National Strategy for Womens Entrepreneurship "Brazil for Elas" and the Womens Entrepreneurship Committee (Decree No. 10,988)

This Decree establishes the National Womens Entrepreneurship Strategy "Brazil for Elas" and the Womens Entrepreneurship Committee. "Brazil for Elas" is a public policy to strengthen female entrepreneurship as an alternative instrument for the socioeconomic development of the country. Its objectives are the following: I - to promote an environment favorable to the development of female entrepreneurship as a tool for economic and individual freedom; II - Promote access to information on public policies, instruments and services that support the womens entrepreneurship agenda; III - Expand the supply of credit through the mobilization of public and private resources for investment and financing of womens entrepreneurship; IV - To promote actions that contribute to the economic autonomy of women in vulnerable situations, in accordance with the provisions of the "Auxilio Brasil" Program; and V - promoting the development and financial sustainability of the enterprise, through: (a) entrepreneurship education focused on the needs of women entrepreneurs; b) dissemination of support networks for female entrepreneurship; and c) strengthen the ecosystem of innovative entrepreneurship and socio-environmental impact.