The ILO (International Labour Organisation) WED Programme strives to close the gap in female entrepreneurship. Women entrepreneurs face a combination of economic, social and cultural barriers that inhibit them from growing their enterprises to their full potential.

The course is designed for national, provincial and regional tourism offices as well as for people working in the areas of employment strategies, gender equality, local and rural development, business development support services such as coaching, mentoring, consultancies, management training etc.

The WED training journey is spread across four modules and consists of 16 learning units. 

The online classes provide participants with core training content on a step-by-step basis. Each online class introduces a new business resilience tool which participants will use to gradually build their business resilience strategy throughout the programme.  During those online classes participants have the opportunity to engage with their peers, coaches, and external experts. 

Training Schedule

The SURE Tourism training 2023 starts on 23 May 2023 and spans over 3 weeks until 09 June 2023.

There are 6 online classes and 4 self-guided eLearning units during this time and the total time investment including assignments is approximatly 52 hours.

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Organisational readiness

• commit to sending a business resilience delegate to the SURE training programme who is available to dedicate at least 40 hours to the training
• be motivated to support the business resilience delegate during the development of a customized business resilience strategy with information, technical inputs, and general support
• preferably, commit to create a business improvement team that supports the business resilience delegate during the development of a customized business resilience strategy

IT Equipment 

• be in possession of a laptop or desk computer tablet (larger tablet can be accepted but not a mobile phone!)
• participate in the SURE training with the following software and hardware standards at minimum:

• • Platform: Windows 98, 2000, NT, ME, XP or superior; MacOS9 or MacOSX
  • Hardware: 64 MB of RAM, 1 GB of free disk space.
  • Software: Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Reader, MS-Office or Open Office
  • Internet Explorer 8 or Google Chrome 33.0

Fees

A registration fee of ZAR 1600 per participant is due on invoice after the application has been approved. Members of the Africa Adventure Tourism Network will receive a 10% discount on the registration fee.

Withdrawal, Cancellation and Refund Policy

• 14 days or more prior to the start date of the course: No penalty, 100% refund of amount paid less applicable bank charges
• 8 to 13 days prior to the start date of the course: Penalty of 50% of course price, refund of residual amount paid (if any) less applicable bank charges
• 7 days or less prior to the start date of the course: Penalty of 100% of course price, e.g. no refund.

Registration

Applications will only accepted via our online registration.

If you have any questions about registration or the course itself please send us an email.

Certificate

A Certificate of Completion is issued upon successful completion of the WED training programme and the submission of the WED Evaluation Questionnaire. Important: A minimum of 80% participation in the online learning classes and the submission of the final assignment is required to qualify for the certificate.

The certificate is digital and will be issued by the Africa Adventure Academy. This course is not registered with South Africa's NQF scheme and therefore you will not qualify to earn any points at the NQF.

Once you have complete your WED Training we ask you to submit below questionnaire to help us monitor and improve the WED training programme.