Grants and Contributions:
Title:
Promoting resilience, opportunities, and sustainability through partnerships for empowerment
Agreement Number:
7465887 P013909001
Agreement Value:
$15,000,000.00
Agreement Date:
Mar 4, 2025 - Mar 31, 2030
Description:
This project aims to enhance economic empowerment and increase prosperity for low-income women and youth, particularly female youth, in the West Bank. The project seeks to achieve this by adopting a gender transformative approach to recognise, formalise, and amplify women and youth's existing roles in the agricultural and renewable energy sectors. Project activities include: (1) conducting policy advocacy initiatives to address policy barriers to women and youth's entrepreneurship; (2) providing entrepreneurship and business management training opportunities for women and youth; (3) assisting established MSMEs in expending their operations, accessing markets and adopting green business models; and (4) empowering renewable energy and energy efficiency engineers by providing career advancement opportunities and preparing them for leadership roles.
Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Expected Results:
The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) increased access to a supportive environment and opportunities for women and youth-led MSMEs; and (2) increased economic participation of women and youth in the agrobusiness and renewable energy sectors.
Location:
OTTAWA, Ontario, CA K1N 5M5
Reference Number:
064-2024-2025-Q4-A0024
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Business Number:
3213101182509
Recipient Type:
For-profit organization
Additional Information:
Belated reporting.
Recipient's Legal Name:
Cowater International Inc.
Federal Riding Name:
Ottawa--Vanier
Federal Riding Number:
35078
Program:
Contributions - Bilateral Programming
Program Purpose:
Contribution Programmation bilatérale