This 15-months project launched in October 2022 with the signing of a Partnership Framework Agreement between the Government of the UAE and the IFC at the IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings. The project is organized around three components and based on the successful implementation of the SheWINS Arabia model. COMPONENT 1: Gender-lens investing training for ESOs and VC Funds Activities: 1. Funds and ESOs Selection: 2. ESO Baseline Needs Assessment 3. ESO Training Delivery: 4. ESO Gender Action Plan 5. ESO Participants Feedback Survey: 6. Fund and ESO Participants Feedback Survey – She WINS Arabia I [2022] - [to be administered in March 2023] COMPONENT 2 (A): Investment-readiness training of 100 women-led startups Activities: 1. Startup Selection 2. Startup Training Needs Assessment / Baseline Survey 3. Training Curriculum Design: 4. Startup Training Delivery: 5. Startup Participant Training Feedback Survey: COMPONENT 2 (B): Capacity building of 5 high-maturity (Series A funded or higher) women-led startups Activities (may be delivered by contacted vendor or a trained accelerator): 1. Startups’ Identification: 2. Startups’ SWOT analysis for each of the 5 startups: 3. Startups’ Gap Analysis In Selected Areas: 4. Recommendations and Workplan for 5 Startups: COMPONENT 3: Activities: 1. She WINS Arabia II Matchmaking/Networking Event (February 2023): 2. SheWINS Arabia II Pitch Competition with Investment for Winners (June - July 2023): 3. She WINS Arabia II Investor Pitch Book: