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Government Programmes in
Ukraine - Entrepreneurship
Woman and Economic Development Competition
The goal of the competition is to broaden economic opportunities for women
by strengthening entrepreneurs’ associations that defend the interests
of woman entrepreneurs, as well as through support for women’s NGOs working
in the economics area.
Competition activities include:
a. Providing training and consultation programs in support of small and medium
business in the regions (projects that involve employment of participants are
given preference); and,
b. Social partnership with state and civic bodies to support women in small
and medium business.
The Sophia Program
The programme “Promoting Women’s Entrepreneurship Development” is
administered by the Ukrainian Socio-educational Women’s Centre, Sprangbradan
(Sweden), the International Institute Woman & Management (Russia), It has
the financial support of TACIS Fund, Sweden International Development Agency
(SIDA) and UNDP Gender in Development Programme.
The overall objective of the project is to strengthen women’s position
on the labour market in Ukraine and to influence society so that women’s
competence will be seen and appreciated. In addition, the overall objective is
to support women entrepreneurs, women small business owners and women employees
within large companies so that they will be able to support themselves by their
work, develop the business in their own country and start making business with
other companies in Europe.
In the framework of the programme it is planned to create a centre in Kiev, where
unemployed women will find new ideas and support to start their own business,
and women-entrepreneurs get consultations of experts and have an opportunity
to create their own networks for experience exchange.
It is planned to carry out seminars-workshops on the following topics: “The
Psychology of a business owner”, “ABC Business” – running
a company step-by-step, business game “Look after your Firm”, “Leading
a company”, “Techniques of Business negotiations”, “Decision
Base – How to make the “right” business decisions”, “Practical
marketing and Branding”.
Also a tour to Sweden is planned for those women, who will be the most successful
during the seminars. The group of Ukrainian women will also take part in women’s
fair in St Petersburg.
The programme will be realised by experts and consultants from Sweden, Russia
and Ukraine.
Bizpro Ukraine - Women in Business Program
The BIZPRO Project, funded by the United States Agency for International
Development (USAID), was created out of the recognised need to provide small
and medium enterprises,
or SMEs, with continued support to facilitate their growth and development
in order to improve their contribution to economic growth in Ukraine.
BIZPRO's Assistance to Women Business Development Program is targeted at fostering
women's proactiveness in getting better, stable position in business. BIZPRO
provides assistance to women business development by offering training programs
including issues of gender equity; providing equal opportunities for women-owned
businesses and women organisations to participate in all Project's activities
and programs; generating informational resources for women in business; and
supporting initiatives aimed at promoting or assisting business women.
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