
program, design and implementation;
Academic Training
1980-1985: Higher Degree on social science, Moscow Humanitarian University,
Russia.
1993-1999: Post Graduate degree on social and political science, Khujand State
University, Tajikistan
Since 2003: Institute for Economic Development, registered PhD researcher
Professional training
1997-present:
Associate now Fellow, Leadership for Environment and Development program, LEAD
International Inc., New York, NY. Skills acquisition in areas of conflict
negotiation and resolution, team-building, presentations, cross-cultural
training and sustainable development (training sessions were conducted in
Costa-Rica, Moldova, Romania, USA)
1997: Certificate of Completion, European Union TACIS Program 'Strengthening of
Small Business Training and Consultancy Services'. Cranfield Summer Program,
Cranfield University, Cranfield, United Kingdom. Skills acquisition in areas of
Marketing, Business Planning, Accountant, Information Technology, Human
Resources Development:
2000: United Nations Development Fund for Women, NY, USA. Intern in the regional
section for CIS and CEE countries;
2001: Certificate of completion, New Hampshire Institute for micro-enteprise
development, USA;
Professional Experience
Sep. 1995-present: Founder and Director, Association of Business Women of
Tajikistan, Tajikistan.
Established and managed an NGO Training and Resource Center. Undertook the
recruitment of staff and organizational charting;
Promoted the development of NGO in community groups. Increased the involvement
and growth of the development of civil society, conflict transformation and
peacemaking;
Designed and developed the long strategic and operational plan for ABW for its
overall development;
Developed training material targeting women entrepreneurship and the overall
inclusion of women in the development process;
Starting in 1995, conducted over 50 training sessions in different parts of the
region in the following areas: entrepreneurship, business planning,, protection
of women's economic rights, women's leadership. Conducted intensive courses on
leadership and management training emphasizing capacity building, the
transference of skills, the strengthening of the civil society and the promotion
of a broad - based participatory governance;
1996-1997, Project director of the Project 'Training Center for Women -
Entrepreneurs' supported by the Eurasia Foundation (USAID); responsible for the
design and implementation of a series workshops focusing on basic business
training courses for unemployed women of the region; As the result of the
project implementation about 100 women became self - employed;
1997-1998, Coordinated the TACIS/European Union project 'Violence against women';
Assisted women's group in organizing the first Crisis center in Tajikistan for
victims of violence; collaborated with officials on raising awareness on
violence against women's issues; assisted in the hiring and supervision of
Crisis Center's staff personnel; As the result of project implementation Crisis
Center became a legal entity;
1998, initiated the creation of the 'Junior Achievement' Center in Tajikistan
which is committed for providing students in elementary classes through 11 grade
with a practical economics education; Participated as part of editing team in
the process of the adjustment of the textbook 'Applied economics';
1998, Coordinated WHO (World Health Organization) project 'Consequences of
violence on women's and children's health'. responsible for design and
implementation of the assessment on women issues in the rural areas of
Tajikistan; results of the survey have been published in UNICEF MONEE report;
1998-1999, coordinated Eurasia Foundation Project 'Consortium of Educational
Programs on Microfinance aspects'; responsible for design of educational
Programs on micro-credit aspects for the various of organizations like NGO's,
banks, non-banking financial institutions; Designed curriculum for the clients
of micro-credit Programs; manual published on 'Developing of leasing schemes', 'Individual
lending program', 'Group solidarity program', 'Individual lending program';
1999-2000, project manager for the project 'Promoting an Enabling Regulatory
Framework and Environment for NGO's and for Women's Economic Rights in
Tajikistan' funded by UNIFEM:
- Conducted national survey to identify the specific obstacles to NGOs' work in
terms of current policies, legislation and taxation system;
- Conducted national assessment to identify specific obstacles to women-owned
small and micro-businesses, women's self-employment and women's home-based work
in terms of current policies, legislation and taxation system;
- Developed advocacy and lobby activities for alternatives policies, legislation
and forms of taxation that would constitute an enabling legal and regulatory
environment for NGO's and women-owned small and micro businesses, women's
self-employment and women's home-based work;
- Prepared publications with comments on commercial law; initiated dialogs
between government and business people;
From January 2000 - current, implemented a community based micro-credit Program
funded by USAID and USDA;
-Developed a group guarantee micro-credit program for low-income business women
and displaced persons and one of the first individual lending programs in
Tajikistan targeted to micro-entrepreneurs including all lending, staff and
client training, and administrative operations. Led the implementation team that
resulted in the opening of three branch offices servicing over 7,500 clients
throughout the country and disbursing $13.8 million in loans in the four years
of operation;
-Supervised in the transformation of a locally registered NGO into a national
NGO using the loan programs as a foundation for self-sustainability. Consulted
and coordinated the expansion of its training and social service activities to
all branch offices;
Sep. 1991-Sep. 1995: Marketing Specialist, Committee for Foreign Economic
Relations, Khujand City Administration, Khujand, Tajikistan; responsible for
marketing research; investigated governmental Program on economical development
of the region.
Aug. 1985-Sep. 1991: Deputy-Chairman, Regional Youth Organization, Khujand,
Tajikistan; wrote and developed alternative programs in the promotion of
empowerment, literacy and education for youth