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Project facts

Project promoter:
Spanish Federation of Business, Executive, Directive and Professional Women (FEDEPE)
Project Number:
ES04-0024
Target groups
Unemployed,
Young adults
Status:
Completed
Initial project cost:
€68,688
Final project cost:
€68,688
From EEA Grants:
€ 52,546
The project is carried out in:
Spain

Description

The project addresses the need for a user friendly network space which can serve as a platform for exchanges of ideas and activities promoting women's self-employment and entrepreneurship, as well as women's increased participation in business. The specific objective is the design and development of a management model through a technology platform, enabling entrepreneurial ideas to be transformed into real businesses. Through five training modules supplemented with personal mentoring sessions, in some cases with the participation of Norwegian experts, the project seeks to allow entrepreneurial ideas to grow into actual entrepreneurship. The beneficiaries are unemployed women, female entrepreneurs, young women who want to become entrepreneurs, and women who wish to develop their business and internationalize.

Summary of project results

The woman who decides to start a business needs to be advised and guided to develop the Project given its technical, financial and operational unawareness. The objective was to raise awareness, inform, advise and guide the entrepreneurs on the challenges that have to overcome in developing the Project. The goals set hace been met in full. The impact has been that the entrepreneur´s preparation to face the development of the Project has improved, and the result is that the preparation of the women to develop has improved, and it turn, it has facilitated for the company´s sustainable growth, reducing uncertainly and ignorance on important issues to be handled. Which outputs were delivered?Applied training has improved, network has been developed, new sources of funding and information have been accessed, and new business skills have been developed. How were the beneficiaries involved?it has been very diverse, women with great deal of dedication and efforts whose results have been very good and others with Little dedication and delay in the work to be done. What was the main benefit?The women have learned that it´s important when starting a business to know where you can go to address their concerns and problems, and meet other woman and professionals in similar situations that can be of help

Summary of bilateral results