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More than 100 female entrepreneurs from Danube Region countries, including the Republic of Moldova, participated from 4 March to 4 April 2020 in the first webinar on improving entrepreneurial culture, skills and competences for business development. The trainings bring together at the same virtual women’s table, who own or are about to start business in the 9 partner countries of the Women in Business Interregional Project “Promoting youth entrepreneurship in the Danube Region”. This project is co-financed by European Union funds (ERDF, IPA, ENI)under the Danube Transnational Programme 2014-2020.

Free webinar training offers young women:

· Personal entrepreneurship training delivered by professionals at different stages of idea or business development;

· Mentoring and coaching delivered by successful businesswomen from project partner countries;

· Access to the Women in Business Educational Platform with the possibility to benefit from expertise, consultations and practical advice from leaders;

· Integration in women in Business community to participate in thematic forums, specific events with trainers, mentors, who will provide answers to various questions.

Partner and implementer of the Women in Business Project in the Republic of Moldova is the Organisation for the Development of the Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Sector.

‘In the innovative era, online platforms come with quality materials and experts, which contribute enormously to the development of remote entrepreneurial skills. In this way, the Women in Business project greatly facilitates access to information and the expertise of mentors with extensive business experience. Welcomes the fact that women entrepreneurs in Moldova are active and integrate into the regional business community to gain new knowledge;“, says Iulia Costin, Director-General of ODIMM.

ODIMM project manager Silvia Cangea-Digolean highlights that the development of innovative training models involves a process of development, testing and validation. “Participants in the trainings will receive useful information on social innovations and services in the field of female entrepreneurship, accumulate experienceTA in the preparation of an investment project, enriching its entrepreneurial culture to succeed in business’.

The next online training will be launched on 16 April this year. Young entrepreneurs are encouraged to activate their profiles to further benefit from webinars and information material. More information can be found at the project address: http://www.interreg-danube.eu/approved-projects/women-in-business/news

Please note that the project WOMEN IN BUSINESS – “Promoting youth entrepreneurship in the Danube Region” aims to encourage young women with innovative ideas to successfully start and develop their own business. The project comes with a new approach to increasing their skills for business and social innovations, in particular the creation of Entrepreneurship Centres for Women and the development and development of innovative training models. The project is implemented by a consortium of 14 partners from 9 Danube countries: Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Slovenia, Hungary, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Moldova, and brings together national and regional organisations, public and private organisations.