Italy-Ethiopia deal to help women entrepreneurs join leather sector

27 Aug '21

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Italy and Ethiopia last month signed an agreement to boost the skills of women entrepreneurs to join the leather industry. The agreement, signed between ambassador of Italy to Ethiopia Arturo Luzzi and Ethiopian finance minister Yasmin Wohabrebbi, focuses on supporting women to enter or grow in the leather sector, said the embassy of Italy in Addis Ababa.

The programme, with a budget of €1 million, aims at promoting entrepreneurial development and employment opportunities for women in the leather sector, enhancing entrepreneurial skills, and strengthening market linkages and networking opportunities, it said in a statement.

The two countries also signed another deal on building labour market intermediation that supports economic transformation in Ethiopia. With a grant of €4 million, the overall objective of the project is to improve labour market outcomes for the rural population in the country by building effective public employment services, according to a report in an Ethiopian newspaper.

The project aims to establish pilot rural job centers in three regions of the country providing services to vulnerable job seekers.

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