N25.010-Women’s Entrepreneurship Programme

Title: N25.010 – Women’s Entrepreneurship Programme

Author: Anna Sabrina Wollmann

Company/Organisation name: UNITAR

Short biography:

Established in 1965, UNITAR is an autonomous institution within the United Nations system with a mission to deliver innovative training and conduct research on knowledge systems to develop the capacities of its beneficiaries. As the training arm of the UN, its mission is to develop capacities to enhance global decision-making and to support country level action for shaping a better future.

Short project summary
The proposed capacity building initiative jointly proposed by UNITAR seeks to empower women to be economically self-reliant. The envisioned programme will thus have a three-pronged approach: Component 1: Personal Coaching for women to enhance their personal leadership skills; Component 2: Targeted upskilling and re-skilling workshops for women; Component 3: Creation of a supportive network among participants.

Main Aim of the proposed project
The overall aim of the envisioned capacity building programme for women’s entrepreneurship in is to encourage and promote women’s participation in the labour force. In line with OECD studies, strengthening the participation of women in the economy creates a spill-over and multiplying effect, leading to overall sustainable economic growth and poverty reduction. In addition to creating a space for learning especially for women the programme also seeks to raise awareness on available effective approaches to work towards eradicating gender inequality. Taking a holistic approach to address the needs of the beneficiaries and ensuring a more inclusive society, the project will seek to:
1) Enhance participants’ leadership skills and self-confidence through personal coaching;
2) Promote economic independence and entrepreneurship among women through specific upskilling and re-skilling workshops;
3) Develop a supportive network among participants.
The programme will be implemented through a mix of coaching sessions and interactive, practice focussed workshops. The coaching sessions will comprise not only group sessions during which beneficiaries can engage in peer-to-peer learning and build their professional network, but also individual sessions. These regular individual sessions will allow participants to speak to a mentor and develop their own individual action plan over the course of the programme
The thematic workshops will impart profound knowledge on matters of leadership; project management; human resources; stakeholder engagement and inclusion; psycho-social support & mental training, as well as on fundraising & marketing.

Expected results – output of the proposed project
The programme will run over the course of five years for five different cohorts (one per year). Each envisioned training component with be taught over two non-consecutive weeks through in person workshops. One of the objectives is to include a networking element, so participants of the second cohort can rely on the experiences of alumni of the first cohort to ensure peer-to-peer learning.
The expected results/outputs of the Capacity building programme for young women in are:
1) Enhanced the leadership skills and self-confidence through personal coaching of at least 100 participants;
2) Promoted the economic independence and entrepreneurship of at least 100 participants through specific upskilling and re-skilling workshops;
3) Created a supportive network among participants.

Project field of implementation
Vocational Education and Training

Project type
KA2 – Cooperation among organisations and institutions: Capacity Building projects

The end users/beneficiary:
Teachers / Trainers / Educators, Citizens with disadvantaged settings, Young people

Implementation area:
Education and Competencies Development, Social Inclusion and Equal Opportunities

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