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Application for Gender Diversity Company Competition

Company information
Company name: / Legal form:
Industry: / Number of employees (approximately):
Companyaddress
Street:
House and flat number:
Post code:
City, Area:
Country: / Contact person
Name:
Function:
Telephone number:
Email address:
Proposal of gender diversity initiative
Title of planned initiative:
Context: Explain briefly the need in your company for the proposed initiative
What challenges do you encounter to recruit and retain women in your company? Or what challenges for advancing the career of your female employees? Provide data if possible, e.g. the approximate share (%) of women in your company/management.
The Gender Diversity Competition focuses on three action fields relevant for companies in the MENA region. Which field of action describes your initiative best?
☐Recruitment of women
☐Retention of female employees
☐Career advancement of female employees
Objective: Explain in 2-3 sentences the general objective and the target group(s) of your initiative.
Objective: What do you intend to achieve with your initiative?
If possible, quantify targets, e.g. “we want to increase the share of female hires from currently 15% to 30% of all applicants over the next two years”.
Target group(s): Which group of current or future employees do you intend to support with your initiative?
If possible quantify members of target group, e.g. “30 female career entrants”.
Objective:
Target group(s):

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Action Plan
Outline the most important actions you plan to implement over the 12 months duration of the project.
For example, during the first three months (1-3) you might plan to develop new HR Marketing materials for career entrants that appeal especially to women. / Timeline (months)
Please indicate with an “x” in which month you plan to implement the respective actions.
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12
Action 1: … (please describe action)
Action 2: …
Action 3: …
Action 4: …
Action 5: …
Action 6: …
Action 7: ….
Action 8: …
Action 9: …
Action 10: …

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Sustainability & Impact:
How does your company and your employees profit from the initiative in the medium and long term?
For example, thanks to the kindergarten facilities your company has seen turnover rates of women decreased and our female employees report a better work-family balance.
Budget
Please calculate the budget of the gender diversity initiative described above and fill it into the Excel template “gender_diversity_company_competition_budget.xls”. The budget is part of your application and needs to be attached to it.
Statement of commitment
We propose the gender diversity initiative described in this application to be implemented in our company. In case of being awarded, we agree to conduct a gender diversity audit with GIZ as the first step of the project implementation. The implementation can start in January, 2016, and should take approx. 16 months.
We apply for technical support and financial contribution for the implementation of the initiative. / ☐Yes
☐No
Technical support:
  • A GIZ teamsupports the implementation of the initiative for 16 months.
  • Trainings and networking events are offered for the project team and management.
  • The initiativeis professionally monitored and evaluated.
  • The initiativeis communicated as best practice throughout the MENA region.

Requested financial contribution to the action plan (as detailed in the attached budget plan):
Total budget of planned initiative: / in local currency:
/ in EURO:
Expected financial contribution from EconoWin [max. 40% of total budget; between 10,000 and 35,000 EUR]: / in local currency:
/ in EURO:
We commit ourselves to implement the initiative if we are selected as a winner of the Gender Diversity Company Competition. Specifically, we agree to…
  • … provide the internal resources needed for the initiative (esp. personnel)
  • … cooperate with the GIZ team and consider its suggestions
  • … participate in the offered trainings and events
  • … provide information for monitoring and evaluation purposes
  • … communicate the initiative to internal and external stakeholders
  • … allowGIZto promote the initiative in publications, events and presentations
/ ☐Yes
☐No
The initiative - as described in this application - was approved by our upper management. / ☐Yes
☐No
Management Contact
Name:
Function: / Telephone number:
Email address:

Please send your complete application form and your budget plan to