… association that started making small loans to women entrepreneurs in Berlin area in 1982. Its objective is to help business women in Berlin to set up and invest in their own businesses … microloans. In recent years preference has been given to women aged over 45 and with a migrant background. All …
… is an entrepreneurship training programme for academic women in Finland who are planning to set up their own … are university students. It has been run since 2011 by the Women’s Enterprise Agency (Naisyrittäjyyskeskus), one of the … countryside. It takes place at weekends, when working women are available. The learning methods it uses are based …
… 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 … the programme to women entrepreneurs who had at least one employees proved to be an obstacle to finding suitable …
… 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 2006 in Berlin in order to strengthen networking among women who want to set up their own businesses, women entrepreneurs and business experts. … has built up a very good reputation. More than 10,000 women have made contact, 3,700 have attended meetings, and …
… 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 … be entrepreneurs, and not just mothers, wives, carers or employees). Loans, research, seminars and advice The bank …
… (€15m) fund which makes equity investments to help strong women’s businesses grow. It works on a co-investment basis in … expertise on finance measures to support SMEs. In the UK women are about half as likely as men to be entrepreneurs. … fund’s objective is to increase the number of successful women-led businesses in the UK, ensuring that those with real …
… In brief The Entrepreneurship of Unemployed Women Aged 22-64 programme was an ESF-supported subsidy … of Labour and Social Insurance. It aimed to promote women’s self-employment, entrepreneurship and business … the economic and financial crisis (which has exacerbated women’s unemployment). The programme offered a grant of …