Project Name: Gender Advisory Services: Central Asia Women in Business Programme – Policy Coordination

Country of Implementation: Uzbekistan, Mongolia, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan

Donor Agency: EBRD

Duration: 36 months

Implementation Period: March 2020 – January 2023

Role of BK Plus Europe: Sole Contractor

Objective: “The Programme will contribute to women’s empowerment by increasing their economic opportunities at the same time as creating systemic shifts in how the financial sector serves women entrepreneurs. The Programme takes a holistic approach to tackle demand-side, supply-side, and to create an enabling environment, thereby sparking systemic change at the market and firm-level, building on the EBRD’s direct exposure to and experience with serving women entrepreneurs in the region to promote gender sensitive operations from different sectors such as agriculture, manufacturing, tourism, retail and etc.