SheTrades Commonwealth Programme
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Description
The SheTrades Commonwealth project aims to increase the participation of women-owned businesses in trade in order to increase economic growth and job creation in Commonwealth countries. With interventions at the beneficiary-, firm-, institutional-, national- and inter-national level, it will: (i) address policy change at the national level, making trade-related policies gender responsive; (ii) facilitate new/better linkages with buyers and investors internationally; connecting women to opportunities and facilitating gender sensitive business practice; (iii) support BSOs and the private sector to strengthen the business environment for women owned businesses; (iv) support BSOs to target women owned business directly to improve capacity; combining face to face training with coaching, mentoring and exposure to buyers.
Location
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Status Completion
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Programme Spend
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Participating Organisation(s)
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- Bangladesh Association of Software & Information Services, Bangladesh
- European Centre for Ecological and Agricultural Tourism (ECEAT) and Travelife for tour operators, Netherlands
- Exim Bank of Ghana, Ghana
- Ghana Export Promotion Authority, Ghana
- International Trade Centre (ITC)
- National Bureau of Small Scale Industries (NBSSI), Ghana
- Nigerian Export Promotion Council, Nigeria
- Sucafina S.A., Switzerland
Sectors
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Budget
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