POWERS: Paths for Women Empowerment, Rights and Sustainability Erasmus Project

Project Title

POWERS: Paths for Women Empowerment, Rights and Sustainability

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Capacity Building for youth in ACP countries, Latin America and Asia

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

The project aims to empower young women with entrepreneurial competences which favor their personal and professional growth, enhancing their possibility to contribute to the development of the society.The objectives of the project are in line with the objectives individuated by the Erasmus+ Programme Guide for the capacity building project in the field of youth and in particular: o foster cooperation and exchanges in the field of youth between Italy, Spain, Portugal and Senegal, four countries that even if have different experiences, have found a common need: supporting young women to acquire entrepreneurial competences.o foster the development, testing and launching of programmes of non-formal learning mobility. partners will create and test an educational programme supporting young women to acquire competences and skills to start their own initiatives within organizations they cooperate with or by themselves. The test of the programme through different steps based on the active involvement of the participants, will allow for finalizing it and to share the results online with potential stakeholders. To favor this process, partners have identified a path to create and test an educational programme based on NFE methodology, that foresees 3 main phases.In general the path is composed of:1) Preparation phase, including: a Kick off meeting and online meetings2) Implementation and follow up phase during which there will be: -First phase training course -Online training course -Job shadowing -Local activities -Evaluation meeting3) A closing phase with a final event

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 123975,48 Eur

Project Coordinator

MO.D.A.V.I. ONLUS (MOVIMENTO DELLE ASSOCIAZIONI DI VOLONTARIATO ITALIANO) & Country: IT

Project Partners

• ECOS – COOPERATIVA DE EDUCACAO, COOPERACAO E DESENVOLVIMENTO CRL
• ASSOCIAZIONE INTERNAZIONALE PER LACOOPERAZIONE E L EDUCAZIONE NEL MONDO APS
• PLATFORME DES FEMMES DE LA CASAMANCE POUR LA PAIX
• ASOCIACION JOVENES SOLIDARIOS ARENAS DE SAN PEDRO