… Gender mainstreaming methods and tools can be of vital assistance as they offer clear guidance on how to … practical terms. They support a systematic implementation of gender mainstreaming in a particular field of activity or … a way that the results and effects of the organisation’s work better meet gender equality objectives. Further …
… Relevance of gender in the policy area Entrepreneurship plays an … key policy goal for governments who expect that high rates of entrepreneurial activity will create sustainable jobs. … competing demands on time (double burden of home and work responsibilities). Although most of these difficulties …
… All beneficiaries run one-person enterprises, most of them of the service sector, such as cosmetics, restaurants, … in 2004 and now fulfils all the tasks of an apex organization, including accrediting microfinance institutions …
… from lead entrepreneurs who have personal experience of the growth journey on which the participants are embarking. Funded by the ESF, the Irish Department of Justice and Equality and Enterprise Ireland, it has been … explore a series of questions related to growth and work through a series of agendas. In this way, the lead …
… one. It was launched in 2004 and uses a combination of methods – training, advice, peer support and networking – … 90 hours spread over six weeks, and is accredited. Groups of 20 participants learn basic management, planning, … IT and networking skills through a combination of training, advice and mentoring. Participants in the …
… the Women’s Enterprise Agency (Naisyrittäjyyskeskus), one of the 32 Enterprise Agencies which form the Finnish … been established within the 2007–2013 programming period of the European Social Fund (ESF) and is coordinated by the … organised at weekends, which enabled those who were at work during the week to take part. As for the chosen training …
… implemented in Ireland between 2011 and 2013 by a network of five chambers of commerce co-ordinated by Galway Chamber of Commerce with … 600 business support organisations in 50 countries. They work in partnership to provide Irish small and medium-sized …
… brief The Cyprus Women's Cooperative Bank Ltd. (WCB), one of the first co-operative banks created by women in the … easy access to finance. The bank combines the operations of a financial institution and a co-operative and specialises in small loans of up to €100,000 to SMEs. It offers flexible repayment …
… in which the private investment covers at least the 50% of the total. It has operated since 2008 under the aegis of Capital for Enterprise (CfEL), the UK government’s centre of expertise on finance measures to support SMEs. In the UK …
… loan programme initiated in response to low levels of women’s employment and entrepreneurship in Croatia. It was … and Development (HBOR) in cooperation with the Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Crafts (which provides funds for … breed stock and planting perennial crops, development of products or services, patents, licenses, copyrights, …