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NATIONAL AGENCY
FOR
SMEs AND CO-OPERATIVES
“The protection of women entrepreneur in
Europe: practices, perspectives and
programmes”
Como, Italy
April 21st , 2006
http://www.animmc.ro
National multiannual programme between
2005-2008 to develop the entrepreneurial
culture among manager women from the
SMEs sector
The main objective of this programme
is to promote a system that facilitates
women mobility on labour market and
help them to get involved in private
economic structures and also maintain
the balance between family and work.
Tasks:
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 to stimulate self employment
 to develop the entrepreneurial spirit among
women
 to raise the level of information about women
entrepreneurship
 to raise the number of women entrepreneurs
within the business community
 to create new start -ups
 to have equal access to the knowledge based
economy
A little history…
This initiative represents the first step ever
taken by NASMEC to promote women
entrepreneurship activities in Romania. I
want to thank WES network and
ProWomEn network for their support,
encouragement and appreciation.
We have tradition…..
This programme was launched last year
and it had 4 steps:
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An information campaign, called “Women entrepreneur days”,organized in
7 cities from Romania (Baia Mare, Constanta, Galati, Ramnicu Valcea,
Timisoara, Brasov and Iasi). It consisted of seminars where women were
informed about business women clusters, women entrepreneur associations,
financing sources for SMEs, success stories of women entrepreneurs.
Our seminars…
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They were very
interested about all
financing sources for
their businesses…
These are from a Q&A
section….
We guided them for creating
start-ups….
The second step was made
of….
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Free entrepreneurial courses for Romanian women
above 18 years old and primary education, organized
in 5 counties: Bucharest, Bihor, Constanta, Brasov
and Neamt. Each location hosted 25 participants and
the course last for 4 days.Women were tought how to
start up a business, how to elaborate a business plan,
how to keep basic accountancy of a SME,
management and marketing issues, SME legislation
a.s.o.These courses ended up on November and each
participant had a test and received a diploma.
The topics covered their
interests and they were very
involved…
At the end each participant
had an exam….
After that came the third step…
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Consisted of elaborating and publishing guides
and brochures that describe not only this
programme but also business management,
Romanian legislation regarding the SMEs sector,
marketing and business development, small
business ideas and a guide called “ Women
associations from Romania and international
practice”.
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Each graduate received her diploma
together with a pack of all 4 brochures.
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The programme ended with its fourth step
which consisted of running a survey about
women entrepreneurship in Romania, using
the phone assisted by the computer and its
results will be published soon on our
website.
2005 results…
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About 130 women were trained in 2005
to become entrepreneur and as a
consequence, almost 20 of them have
started up their own business. More
than that,over 500 women participated
at the first information and promotion
campaign called " Women entrepreneur
days".
2006: Our programme has just
started….
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We shall continue the “Women entrepreneur
days” campaign that will be held in 9 important
cities from Romania:Tulcea, Bacau, Suceava, Cluj
Napoca, Targu Mureş, Sibiu, Arad, Craiova and
Pitesti. The seminars will cover interesting issues
as:
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Describing the programme: 2005 results and 2006 planned
activities;
Disseminating 2004 WES Report
Presenting the Romanian business women associations
Presenting the financing sources for the SMEs sector
Presenting impressions of 2005 graduates
Organizing small exhibitions for women entrepreneurs
2006: A new session of free entrepreneurial
courses for women….
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Each course will last for 5
days and will be held in 7
counties from
Romania:Braila, Vaslui,
Bistrita –Nasaud, Harghita,
Hunedoara, Mehedinti and
Prahova. Every location
will host 25 students.There
will be theoretical and
interactive parts that will
cover issues like:
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Legislation
Business plan elaboration
Business psychology
Communication and logistical
tools
Business assurance
Business financing
Basic accountancy and cash
flow
Risk management, financial
management,human resources
management
E-commerce
Marketing
Business transfer
Franchising
Public procurement
Implementing quality standards
2006: These courses are
available for…
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Romanian women ,with the age above 18 and
elementary education graduates that fulfil the
Sign up form and send it together with a copy of
the ID card and a copy of the diploma to our
Programme Implementation Unit. Priority will be
given for country women, for ethnical minority
women and for social disadvantaged women.
There will be an exam and each graduate will
receive a certificate and a course manual.
2006: The third phase will
consist of…
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Elaborating and publishing the following
brochures:
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10 success business in Romania managed by
women
SME’s ABC: How do I start up and develop my
own business?
A successful business plan
What is entrepreneurship? Is employees training
an expense or an investment?
Franchising, Leasing, E-commerce
2006: Last but not least…
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This programme will end with its fourth phase
that will be very interesting and challenging: we
shall organize, on October 2006, in Bucharest
(capital city of Romania), the international
conference called : “Women entrepreneurship”.
There will be invited governmental and
nongovernmental entities that are involved in
promoting and supporting business environment,
equal opportunities, 2005 and 2006 course
graduates and also international bodies
(associations, networks, governmental agencies
a.s.o.) that promote women entrepreneurship.
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So, I kindly invite you to attend this
conference and share your experience,
knowledge and best practice in promoting
entrepreneurship among women.
For more details don’t hesitate to contact the
National Agency for SMEs and Co-Operatives
from Romania.
I thank you all!
Mrs.Mihaela Cristea –Programme Coordinator
Address:
11 Poterasi Street, sector 4, Bucharest
040263, Romania
: [email protected]
Telephone: 0040 21 336 14 67
Mobile phone: 0040 723 00 76 21
Web site: http://www.animmc.ro