Deadline- 1 November 2013
The Swedish Institute is seeking applications for She Entrepreneurs programme offered to young emerging women social entrepreneurs in the Middle East, North Africa and Sweden. The goal of this program is to give the participants innovative tools for sustainable change while seeking to create an active network of women change-makers.
Through the programme, participants are also offered the opportunity to meet leading social and business entrepreneurs as well as become a part of an active network of women social entrepreneurs that supports personal and professional development.
Areas of Interest-
- Knowledge building
- Project work
- Study visits and meetings with entrepreneurs
- Network
Benefits-
All costs related to accommodation, food and transport during the She Entrepreneurs Programme are covered by the Swedish Institute. The Institute will pay for air travel to and from Sweden and to the location of the second module of the programme in the MENA region.
Documents required-
- A completed She Entrepreneurs Application Form 2014 in English, including your contact details and the contact details of two reference persons.
- An updated CV in English
- A photo (not compulsory)
Eligibility & criteria-
- Applicants should have drive, ambition and interest to use social entrepreneurship to implement a social project that they have already started working on.
- Applicants are a citizen of Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Lebanon, Sweden, Syria, Tunisia, Morocco, West Bank-Gaza or Yemen.
- Their social project should be based and implemented in their country of citizenship or in one of the countries of the She Entrepreneurs Programme listed above.
- Applicants are between 20 and 32 years old.
- Applicants should have a good working knowledge of both written and spoken English.
- Applicants should have basic knowledge of the internet and social media such as Facebook and Twitter.
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