WORLD UNIVERSITY SERVICE OF CANADA
$6,600,370.00 CAD
- Department
- Global Affairs Canada
- Recipient country
- Canada
- Fiscal year
- 2022-2023
- Agreement period
- March 27, 2023 – March 31, 2029
- Reference
- dfatd-maecd:064-2024-2025-Q2-00485
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 in northern Sri Lanka by strengthening the entrepreneurial ecosystem, with a focus on women and gender-responsive business services.
Category: Foreign Aid Development Primarily funds activity outside Canada
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