Are you a woman-owned business in need of support? Apply for Promoting Women’s Economic Empowerment.
The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) invites women applicants for the “Promoting Women’s Economic Empowerment” project, part of the Ministry’s Special Initiative “Decent Work for a Just Transition”, implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft fir Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). The project aims to empower women in the private sector by empowering women-owned businesses, creating new jobs for women and improving their working conditions.
The project will offer women-owned businesses partnerships through “Integrated Development Partnerships with the Private Sector (iDDPs). GIZ will support eligible project ideas with in-kind contributions such as access to national and international experts, capacity-building support, and small-scale equipment/material purchases. The partner company is expected to match -in-kind or in cash – the value of resources invested into the project.
Interested applicants must fulfil the following:
- Company is majority-owned by a woman/women (at least 51%).
- Company must be profit-oriented and not engaged in business practices that are unsustainable or harmful to development outcomes.
- Company is privately owned and must be legally registered in Rwanda for at least two years.
- Preference will be given to labour-intensive sectors that can create more new jobs.
- Company must have sufficient financial and human resources to co-implement the project idea with GIZ with an annual revenue of at least 20,000 Euros in 2023.
Applicants should email an expression of interest in English to rwanda@invest-for-jobs.com by September 6, 2024. The subject line should be labelled “Expression of Interest for Partnerships with Women-Owned Companies”. The expression of interest must be in a concept note format.