Empowering Women as Promoters of the Sub-Saharan Social Economy
Context
For many women and young people, entrepreneurship is the way out. Indeed, when faced with greater difficulties in accessing the job market and few professional opportunities, sub-Saharan women and young women often choose to become entrepreneurs as a way of ensuring their subsistence.
Goals
This objective aims to increase the importance of education for social entrepreneurship, aligning with the 2030 Agenda. It aims to boost economic growth and decent employment, while respecting the environment and promoting sustainable development.
This objective seeks to establish universities as centers for social entrepreneurship, especially for women, in Portuguese-speaking sub-Saharan countries. This will be facilitated by the creation of an online space for collaboration, exchange of experiences, debate of challenges and solutions related to the social innovation ecosystem.
This objective focuses on empowering university professors with innovative strategies and updating knowledge to train, advise and support young women who wish to explore eco-inclusive social entrepreneurship opportunities.
Empowering young women in sub-Saharan countries official Portuguese language, providing them with a comprehensive set of interpersonal, management and collaboration skills. This will allow them to create, manage and expand social enterprises that promote environmental sustainability and the inclusive development of their communities
Expected impact:
Expected Impact of Objective 1
Expected Impact of Objective 2
Expected Impact of Objective 3
Expected Impact of Objective 4
Expected Impact of Objective 1
- Access to references for promoting entrepreneurship at European level and skills for eco-inclusive social entrepreneurship.
- Development of new strategies to promote social and female entrepreneurship.
- Reinforcement of theoretical knowledge and practical experience to train, advise and support young entrepreneurs.
- Professional development and opportunities for retraining/specialization of teachers, researchers and technicians.
- Improvement of contact and collaboration networks at regional and international level.
Expected Impact of Objective 2
- Offering new opportunities for the development and practical application of social entrepreneurship skills.
- Intensification of actions to help shape the entrepreneurial vision.
- Strengthening the transfer of practices, experiences, knowledge and innovation processes for the benefit of local communities.
- Consolidation of Universities as centers that promote entrepreneurship (social and female).
- Promotion of social entrepreneurship as a career for students and graduates.
- Increased collaboration with entities in the social economy and entrepreneurship ecosystem.
- Strengthening education for social entrepreneurship and improving structural conditions for social and female entrepreneurship.
Expected Impact of Objective 3
- Access to references for promoting entrepreneurship at European level and skills for eco-inclusive social entrepreneurship.
- Development of new strategies to promote social and female entrepreneurship.
- Reinforcement of theoretical knowledge and practical experience to train, advise and support young entrepreneurs.
- Updating knowledge related to social entrepreneurship and the social innovation ecosystem.
- Professional development and opportunities for retraining/specialization of teachers, researchers and technicians.
- Improvement of contact and collaboration networks at regional and international level.
Expected Impact of Objective 4
- Fostering entrepreneurial mentality and intention.
- Increased ability to identify social entrepreneurship opportunities.
- Reinforcement of skills such as self-confidence, initiative, problem solving, motivation and collaborative work.
- Development of creativity, innovation, critical spirit, self-regulation, adaptability and flexibility.
- Deepening the ability to mobilize resources, deal with risks, plan and manage projects.
- Improving digital literacy, digital collaboration and internet etiquette skills.
- Acquisition of new knowledge and ability to decide and act in a responsible manner and with environmental integrity.
- Increased ability to identify, evaluate and explore opportunities to create social value.
- Strengthening economic and financial literacy and skills to select sustainable business models.
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