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Empowering Female Entrepreneurs: Mabizz Networking Platform

Mabizz is a collaborative effort by markant and UNIZO to support and empower female entrepreneurs in Flanders. Through networking events, training, and mentoring, Mabizz aims to increase female representation in entrepreneurship and provide valuable resources for business success.

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Empowering Female Entrepreneurs: Mabizz Networking Platform

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  1. Relaxing, networking and learning. Multitasking in a nice way. That’s what female entrepreneurs do at mabizz!

  2. What is mabizz? In September 2007 markant and UNIZO signed a cooperation agreement: “markant and UNIZO commit to consider each other as privileged cooperation partner with regards to female entrepreneurship”

  3. markant? Markant: 3 networks: • markant leisure • Artemis carreer • mabizz female entrepreneurs • 30.000 members, 1/3 independent entrepreneurs

  4. UNIZO? • Organisation for the Self-Employed and SMEs • over 82,000 members • local branches every municipality, managed by volunteers • interests of SMEs during every phase of the development • majority of the members: between 2 and 10 employees.

  5. Organization - 7 regional networks - Steering committees of volunteer-members - Workgroups with employees of markant and UNIZO

  6. Female entrepreneurship in Flanders Activity by gender

  7. Difficulties for female entrepreneurs (Diane Study) Structural: Lack of secure social status Historical and cultural context • Less role models Combination work and care • Smaller activities • Less networking No previous activity • Less knowledge of market opportunities • Less useful contacts

  8. Income of entrepreneurs by gender

  9. Survivalrate by gender

  10. Goals • markant & UNIZO take the lead in female entrepreneurship in Flanders • more female entrepreneurs in Flanders • better support for female entrepreneurs in Flanders • stimulate networking for female entrepreneurs • more female members for UNIZO • more entrepreneurs-members for markant • more active female members for markant and UNIZO

  11. Actions to support female entrepreneurship • Daughters of Venus (media) • Home managers • 18 enterprises started • Employment of >300 home managers • Professional organiser

  12. Activities for female entrepreneurs • Events • Businessgame • Womed Award • Training • E-business • Mentoring • Laboratory for female entrepreneurs

  13. Services for female entrepreneurs • Webshop • Newsletter • Defence of interests • Booklet “guide for female entrepreneurs

  14. Contact information • Coordination mabizz: • Karolien Stockx • karolien.stockx@unizo.be • 0032 2 286 93 41 • Projectworker mabizz: • Chris Crombé • info@mabizz.be • 0032 2 286 93 42 • www.mabizz.be

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