A success event for women in Balkan Countries

24 th May, 2014 BPW International Congress

Korea –Jeju IslandsSelda Alemdar Dinçer

BPW İstanbul Club

TURKEY

BPW TURKEY and BPW DANUBE NET “The First International Conference for

Women Entrepreneurs in Balkan Countries “

4th April 2014 , İstanbul

Participant countries

• Croatia • Serbia • Romania• France • Italy • Greece • Turkey

Justification of the Event

1. To foster the relationship between female entreprenuers in the Balkan area

2. Create a platform to meet together and organise B2B meetings to make business

3. To carry out the 5th principle of the Women Empowerment Principles “women in the supply chain”

4. To create awareness of the WEP principles in the society (among the public, companies and governmental bodies)

5. A public media event

ISO İstanbul Chamber of Industry

Enterprise Europe Network Istanbul

Unesco Center for Women and Peace

in the Balkan Countries

First Part of the event 3 Workshops with the Representatives from

NGO’sCompanies Consulates Universities

Representatives from EU

Topics of the Panels

1. Importance of International Networking for Women Entrepreneurship

2. Importance of Partnerships Among Relevant stakeholders

3. Women in Leadership

Panel 1

Moderator : Melsa Ararat,PhD, Director of Industrial Management

•Maria-Ekaterini Tzitzikosta, President of Hellenic UNESCO, President of UNESCO Center for Women and Peace for Balkan Region •Alida Perkov, PhD, Chair of BPW Danube Network •Juan Hoyos, Adviser Export Value Chain, International Trade Center (ITC) •Sammar Essmat, Gender Focal Point for Europe and Central Asia(ECA)Europe and Central Asia Dpt•Kurt Puchinger, EU-strategy for the Danube Region •Marion Volk –Vice Chair of BPW Danube Net, Founder and Past Chair

Importance of International Networking for Women Entrepreneurship

Panel 2 Importance of Partnerships Among Relevant stakeholders

Moderator: Prof. Dr. Kıymet Çalıyurt, CPA, CFE President

•İmge Kaya Sabancı, Turkey Program Manager of Goldman Sachs 10000 Women•Süleyman Onatça, President of Turkish Enterprise and Business Confederation •Dr. Gülden Türktan, President of Women Entrepreneurs Association •Serap Işıklar , Head of EU and Foreign Economic Relations Dpt. •Esin Yeşildal, Republic of Turkey Small and Medium Entreprises Development Organisation (KOSGEB)•Aysun Sayın , Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Manager of Boyner Groups

Panel 3

Moderator: Dilek Bil , Sustainability Business Platform • Leyla Alaton, Member of the Board, Alvimedica Medical

Technologies • Oya Narin, Chairment Marti Management • Funda Baltalı, Owner

• Pınar Şimşek, Owner of Baltalı Gıda • Adriana Ciamba, Istanbul Consul General, France • Muriel Myriam Domenach, Istanbul Consul General, France • Anca Mitu, General Manager of Privileg Catering, Romania

Women in Leadership

We are a big family

Award Ceremony Mr. Hüsnü Özyeğin, President of Board of Trustee of FIBA Group ,

Finansbank and Özyeğin University

Ad hoc B2B Meetings

With representatives from Textile

Tourism Food

Construction

B2B

Women Vendors who are active in Food, Textile, Construction and Tourism sectors will gather into four groups according to the sectors in which they

are active and get mentoring by the high level professional facilitators before they will be matched

with the buyers.

Results of the B2B meetings and follow-ups

• New discussions between companies have started

• New ideas have been shared • Contacts of each participants in each section

have been exchanged • Participants will keep in touch for new

opportunities

6 entrepreneurs joined the Construction roundtable.

1. Patrizia Milani from BPW Pula, Croatia invited the Turkish participants to do business in Croatia and neighboring countries. She also graciously offered to serve as a host and liaison for such opportunities.Moreover, she informed the participants about her construction and paving stones venture, Vibrobeton. (http://www.vibrobeton.org)

2. Ayse Agac Dag presented Prefsan, a manufacturer of prefabricated systems and demountable containers. (www.prefsan.net)

3. Arzu Rona presented Bes-A, an emergency and LED lighting products manufacturer. (www.bes-a.com)

4. Meltem Uregen talked about Esus, a trade investment consultancy company (www.esustrade.com) as well as Sarilar Group (http://www.sarilargrup.com.tr), a construction company and structural steel manufacturer in the Antalya region.

5. Emine Gurkok presented Arge (www.argedegerleme.com.tr), a licensed valuation and real estate appraisal company.

6. Ingrit Tela talked about Orma (www.orma.com.tr), a manufacturer of cement and timber products. The participants exchanged valuable information regarding joint business opportunities and cooperation possibilities.

Press Coverage

About the detail of the event on 4th of April

Halkailiskiler.com

Press Coverage web pages

Bosandim.com Marketing Turkiye

Press Coverage Newspapers

Targets of BPW Turkey

• Various Events on WEP principles will continue.

• BPW Turkey with the collaboration of BPW Danube Net will support these events in other Balkan countries.

• We will continue to inform companies, NGO’s and stakeholders about WEP principles.

Thank you!