Women Entrepreneurship Platform
Budget
€27,930
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
5
2.75 FTE
EU Grants
€75,000
Mission & Goals
WEP is actively working to advocate for, support, and raise the profile of women entrepreneurs in the EU and beyond. This is accomplished through Identifying key EU issues of particular relevance to women entrepreneurs, and working in particular, to promote the 5 pillars of growth, namely: access to finance; access to networks; innovation/digital skills; access to education/training/mentoring; and improving government regulations. WEP has a quarterly newsletter which is distributed to a wide audience interested in supporting women's entrepreneurship. WEP also holds regular webinars on topics of interest to our members and to the public, and organizes in-person discussions and debates, both at and in the vicinity of the European Parliament. As the Secretariat for the Interest Group on Women Entrepreneurs (IGWE) WEP works to raise this topic directly with MEPs.
EU Legislative Interests
Gender Equality Strategy in support of women's entrepreneurship. Recognition of the value of women entrepreneurs for the EU economy and society. Policies regarding STEM and ESTEAM. Rural women entrepreneurs, including their potential to contribute to the Green Deal and a sustainable future. Women's rights as they relate to entrepreneurship and the 5 pillars.
Communication Activities
Signator of the Brussels Declaration Signator of the Manifesto - STEM-powering women: Unlocking Access to Finance and Innovation. Liaison with committees such as: FEMM, EMPL, ITRE, CULT, EDUC, and more. Support for a European Employment Strategy and a Women's Entrepreneurship Strategy, which provides for digital skill development, including through the Union of Skills and the European Skills Agenda, to equip citizens with the skills they need to help adjust to a fast-changing economy and to the challenges brought by the green and digital transitions. To support the free movement of workers and coordination of social security schemes, which means that every European has the right to work and live in any EU country and that people who move between countries are not disadvantaged in relation to social security including health care. Recognising the importance of social inclusion by supporting efforts to combat poverty and social exclusion, and entrepreneurship as a way out of poverty.
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
-Partnering with the European MicroFinance Network to deliver information regarding the access to micro finance for women entrepreneurs. (https://www.european-microfinance.org/) -Partnering with the World Union of Small & Medium Enterprises in delivering messages and programs in support of women entrepreneurs, from all walks of life. (https://www.wusme.org/) -Collaboration with Deloitte on delivering webinars on topics relevant to women entrepreneurs, and in the Women’s ESTEAM Fest! (https://eismea.ec.europa.eu/esteam-fests-and-communities-girls-and-women_en) -Collaborated in the past with the WEgate Platform.( https://www.wegate.eu/) -Active participation in the HORIZON EUROPE GRASS CEILING project, including with ± 25 consortium partners across 9 countries, in support of women's innovation and contributions to the family farm and rural economy. (www.grassceiling.eu). -Member of SME Connect - Collaboration with S-Com
Organisation Members
Please see: www.women-entrepreneurs.eu Members include: Copa Cogeca - Women's Committee The Women Entrepreneurs of Finland Union of Hungarian Women APID FEDEPE Kagider WBII - Women's Business Initiative International THRIVE Lydia Generation Intercultural Euro-Mediterranean Centre for UNESCO Association of Business Women of North Madeconia Associazone nazionale dell'Ortofrutta
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.