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THE FIRST TRAINING OF THE EU-DIEH STARTED.

During the implementation period of The hub ensures gender-balanced
the FRIENDSHIP project, 100 entrepre- attendance of the entrepreneurs and en-
neurs from the social and technological courages them to acknowledge circular
sectors of Darkhan-Uul province will be economy, climate change adaptive ap-
trained by the EU-DIEH through the ten proaches, methane reduction, or other
training curricula. Last month, the EU- carbon-friendly solutions in addition to
DIEH partnered with mentor teachers being innovative in their project proposals.
of the G.E.R Management Consortium, Ultimately, three winners who meet all the
Mongolia and trained 57 potential start-up requirements will be provided with tech-
entrepreneurs towards “Startup Business nical assistance and seed funding by the
Empowerment Module-1”. Currently, 29 of hub at the end of this project implementing
them successfully progressed to access year. Please refer to the training curricu-
the second training curriculum, which is lum 1 and 2 roadmap below.
being provided by Impact Pro consultan-
cy, Mongolia. Module 1 training was to Agriculture, Waste Recycling, and
provide the foundational knowledge of Light Industries are seen as the main
start-up business, while module 2 training categories of the project proposals by
focuses explicitly on supporting attendees our attendees, and we are seeking the
to make their business idea real through best practices and potential cooperation
face-to-face coaching, mentoring, boot in these fields from the upcoming Study
camping, and acceleration programs. Visit, Best Practice Forum, and EU-case
study Visit in Europe.

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