Promoting Rural Economic Development for Women and Youth in the Lempa Region - PROLEMPA

The project aims to improve the economic well-being of small-scale entrepreneurs and producers in the tourism and coffee sectors in particular women youth and indigenous people in the Dry Corridor of Honduras. It seeks to increase the capacity of private and public actors to support small-scale businesses as well as the leadership capacities of small-scale entrepreneurs. It also seeks to increase productivity and revenues of small-scale entrepreneurs through increased productive and marketing capacities and access to credit. Project activities include: (1) providing training to women youth and men entrepreneurs and municipal employees in gender equality leadership marketing and business development; (2) promoting learning opportunities for small-scale entrepreneurs through exchanges and model businesses; (3) strengthening business support and development centers; (4) promoting innovative and efficient production technologies; (5) establishing key market alliances; (6) implementing a youth entrepreneurs development program including tutoring; and(7) creating business incubation centers. The project

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) improved business technical and financial practices of small-scale enterprises especially those led by or mainly employing women youth and/or marginalized people; and (2) increased productivity and sales by small-scale enterprises especially those led by or mainly employing women youth and/or marginalized people living in poverty.