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Women, Enterprise, Employment in Local Development (WEED)
 
Aims and Objectives
The WEED project is a thematic network of nine committed local authorities which aims to capitalize knowledge and practice around the participation of women on the labour market and entrepreneurship development. It is based on the premise that local government can play an important role in transforming positively their social and knowledge based asset linked to the women participation into the local economic life.
The overall goal of the project will be to assist the nine partner cities to improve practice in relation to women, employment, entrepreneurship and new economy and to develop multi -stakeholder Local Action Plans which are linked to good practice project proposals for possible funding from ERDF, ESF or other EU or National sources of funding.
A mapping exercise which was carried out by partners at the beginning of the project identified three common areas of interest and priorities for work:
- Improving women's work : the conciliation of work and family life, support to social enterprises as a source of employment and improving women's position in the private and NGO sectors.
- Promoting/supporting entrepreneurial activities: analysis of female and male entrepreneurs to guidelines for female entrepreneurs, increasing motivation and reduce risk aversion amongst women to encouraging local economic possibilities, effective municipal support programmes for female entrepreneurs.
- Promoting/ supporting women in use of new technology and position in science and knowledge : education to employment in applied science and technology or entrepreneurial activity in knowledge economy, increasing educated women's involvement in entrepreneurial activity and SMEs and increase uptake of technology by women in rural areas.
Partnership
Lead Partner: Celje, Slovenia
Contact person: Suzi Kvas
Email address:
Website: www.moc.celje.si
Partner: Alzira, Spain
Contact person: Jose Manuel Gonzalez
Email address:
Website: www.alzira.es
Partner: Amiens, France
Contact person: Marie Boulanger
Email address:
Website: www.amiens.fr
Partner: Crotone, Italy
Partner: Enna, Italy
Contact person: Aurelio Dugoni
Email address:
Website: www.euroconsultsicilia.eu
Partner: Karvina, Czech Republic
Contact person: Sarka Kubicova
Email address:
Website: www.karvina.cz
Partner: Medway, United Kingdom
Contact person: Janice Sandwell
Email address:
Partner: Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Contact person: Piñeiro Lameiro, Fernando
Email address:
Website: www.santiagodecompostela.org
Partner: Umeå, Sweden
Contact person: Helene Brewer
Email address:
Website: www.umea.se
Local Support Groups (LSG)
The network will establish a Local Support Group in each partner city. These will be multi-level; cross-sectoral; and multi-disciplinary and will consist of 9-12 people actively connected to the themes plus a wider local network. The LSG's are the "drivers" of the project and will seek to maximise the "local" impact of the transnational exchange and to ensure that the lessons learnt lead to change at a local level. Each LSG will produce a Local Action Plan which will be linked, wherever possible, to specific project proposal to secure ERDF/ESF or other EU or National Funds.
Key products
For more detailed information on this project please go to the URBACT website
Contact details
Lead partner: Suzi Kvas,
Stanetova 4
3000 Celje
Slovenia
E-mail:
Tel: + 386 3 49 24 042
Fax. +386 3 49 24 043
Luden(QeC-ERAN): Haroon Saad
Email:
Lead expert: Professor Gill Scott
Social Inclusion and Equality Department
Glasgow University
E-mail:
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