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Are you a woman with a vision? Do you want to contribute to sustainable change? Apply to She Entrepreneurs, a new program by the Swedish Institute, and become part of a unique network of women social entrepreneurs. She Entrepreneurs aims to offer inspiration and knowledge as well as build partnerships between Sweden and the countries involved in new innovative social entrepreneurship ventures.
We are looking for visionary women who have the skills to create, organize and run innovative social projects, aiming at improving the state of society.
With She Entrepreneurs the SI aims to lay a foundation for dialogue, mutual understanding and knowledge sharing among young women social entrepreneurs from the Middle East, North Africa and Sweden.
What is She Entrepreneurs?
She Entrepreneurs is a new program by the Swedish Institute which addresses young women social entrepreneurs in selected countries in the Middle East and North Africa: Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Morocco, West Bank-Gaza, Yemen and Iran. The Swedish Institute aims to give the participants innovative tools for sustainable change while seeking to create a network of women change makers in the region. Focused on driven young women, She Entrepreneurs will offer inspiration and knowledge as well as build networks between Sweden and the countries involved.
During five days in Stockholm, the participants will present their project plans for My Idea. This will be a social project brought by each participant to the program, which will then be developed during the course of the program. Equipped with new social media tools, the participants will present the next step in their different projects at the end of the Stockholm week. The goal is to implement the project locally after the program.
During the program, the participants will be matched with Swedish women. These mentors work actively as social entrepreneurs or entrepreneurs. The mentorship will provide inspiration for the continuous work with each participant’s My Idea project for one year. She Entrepreneurs will also enable the creation of new, strong networks. A mentorship start-up meeting will take place during the Stockholm week. The following mentorship meetings will be held using digital and social media platforms, such as Skype and Ning.
The participants will meet Swedish organizations and inspirational people working as social entrepreneurs or entrepreneurs. The whole participant group will be involved in intense and inspirational work, as well as knowledge sharing within the group and with external parties.
What is a social entrepreneur?
"A social entrepreneur is a person who identifies a social problem/need and uses innovative and entrepreneurial skills and principles to create, organize, and run activities with the purpose of being part of the solution to the social problem/need. While traditional entrepreneurs only measure the results in terms of economic profit for the company itself, social entrepreneurs also put strong focus on measuring their results in relation to the effects on society as a whole"
How does it work?
She Entrepreneurs is designed to provide the tools needed to start or develop a social project for sustainable change in the participant's country or region during and after the program. The participant will become part of an exclusive network that will boost creativity and support her personal and professional development.
And then what?
After six months the group will meet for a two-day follow-up. A status report for each social project will be presented.
Accommodation, food and travel
All costs related to accommodation, food and transport during She Entrepreneurs are covered by the Swedish Institute. The Swedish Institute will also arrange and pay for your air travel to and from Sweden, but participants are themselves responsible for costs related to transport within their own countries.
During the program in Stockholm, the Swedish Institute covers your food expenses as well as the costs of all arranged activities.
Insurance
During the program in Sweden all participants will be insured against acute illness and accident through the Swedish State Group Insurance and personal insurance by the Swedish Legal, Financial and Administrative Service Agency (Kammarkollegiet)
Visa
Selected participants are responsible for obtaining their visas in good time before departure to Sweden and other relevant countries.
The program will be held in English and proficient command of English, written and spoken, is therefore a requirement.
The Swedish Institute is cooperating with:
Novare Accelerate- Developing Young Professionals
Novare Accelerate is a consultancy company delivering innovative and business driven developing programs for Young Professionals. Novare is a part of Investor AB group in Sweden with an extensive global business network.
Novare Accelerate delivers external development programs such as Mentorships Programs for future leaders, Business Skills Programs, Global Emerging Talent Programs within companies and innovative Business Camps where talents from different organizations work with innovative cases to present new solutions on other organizations business opportunities.
Springtime
Springtime is a public relations and communications firm. They provide counseling and hands-on assistance to clients, helping them seize opportunities, resolve issues and develop their business. Springtime believes in personal influence as a key to success in communication.
Springtime was named Sweden's best PR firm in 2002, 2004 and 2006 in Regi' (the leading enterprise in the implementation of conceptual studies and analysis) annual client survey.
Read more about Sprintime here
http://www.si.se/sheentrepreneurs
