THE DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS PROJECT, “JASMINE”, INITIATED

In the picture above, deputy of the Kadikoy mayor, Inci Bespinar (left) and the President of the Sustainable Development of the Marmara Group Foundation, Ulku Oktem, informing the participants on the Project.

 

The Jasmine Project, implemented jointly by the Marmara Group Foundation Sustainable Development Platform and the Municipality of Kadikoy, was introduced into the public in a meeting held on March 7, 2007.

The first project of the Development of Women Entrepreneurs (DWE) Program, “Community Improvement through the Development of Women Entrepreneurs”, called the “Jasmine” project, includes an educational program in the basics of business entrepreneurship, together with extended mentoring of participants who will be expected to establish their own businesses. The project will provide networking opportunities to women entrepreneurs, role models of success.

The first phase of “Jasmine”, which is expected to last four months, will start on March 10, 2007 and train 20 women.