In the recent years, women’s entrepreneurship has been identified as a useful tool for increasing women’s participation in the labor force, which in turn increases women’s empowerment, gender equality, reduces poverty and increases overall economic growth. However, in BiH, women’s entrepreneurship is still largely an underdeveloped sector. Women’s entrepreneurship therefore represents an opportunity to create new jobs and, consequently, an opportunity for people, especially women, to escape poverty and social exclusion.
Through the BiHUB program for women responsible entrepreneurship, we, together with partner organizations from BiH, empower women to enter entrepreneurship and ensure their inclusion in the labor market. For permanent systemic support to women’s entrepreneurship, we ensure the involvement of women in decision-making processes through the implementation of participatory processes and advocacy campaigns at the local level.
The programme also provides regular free training for future entrepreneurs, offer mentoring, organize networking events and transfer good practices, as well financial support to women entrepreneurs in founding companies or realizing entrepreneurial ideas. It also carries out a participatory advocacy campaign to encourage the adoption of measures in the field of women’s entrepreneurship and the integration of women into the labor market.
The two-year project is co-financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia through the Slovenia’s International Development Cooperation Program, which contributes to more balanced and equitable development and co-responsibility for eradicating poverty, reducing inequality and achieving sustainable development in partner countries such as Bosnia and Herzegovina. The project partner in Slovenia is PINA, in addition to them it is also implemented by: Center for Youth Education Travnik, JU Agency for Cultural, Historical and Natural Heritage and Development of Tourist Potentials of the City of Jajce, Livno National University and Linnovate Technology Park.
More information about the good practice is available under the following links: https://www.bihhub.org