Women at Work Project
Empower unemployed rural women in partner countries
The Project
Project aim
Aim of the project – create and test methodology for facilitating learning activities within communities of Practice (COP) Community of Practice online learning platform would be based on social network of Facebook and integrated with related audio-visual platforms like YouTube, LinkedIn. Existing social media and information exchange platforms provides myriad opportunities for learning, however, must be used wisely in order to deliver information in more structured way for elderly learners – suitable for search, classify, check, and use of information for practical purposes. Especially this approach is relevant for persons, who are outside formal learning process – particularly for adults. Project will target individual, organizational and sectoral learning – it will empower adult learners to use communities of practice for educational purposes; Non-formal education organizations will be able to provide online facilitation in COPs. Adult education sector will be enriched with innovative network-based learning opportunities.
Project partners
Italienische Handelskammer München-
Stuttgart Camera di Commercio Italo-
Tedesca Italy
I DIRITTI CIVILI NEL 2000 –
SALVABEBE’/
SALVAMAMME, Italy
Dramblys, Spain
GIP FORMATION ET
INSERTION
PROFESSINNELLE DE L
ACADEMIE DE NICE, FRANCE
ENOROS CONSULTING
LIMITED, Cyprus
RightNow, Iceland
ProQvi internationell förening
för kvinnor och ungdomar, Sweden
Project period
Agreement number – 2019-1-e02-KA204-006188
Project period from September 2019 to end of august 2021
About
W@W project consists in extending and developing the competences of long-term unemployed women without proper education, living in marginalized rural areas in order to assist them in the longrun, to access the labor market and further exploit their hobbies.
The project is grounded on EU 2020 Strategy with specific measures responds to learning needs of women living in rural areas which are considerable uncapped human potential that are sorely needed to boost economic growth and create new jobs required in today’s difficult economic climate.
Results
This was done via following outcomes:
he W@W project was developed to support unemployed and low-qualified women in rural areas who were interested in creating and selling traditional handmade products.
The project brought together seven partners from seven countries to promote entrepreneurship, self-employment, gender equality, and women’s economic participation.
Key project outputs included:
- An Entrepreneurial Mindset Capacity Building Course
- The W@W One-Stop Portal
- Success Story Videos
- A Self-Assessment Tool for Entrepreneurial Potential
Four transnational partner meetings supported the planning, implementation, and evaluation of the project. Project results, resources, and information were made available through the W@W Portal.
More than 2,500 people benefited directly or indirectly from the project activities.
The project achieved several important outcomes:
- Development of high-quality training resources for women entrepreneurs
- Improved employability and entrepreneurial skills
- Increased opportunities for women’s economic participation
- Stronger connections between traditional culture and entrepreneurship
- Greater awareness and use of e-commerce for micro-businesses
Overall, the W@W project had a significant positive impact on unemployed and low-qualified women across the partner countries.
Project idea:
The project has emphasis on following groups to benefit from its work:
The project placed a strong emphasis on ensuring that the following groups benefited from its work:
- Unemployed, low-qualified, and low-skilled women living in rural areas who were interested in further developing their talents in the production of traditional handmade products were provided with opportunities to acquire the competences needed to start their own small-scale businesses. This was achieved through the design, development, and piloting of a Capacity Building course.
For all participants, the primary focus during the selection process was the relevance of their involvement to the project activities, particularly the pilot testing. Individuals with an interest in learning, sharing knowledge, participating in project activities, or staying informed about project developments were actively engaged. Particular importance was placed on the involvement of the partners’ networks and associated partners, which had direct links to the target groups. Using criteria such as limited entrepreneurial knowledge, labour market background, availability, language proficiency, and ICT skills, each partner selected individuals to participate in the various project activities.
