MEPMA to tie up with NGOs to groom women entrepreneurs in Andhra Pradesh
The meeting was organised as part of a plan to create 30,000 women entrepreneurs across 123 municipalities, towards achieving a broader goal of empowering 1,00,000 women entrepreneurs in the State.
The MEPMA is collaborating with several organisations to achieve the goal. The focus of Friday's meeting was to identify organisations with foreign funding, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives and successful programmes in women's empowerment, business development and livelihood enhancement.
Representatives of 60 NGOs and corporate entities from across the State attended the workshop, where objectives, operational scope and potential for collaborations were discussed. An action plan was drawn to guide the future partnerships.
The MEPMA officials assessed the interest of the participants at the district or State level and evaluated their resources, manpower and financial capabilities.
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