"Empowering women and girls through entrepreneurship" is approaching

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund project "Empowering Women and Girls Through Entrepreneurship" will kick off its first out of four weekend-long entrepreneurship trainings this Saturday, the US Embassy website reported Friday. The hands-on business bootcamps will take place over the next 2 months in Ulaanbaatar city’s Songinokhairkan and Chingeltei districts and be followed by 6 monthly mentoring meetings with MASA members and other qualified professionals. Ambitious female residents will learn from expert entrepreneurs and motivational speakers while developing real-life business skills and forging valuable professional networks. The State Department created the Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF) in 2011 to support alumni initiatives that promote shared values and innovative solutions to global challenges. The competition provides small grants to teams of past and current participants of U.S. government-sponsored exchange programs to carry out public service projects that utilize skills and knowledge they have gained through their exchange experiences. Mongolian Association of State Alumni (MASA), also known as Ambassadors for Development, is a non-profit NGO devoted for democratic social development and promoting equal opportunities in all spectrums of society. Established in September 2007, MASA is a community of more than 1,000 Mongolian alumni of U.S. government-funded scholarship and exchange programs.