Edugha Institute for Social Development (EISD) Signs Mou with Renowned Canadian Firm The I Am Worth It Project (IAWIP)

EISD Signs MOU with Renowned Canadian Firm The, I Am Worth It Project

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As part of the EISD-NEIP Hub Acceleration Program, EISD has signed an MoU with a world leading provider of mindset, critical soft skills, innovative business skills and personal development training firm, the I Am Worth It Project (IAWIP). The IAWIP is to provide tailor made training solutions to EISD staff, partners, and clients.

The purpose of the MOU is to establish collaborative relations between EISD and the IAWIP in the area of mindset, personal development, and critical soft skills training to increase the personal and economic empowerment of beneficiaries and other stakeholders affiliated to the EISD by embedding IAWIP essential soft skills training solution into the current and future entrepreneurial training program/s of EISD.

As part of the MOU, IAWIP shall

  1. Establish and customize specialized essential soft skills training programs for beneficiaries of EISD to help improve their productivity and work output.
  2. Provide its customized Success Degree Program™ to beneficiaries of EISD to help improve their employability prospects.
  3. Provide specialized post training support to beneficiaries to help assist them to develop habits of success.
  4. Support, participate, showcase and share information on EISD services and activities that align with IAWIP’s brand worldwide.

EISD on the other hand shall

  1. Make the training Programs of IAWIP available to its beneficiaries.
  2. Participate and partner in relevant events, forums, panel discussions and information sharing in the mission of the IAWIP.
  3. Provide business development services for IAWIP in Africa

Tammy Sherger, the Founder and CEO of IAWIP, on her part said through engagements with relevant stakeholders in Ghana especially the government and its partners, it has become clear that the solution to unemployment and business growth is not only the required hard skills, but the underlying mindset, personal development and critical soft skills that do not usually form part of the educational and other training programs. She reechoed that globally there has been a shift in recognizing the importance of mindset, personal development, and critical soft skills training to support people to successfully become thriving entrepreneurs. IAWIP has developed a strategy to reach out to all beneficiaries of EISD through the I Am Worth It Project Coaching App.

She added that unlike other soft skills providers, IAWIP offers a 1-year post training support that is essential to inculcate the habits that are learned during the training, could track KPI’s and finally has a component of the Experts Calendar where a carefully curated calendar of experts provide specific and targeted training to identified areas to support beneficiaries ongoing growth and success.

Signing the MOU, the CEO of EISD, Mahadi Alhassan indicated that the collaboration with IAWIP is timely since his organization is currently looking at more innovative ways of increasing employability and business growth of their clients and beneficiaries. Mahadi concluded his remarks by saying the collaboration was going to lead to win-win situations for both organizations. He assured IAWIP that EISD will make all reasonable efforts to fulfill its part of the bargain in Ghana and across the African continent. He urged IAWIP to do the same.

EISD Facilitates Gender Audit of Trade Assoc. in Northern Ghana for the Alinea Foundation-eisdgh.org

EISD Facilitates Gender Audit of Trade Assoc. in Northern Ghana for the Alinea Foundation

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  • Our Research Team has completed a fact-finding mission delegated by the Alinea Foundation.
  • The objective was to carry out a Gender Audit of Trade Associations in Northern Ghana.

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Below is as captioned by the WEE-North Project of the Alinea Foundation after a validation workshop to outdoor the findings of the research.

Over 120 industry partners of Alinea Foundation and members of 30 Industrial Trades Associations and in Northern Ghana participated a unique set of workshops in Bolgatanga, Tamale, and Wa from 23rd to 26th October 2023. The workshop aimed to validate the first ever Gender Audit on trades associations in Northern Ghana and promote international best practices for gender-responsive industries. This workshop under the theme "Audit to Action" was facilitated by the Edugha Institute for Social Development (EISD). Following thought-provoking breakout sessions, each trade area within the five regions competed by pitching their ideas to promote gender mainstreaming. A panel of judges from Alinea Foundation's regional Project Advisor Committee (PAC) assessed these initiatives and awarded cash prizes for the best initiatives. The winners from each region were awarded GHS 3,000.00, while the first runner-up received GHS 2,000.00 to start their gender-responsive activities. Additionally, certificates of appreciation were presented to industry partners who provided Workplace Experience Learning opportunities for trainees by the Field Manger, Dr Nancy M. Drost. Participants emphasized the workshop's positive impact on their professional and personal development. They reaffirmed their dedication to supporting the WEE-North project.

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We would like to thank the Alinea Foundation (under the WEE-North Project) for the opportunity to have undertaken this task.

EISD benefits from NEIP's GETP Project

EISD benefits from NEIP’s GETP Project

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Edugha Institute for Social Development – EISD is glad to have been selected as part of the beneficiary Hubs after a very competitive application process by the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme-NEIP Hubs Acceleration Grant Programme under the Ghana Economic Transformation Project-GETP with the support of the Ministry of Finance with funding from the World Bank Africa.

The Hubs Grant Programme will support the development of the entrepreneurship ecosystem which Edugha Institute for Social Development is part of, by building our capacities to bring the quality of our services up to international standards.

Our Hub will be supported to run programmes, that would benefit firms and startups within our communities.

The Grant Contract Signing Ceremony was held at the Labadi Beach Hotel on Thursday, 8th June 2023.