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On Monday, May 12, 2025, The Timor-Leste Business Association (AEMTL) held a ceremony to award prizes at the Portuguese Cultural Center, in order to value the talent of craftspeople from 13 municipalities. This competition is an initiative of the Timor-Leste Women Entrepreneurs Association (AEMTL), with support from Camões – Portuguese Cultural Center. The ceremony was…

This year, the Business Association of Timorese Women (AEMTL) celebrates its 17th anniversary in Baucau Municipality with the following program: The anniversary celebration in Baucau Municipality reflects the vision of advancing “Empowerment and Leadership” from the national level to local women in the municipalities—starting this year in Baucau. This represents AEMTL’s role in local empowerment.…

Late post On May 20th, the 23rd Anniversary of the Restoration of Independence,members of the Timor-Leste Women Entrepreneurs Association (AEMTL) participated in the National Exhibition on Local Governance Development held at Dili Port. On this occasion, AEMTL members displayed and promoted traditional Timorese tais products. These products included men’s and women’s tais, tais bags, and…

Dili, Friday, November 16, 2024The Timor-Leste Women’s Business Association (AEMTL), at the national and municipal levels, participated in a national seminar for women entrepreneurs organized by ADN, I.P., in collaboration with SEI and AEMTL. On this occasion, the speakers included: Director-General of SEI, Mr. Armando da CostaAdvisor of ADN, I.P., Mrs. Melenia da Costa BarrosAdvisor…

Dili,Tuesday, October 22, 2024 The Acting President of (AEMTL), along with her team, participated in the “Conversa Comércio” event held at the Suai Room, 4th floor of the TP building. The event also featured the participation of:Commissioner of the Authority, Mr. Joanico PintoNational Director of Management and Compliance, Customs Authority, Mr. Ivo GomesHead of the…

Dili, November 6, 2024 The President of the Timor-Leste Women’s Business Association (AEMTL) will be a speaker at the Intergenerational Dialogue to advance political, educational, economic, social, and cultural issues among women, organized by Plan International Timor-Leste.The purpose of this program is to empower marginalized groups in Timor-Leste, with a particular focus on young women…

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Timor-Leste Businesswomen Association (AEMTL) signed on August 8 a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the launch of Timor-Leste’s first Women in Business Awards.The initiative is being developed in partnership with the Australian Government.The memorandum of understanding has three main objectives:1. Celebrate women who have performed well in their…

Díli, Tuesday, December 5, 2023. Through the Ideias Díli Inovar Project, the first training was conducted for 19 participants at the Timor-Leste Women Entrepreneurs Association (AEMTL) training room, led by two Lead Trainers and two Co Trainers over a period of 30 days from December 2023 to February 2024. This project, Ideia Díli Inovar, is…

Friday, 2nd of February 2024. The President of the Timor-Leste Women Entrepreneurs Association, Hergui Luina Fernandes Alves, together with the Vice President of Creative Industry and Social Business Affairs, Sandra Felisbela A. do Rêgo, met with IFC representatives, including Country Director of IFC Mr. David Friedman and two consultants, Mrs. Sonal Akhaury & Sarina Bolla.…

IN THE SERVICE AREA AEMTL conducted a workshop for young female entrepreneurs and IDEIAS-Díli Inovar participants with the topic BUSINESS IN THE SERVICE AREA for young women who participated in the “Ideias-Dili Inovar” competition. This workshop is part of the Entrepreneurship Training conducted by AEMTL under the “Get Ahead” module. The objective of this workshop…