Balkan Women Coalition vol. II – Social Start-Up Booster for Supporting Female entrepreneurship in Balkans

Jovanov, Tamara and Disoska, Valentina (2022) Balkan Women Coalition vol. II – Social Start-Up Booster for Supporting Female entrepreneurship in Balkans. [Project] (In Press)

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Abstract

Social entrepreneurship is often underestimated within the EU. Social businesses employ over 11 million people in the EU which equals to 6% of total employment. Research has furthermore shown that many women are struggling with unemployment and lack of social perspectives, especially in small and rural communities. Overall, 9.5% of women in the EU are unemployed and are still facing barriers to employment, such as fewer promotional opportunities. In the area of selfemployment, the numbers are not much more promising; only 34.4% of women in Europe are self-employed even though being the larger population group (52% of the total European population is female).

Social entrepreneurship can address these challenges. On the one hand, the EC has stated that Social Enterprises ‘generate sustainable jobs and have a stronger resilience to the crisis than the general economy’ social entrepreneurship combines innovation and social inclusion, and hereby it broadly contributes to the objectives of the EU2020 strategy. On the other hand, women who do decide to set up their own business often choose to do this in the areas of health, social-work, services or education, areas that correlate deeply with the ‘social’ aspect of social entrepreneurship. Bringing both elements together gives the EU-community an opportunity to further develop the under-exploited creativity and entrepreneurial potential of women, in turn leading to economic growth and employability.

The Balkan Women Colaition II project aims to close the continuous entrepreneurial skills gap and lack of knowledge about social entrepreneurship among women, through an innovative approach that brings together women, social entrepreneurship and angel investment in a unique programme that will increase the number of successful social enterprises across Europe, improve gender equality and raise awareness of the importance of self-employment initiatives that focus on the support of social, cultural, or environmental issues.

Partnership:
SEGE – Greek Association of Women Entrepreneurs (Greece)
Association of Business Women in B&H (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
Asocijacija poslovnih zena Crne Gore (Montenegro)
Association of business women Skopje (North Macedonia)
Association of Women Entrepreneurs in Bulgaria “Vselena” (Bulgaria)
Shoqata Shqiptare e Ambientalisteve Industriale (Albania)

Target group: Women interested in social entrepreneurship

Duration: 01/11/2020 – 31/10/2022

Item Type:	Project
Subjects:	Social Sciences > Economics and business
Divisions:	Faculty of Economics
Depositing User:	Tamara Jovanov
Date Deposited:	27 Apr 2022 09:48
Last Modified:	27 Apr 2022 09:48
URI:	https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/29604

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