… brief Going for Growth provides structured peer support to women entrepreneurs who are serious about growing their … round tables and a national forum at midpoint. Over 350 women entrepreneurs have taken part, at a cost of some €2,000 … and increased numbers of first-time exporters. Targeting women who are serious about growth The Going for Growth …
… In brief The Dobbantó – Women entrepreneurs’ competence development programme is an intensive course for women intending to start a business or already running one. … – training, advice, peer support and networking – to help women start their own businesses. It lasts for 90 hours …
… was part of the wider European Network of Mentors for Women Entrepreneurs, supported by the Enterprise DG of the … recognise and support the distinctive nature of women’s business start-ups and ensure that newly-established women entrepreneurs could sustain their activity. It offered …
… Pionnières is a network of business incubators which helps women entrepreneurs to establish themselves in innovative … a gender perspective on business was in its infancy, and women were not expected to be active in business outside the social economy. It aims to enable women from different geographic and social backgrounds to set …
… the National Rural Network, the project aimed to stimulate women’s entrepreneurship and increase their use of … an ‘employability agent’ in each area, who could support women entrepreneurs. It also ran 11 online training courses which attracted 833 women, and held seminars on how to set up co-operatives. The …
… In brief The Cyprus Women's Cooperative Bank Ltd. (WCB), one of the first co-operative banks created by women in the world, started its activities in January 2001 in Larnaca. At that time, some 350 business-minded women in Cyprus founded the WCB, a non-profit lending …
… In brief The Women Entrepreneurs’ Loan Programme is an innovative loan programme initiated in response to low levels of women’s employment and entrepreneurship in Croatia. It was … and institutes which are majority-owned and led by women. It makes favourable loans to women entrepreneurs to …
… or neutral consequences for the state of equality between women and men. The central question of the GIA is: Does a … maintain or increase the gender inequalities between women and men? The European Commission defines gender impact … policy under consideration, and the projected impacts on women and men once the policy has been implemented. It is …
… examine the impact of all contracted activities on women’s and men’s needs, interests and concerns, and design … and include fostering equal economic independence for women and men, closing the gender pay gap, advancing the … is a gender mainstreaming tool to achieve equality between women and men by focusing on how public resources are …
… a gender point of view, there are significant gaps between women and men. For example, women farm holders have significantly smaller farms than men … 2% of all EU farm holders, regardless of gender. In 2013, women represented 24% of EU farm holders in organic farming, …