More than 60 000 women eEntrepreneurs and managers in Bulgaria now work in Small and medium-size enterprises

More than 60 000 women entrepreneurs and managers now work in small and medium-size enterprises in Bulgaria . This said BCCI President Tsvetan Simeonov on opening the conference ”Womenomics – women in the entrepreneurship” organized on the initiative of the Embassy of Nerway jointly with the BCCI, on the occasion of the International Women’ s Day.

According to Mr. Simeonov, the number of women-entrepreneurs in Bulgaria has considerably grown. Research indicates that women entrepreneurs, compared to men, are considerably younger and more educated . A research ordered by the BCCI and carried out with 800 Bulgarian women indicates that 62 % of the women start their business with own money or with money of their relatives . This shows good thrift on the one hand , and on the other that banks are still afraid to granting credits .

Bulgarian women launch own business out of their wish for personal realization . They find that as employees they are not yet given equal possibilities with men , as show the results from the study . Women-entrepreneurs are more inclined to use external services, not for juridical consultations only, but for information and consulting services from the entire spectrum . This shows they have modern thinking said Mr. Simeonov .

The conference is organized on the initiative of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Norway and Innovation Norway, in cooperation with the BCCI . During the forum the Ambassador of Norway H. E. Mrs. Tove Skarstein explained that most of the 8 million jobs in the EU created in the last decade are related to women. Women are increasingly taking the lead in the business and the firms, said the Ambassador and added that women are still less paid.