Allocation of 42% of Barkat projects to women entrepreneurs
According to IRNA’s report on Wednesday, the Barkat Mohammad Turkmaneh Foundation announced this news and added: Out of the total of 203,000 community-oriented employment creation projects that have been created in disadvantaged and rural areas across the country, 42%, equivalent to more than 85,000 projects, have been allocated to women entrepreneurs. has found.
Turkmane emphasized: Barkat Foundation has prioritized women heads of households and abusers as vulnerable social groups in its job creation plans.
The CEO of Barkat Foundation, while explaining the employment creation activities of this foundation, said: So far, 203,000 community-based employment projects have been launched in the less-served areas of the country, which have directly and indirectly created business opportunities for 610,000 people.
According to Turkmaneh, the total amount of investment to launch these 203,000 employment projects is close to 23,000 billion Rials.
Speaking at the signing ceremony of the 400,000 billion riyal memorandum of understanding between the Barkat Foundation and the operating banks, he continued: Barkat’s network of 1,000 executives and facilitators are working in 370 cities and 11,000 villages with the aim of creating sustainable employment in the country.
The CEO of Barkat Foundation noted: Barkat Facilitation Network is in constant contact and constructive interaction with 30,000 local officials, including Friday imams, villagers, prefects and governors, so that employment in deprived and rural areas of the country has a proper and accelerated process.
Turkmaneh stated: After visiting each region and obtaining information and monitoring local capabilities and potentials, the facilitators of the Barkat Foundation identified and qualified applicants for employment and after training and qualifying, introduced the eligible candidates to the operating banks to receive the facilities. they do.
He emphasized: Facilitators stay with entrepreneurs and support them for three years after the employment plan is launched, with the aim of stabilization and empowerment.
The CEO of Barkat Foundation announced the formation of the Comprehensive Atlas of Deprivation and stated: Employment creation in deprived areas is pursued at the two levels of micro, small and medium projects and large projects.
Referring to the establishment of 170 careers in deprived areas, Turkmaneh said: In each region, careers are created according to the capacities, abilities and potentials of that region.
He pointed out: deprived and border provinces including Sistan and Baluchistan and Khuzestan are the priority of Barkat Foundation for entrepreneurship and job creation.