Women entrepreneurship in times of crisis

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Women entrepreneurship in times of crisis

Date: Mars, 5 2014

In the context of a big economic crisis unemployment for women is higher and increases faster than men. Self-employment can help women to change this tendency and guarantee income. 

The conference has three main goals: - to promote entrepreneurship for women through success stories and shared experiences - to encourage women to to start their own business or to develop their existing business - to promote sharing and networking among the speakers and the attendees  

Proposed by:

Inaki Irazabalbeitia, MEP

Marije Cornelissen, MEP

Gemma Zelaia, Bizzia

Interpretation: es/en/eu (passive)

Draft Agenda

• 10.30 h Opening

Marije Cornelissen and Inaki Irazabalbeitia

• 10.45 h Panel ´Women entrepreneurship throughout Europe’

Gemma Zelaia, Bizzia (The Basque Country)

Danae Bezantakou ,  Iforu (Greece)

Louise Hilditch, Full Circle Club (Belgium)

Caroline Phillips, Conseil de Developpement du Pays Basque (The Basque Country)

• 12.15 h Panel ‘Women entrepreneurship from different perspectives’

Luisa Villegas ´The role of women in rural development´

María Gómez del Pozuelo , ‘Company creation and internationalisation’

Marijose Martinez and Mariela Gómez Ponce,‘R+D based opportunities’

Carmen Munoz, 'Women entrepreneurship: trick or treat?'

• 13.30h 3 Case-studies of success in women entrepreneurship
• 13.55 h Conclusion