Increasing contacts between women entrepreneurs from the EU member and candidate countries

Friday, May 17, 2024

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ERGANI Centre in Thessaloniki has since 1991 played an important role in integrating women in the socio-economic life of the region either by updrading their ability to meet employment demands or increasing their skills to become or be better entrepreneurs. Ergani centre has during 11 years fulfilled the need of 4000 women of the Thessaloniki greater area:

1000 unemployed have entered or re-entered the labour market
200 have created their own businesses and
250 have received services to reinforce their existing businesses.

ERGANI Centre plays also an important role in international networking.

AWAKE PROJECT

The AWAKE project running from 1st of January 2000 to 31st of December 2002 under the EU:s Ecous Ouverture program is now on the way to succeed extending this network to the applicant countries (wihtin the framework of this project primarily: Bulgaria, Slovakia and Estonia).

AIMS OF THE PROJECT

Stimulation and empowerment of women to develop flexible innovative businesses in new sectors of the economic life

Creation of services supporting and counselling new Women Entrepreneurs in developing new products / services and in the modernization of their businesses based on the use of new technologies (ICT) for Counselling and Management

Integrated local partnership to motivate women and to strengthen their social and economic role through the development of entrepreneurial innovative activities

Institutionalization of a permanent FORUM of Women Entrepreneurs at
regional and inter-regional level

For more information about the project and the future plans of the network contact:

Anna Trichopoulou
Tel +30 31 621 166
Fax+30 31 630 323
email mailto:ergani@athena.compulink.gr

Popi Sourmaidou

Tel: +30 310 222 256, 222 395
Fax: +30 310 222 256
e-mail: pplano@spark.net.gr

HELLAS

ITALY

SLOVAKIA

ESTONIA

BULGARIA

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