esbri seminar – estrad attitudes and role models
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Esbri seminar – Estrad Attitudes and role models. Promoting women´s entrepreneurship November 16, 2009 Gunilla Thorstensson, programme manager. Sustainable economic growth. More new enterprises More growing enterprises More strong regions Challenges Low proportion of entrepreneurs - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
SWEDISH AGENCY FOR ECONOMICAND REGIONAL GROWTH
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Esbri seminar – EstradAttitudes and role models
Promoting women´s entrepreneurship
November 16, 2009
Gunilla Thorstensson, programme manager
SWEDISH AGENCY FOR ECONOMICAND REGIONAL GROWTH
Sustainable economic growth
– More new enterprises
– More growing enterprises
– More strong regions
Challenges
– Low proportion of entrepreneurs
– Few enterprises grow in size
SWEDISH AGENCY FOR ECONOMICAND REGIONAL GROWTH
23-04-20www.tillvaxtverket.se
Going on in Sweden
• Promoting women´s entrepreneurship 2007-2009
• 880 ambassadors, www.ambassadorer.se
• Vinnova: research programme
• Almi Företagspartner: 200 women future board members
SWEDISH AGENCY FOR ECONOMICAND REGIONAL GROWTH
23-04-20www.tillvaxtverket.se
Promoting women´s entrepreneurship
• Three year programme 2007-2009
• 82 million SEK 2009, in total 250 million SEK during 2007-2009
More new, viable businesses and more growing businesses
Making visible, making possible and providing the tools
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• Make possible, make visible
SWEDISH AGENCY FOR ECONOMICAND REGIONAL GROWTH
23-04-20www.tillvaxtverket.se
880 Ambassadorsfor women´senterprise
•Make women entrepreneurs more visible
• Role models for others – If she can, I can!
• Increases knowledge about running a business
• Tell their story
• 12 EU Ambassadors from Sweden
SWEDISH AGENCY FOR ECONOMICAND REGIONAL GROWTH Beautiful Business Award
Service Developer of the Year
• Beautiful Business Award 2010
• 1760 nominees
• 30 finalists, three regional finals – Umeå, Örebro, Malmö
• Finals in Stockholm, January 19, 2010
www.beautifulbusinessaward.se
Årets Tjänsteutvecklare 2009: Kristina Theander, Middagsfrid
SWEDISH AGENCY FOR ECONOMICAND REGIONAL GROWTH
Role modelson film
YouTube.comTillväxtverket filmer
Hanna Bruce
Växbo Lin
Hanna Johansson
Mellby Bissgården
Remziye Inanc
Järva Tolk och Översättning
Gunilla von Platen
Xzakt Kundrelation
Cecilia Boman
BA Konsult
SWEDISH AGENCY FOR ECONOMICAND REGIONAL GROWTH
23-04-20www.tillvaxtverket.se
Media a key player
Dalarnas Tidning:Annette hjälper andra kvinnor att ta steget uppåt. Annette Stoltz, Hedemora Sotaren
DN: I Gnosjö investerar man sig ur krisenSolveig Fransson, Gnosjö Automatsvarvning AB
TV 4, P4
Västerbotten
Kvinnliga
ambassadörer vill
ändra bilden av
den typiske
företagaren
SWEDISH AGENCY FOR ECONOMICAND REGIONAL GROWTH
23-04-20www.tillvaxtverket.se
More media …
Debattartikel Newsmill,Jeanette Bohman, Skivarps Gästgivaregård Vi tänder stjärnor - ni släcker dem!
”Under senare delen av 1800-talet fanns det flera framgångsrika affärskvinnor, även om de oftast hamnade i skymundan av männen.”
SvD: Företagarkvinnor inget nytt
SWEDISH AGENCY FOR ECONOMICAND REGIONAL GROWTH
23-04-20www.tillvaxtverket.se
Facts and statisticsaffect attitudes• Facts, not fantasies
• Knowledge increasing among business advisers, players and authorities
• Report from Tillväxtverket – The Government´s funding initiatives from a gender perspective
SWEDISH AGENCY FOR ECONOMICAND REGIONAL GROWTH
698 000 businesses – most of them small
5-9 employed 5%10-19 employed 3%20-49 employed 2% > 50 employed 1%
68%
22%1-4 employed
SWEDISH AGENCY FOR ECONOMICAND REGIONAL GROWTH
More women set up businesses
Källa: ITPS
62%
31%
7%
61%
32%
57 800 start-ups (2008)- 32% by women in 2008- 15% by women in 90´s
About ¼ of SMEs arerun by a woman
SWEDISH AGENCY FOR ECONOMICAND REGIONAL GROWTH
23-04-20www.tillvaxtverket.se
Women´s entrepreneurship more visible
• Women less invisible as entrepreneurs; role models important – If she can, I can!
• Entrepreneurship more female; a heterogenous group running businesses in all sectors
• Services growing in economy; business opportunities for women entrepreneurs
• Persistance; takes time to change
SWEDISH AGENCY FOR ECONOMICAND REGIONAL GROWTH
23-04-20www.tillvaxtverket.se
SWEDISH AGENCY FOR ECONOMICAND REGIONAL GROWTH
For more information:
Gunilla Thorstensson, programme manager
e-mail: [email protected]
Phone: +46 8 681 6587
Internet:
– www.tillvaxtverket.se/kvinnorsforetagande
– www.ambassadorer.se