Al Ahli Holding Group (AAHG), the multi-diversified international conglomerate, introduced the very first version of Women for Business, a modern CSR program created
by AAHG, in partnership with Union National Bank and La Rochelle Education Group, France to advertise Emirati females business owners. The program honors the Year of Zayed campaign honouring the UAE founding father's vision, vision, in addition to his motivating values and principles..

A ceremony to mark the launch of the program was held at the French Embassy in Abu Dhabi in the visibility of His Excellency Ludovic Pouille, the French Ambassador to the UAE and representatives from Union National Bank and AAHG CSR Department. Addressing the visitors, the French ambassador extended words of support and motivation to the Emirati participants and emphasized on strengthening the relationship in between France and UAE.

As part of the Women for Business program, 14 Emirati Women entrepreneurs have been shortlisted to attend an insightful week of training at La Rochelle Education Group, France from 28 th January to 2 nd February where they will review socially liable business practices with ladies's empowerment at its core. The program aims to sustain the individuals in creating socially relevant business ventures that assist other women and provide the opportunity to gain from French finest methods and study. These women will also be joining their French equivalents to benefit from 20 prominent speakers who will certainly help them create their skills and expand their horizons.

Mohammed Khammas, CEO at Al Ahli Holding Group is enthusiastic about helping young people to create entrepreneurial abilities, social enterprises and build abilities to expand their horizons and exposure. Encouraging young people to be energetic in their societies and economic situations has been a key emphasis of Al Ahli Holding Group's social responsibility strategy considering that the CSR department existence in 2008.

" We are very pleased to launch the Women for Business initiative in partnership with La Rochelle Education Group and Union National Bank," said Lina Hourani, Corporate Social Responsibility Director at Al Ahli Holding Group. "Through this initiative, we intend to sustain gifted and aspirational Emirati women by assisting them accessibility pertinent knowledge and ideas to support their entrepreneurial way of thinking in order to create viable ventures that can make a concrete influence on society.".

Ali Khaled Alhashmi, SVP & Head of Human Resources & Centre of Excellence Group at Union National Bank said, "We are really pleased to be working with Al Ahli Holding Group which has actually added significantly to raising the exposure and understanding of CSR not just regionally but at a global level. We securely believe the Women for Business initiative will certainly have a long lasting impact on the individuals by offering them the business expertise to end up being effective business owners while working as favorable role models for the larger UAE community.".

The women for Business program will make it possible for participants to comprehend the concept of social entrepreneurship, and best practices from French and European social obligation systems while they develop their social entrepreneurship concepts. The individuals are provided the opportunity to check out and establish intercultural teamwork skills via jobs, and comprehend the important facet of the diversity of business methods in emerging economies to make a favorable payment to culture.

The week-long training program includes case studies, conversations concerning the function of females in the culture, conceptualizing sessions on social entrepreneurship, social responsibility and its impact on organizations, creativity, collective intelligence, group structure, administration and advertising and marketing method, the art of an effective pitch, and an introduction to French and European entrepreneurial projects.