World University Service of Canada
$7,000,000.00 CAD
- Department
- Global Affairs Canada
- Program
- —
- Recipient country
- Sri Lanka
- Fiscal year
- 2022-2023
- Agreement period
- March 27, 2023 – March 1, 2029
- Project status
- Implementation
- Reference
- CA-3-P010713001
Published purpose
This project helps improve economic well-being especially among women in northern Sri Lanka. It supports transformative change within Sri Lanka’s entrepreneurial ecosystem and contributes to economic empowerment, well-being, and inclusive growth. This project supports the sustainable growth of start-up, early-stage, and growth-stage enterprises for a strengthened gender-responsive entrepreneurial ecosystem. Project activities include: (1) providing gender-responsive and inclusive incubation and acceleration services to targeted entrepreneurs; (2) engaging members of the diaspora communities as coaches and investors; and (3) providing specialized training for fund managers and other stakeholders on Gender Lens investing and impact measurement.
In plain English AI-generated
This project supports economic empowerment and inclusive growth for women in northern Sri Lanka by strengthening the entrepreneurial ecosystem, providing incubation and acceleration services, engaging diaspora coaches and investors, and training fund managers on gender lens investing.
Category: Foreign Aid Development Primarily funds activity outside Canada
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