Empowering Women: Digitalisation and Export Acceleration
In the face of ongoing war-related challenges, Ukrainian businesses, particularly those led by women, are showcasing incredible resilience. Garage48, the Estonian Association of Business and Professional Women, and the Ukrainian NGO Divergent Woman have joined more than 14 years of experience in empowering female entrepreneurs, startup communities and leadership, and invite female founders in Ukraine to bring their businesses into the digital and international markets
Key Information About the Project
- When?4 October 2024 - 25 March 2025
- Where?Online in Ukraine
- What to Expect?The Empowering Women: Digitalisation and Export Acceleration program is designed to support women-led small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) at the beginning of their journey toward digitalisation and export.
The program offers cutting-edge practices, mentorship experience from the startup and innovation technology sectors, and a group coaching methodology for personal development.
All program mentors are experienced professionals — both Ukrainian and international entrepreneurs and experts with in-depth knowledge of the European market.
The project includes two six-month mentorship programs, featuring an intensive business model development track and an acceleration program, both accompanied by development circles. - WHO CAN APPLY?We are welcoming women entrepreneurs operating in the Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Kirovohrad, Chernivtsi, and Vinnytsia regions of Ukraine from various business fields, who wish to digitalise their operations and expand their businesses internationally
- PRIZES15 female-led businesses can benefit from business digitalisation services of up to 2000 EUR
NB!
The programme's main working language is English
PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
The programme consists of three interrelated stages
1
Empowering Women hackathon
October 4-18, 2024
October 4-18, 2024
Shape your digitalisation and export vision into a tangible action plan in an online extended Garage48 hackathon, with hands-on mentoring and workshops
2
Development Circles
October 4, 2024 – March 25, 2025
October 4, 2024 – March 25, 2025
Drive personal growth through a group coaching approach and build a lasting female support community amongst your peers
3
Empowering Women acceleration
November 6, 2024 – March 25, 2025
November 6, 2024 – March 25, 2025
Top 15 female founders from the hackathon can proceed to implement their plans and benefit from 2000€ worth of digitalisation services in a tailor-made acceleration programme including needs-based mentoring and workshops, peer-to-peer learning, network development and a mini-hackathon for building an e-shop
4
Empowering Women Demoday & Conference
March 25th on-site in Poltava, Ukraine
March 25th on-site in Poltava, Ukraine
TIMELINE
22 September 2024
22 September 2024
Application deadline
4-18 October 2024
4-18 October 2024
Empowering Women hackathon
4 October 2024 - 25 March 2025
4 October 2024 - 25 March 2025
Development Circles
6 November 2024 - 25 March 2025
6 November 2024 - 25 March 2025
Empowering Women acceleration
25 March 2025
25 March 2025
Empowering Women Demoday & Conference
If you have any questions, please contact us at kseniia@garage48.org
Project News
Project Team
- Kadri TisveltProject Coordinator, Garage48
- Ksenia KarpenkovaProject Manager, Garage48
- Yuliia TsybulskaProject Coordinator, NGO «Divergent Woman»
- Olha LiskonohProject Manager, NGO «Divergent Woman»
- Iryna KuznietsovaProject Manager, NGO «Divergent Woman»
- Kateryna KolotaiMarketing and Communications Manager, NGO «Divergent Woman»
- Ester EomoisProject Coordinator, Estonian Association of Business and Professional Women
- Signe VessoCoaching Expert, Estonian Association of Business and Professional Women
Partners of the project
The project is funded by the Estonian Centre for International Development (ESTDEV)
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womandivergent@gmail.com
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