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Tuesday we celebrated
the final day of the women entrepreneurship training program in Gaza!
In collaboration
with the Belgian Development Agency (BTC), Palestine Education for
Employment (PEFE) launched a 12 day entrepreneurship training in the context of
their Creating Employment Opportunities for Women in the West Bank and Gaza
Program.
BTC
nominated more than 100 female trainees and graduates who participated in BTC’s
Work-Based Learning programme, which strives for a better integration between
TVET and the labour market and which offers trainees the opportunity to
practice their skills in the private sector in an organised and structured way,
for the training.
The
women were specialized in a variety of fields, including urban
agriculture, cell phone maintenance, hairdressing, sewing, photography and
montage, mobile applications, graphic design and rabbit farming.
Eventually
24 underprivileged unemployed young women, with a background in Technical and
Vocational Education and Training (TVET), were selected to follow the training.
The women were between 18 and 35 years old and they came from different areas
in the Gaza Strip.
The training addressed several topics related
to entrepreneurship, including social engagement, capacity building, the
generating of business ideas, promotion of entrepreneurship and small
enterprises and the economic and social empowerment of women.
Over the course of
12 days, the 24 female participants learned how to write business plans
and defend their ideas. Yesterday, the committee chose the best projects which
will be further developed and financially supported.
The entrepreneurship training program will
provide each participant with a toolkit worth up to 300 dollars, adapted to
their business idea, the sector they’re operating in and their need for
support.
Stay tuned and follow the stories of these
talented female entrepreneurs next week during Global Entrepreneurship week.
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