Al-Khaldi

Ms Kholoud Al-Khaldi (Jordan) has sixteen years of experience as a trainer, researcher, project manager and expert on micro and small enterprise development with a strong emphasis on promoting an entrepreneurship culture in the Arab region and a focus on disadvantaged women. Ms Al-Khaldi joined the Enterprise Development Programme of the International Training Centre of the ILO in 2002 and is responsible for designing, organizing and conducting training activities on women’s entrepreneurship development, microfinance, creating an enabling environment for small enterprise development,  business development services and  policies and strategies for generating quality employment in micro and small enterprises. Ms Al-Khaldi managed the Centre’s Italian funded project on women’s entrepreneurship in conflict-affected Afghanistan between 2003 and 2005. Ms Al-Khaldi holds a Masters degree in Entrepreneurship Studies from the University of Stirling (UK) and a degree in Economics from Bir-Zeit University (Palestine). Her working languages are Arabic and English.