Registration for this free 15-seat course can be held at the Popular University before 20 February.
The project is funded by the Women's Institute of the Secretariat of State for Social Services and Equality of the Government of Spain.
The Councilor for Culture and the Councilor for Employment and Equality of the City of Lorca, Agustín Llamas and Eulalia Ibarra, have presented a new free program to support the incorporation of women into the labor market and self-employment subsidized by the Institute of Women Of the Secretariat of State for Social Services and Equality of the Government of Spain and co-financed by the European Social Fund through the Operational Program for Social Inclusion and Social Economy 2014.
Llamas has reported that "this initiative is part of the SARA program, promoted through the Spanish Federation of Popular Universities, and seeks to motivate and accompany women over 45 in their social and work participation. And until February 20 we opened the term in the Popular University of Lorca for the registration of those women of that age who wish to participate, taking priority for the 15 places that are offered those who have low educational level, problems of self-esteem or other factors Psychosocial and family discrimination that may lead them to a situation of social and labor exclusion, as well as those who see in the implementation of their own company a way of joining the labor market.
In this sense, Ibarra added that in this sense "for example, it will facilitate the participation of users of the Center for Victim Response to Gender Violence in this training action, which will drive the entrepreneurial desire with the aim of creating Microenterprises, so that the participants will be given the knowledge and resources necessary to facilitate the execution of their business idea. "
The mayor of Culture explained that "this training process, which will start on 22 February and end on 26 May, is subsidized with € 16,000, and includes as a novelty a practical part of visiting Networking forums, which will involve knowing The incubators of companies, meetings with entrepreneurs for the knowledge of different business opportunities and creating a good network of contacts to make themselves known.
For her part, the Councilor for Equality and Employment has stressed that "in addition, within 240 hours of this program, tutorials will be conducted at individual and group level and a counseling service, will be taught to make a business plan And basic computer skills, including the management of social networks. "
Eulalia Ibarra recalled that "this is the second consecutive year that Lorca participates in this type of national programs, having benefited last year from the training project for receptionists and customer service that made 22 women, 9 of whom are working and 7 Now study higher administrative modules ".
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca