promoting women entrepreneurship in europe
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European CommissionEnterprise and Industry
Promoting Women Entrepreneurship in Europe
25 November 2014
Anna Danti
Unit D1
Entrepreneurship & Social Economy
European CommissionEnterprise and Industry
The EU citizens are less eager to be entrepreneurs...Answer to the question “Do you prefer to be self employed or an entrepreneur to being an employee?”
37%
51%
56%
There is a lesser appetite for entrepreneurship in Europe compared with our main competitors
Women have huge entrepreneurial potential
-Female entrepreneurship is about economic growth,creation of jobs and empowerment of women (If UK hadsame rate of WE as US: 900,000 more businesses and 1 Billion £ value added)
-In some countries and areas may include gender equalityissues
-Women enterprise differently than men (access to finance,training, networking, markets)
STUDY ON STATISTICAL DATA OF WE IN EUROPE
• EU-28 + Albania, FYROM, Iceland, Israel, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, Norway, Serbia, Turkey
• In 2012 Europe-37: • 40.6 million entrepreneurs in Europe-37• 29% women entrepreneurs (11.6 million)• In 2008: 30%
Decline of 1% between 2008 and 2012 in Europe-37• In 2012 EU-28:• 31% women entrepreneurs in EU-28 (10.3 million)• In 2008: 28%
Increase of 3% between 2008 and 2012 in EU-28
Countries with highest proportions of women entrepreneurs
Countries with lowest proportions of women entrepreneurs
Percentage of entrepreneurs in the active labour force
•Between 2003 and 2012: entrepreneurship rate for women increased slightly: 10% to 10.4%
•Entrepreneurship rate varies across Europe-37 and EU-28
Entrepreneurship Rate
2008 2012
Women Men Women Men
EU-28 10% 19% 10% 19%
Europe-37 10% 20% 10% 20%
Countries with highest entrepreneurship rates for women
Countries with lowest entrepreneurship rates for women
Various reasons for entrepreneurs choosing to work part-time in their enterprises: having another job, household responsibilities, need for leisure time, illness or disability, advanced age, and study.
Part-time entrepreneurs
Part-time entrepreneurs
2008 2012
Women Men Women MenEU-28 29% 10% 30% 12%Europe - 37 29% 10% 31% 12%
Countries with highest proportions of part-time entrepreneurs
• Women entrepreneurs are more highly represented than men in the sectors:
o Human health and social work activities: 60%o Other services: 59%o Education: 55%
Less than half of entrepreneurs active in the education sector were women in: Albania, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Hungary, Malta, Norway, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Sweden and Turkey
Professional, scientific and technical activities sector: dominated by women entrepreneurs in Bulgaria, Latvia and Slovakia.
The financial and insurance sector: dominated by women entrepreneurs in Hungary and Slovakia.
Characteristics: Sectors
Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan: actions by Commission and at all levels (national, regional, local) in 3 action pillars
Entrepreneurship education
Environment where entrepreneurs flourish & grow
Awareness & outreach to specific groups
Present policy context
E-platform for WE• Europe-wide. On-line mentoring, advisory,
educational and business networking platform for aspiring/women entrepreneurs
• Information on access to finance and markets, events, including stakeholders and private schemes
• Bring on-line, deepen and expand the current national ambassadors and mentors networks
E-platform for WE• support women entrepreneurship at national
and regional level by promoting the exchange of best practices between Member State
• Feasibilty study(Sept.2014) shows big interest from women enterpreneurs
• Call for tenders to be published Dec 2014
• The e-platform will be up and running end 2015
Pilot Project ENBACreate a European Network of Business Angels for women entrepreneurs
Aim: raise awareness of Business Angels and increase alternative funding sources for women entrepreneurs
Call for proposals in second half of 2015
Holistic Approach
• Encourage and support women to build a career in entrepreneurship but, besides access to finance and access to business opportunities also…
• Create the environment that would enable women to reach their potential and become successful entrepreneurs by ensuring (inter alia):• a reconciliation of professional and
personal life • access to information and child care
facilities– tailored made training – networking- role models
Fight Stereotypes-Change Perceptions-Provide the means
Thank youStudy at: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/sme/promoting-entrepreneurship/women/index_en.htm
E-mail: [email protected]