Training Course: WomInPower

Location: Armenia, Luxembourg

Dates: 23 November – 2 December 2019

Number of participants: 30 participants

Participating countries: Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Portugal, United Kingdom

Organizer: Amities Luxembourg – Armenie a.s.b.l.

Apply here: Application form

Deadline to apply: 5 September 2019

Date of selection: 21 September 2019

Inquiries about this project: Hripsime Atoyan at wiyuarm@gmail.com

Costs: Training Course is co-funded by Erasmus+:

  • 100% accommodation, food and program materials are free, covered by the grant from Erasmus+
  • traveling costs are covered, up to the maximum expenses:
    • Travel budget for TC in  Luxembourg
      • €180 / participants from Germany, UK;
      • €275 / participants from Italy, Latvia, Portugal;
      • €360 / participants from Belarus;
      • €530 / participants from Georgia, Armenia;
    • Travel budget for seminar ir Armenia
      • €180 / participants from Georgia;
      • €275 / participants from Belarus;
      • €360 / participants from Italy, Latvia;
      • €530 / participants from Germany, UK, Luxembourg;
      • €820 / participants from Portugal.

Training Course – WomInPower

About the Project

The project is interested to promote the young women entrepreneurship by empowering youth workers from different countries with project development and implementation competences.

  • Training course “WomInPower” – 23 November – 02 December, 2019. Luxembourg, Luxembourg
  • Self-organized actions – December 2019 – April 2020
  • Evaluation meeting: “Reflection Group” – 23 – 30 July, 2020. Yerevan, Armenia

The project “WomInPower” (training course and evaluation meeting) will bring together 30 youth leaders and youth workers. Empowerment of women should be on different levels: at individual level, to support the creation of their autonomy and economic independence, and on the social level, to promote their equal access to political, social power and to the power enabling the forming of opinion. We are sure that the process of empowerment should be started by the youth workers and our project idea is to support them in this.

The project is interested to promote the young women entrepreneurship by empowering youth workers from different countries with project development and implementation competences.

Objectives of the Project

  • To promote women entrepreneurship as a tool for economic independence and gender equality;
  • To maintain the importance of initiatives for developing projects out of dreams;
  • To encourage youth workers for promotion of the idea of women entrepreneurship;
  • To equip youth educators with knowledge and skills necessary to train business planning and implementation tools.

Profile of Participants

The project is open for the women youth workers who are interested in entrepreneurship and who are ready to act as multipliers

Criteria for Selection

  • Involved or interested in women entrepreneurship and small business development;
  • Active in working with young women especially from the minority communities or other minority groups;
  • Interested in developing their competences as women rights educator with a focus on economic independence;
  • Motivated and in a position to follow-up the training course with initiatives and activities on entrepreneurship;
  • Aged above 18;
  • Motivation to participate in 100% of the length of the project;
  • Commitment for follow up and homework activities;
  • Commitment to disseminate the project results;
  • English speaking and developed communication skills.