… 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 …
… 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 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 Larnaca. At that time, some 350 business-minded women in Cyprus founded the WCB, a non-profit lending …
… (€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 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 …
… 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 …