Women Entrepreneurship – framework and opportunities for empowerment
Organized through the German-Serbian Initiative for Sustainable Growth and Employment and UN Women with the support of the EU project “Support to priority actions for Gender Equality”
Date: 5 June 2023
Location: Dorćol Platz, Dobračina 59, Belgrade
Languages: Serbian and English
Agenda
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| 09:30 – 10:00 | Registration |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Opening remarks- H.E. Anke Konrad, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Republic of Serbia
- Plamena Halacheva, Deputy Head of EU Delegation to Serbia
- Darija Kisić, Minister for Family Care and Demography and Deputy President of the Coordinating Body for Gender Equality
- Brankica Janković, Commissioner for Protection of Equality
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| 10:30 – 10:40 | Women in business – GIZ movie |
| 10:40 – 11:10 | Key note- Christine Toetzke, Director for European Union and multilateral development policy at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Presentation of the new Feminist Development Strategy
- Milana Rikanović, Head of UN Women Office in Serbia
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| 11:10 – 11:30 | - Marija Babović, SeCons Program Director, Presentation of the Study on Woman Entrepreneurship in Serbia – 10 years later
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| 11:30 – 11:45 | Coffee break |
| 11:45 – 12:45 | Panel 1 Framework conditions and support to women in business- Aleksandra Vučetić, Head of the group in the Sector for small and medium Enterprises, Ministry of Economy
- Nina Mitić, Assistant Minister, Ministry of Human and Minority Rights and Social Dialogue
- Iva Vuksanović, Senior Advisor, Serbian Chamber of Commerce
- Aleksandra Miladinović, Regional Coordinator for the Western Balkan, Advice for Small Businesses at EBRD
- Ivona Gvozdenović, Project Manager at Foundation Ana and Vlade Divac
Moderator: Paola Petrić, Heinrich Böll Foundation |
| 12:45 – 13:45 | Panel 2 Challenges and success stories from business women from Serbia - Nataša Makljenović, “Andora Tim” d.o.o. Čačak
- Zagorka Kalentić Marković, “Zaga Clothing”, Zacs team d.o.o. Novi Sad
- Gordana Đurđević, “Slovo” d.o.o. Belgrade
- Snežana Obradović, “Aledjo” d.o.o. Belgrade
Moderator: Tijana Sekulić, consultant and member of the Association of Business Woman of Serbia |
| 13:45 – 13:55 | Closing remarks - H.E. Anke Konrad, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Republic of Serbia
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| 13:55 – 14:30 | Coctail |
