Belcorp Foundation and the Microenterprise Advisory Center launched the female leadership program; with the initiative to benefit 480 entrepreneurial women from Piura. This training program was focused on strengthening the skills of women in the region in three axes: personal, economic development and family relationships.

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Fabiola Alcas: fabiola.alcas@udep.edu.pe

Partners: UNDP, NGO Plan International, NGO CARE, NGO Piura en Acción and Comuna.

The objective is to develop programs that contribute to solving the decrease in productivity detected in Latin American MSMEs.

The following are involved in the development of the project that began in 2016: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Scale Latam and Micro and small companies from the Piura Region, which study the processes, good practices and decision making of a group of micro and small companies. Piura companies.

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Brenda Silupú: brenda.silupu@udep.edu.pe

Partner: MIT

The Program supports the creation of women-led STEM ventures and facilitates their development and growth, productivity, financing, and job creation to strengthen the regional economy.

More information:

Eva Preciado: andva.preciado.a@hub.udep.pe

Partner: https://wiselatinamerica.com/