StartUp Europe project WeHubs presented during EBN Annual conference
WeHubs one of the 14 Start up Europe projects was presented during the first day of the EBN Annual Conference in Brussels. EBN, an important player, that has become a reference point in Europe on innovation, spin-off, incubation, SMEs, regional economic development, and entrepreneurship acknowledged the importance to support the women web entrepreneurship by opening the first session of the congress with WeHubs. Géraldine Quetin, from InterInnov Paris, the first speaker of the panel, was honoured to introduce this initiative that aims to create the First European Network of Women Web Entrepreneurs Hubs by supporting favourable and inspiring environment for women Web Entrepreneurs in Europe. She enthusiastically presented the main recommendations for business support organisations and women web entrepreneurs and she described how WeHubs envisages the creation of network by introducing 6 local hubs. At the end she stressed the added value of being a part of this community and she invited all interested players to join. WeHubs project is a 2-year project financed by EC DG Connect. After the first stage that was dedicated to a mapping exercise the second stage of creation of a network was officially launched during the Congress. Business support organisations present during the congress were encouraged to express their interests for future collaboration. To be able to take notes of interest coming from EBN network, the Startup Europe WeHubs stand was installed in the exhibition area with a volunteer to reply to any possible requests. 7 partners of the consortium led by EBN are happy to announce that the WeHubs stand was one of the busiest stand during the conference. For more information contact e.kalemaki@vilabs.eu or laura.lecci@ebn.eu
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