The European Commission promotes women's economic empowerment and women entrepreneurship. Based on the needs expressed by women entrepreneurs, the Commission has encouraged networking and exchanges of good practices, as well as initiatives that help women build confidence in their abilities.
Support for women entrepreneurs
Wegate
To help women create and run successful companies, we launched the Europe-wide online platform WEgate, continuing to support women entrepreneurs during the Covid-19 pandemic.
WEgate unites all initiatives supporting women entrepreneurship into one platform dedicated to women entrepreneurs and their needs related to starting, financing, and managing their businesses. The intention is to create a hub for connecting women entrepreneurs with support organisations at local, regional, national and European level, thus facilitating their access to mentoring and business networks across Europe.
EEN for women
The Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) has a dedicated group of experts working on women's entrepreneurship that gathers numerous partner organisations in multiple countries in Europe and beyond. The group connects women entrepreneurs to the network's business and innovation support activities and provides concrete services, such as business partnering, access to foreign markets, cooperation with local networks, as well as access to EU funding.