We consider women’s entrepreneurship development to be an important channel to women’s economic empowerment and a pillar on the road to sustainable development.
Through setting up their own businesses, women can transform their opportunity to gain economic independence, overcome poverty, and improve their well-being. Through this process women can also become drivers of change and take a long-term perspective accounting for the consequences of our actions for our children, and their children and grand children in order to secure a better future.
This award recognises and acknowledges organisations that have strategies in place to allow for future empowerment of women owned or managed businesses or that have successfully used enterprise development as a mechanism to empower women owned and managed businesses.
It also includes organisations that source products and services from previously under-used women-owned suppliers, resulting in a number of growth-orientated women entrepreneurs that are able to service various corporates.
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| Aspects Adjudicated Upon | Weighting | What Information Needs to be Furnished | Criteria being applied in measurement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design and Innovation | 30 | Detailed Overview of the Programme | Design, Innovation, detail and planning of the programme |
| Management | 10 | How the programme is/was managed | People involved / Frequency of meetings / Monitoring of implementation / Systems Utilised |
| Communication | 10 | How the programme was communicated | To Whom / Medium / Frequency / Format |
| Return on Investment / Business (Economic) Impact | 40 | Impact of the programme | Contribution to sustainability / profitability/ROI |
| Gender Targets (Broad Base) | 10 | Who the beneficiaries were | Number of women/percentage of staff/targets achieved |