Successful Women Entrepreneurship Day in Jordan

On the 2nd of November the Jordan Forum for Business and Professional Women (JFBPW) hosted the first of a series of Women Entrepreneurship Days which will take place in Jordan under AFAEMME's "Young Women as Job Creators" project.

The Women Entrepreneurship Days -seminars which will provide young women university students with specific training and coaching to create new businesses-  are the core events of this Union for the Mediterranean labeled project which AFAEMME is implementing in Jordan, Morocco, Palestine and Spain with the support of its member organisations: the Jordan Forum for Business and Professional Women (JFBPW), the Association des Femmes Chefs d'Entreprises du Maroc (AFEM), the Business and Professional Women Ramallah Club (BPW-Ramallah) and the Catalan Association of Business and Executive Women (ACEE).

The WED was attended by 30 young women and 2 young men from 6 partner universities and it was inaugurated by the President of the JFBPW, Ms. Reem Barghouty.

As special guest, the Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Dr. Heike Harmgart, attended the official opening of the WED. She explained to the students the importance of such initiatives and the opportunities that the European Bank provides to support young entrepreneurs. Other participants of the opening were a representative from the Ahli Microfinance Company and some significant businesswomen who shared their professional experiences with the public.

Students were absolutely satisfied with the WED's contents as the event provided them with an opportunity to express and explore their aspirations, gave them self confidence and direct support for business start-up.