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Title:

Making Trade Work for Women in Africa

Agreement Number:

7409479 P005868001

Agreement Value:

$2,000,000.00

Agreement Date:

Aug 29, 2019 - Aug 31, 2024

Description:

The project aims to improve the economic empowerment of women entrepreneurs working in the areas of apparel, textile, fashion accessories and home décor in Lesotho, Uganda, Madagascar and Ethiopia. The project works to provide training and technical assistance so women-led enterprises can increase their exports to Canada and other foreign markets. The project also aims to assist local trade support institutions (TSIs) to provide gender responsive market access services, and ensure women-owned enterprises are accessing those services and implementing export plans for Canadian and other foreign markets. Project activities include: (1) providing training and technical assistance on market access services to women-led enterprises; (2) providing training and technical assistance to local TSIs on sustainable business plans, which include new revenue generating services and funding opportunities from local and international funders; and (3) providing training and technical assistance to women-led enterprises to increase their access to the financial and human resources necessary to implement their export plans. The project aims to directly benefit 240 women-owned/led small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that work to access gender responsive market services to access Canadian and other foreign markets, and 60 local TSI staff to receive training and technical assistance on self-sustaining governance structures that promote women leadership and gender responsive market access services to women led/owned SMEs in the targeted countries.

Organization:

Global Affairs Canada

Expected Results:

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) local TSIs providing gender responsive market access services to women led/owned SMEs in target countries; and (2) women-owned/led SMEs implement export plans for Canadian and other foreign markets.

Location:

Ottawa, Ontario, CA K1P 6E2

Reference Number:

064-2020-2021-Q3-00342

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Type:

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Additional Information:

Belated reporting that should have been included in the 2019-2020 2nd Quarter report.

Recipient's Legal Name:

TFO Canada

Federal Riding Name:

Ottawa Centre

Federal Riding Number:

35075

Program:

International Development Assistance Program

Program Purpose:

The main purpose on the International Development Assistance Program is to reduce poverty for those living in countries where Global Affairs Canada engages in international development.