Caribbean “Ethnic Woman” opens call at Cesar

El Cesar is among the departments that may be benefited through the Caribbean Ethnic Woman program, led by Fondo Mujer Emprende and iNNpulsa Colombia, which seeks to support 34 businesses and/or ventures owned and led by Ethnic women to strengthen their autonomy and empowerment. economic.

Those businesses located in San Andrés and Providencia, Guajira, Bolívar, Magdalena, Atlántico, Sucre, Córdoba may also participate; and who also belong to the recognized ethnic groups: Indigenous, Afro-Colombian (includes Afro-descendants, blacks, mulattoes, palenqueros of San Basilio), Raizales of the San Andrés and Providencia archipelago, and Rom or Gypsy.

María Fernanda Reyes, director of the Mujer Emprende Fund, “this initiative is part of the entity’s great objective of guaranteeing and providing opportunities that allow the strengthening of the economic autonomy of women entrepreneurs, in addition to supporting those businesses with the capacity to add social value. , environmental and/or economic in their regions.”

For his part, Hernán Ceballos Gacharná, general manager of iNNpulsa Colombia, pointed out that “bringing economic and social justice to the country’s territories is one of the purposes of the Government of Change. In this sense, at iNNpulsa Colombia we are pleased to announce the Ethnic Woman call, a support route that includes diagnosis, technical assistance in financial, administrative and commercial issues, among other benefits, so that 34 women can make their deep-rooted businesses more productive. in the customs of their ethnic groups.”

HOW TO TAKE PART?

Businesses and/or formal or non-formal enterprises that wish to participate in this initiative must be made up of at least five (5) ethnic women. The businesses may be linked to the recovery and/or strengthening of their ancestral traditions and cultural worldviews; and also, all those who are part of the agroindustrial, agricultural, and forestry sectors.

The ventures linked to this program will receive a comprehensive specialized diagnosis and a tailored operating plan, knowledge transfer, market connection actions and delivery of productive capital of up to $70 million pesos per business, according to the specific needs of each business.

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