A profession for all: professional training for countryside women Työtä kaikille: ammattivalmennus maaseudun naisille - II This 3-year project aims at empowering women in the rural areas of Bcharre district (the most vulnerable with less job opportunities and a stagnant economic situation in Lebanon) through a vocational training programme and several modular trainings offered
 to 360 young and adult women. The particular problems the project wants to solve are:1) Massive migration especially from the rural into urban areas2) Lack of job opportunities in the villages3) Women?s neglected role in society where they have less oppor
tunities than menThe main objectives of the project are:1) To develop human capital in rural Lebanese villages by specifically training women with skills that will enable them to participate or support rural tourism and/or income generating activities (for
 example cookery English computing etc). 2) To develop a formal vocational education in rural Lebanon through the development of manuals and training rural women in view of establishing or improving micro and small business (MSB) linked to tourism and hosp
itality services in the rural areas of North Lebanon. 3) To contribute to the development of micro and small business enterprises (MSB) by engaging with Lebanese community leaders villagers and experts. The main activities of the project will be:1) Creatio
n of a modular training in entrepreneurship for women in rural areas.2) Promotion of job creation initiatives in the villages (10 presentations in different villages addressing to local authorities and women)3) Offering a 9-month training program for entre
preneur women4) Offering a labour experience in hospitality management and tourism for young womenThe program will include environmental care related training since there is in the area a strong need for a deeper awareness of environmental issues. For exam
ple sessions on hygiene sanitation appropriate waste disposal (important in the hospitality services of the villages); use of biologically degradable products (important in the hospitality services of the villages); use of biologically degradable products 
(important in tourism services/products) etc. will be held to the participants.The project starts from an already existing training center run by PRODES: the Institute of Management and Services (IMS) that works in the aim of job creation in the villages. Phase II of the project addresses women owners of micro-enterprises in the rural areas in order to strengthen their socio-economic capacities by offering them capacity building and professional training that will strengthen their economic stability. In ord
er to take preventive action due to increasing migration of youth from rural areas in to the cities a training program addressing young women and girls will be also implemented.The project will be implemented in 24 months. During the first three months the
 action will be launched among stakeholders the material will be further elaborated some team members will be recruited and cooperation agreements will be signed. Awareness campaigns will be done during 9 months every year. The training program will be del
ivered twice following the academic year calendar: vocational training program (9 months) entrepreneurship (3 months) and soft skills (6 modules of 1 month). The CSO?s trainings will be delivered in the villages on the first year. And the second year the t
hree selected projects will receive the sub-granted and will be implemented.  The activities will be the following:1- Implementation of  a professional training program in the sectors of Tourism and Hospitality Management through a competency based vocatio
nal training program (800  hours) a modular training of Entrepreneurship (100 hours) and a work experience internship (400 hours) in the Institute of Management and Services (IMS) in Maad- Jbeil.2- Implementation of 2 cycles an Intensive Entrepreneurial Tr
aining Program in ?Professionalization of rural micro-businesses in rural areas? of 20 hours implemented in local rural areas. Each cycle includes 5 workshops of 4 hours each; participants will get practical managerial and financial tools such as Financial
 kit completed written Business plan and Entrepreneurship workbook.3- Implementation of 8 awareness campaigns in schools and 1 orientation session in IMS for a total of 150 young girls towards orienting them to the sectors of Tourism and Hospitality Servic
es as new sources of job opportunities.