Our Activities

The issue n.6 of the WEED Newsletter is now available.

This report has been produced for the European Commission, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities.

Women continue to be under-represented in senior positions inmany fields despite the fact that they make up nearly half of theworkforce and more than half of new university graduates in theEU. This report examines the current situation and recent trends asregards women’s participation in decision-making across Europe. Itemphasises the importance of having more women in top positionsin the private sector.

follow the link to download the document  http://www.womanemprende.org/UPLOAD/File/MoreWomenINseniorPOSITIONS.pdf

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The fourth issue of the WEED newsletter is now available

Angela O’Hagan,Research Fellow at the Glasgow Caledonian University, has produced this Paper after having take part to the Second Transnational Workshop of the WEED Project.  This paper aims to highlight issues for discussion in addressing the question, “why addressing the gender pay gap can improve women’s economic position and address local economic problems at a time of economic recession”. It offers an overview of gender dimensions in the labour market, the causes and implications of the gender pay gap; the differential gendered impacts of the recession on employment, and the reductions in public spending following the economic downturn.  

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In this compendium, Angela O'Hagan Research Fellow at the Caledonian Business School (Glasgow Caledonian University) puts together and analyses three case studies able to influence in an effective way the policies on gender pay gap

the compendium is available here

Gill Scott, the Lead Expert of the WEED Project has produced the Report of the Action Learning Set and Transnational Workshop held in Santiago de Compostela from 5 to 7 May 2010.

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The Second Thematic Workshop of the WEED project took place in Santiago de Compostela (Spain) from 5 to 7 May 2010. The workshop was focused on "Promoting better work and social enterprise for women"

The third issue of our newsletter has just been published and it is now available. You will find interesting information on the next WEED workshop scheduled on May 2010 and news from the partners. 

Umea  LSG has organised four meetings since the start of the project  and have engaged with a wide range of major stakeholders interested in women, enterprise and employment.

The Santiago LSG has planned a series of actions on the sub theme of women and enterprise.  

Medway LSG organised three meetings in 2009, engaging with the major stakeholders interested in women, enterprise and employment.  They are planning to develop actions in two areas as part of the WEED project.

Karvina LSG has planned a series of actions in the context of the sub theme Women and Enterprise.

The Enna LSG has planned a series of actions on the sub theme of women and enterprise to improve entrepreneurship culture.

The Celje LSG is exploring a series of actions on the sub theme of women and enterprise that would gain support from local politicians.

The Alzira LSG has established several priorities on the sub theme of women and enterprise and is exploring a series of actions.

 The Amiens LSG is exploring  a series of actions on the sub theme of women and enterprise.

The second issue of our newsletter has just been published. It containes interesting information about our  workshop which took place in the beginning of September as well as other articles dealing with the issue of women and entrepreneurship

July 2009 Our first project newsletter has been published. It contains detailed information about our planned activities, partners, other organisations working in the field of gender equality, useful links and publications etc. Please click here to download it.

On 12 and 13 May 2011 the WEED network „Women, Enterprise, Employment and Local Development“ held its Final Conference in the city of Amiens. Amiens was extremely pleased to host the conference as along with their involvement in WEED they recently appointed Madame Maryse LION-LEC, Vice-Présidente en charge de la lutte contre les discriminations et pour légalité and welcomed the chance to develop ideas with other European cities.

You can read more about the final conference here.

The Third transanational Workshop of the WEED project will take place in Umea (Sweden) form 2 to 5 February 2011.

The Third on-line training session of the WEED Project, held on the 23 November 2010, was focused on the Local Action Plans so far developed by two partner cities: Celje (Slovenia) the project lead partner and Umea (Sweden). During the event, both the partners and the participants have shared their goals, the difficulties met and the challenges they want to face with their Local Action Plans.

The second On-line Training of the WEED Project shown to the participants how the "EntreprenörCentrum" in Umea (Sweden) works and its importance as creator of business ideas and innovation.   

The first on-line classroom of the WEED Project will take place on the 14th of September 2010 and it will be focused on Microfinance

The first transnational workshop of the WEED Project took place in Celje (Slovenia) on the 2-3 September.

The workshop Report is now available here

Presentations kick off meeting took place in Brussels on the 26th and 27th March, 2009. The discussion focused on the methodology and the management arrangement for the implementation phase.

22-23 September 2008 - The 2nd Steering Group Meeting took place in Brussels on the 22nd and 23rd September 2008. The discussion focused on methodology and management of the local action plans and support groups.

The first Steering Group Meeting took place in Brussels on the 4-5 June 2008. The discussion focused on the methodology and the management arrangement for the development phase.