The Erasmus+ RE-FEM project – Upskilling pathways for REsiliency in the post-Covid era for FEMale Entrepreneurs is reaching its conclusion with a final multiplier event entitled “Women Entrepreneurs: From Knowledge to Action”. The event will take place in Seville on the 1st of October, 2025, from 10:30 to 13:30 CET, hosted at the Marqueses de La Algaba Palace, D. Rodrigo Room, and can also be joined online via Zoom.
This closing event will bring together policymakers, researchers, business support professionals, and women entrepreneurs to present the key results of the RE-FEM project and to discuss future directions for fostering women’s entrepreneurship. The aim is not only to showcase the achievements of the project, but also to create a platform for dialogue, exchange of good practices, and action-oriented policy discussions.
The event kicks off with a welcome speech by Francisco Javier González Navarro, General Director of Entrepreneurship Promotion and Continuous Training at the Junta de Andalucía, followed by a project overview and presentation of results by Dr. Katalin Oborni, Senior Project Manager at HETFA Research Institute, the project’s coordinating organisation. Participants will also hear a keynote speech by Anna Häggblom, AI Advisor and TEDx Speaker from Finland, on the topic “AI and Women Entrepreneurs: Navigating Emerging Challenges.”
A key highlight of the event will be two round table discussions. The first, held in English and titled “Resilient Futures: Supporting Women Entrepreneurs in Times of Crisis,” will explore the main lessons learned throughout the RE-FEM project regarding support for women entrepreneurs in times of crisis. This session will also present the Final Policy Study of the project. The discussion will be moderated by Sanja Popovic-Pantic, Head of the Science and Technology Policy Research Centre at the Institute Mihajlo Pupin, President of the Association of Business Women in Serbia, and Chair of the EEN Thematic Group on Women’s Entrepreneurship. She will be joined by distinguished panellists such as Gabriela Kostovska Bogoeva, Co-founder and Executive Director of the Foundation for Management and Industrial Research and Vice-Chair of the EEN Thematic Group Women’s Entrepreneurship from North Macedonia; Zsuzsanna Lukács Lakatosné, Deputy State Secretary for the Protection of Enterprises at the Hungarian Ministry of National Economy and former Director of the SEED Foundation, Hungary and Ludwig Stendahl, Business Developer at Connect Norr Västerbotten in Sweden.
The second roundtable discussion, held in Spanish called “Female Entrepreneurship in Andalusia: Real Challenges and Necessary Answers,” will focus on the regional context, bringing together leading institutional representatives, businesswomen, and communication experts to reflect on the challenges faced by female entrepreneurs in Andalusia. This discussion will be moderated by Olga Carrión Mancebo, Director of the Andalusian Women’s Institute, and will feature Lorena Garrido Serrano, Deputy Minister of University, Research and Innovation of the Regional Government of Andalusia; Victoria Cabrera de Paredes, CEO and Founder of Agencia Cps, journalist, TV producer and speaker listed among Forbes’ Influential Women in Andalusia in 2024 and Mercedes León Lozano, Managing Director of the Andalusian Council of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Services and Navigation, and a practising lawyer.
The event will conclude with closing remarks, followed by a networking session and farewell drink to encourage further connections among participants.
Registration for online participants is available here: http://bit.ly/40Edabd
Join us in Seville or take part online via Zoom to be part of this inspiring discussion on the future of women’s entrepreneurship.