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How we started?. Project Teodora ? New Initiative for Supporting Female Entrepreneurship (Jan 2005 ? Okt 2005)Within Eurochambers PARTNERS Programme - Project of Assistance to Regional Trade and Networking for Economic Recovery and StabilityTransfer of know-how from EU Chambers to Western Balka
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1. Centre for Women Entrepreneurship Teodora
2. How we started?
Project Teodora – New Initiative for Supporting Female Entrepreneurship (Jan 2005 – Okt 2005)
Within Eurochambers PARTNERS Programme - Project of Assistance to Regional Trade and Networking for Economic Recovery and Stability
Transfer of know-how from EU Chambers to Western Balkan Chambres in order to set up innovative services
3. How we started? Formaper, Special Agency of the Milan Chamber - RCE Niš partner and mentor in the project
Project activities:
needs analysis of active and would-be women entrepreneurs
training-of-trainers on how to set up women support services
study visit to Formaper
creation of women entrepreneurs network
web site www.teodora.org.yu
official establishment of the Centre for Women Entrepreneurship (October 2005)
4. What do we do?
Providing business information
Consulting/counselling
Mentoring by sucessful women entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurial trainings
start up programme for creation of new businesses
advanced entrepreneurial training
Entrepreneurial motivation for unemployed women
Promotion of entrepreneurship in schools and faculties
5. What do we do?
6. What do we do? Networking of women entrepreneurs from the region with other networks in the country and abroad
Association of 100 women-owned businesses
First established Chamber body in Serbia for women entrepreneurs (December 2006)
Coordination Board of Women Entrepreneurs
7. Operationalization of the Centre for Women Entrepreneurship
Enterprise Development and Innovation Fund
EU-funded project, managed by European Agency for Reconstruction
Objective: Improvement of services provided by the Centre
Duration: October 2006 – August 2007
8. Key results in 8 months 60 trainings implemented in Niš, Prokuplje and Pirot
1050 training attendees
300 beneficiaries provided with business information
100 beneficiaries provided with consulting
10 promotions held throught the region
7 press conferences
12000 web site visits, 6200 unique visitors
5 meetings of women entrepreneurs from the region and other parts of Serbia
3 participations in fairs
600 clients – beneficiaries
9. What are our plans? Develop e-learning portal on www.teodora.org.yu
Publish Women Entreprenurs’ Guide in Serbian and English
Future project with Vratsa and Pernik CCI (Bulgaria) and RCE Leskovac and Zajecar (Serbia) from the Neighbourhood Programme Serbia-Bulgaria
Centres for Women Entrepreneurship - A Cross-border Network for the Future
Project with 2 Municipalities of the City of Niš
Support to the Development of Female Entrepreneurship
10. Thank you for your attention! Regional Chamber of Economy Niš
Centre for Women Entrepeneurship
Dobricka 2, Niš
Tel. + 381 18 510 999
Fax. + 381 18 255 472
E-mail: teodora@rpknis.co.yu
www.teodora.org.yu