Women Mentorship Program  Echo Uganda 2024

Program Overview

Woman in both Management and Board positions in SACCOs add up to 31%. this is due to lack of exposure or awareness or intentional mentorship opportunities and stack mindset.The woman mentorship program will increase the number of women in SACCO leadership by 10% by 2027.

Program Brief

The WMP is an echo program of the CDF WMP: an initiative by the alumni of CDF Women mentorship program underUCSCU in partnership with ACCOSCA and other mobilized Partners through a double Crose it is a unique professional development opportunity for women leaders in SACCOs.The program gives ladies and opportunity to access credible mentorship and exposure from credible professional leaders of experience in the SACCO sector nationally and internationally.

Ladies who graduate from the program have an opportunity of strategic networking and professional growth and exposure to both internal and external mentorship and empower each other at their work places.

The woman mentorship program run by Uganda Cooperative Savings and Credit Union (UCSCU)in partnership with both ACCOSCA and UCSCU stakeholders who share the same vision identified by both ACCOSCA and UCSCU at International and National level respectively. 

General Objective

To create a pool of empowered women leaders with capacity to build equal contributors in their workspaces through leadership roles in cooperative

Specific Objective

• To enhance the women in Cooperative management skills and knowledge
• To increase participants confidence and resolve to become equal contributors in The Cooperative Workforce.
• to encourage peer to peer learning in Cooperative management
• To lobby and advocate for initiatives that promote women in cooperatives

Eligibility

Women in SACCO leadership(CEOs, Generalmanagers,Heads of Departments,Supervisors and staff in decision-making positions) actively working in the day-to-day operations in a SACCO.

Program Duration

The program is run annually one cohort payer 5 days of residential training Monday to Friday this includes 4 days of classroom training and one day of fields visit to selected SACCOs.  Participants arrive on Sunday 19th.

Target Group and Number of Participants

a maximum of 20 LADIES per cohort

Proposed Timelines

• May 19th Participants arrive in Kampala
• May 20th – 22nd classroom training
• May 23rd Visit selected SACCOs for onsite learning
• May 24th Graduation and departure

Cost

This is a full board training for a week.

Each participant is expected to make a contribution of One million, Three Hundred thousand shillings towards program costs.

Participants will also meet their travel expenses to and from the training venue before and after the training.

Application Process

Women managers of established financial cooperatives and encouraged to complete the attached application form and send along with the additional required documents via the email to uwmprogram2@gmail.com and copy in   ucscu.headoffice1@gmail.com  by 13th May 2024 at 5:00PM.

We wish to thank all applicants in advance for applying; Only selected candidates for the program will be Contacted.

Useful Documents for download

CDF-WMP APPLICATION FORM 2024

CDF WMP FINANCE QUSTIONAIRE 2024

CDF WMP PARTICIPANT’S RESPONSIBILITIES 2024

CDF WMP CHAIRPERSON’S APPROVAL FORM 2024