Women agrifood innovators empower CEE region. How to support female entrepreneurs in the agrifood sector?

Women agrifood innovators empower CEE region. How to support female entrepreneurs in the agrifood sector?

EIT Food is releasing its newest report and guidelines on the successful design of female entrepreneurship support programmes in agrifood. How to create impactful programmes? How to address the right target group of female innovators? What are the unique features of effective measures to boost female entrepreneurship in agrifood? Join us and discuss those questions with experts from all over Central and Eastern Europe on April 17th 2024.

According to data from the European Innovation Scoreboard and Female Achievement Index regions that are more innovative have overall higher levels of gender equality. Women are often drivers of innovation, especially in rural areas. They are ready, they have skills and ideas – now is the time for policymakers, regional agencies and NGOs to create conditions for them to fully achieve their potential!

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Why should you participate?

🚀 Unlock the potential of the agrifood sector by increasing gender equality.
🔍 Discover strategies to design successful female entrepreneurship programs.
🌱 Learn how to close the existing gap in support for women entrepreneurs

For who? 

• Business and Innovation Organizations: Business accelerators, incubators, research centers, and EU funding departments, fostering entrepreneurship, innovation, and economic growth across CEE countries,
• Government Departments: Ministries, local authorities, and agencies overseeing innovation, agrifood, and regional development in CEE countries,
• Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs): NGOs supporting women and female entrepreneurship, NGOs supporting female-led startups in CEE countries.

📩 Download the EIT Food Report now, get free access to valuable insights and learn how to design effective support programmes for women entrepreneurs in the agrifood sector. 

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AGENDA

10:00-10:10  – Welcome speech 

10:10 -10:30 – Presentation of research results, Aleksandra Niżyńska, Partner at Gender Solution

10:30 – 11:15 – How to include agrifood aspect in the women's entrepreneurial support programmes?

• Kristina Šermukšnytė - Alešiūnienė, Director at AgriFood Lithuania DIH (Lithuania)
• Ralitsa Zhekova, Executive Director at RAPIV (Bulgaria)
• TBC

11:15 – 12:00 – How to include gender aspect in the agrifood entrepreneurship programmes?

• Milica Trajković, Head of Innovation at BioSense Institute  (Serbia)
• Elena Zheleva, Managing Partner and Director at Launchlabs Sofia (Bulgaria)
• Michał Misza Piosik, Founder at AC/VC Foodtech Impact Fund (Poland)

12:00-12:30 – Q&A and closing remarks 

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