The First Regional Edition of the 'Women of Success' CD Will Be Launched at the Conference of the Balkan Women Business Associations- November 20, 2005
Bucharest, Romania; November 20, 2005 - Over 70 women from Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Kosovo, Montenegro, Romania and Turkey are featured on the first regional edition of the 'Women of Success' CD, a multimedia publication that features ladies who are having an impact on their communities and the business environment in their countries. The CD will be officially launched at the Conference of the Balkan Women Business Associations, organized by Center for International Private Enterprise Romania (CIPE) on December 2-3, 2005, in Istanbul, Turkey.
'Women of Success' CD is a project initiated and developed by CIPE Romania with funding from National Endowment for Democracy. Every year, starting with 2002, CIPE Romania has released an edition of the 'Women of Success' CD presenting the stories of Romanian women who managed to overcome barriers, develop and run a successful business or association. Romanian entrepreneurs and managers nominated by women associations presented their stories, emphasizing the achievements, challenges and lessons learned.
This year, CIPE Romania decided to incorporate the CD in the new project concerning the creation of a regional coalition of business women associations and thus invited the associations in the Balkan region to nominate their members. Twenty women associations proposed over 70 of their members, ladies who through their activities as business managers, association managers or program managers in economic and democratic development organizations are changing both their lives and the communities they live in.
"Role models proving that overcoming barriers is attainable in this part of the world are definitely needed. This CD is not about grand scale success, it is rather dedicated to normal people who strive to improve both their lives and the communities they are living in, through consistent work and dedication. Being successful entrepreneurs or association managers in these countries is not easy, but definitely it can be done. This CD bears witness to this. ", says Camelia Bulat, Program Director for CIPE Romania.
This first regional edition of the 'Women of Success' CD will be distributed to an international audience, including members of women associations in the Balkans, governments' representatives, parliaments' representatives, local authorities, and media.
The Center for International Private Enterprise is a non-for-profit, non-governmental American organization founded by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in 1983 in the belief that economic freedom and political freedom are intertwined. Over the last 20 years, CIPE has supported more than 800 local initiatives in more than 95 developing countries to organize business associations and involve businesspeople in policy advocacy, institutional reform, and responsible governance.
The Center for International Private Enterprise Romania started its activity in 2000 with a project to support business association development in the information technology, manufacturing, and tourism sectors, funded by USAID-Romania. CIPE also worked with multi-sector and women's associations, as they had members in each of the target sectors. Under this three-year program, CIPE was responsible for a number of activities including technical assistance for institutional development, support for public policy advocacy initiatives, information for targeted associations through forums, think tanks, and conferences, grants, creation of investment opportunities, and volunteer experts program.
In 2004, with financial support from National Endowment for Democracy, CIPE started a program dedicated to the creation and the development of the Coalition of Women Business Associations in Romania (CAFA).
For more information on CIPE activities, please visit the website:
www.ciperomania.org
'Women of Success' CD is a project initiated and developed by CIPE Romania with funding from National Endowment for Democracy. Every year, starting with 2002, CIPE Romania has released an edition of the 'Women of Success' CD presenting the stories of Romanian women who managed to overcome barriers, develop and run a successful business or association. Romanian entrepreneurs and managers nominated by women associations presented their stories, emphasizing the achievements, challenges and lessons learned.
This year, CIPE Romania decided to incorporate the CD in the new project concerning the creation of a regional coalition of business women associations and thus invited the associations in the Balkan region to nominate their members. Twenty women associations proposed over 70 of their members, ladies who through their activities as business managers, association managers or program managers in economic and democratic development organizations are changing both their lives and the communities they live in.
"Role models proving that overcoming barriers is attainable in this part of the world are definitely needed. This CD is not about grand scale success, it is rather dedicated to normal people who strive to improve both their lives and the communities they are living in, through consistent work and dedication. Being successful entrepreneurs or association managers in these countries is not easy, but definitely it can be done. This CD bears witness to this. ", says Camelia Bulat, Program Director for CIPE Romania.
This first regional edition of the 'Women of Success' CD will be distributed to an international audience, including members of women associations in the Balkans, governments' representatives, parliaments' representatives, local authorities, and media.
The Center for International Private Enterprise is a non-for-profit, non-governmental American organization founded by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in 1983 in the belief that economic freedom and political freedom are intertwined. Over the last 20 years, CIPE has supported more than 800 local initiatives in more than 95 developing countries to organize business associations and involve businesspeople in policy advocacy, institutional reform, and responsible governance.
The Center for International Private Enterprise Romania started its activity in 2000 with a project to support business association development in the information technology, manufacturing, and tourism sectors, funded by USAID-Romania. CIPE also worked with multi-sector and women's associations, as they had members in each of the target sectors. Under this three-year program, CIPE was responsible for a number of activities including technical assistance for institutional development, support for public policy advocacy initiatives, information for targeted associations through forums, think tanks, and conferences, grants, creation of investment opportunities, and volunteer experts program.
In 2004, with financial support from National Endowment for Democracy, CIPE started a program dedicated to the creation and the development of the Coalition of Women Business Associations in Romania (CAFA).
For more information on CIPE activities, please visit the website:
www.ciperomania.org
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