Women Entrepreneurs Program
TRADITIONAL ENTREPRENEURIALS
What is the Women Entrepreneurs Program?
Established in 2014, with the support of IDB MIF is a program that aims to impact the development and growth of businesses led and managed by women, thus decreasing inequality between women and men at the entrepreneurial level, improving the performance of these companies, their access to financing and new markets and income. The program supports both women with business ideas and running businesses, regardless of nationality or place of residence.
It has four consecutive phases, with emphasis on: improving the business profile, working on creative and innovation skills, deepening their knowledge of entrepreneurship and business development, and finally, moving on to individual mentoring.
Figures of the Canal de Empresarias
10
Years of Canal de Empresarias.
+7,000
Women trained to date.
+18,000
Applications received to date.
70M
In extrapolated turnover in women-led companies.
+7,400
Jobs generated to date.
+500
Women trained per year.
Take your business to the next level. How to participate?
To participate you must register and show your interest by answering all the questions on the form located in the call for entries that we share on social networks and the website.
Once the call has ended, the program staff will review each of the applications and will inform those selected through an email that they have been chosen to participate in the program.
Who can participate?
The only requirement is to be a Panamanian woman of legal age with a business idea that you want to develop during the program, no matter its stage of maturity, you can be starting or have a business.
Students and professionals
Canal de Empresarias is open to all women of legal age, from any province in the Republic of Panama.
Women with a business idea
This program is designed to support women with various levels of experience, even if you only have a business idea.
Entrepreneurs
It doesn't matter if you are just starting out as an entrepreneur or if you already have a business in operation.
What will you learn in the program?
The program is divided into four consecutive, mostly online (virtual) phases that must be completed in their entirety in order to advance:
Business Profile
You will take a journey through the challenges and opportunities of Panamanian women entrepreneurs, to clarify goals and train in leadership, negotiation, communication, time management, stress management and use of technologies.
Creative and Innovation Skills
It is designed to foster the ability of women entrepreneurs to think outside the box and develop innovative solutions.
Entrepreneurship and Business Development
Participants gain key insights into the process of creating and growing a business.
Individual Mentoring
Through Individual Mentoring we offer participants the opportunity to work closely with experts and business leaders.
Frequently asked questions about the Canal de Empresarias program
Every year a new call is opened and we announce it through our social networks and digital media: website, mass mailings and national media tours. To date there have been ten (10) editions of the program.
All women of legal age from anywhere in the Republic of Panama.
You must register and show your interest in the call page that we share in social networks, website and radio programs.
Once the call has ended, the program staff reviews each of the applications and informs the selected women through an email that they have been chosen to participate in the program.
The program usually consists of online and on-site modules. This year due to COVID-19, most of the program will be developed virtually and as the situation improves we will create meeting spaces, fulfilling all the necessary measures.
The program is divided into four consecutive phases that must be completed in their entirety in order to move forward.
- Online workshops / 50 hours - “CREATE” - Improving your business profile Through our virtual classroom and accompanied by our tutors, you will take a comprehensive tour of the challenges and opportunities for Panamanian entrepreneurs, to clarify your goals and train or deepen your skills in leadership, negotiation, communication, time management, stress management and use of technologies.
- Online Workshops / 8 hours - Creative and Innovation Skills We will conduct workshops focused on making your business idea, or business growth/diversification, stand out in the marketplace, beyond the traditional stereotypes that often pigeonhole women into very limited business options. We will think “outside the box”, considering market forces.
- Online workshops / 32 hours + 10 hours of field work - Entrepreneurship and business development We will support women entrepreneurs and businesswomen to build a clear value proposition and from this, build their business model, validate it in the market and prepare their elevator pitch (5 minute presentation).
- Mentoring sessions with experts - Individual mentoring Selected participants will be supported according to their needs by a network of experts and mentors covering different areas of expertise: marketing, quality, management, use of technology, etc.
If you have any questions, please contact us at empresarias@cdspanama.org.
The only requirements are to have a business idea that you want to develop during the program, no matter its stage of maturity, you can be just starting or have a company and you must be of legal age.
