{"id":14192,"date":"2022-12-01T15:30:34","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T20:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evol.wp.vortexdev.com\/?post_type=pressroom-post&#038;p=14192"},"modified":"2023-08-30T15:06:10","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T19:06:10","slug":"evol-applauds-the-contribution-announced-by-minister-ng","status":"publish","type":"pressroom-post","link":"https:\/\/evol.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/press-room\/evol-applauds-the-contribution-announced-by-minister-ng\/","title":{"rendered":"Evol applauds the contribution announced by Minister Ng and becomes the Qu\u00e9bec agent for the Women Entrepreneurship Loan Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Montr\u00e9al, December 1, 2022. Evol welcomes today\u2019s announcement by the Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development, the Honourable Mary Ng, and is proud to be an agent for the deployment of the Women Entrepreneurship Loan Fund in Qu\u00e9bec, in cooperation with its partners MicroEntreprendre and Entreprendre ici. The Minister was accompanied for the occasion by Emmanuella Lambropoulos, member for Saint-Laurent.&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>The Women Entrepreneurship Loan Fund is designed to offer affordable financing in amounts ranging from $5,000 to $50,000 to women entrepreneurs, particularly to start-ups and sole proprietorships, as well as underrepresented groups, for whom access to credit is more difficult. Thanks to a partnership with MicroEntreprendre and Entreprendre ici, over 200 businesses will receive special support.&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>\u201cEvol is continuing its commitment to women entrepreneurs to support them in creating prosperous, responsible businesses,\u201d said S\u00e9vrine Labelle, CEO of Evol. \u201cBy starting businesses that generate value, women actively participate in creating a better world. With this new budget envelope, Evol is again expanding its financing offer and increasing its capacity to support businesses with diverse ownership.\u201d<br>&nbsp;<br>\u201cMicroEntreprendre enables entrepreneurs to realize their business dreams by giving them access to financing with favourable terms and offering them quality local support throughout their projects,\u201d said Ahmed Benbouzid, CEO of MicroEntreprendre..\u201dThis support from the federal government will enable R\u00e9seau MicroEntreprendre to deploy its services more widely, allowing more female entrepreneurs to start or consolidate a business inclusively and across in Qu\u00e9bec in cooperation with its partners.\u201d<br>&nbsp;<br>\u201cEntreprendre ici is always seeking new solutions to facilitate access to financing for members of ethnoculturally diverse groups advancing projects,\u201d says Souad Elmallem, Chair of the Board Entreprendre ici. \u201cSo I welcome this announcement by the Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development, the Honourable Mary Ng. The partnership between Entreprendre ici, Evol and MicroEntreprendre will enable ethnoculturally diverse female entrepreneurs to access funds essential for the development of their business plans. This is how we continue to be a resource for entrepreneurs with diverse backgrounds.\u201d<br>&nbsp;<br>With its partners, Evol would like to strengthen the entrepreneurial ecosystem for all those who belong to underrepresented groups in entrepreneurship, i.e., women, racialized people, immigrants, members of First Nations and Inuit communities, members of the LGBTQ2+ community and people living with a disability. Through its efforts, Evol helps create a more inclusive, sustainable economy.<\/p><h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-about-evol\">About Evol<\/h5><p>Operating in Quebec\u2019s 17 regions, Evol (formerly Femmessor) is an organization financially supported by the Minist\u00e8re de l\u2019\u00c9conomie, de l\u2019Innovation et de l\u2019\u00c9nergie (MEIE) and the Government of Canada as part of its Women Entrepreneurship Strategy. Evol\u2019s mission is to contribute directly to the creation, growth and acquisition of diversified and inclusive businesses that generate positive impacts for society.<\/p><p>Evol has a large-scale envelope to offer financing that, combined with a personalized support experience and custom complementary services, enables entrepreneurs to build sustainable and prosperous businesses.&nbsp;Through partnerships with the Government of Qu\u00e9bec (with Investissement Qu\u00e9bec as its agent), National Bank, BDC, the Fonds de solidarit\u00e9 FTQ and Fondaction, Evol offers financing and support to business with diversified, inclusive ownership that generate positive impacts in line with the UN\u2019s sustainable development goals (SDG).<\/p><h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-about-microentreprendre\">About MicroEntreprendre<\/h5><p>MicroEntreprendre is Qu\u00e9bec\u2019s entrepreneurial microcredit network.&nbsp;Through its 20 member organizations in 17 regions of Qu\u00e9bec, it offers entrepreneurs quality local support and access to entrepreneurial microcredit using an inclusive approach that complements the efforts of its partners. Using a proven formula that combines access to flexible&nbsp;financing and personalized support, every year, MicroEntreprendre enables hundreds of people with limited access to financing to realize and succeed in their entrepreneurial projects.&nbsp;The deployment of entrepreneurial microcredit in Qu\u00e9bec is made possible through the support of partners, including Qu\u00e9bec\u2019s Minist\u00e8re de l\u2019\u00c9conomie et de l\u2019Innovation et de l\u2019\u00c9nergie.<\/p><h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-about-entreprendre-ici\">About Entreprendre ici<\/h5><p>Entreprendre ici is an initiative of the Government of Qu\u00e9bec (Minist\u00e8re de l\u2019\u00c9conomie, et de l\u2019Innovation) that was created in the wake of the Plan d\u2019action gouvernemental en entrepreneuriat 2017-2022 (2017-2022 government action plan in entrepreneurship). Its mission is to offer customized support to ethnoculturally diverse entrepreneurs from all regions of Qu\u00e9bec to help carry out their projects.<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u201430\u2014<\/p><p><strong>Information:<br><\/strong>Arnaud Berbery<br>1 844 523-7767, ect. 271<br>a.berbery@evol.ca<\/p><p><strong>For more information about Evol<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>evol.ca<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-btn-secondary\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/evol.wp.vortexdev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022-12-01_PressRelease.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">download PDF<\/a><\/div><\/div><hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/><div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/evol.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/press-room\/\">go back to press room<\/a><\/div><\/div><div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>December 1, 2022.<\/strong> Evol welcomes today\u2019s announcement by the Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development, the Honourable Mary Ng, and is proud to be an agent for the deployment of the Women Entrepreneurship Loan Fund in Qu\u00e9bec, in cooperation with its partners MicroEntreprendre and Entreprendre ici. The Minister was accompanied for the occasion by Emmanuella Lambropoulos, member for Saint-Laurent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":11207,"template":"","pressroom-post-category":[],"class_list":["post-14192","pressroom-post","type-pressroom-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.1 (Yoast SEO v25.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Evol applauds the contribution announced by Minister Ng and becomes the Qu\u00e9bec agent for the Women Entrepreneurship Loan Fund - evol<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Evol applauds the contribution announced by Minister Ng and becomes the Qu\u00e9bec agent for the Women Entrepreneurship Loan Fund\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"December 1, 2022. 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