promoting women entrepreneurship in europe
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European CommissionEnterprise and Industry
Promoting Women Entrepreneurship in Europe
25 November 2014
Anna Danti
Unit D1
Entrepreneurship & Social Economy
European CommissionEnterprise and Industry
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The EU citizens are less eager to be entrepreneurs...Answer to the question “Do you prefer to be self employed or an entrepreneur to being an employee?”
37%
51%
56%
There is a lesser appetite for entrepreneurship in Europe compared with our main competitors
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Women have huge entrepreneurial potential
-Female entrepreneurship is about economic growth,creation of jobs and empowerment of women (If UK hadsame rate of WE as US: 900,000 more businesses and 1 Billion £ value added)
-In some countries and areas may include gender equalityissues
-Women enterprise differently than men (access to finance,training, networking, markets)
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STUDY ON STATISTICAL DATA OF WE IN EUROPE
• EU-28 + Albania, FYROM, Iceland, Israel, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, Norway, Serbia, Turkey
• In 2012 Europe-37: • 40.6 million entrepreneurs in Europe-37• 29% women entrepreneurs (11.6 million)• In 2008: 30%
Decline of 1% between 2008 and 2012 in Europe-37• In 2012 EU-28:• 31% women entrepreneurs in EU-28 (10.3 million)• In 2008: 28%
Increase of 3% between 2008 and 2012 in EU-28
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Countries with highest proportions of women entrepreneurs
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Countries with lowest proportions of women entrepreneurs
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Percentage of entrepreneurs in the active labour force
•Between 2003 and 2012: entrepreneurship rate for women increased slightly: 10% to 10.4%
•Entrepreneurship rate varies across Europe-37 and EU-28
Entrepreneurship Rate
2008 2012
Women Men Women Men
EU-28 10% 19% 10% 19%
Europe-37 10% 20% 10% 20%
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Countries with highest entrepreneurship rates for women
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Countries with lowest entrepreneurship rates for women
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Various reasons for entrepreneurs choosing to work part-time in their enterprises: having another job, household responsibilities, need for leisure time, illness or disability, advanced age, and study.
Part-time entrepreneurs
Part-time entrepreneurs
2008 2012
Women Men Women MenEU-28 29% 10% 30% 12%Europe - 37 29% 10% 31% 12%
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Countries with highest proportions of part-time entrepreneurs
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• Women entrepreneurs are more highly represented than men in the sectors:
o Human health and social work activities: 60%o Other services: 59%o Education: 55%
Less than half of entrepreneurs active in the education sector were women in: Albania, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Hungary, Malta, Norway, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Sweden and Turkey
Professional, scientific and technical activities sector: dominated by women entrepreneurs in Bulgaria, Latvia and Slovakia.
The financial and insurance sector: dominated by women entrepreneurs in Hungary and Slovakia.
Characteristics: Sectors
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Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan: actions by Commission and at all levels (national, regional, local) in 3 action pillars
Entrepreneurship education
Environment where entrepreneurs flourish & grow
Awareness & outreach to specific groups
Present policy context
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E-platform for WE• Europe-wide. On-line mentoring, advisory,
educational and business networking platform for aspiring/women entrepreneurs
• Information on access to finance and markets, events, including stakeholders and private schemes
• Bring on-line, deepen and expand the current national ambassadors and mentors networks
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E-platform for WE• support women entrepreneurship at national
and regional level by promoting the exchange of best practices between Member State
• Feasibilty study(Sept.2014) shows big interest from women enterpreneurs
• Call for tenders to be published Dec 2014
• The e-platform will be up and running end 2015
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Pilot Project ENBACreate a European Network of Business Angels for women entrepreneurs
Aim: raise awareness of Business Angels and increase alternative funding sources for women entrepreneurs
Call for proposals in second half of 2015
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Holistic Approach
• Encourage and support women to build a career in entrepreneurship but, besides access to finance and access to business opportunities also…
• Create the environment that would enable women to reach their potential and become successful entrepreneurs by ensuring (inter alia):• a reconciliation of professional and
personal life • access to information and child care
facilities– tailored made training – networking- role models
Fight Stereotypes-Change Perceptions-Provide the means
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Thank youStudy at: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/sme/promoting-entrepreneurship/women/index_en.htm
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