San Salvador. Italian Cooperation in El Salvador funds and supports the Fondo Mujer – a production credit plan with a guarantee fund seeking to support female entrepreneurs and holders of companies wishing to expand and improve their businesses at a preferential interest rate of 10% per annum. The results obtained with the first year of the Fund were presented in recent days by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), the Secretariat for Social Inclusion (SIS)-Cjudad Mujer, the United Nations Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women (UN Mujeres) and the Development Bank of El Salvador (BANDESAL). The presentation was chaired by the Director of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) Marco Falcone; the Secretary for Social Inclusion, Vanda Pignato, together with the representative of UN Mujeres Ana Elena Badilla, and the chairwoman of BANDESAL, Mélida Mancía. (9Colonne)
