Independent entrepreneurship presents certain attractions for women.

One example is a business entrepreneurship course for Bedouin women in cooperation with the Center for Fostering Entrepreneurship and the Authority for the Advancement of the Status of Women.

(a) Entrepreneurship (including rural and women's entrepreneurship) development

Where problem areas arise in the development of entrepreneurship for women, they will receive special attention.

Women's Entrepreneurship

Strengthening entrepreneurship

The subprogramme area will promote entrepreneurship development increase access to microfinance, particularly for women and target capacity building for the economic advancement of women.

The training in service (19 ), entrepreneurship, business (19 ) and accounting (18 ) were the top three choices for women.

It had provided training courses over the previous decade for hundreds of women throughout the world, emphasizing the role of women in development and entrepreneurship.

This is the only state measure to support entrepreneurship where preference is given to projects submitted by women entrepreneurs.

In collaboration with ILO, UNHCR sought technical support for refugee women entrepreneurship and economic empowerment activities in several countries.

Specific projects undertaken so far dealt with such issues as women in development, elderly women, and rural women, as well as measures to combat female unemployment, including support for women s entrepreneurship.

The annual number of applications is estimated at 1,000, mostly regarding women's rights at work, the dismissal of pregnant women and post natal women, employment related matters, entrepreneurship, and women in key positions.

This includes promotion of women's entrepreneurship, under the guidance of a special women's entrepreneurship think tank.

Some theories for strengthening entrepreneurship

Rural and women's entrepreneurship development.

In China, a lot of the opening up of private entrepreneurship is happening because women are starting businesses, small businesses, faster than men.

It's about kids. It's about entrepreneurship.

The majority of UNIDO sponsored women entrepreneurship programmes were being implemented in Africa, with an emphasis on the food sector, textiles and leather products.

Policies concerning women can be classified in the following categories Promotion of employment and entrepreneurship. It includes programmes for new positions of work for women, aiming at obtaining working experience and promoting employment of unemployed women aged 18 65.

A main axis of the actions promoted is the enhancement of the participation of women in employment and combating women's unemployment, through programmes of placing women at work positions, reinforcing women's entrepreneurship as well as helping women to obtain work experience.

35. Expected results and success criteria. The expected results of the enterprise Africa initiative will include 20 African countries assisted in starting new entrepreneurship programmes or strengthening existing ones 5,000 entrepreneurs trained, of which at least 40 per cent will be women 150 enterprise linkages established between African SMEs and foreign companies 90 local trainers certified to implement entrepreneurship workshops 200 entrepreneurship workshops organized.

The number of men applying to the Center for Fostering Entrepreneurship in the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor is double the number of women applicants.

Majora Carter 3 stories of local eco entrepreneurship

We want to add entrepreneurship and policy skills.

Unleashing Entrepreneurship Making Business Work for the Poor.

See http europa.eu.int comm enterprise entrepreneurship green_paper green_paper_final_en.pdf.

As a related measure and to set the agenda for entrepreneurship policy, the Commission published a Green Paper Entrepreneurship in Europe in 2003.

Mr. Toru Ueno, Principal Administrator, OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs and Local Development (CFE), Small and Medium sized Enterprise (SME) and Entrepreneurship Division, OECD

But they also succeed at the job of entrepreneurship.

Programme Component E.2 Rural and Women's Entrepreneurship Development

Elements of entrepreneurship and its relationship with economic development

_______________ (2004b). Entrepreneurship and economic development the Empretec showcase. Geneva.

See http europa.eu.int comm enterprise entrepreneurship promoting_entrepreneurship doc com.

New Entrepreneurship in Post Soviet Russia, by Baldandorj Batjargal

UNIDO interventions involved treating entrepreneurship not only as a means of generating income but also of contributing to economic development and the social and financial empowerment of women.

Recognizing that the informal sector is a major source of entrepreneurship and employment for women in developing countries and that data collection on its important contribution should be improved,

Market vitality comes from people, especially from entrepreneurs, from entrepreneurship.

I want to talk about social innovation and social entrepreneurship.

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Unleashing Entrepreneurship Making Business Work for the Poor. Sales No.

The EMPRETEC programme aims at promoting entrepreneurship in developing countries.

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Box 5 New entrepreneurship in the post Soviet Russian Federation

International Symposium on Economic Development, Entrepreneurship and Gender Equality, Israel.