Conference of European Female Ambassadors in Poland
Theresa Delia from Business Meetings Malta has just attended the conference of European Female Ambassadors Network in Poland.
For two years, the EU in collaboration with the presidency country hosts a conference on women'sentrepreneurship. This year's edition was held under the banner of European Network of Mentors for Women Entrepreneurs. The conference was attended by woman entrepreneurs participating in EU-funded women's entrepreneurship projects. Mentors were selected by the EU earlier in 2011 in a competition for a national network of women entrepreneurship mentors, and the members of the EU services and Directorates responsible for entrepreneurship policy along with the representatives of the Polish government. Around 500 guests were in attendance including 300 mentors, 150 ambassadors, 25 representatives of the EU institutions invited by the EU, 10 Polish government officials, 15 representatives of Polish business organizations and journalists.
The topics raised and discussed at the conference was the use of mentoring as a tool for raising entrepreneurship awareness among women. Also discussed were good practices and experiences presented by women entrepreneurship ambassadors which have developed during the 18-month implementation of the European Network of Ambassadors of Female Entrepreneurship. The conference notably provided a platform for exchange of experience and information among the delegates from various national mentors' and ambassadors' networks. The meeting was held in Warsaw on November 15th, 2011. The conference session consisted of a plenary and networking opportunities followed by an evening cocktail party