Regional Agency for Entrepreneurship and Innovations – Varna invites all interested stakeholders to join the virtual workshop that will be held within the 18th European Week of Regions and Cities:

Unlocking Women Entrepreneurship Potential

Wed 7, October 2020 

11:30 - 13:00 CET

Location: Zoom

ABOUT THE EVENT:

This workshop will show different ways in which European societies can tackle this important challenge. It will combine discussion on Policy Agenda for supporting women entrepreneurship that was developed for the Danube region as well as examples for support measures and good practices for fostering women entrepreneurship from the EU and different member states.

The objectives of the event are:

• to discuss European and national policies as to contribute to those aligned to the needs of women entrepreneurs and gaps not filled by existing instruments;
• to exchange experiences related to good practices for supporting women in starting and running a successful business;
• to guide future collaboration on the subject among relevant stakeholders.

Registration will be required for the event due to the limited number of available places in the virtual room.

Link for registration: https://europa.eu/regions-and-cities/programme/sessions/1218_en

Instructions for registration: https://europa.eu/regions-and-cities/register?fbclid=IwAR0lRqwcp9VaqPjwVhFBithxMHnaPDZJMSTWRaeXWm95_DCbsi04t0kG1B0

Please note that registration will close on 27th September 2020.

Moderator:

Sanja Popović - Pantić, Chair of the EEN Sector Group Women's Entrepreneurship, Association of Business Women in Serbia and Institute Mihajlo Pupin, Serbia

Speakers:

Gabriela Kostovska Bogoeska, Project manager/Executive Director, WEgate project/Foundation for Management and Industrial Research, North Macedonia

Amélie Leclercq, European Women’s Lobby Board member, Business & Professional Women Europe, Belgium

Sandra Weiß-Wallner, Project Manager, Innovation Region Styria/ WOMEN IN BUSINESS project, Austria

Virág Zsar, Head of Division, HÉTFA Research Institute and Center for Economic and Social Analysis, Hungary

PRACTICAL INFORMATION:

Language of  the event: English

Organization: Regional Agency for Entrepreneurship and Innovations – Varna (RAPIV)

                         Ms. Ralitsa Zhekova - zhekova@rapiv.org

                         Ms. Mariya Zlateva - petkova@rapiv.org

                         Ms. Irina Kircheva - kircheva@rapiv.org