Entrepreneurship

What is the initiative and where is it implemented (city or country, for example)?

The technology market in Brazil is characterized by gender inequalities. {reprograma} was developed to combat this issue with the help of free programming boot camps for unemployed women with low-income backgrounds. The programme's primary goals are to empower women through gender awareness and uncover their potential through professional experiences.

Fast Track Initiative was launched in Sweden in 2015 with the aim of introducing newly arrived immigrants with qualifications and experience in certain fields to the labour market in a time span of two years, validating their professional credentials, taking Swedish language courses and participating in professional trainings, which would allow them to find employment in their area of expertise while simultaneously reducing the shortage of labour in certain spheres.

The Farmer Field Schools (FFS) initiative is a participatory approach to education that promotes hands-on learning through active engagement. Its non-formal nature involves experiential learning techniques and participatory trainings in the fields, encompassing the full cycle of growing and cropping. The main objective of the introduction of FFS as an alternative to the conventional extension approaches was to sharpen farmers’ knowledge and skills through season-long FFS training in farmers’ demand-driven technology (Bunyatta and Mureithi, n.d; FAO, 2001). The initiative was introduced in Kenya in 1996, with four FFSs opening in Kakamega District, Western Province. Since then, hundreds more have been opened, mainly in Western Province (Kakamega, Busia and Bungoma), Coast Province (Kilifi and Kwale) and Central Province (Kiambu). Initially, the programme focused on maize; however, it has developed to include other crops and livestock production.