Women’s Business Support Centers

WBS Centers in Ukraine

In partnership with six Ukrainian women's NGOs WEE has established Women's Business Support Centers (WBSCs) in Donetsk, Kharkiv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Mykolayiv, Chernihiv, and in Crimea. The WBSCs offer three-month business-training courses for women. Each WBSC hosts a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer with extensive experience in the business sector, who provides consultations on operations in small and medium business. The WEE project also provides financial and technical support to affiliated Credit Unions, which make loans available to promising WBSC graduates. As of July 1, 2004, a total of 7,013 women had graduated from the WBSCs; 696 of these women had started or diversified businesses, creating 1,872 jobs; and another 471 women had located employment after graduation.

Some women-owned businesses have already experienced success.
  Ivano-Frankivsk WBSC Kharkiv WBSC Donetsk WBSC Mykolayiv WBSC Simferopol WBSC Chernihiv WBSC WI - Kyiv Office

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WBS Centers: Chernihiv | Donetsk | Ivano-Frankivsk | Kharkiv | Mykolayiv | Simferopol

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