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WP 1
6 Resource centrs in:6 Resource centrs in: Jelgava; Bauska; Cēsis; Talsi; Ludza; Preiļi;
17 Meeting places:17 Meeting places: Liepāja; Ventspils; Tukums;
Limbaži; Valmiera; Gulbene; Madona; Alūksne; Balvi; Krāslava; Daugavpils Jēkabpils Aizkraukle; Dobele; Rēzekne; Valka; Saldus.
WP 1
RC and MP started to work as closely connected net RC advisor/consulter groups are additionally recruited with
new members (in business organization, accountancy, legislation, project writing, e-commerce, NGO organization, home-craft).
10 persons from Latvia (RC leaders, WP leaders and mentors) participates in transnational meeting in Poland (2007)
Meetings with Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Education - information of activities in FEM project and needed support.
Manual for practical work
Young entrepreneurs advisors in the Resource centersYoung entrepreneurs advisors in the Resource centers
Region CraftProject design
Microcredit Mentoring
Consulting in E-commerce Total
Zemgale 8 30 14 7 2 61
Vidzeme 9 30 12 5 2 58
Kurzeme 8 32 3 2 2 47
Latgale 8 29 6 4 2 49
Total: 33 121 35 18 8 215
WP 1:
WP 2 Creation of database of women - existing and
potential entrepreneurs. Creation of joint strategy and action plan in Latvia Creation the concept of the project Web-page Organization national seminars in Riga and
educational seminars in Latvia for near 4000 entrepreneurs
Participation in meetings with other WP coordinators and project leaders in Latvia
Latvian entrepreneur take place in international expo INTERTEXTIL Balticum 2007
Dissemination of information in near 20 different meetings
Meeting with minister of economic J. Strods, secretary of state D. Lucaua, authority of LHZB bank V. Pučka
WP 3 Developed questionnaires and selected Mentees and
Mentors on the basis of questionnaires in the Zemgale, Vidzeme, Kurzeme and Latgale regions;
Created data basis of existing and potential mentors; Collected and analyzed 100 questionnaires of existing and
potential Mentees and 60 questionnaires of existing and potential Mentors of all regions of Latvia – Zemgale, Vidzeme, Kurzeme, Latgale;
Formed 21 mentoring pairs and 3 groups Regular meetings, common seminars, consultancies and
support (about 15 mentoring seminars in all regions); Training in mentoring and different branches connected with
entrepreneurship (management, legislation, communication, finances, etc.);
Monitoring and evaluation of results of mentoring cooperation (interviews with 10 mentors 15 and mentees)
WP 3 4 FEM Mentors of the event “Mentor of the Year 2006” received
rewards (Nelda Bailīte, Zeltīte Kaviere, Eleonora Maisaka, Vija Ancāne); 2 Mentors of of the event “Mentor of the Year 2007” received awards – Astrīda Vītola – mentor for micro-credit group in Iecava and Inara Vasilevska – pair mentor in Preili (Latgale region);
Developed mentoring manual; Information providing for TV, other mass media (near 30
publications in newspapers) 6 scientific articles and 12 presentations in seminars and
international conferences in Latvia, Finland, Denmark, Poland, etc. Mentoring is included in the National plan for development of Latvia
for the years 2007. – 2013 as one of the priorities in creating new competitive enterprises, creation of unite and efficient support system for business launching (mentor consultations, finance supporting – “first seed grants", net supporting, seed grants, micro credits, investments guarantees, risk capital funding, resource centers etc.).
Mentoring
Region Mentors Mentees
Zemgale 11 17
Vidzeme 6 9
Kurzeme 3 3
Latgale 3 3
Total: 23 32
WP 3:
WP 4 Established 31 new microcredit group (99 women) in 17 of 26
administrative districts and 10 (38 women) are in the last stage of preparing; established data base about these groups
Organized almost 100 microcredit seminars Latgale, Zemgale, Vidzeme, Kurzeme regions
Organized meetings with leaders others WP Consultations about microcredit and business plan (~90 women) Networking groups leaders training (~80 women) Information in newspapers, in Radio company and TV 3 company
about FEM project activities Organized meetings with business women and NGO Cooperation with 5 countries –Lithuania, Estonia, Finland,
Norway, Sweden Meetings with banks, municipalities, with ministries and president Established new foundation –“Women’s entrepreneur support
foundation” Participation in transnational meetings (the last one in Poland
(2007)
Total: 137 women are involved in microcredit groups 14
Microcredit
Region Groups Participants
Zemgale 16 58
Vidzeme 13 40
Kurzeme 4 12
Latgale 8 25
Total: 41 137
WP 4:
WP 5 Creation the national database of women - entrepreneurs in Latvia based
on Latvia Rural Women Association (LLSA) web page: www.llsa.lv/FEM, list of entrepreneurs with photos of their products.
Information in international web page: www.feminfo.net, presentations of women entrepreneurs of Latvia, new contacts and development skills for internationalization for participants of WP 5
Educational seminars about starting and developing of entrepreneurship, marketing, e-commerce, international contacts etc. for women: more than 30 seminars in Latvia with about 650 participants.
Network with other WP on national and international level: meetings with leaders of other WP, contacts by e-mail and phone, workshops.
Participation in national and transnational meetings. Preparing and publishing book “Business of Rural Crafstmen in Latvia”
with 120 pages in 4 languages: Latvian, English, German and Russian. Dissemination of information in 30 local newspapers all over of the Latvia,
national and regional TV, different national, local and international meetings.
Training for starting marketing and e-trade – attended by 195 women Summary of women’s experience participated in the project (by
questionnaires in the internet) Final report for the future concerning women’s business
internationalisation
Summary
In all regions of Latvia: 6 Resource centers 17 Meeting places 41 microcredit groups 21 mentoring pairs/3 groups
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