Nghe An awards the "Women Entrepreneurship 2022" contest

Scene of Women's Entrepreneurship Day 2022. Photo: Contributor

Attending the workshop were comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and leaders of a number of provincial departments, branches and sectors; Standing Committee of the Provincial and District Women's Union; authors with ideas and winning startup awards from 2018-2021.

Many activities to support women starting businesses

Supporting women's economic empowerment has been identified by women's unions at all levels in the province as one of the key tasks and breakthroughs in union activities through the implementation of Project No. 939 on "Supporting women to start businesses in the period 2017 - 2025" approved by the Prime Minister.

Accordingly, in recent times, the association at all levels has focused on training to improve the capacity of consulting and supporting women in starting businesses and startups for the association's staff at all levels; training to improve capacity, transfer science and technology, manage and use capital resources, and coordinate with sectors and units to train and provide career guidance for members and women.

Delegates participate in the booth displaying women's startup products. Photo: Contributor

Along with that, in recent times, Women's Unions at all levels have also increased propaganda, mobilization, and support for members with ideas to participate in "Women's Entrepreneurship" competitions organized by the Unions at all levels; organized many forums, seminars, and conferences in localities, such as: Workshop "Gender mainstreaming in the field of labor, employment, improving knowledge, skills in entrepreneurship and sales"; "Conference to connect and solve output for models and products of women's entrepreneurial ideas"; Festival "Supporting women in entrepreneurship - displaying safe products"; Conference to honor typical examples of supporting women in economics and entrepreneurship in the period 2015 - 2020...

At the provincial level, the activity is considered a highlight and is organized annually as "Women's Entrepreneurship Day"; thereby arousing the spirit of entrepreneurship, business start-up, creativity of women, while creating many opportunities for female-owned businesses, authors with feasible startup ideas to successfully connect with departments, branches, sectors, units, and sponsors.

Comrade Nguyen Thi Quynh Hoa - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, President of the Provincial Women's Union spoke at Women's Entrepreneurship Day 2022. Photo: Contributor

2,153 startup ideas realized

As a result, from 2017 to now, the association at all levels has received 1,946 startup and creative business ideas from women registered for the competition, of which 186 feasible ideas have been screened, approved, and classified to participate in provincial and central competitions.

Through the competitions, 31 ideas entered the final round and won prizes at the central and provincial levels. Typical examples include the idea of ​​"Developing the brocade value chain" of Hoa Ban Xanh Production and Service Cooperative, Ky Son district; the idea of ​​"Applying technology in the production of safe tapioca starch" of Nam Anh Cooperative, Nam Dan district; the idea of ​​"Producing and processing tofu on a modern technological line" of Ms. Nguyen Thi Dung, Vinh city; the idea of ​​"LIM cold-dried vegetable powder" of Ms. Ho Thi Hop, Vinh city; "MANIFAM nutritional cereal powder" of Ms. Tran Thi Thu Hang, Nghi Loc district.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Ha - Ha Duy Minh Company Limited exchanged experiences at Women's Entrepreneurship Day 2022. Photo: Contributor

In 2022 alone, the startup movement continued to develop and spread among participating components with the total number of ideas submitted to startup competitions at all levels increasing compared to previous years. The quality of ideas has received more attention and investment, demonstrating creativity and innovation in the production and trading of clean, safe products... and many components participating.

Among the 45 participants in the "Women's Entrepreneurship Day 2022" contest organized by the Provincial Women's Union, there are 6 ideas from businesses; 6 ideas from cooperatives and cooperative groups; 5 ideas from ethnic minority women; and 1 idea from a disabled woman.

Comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and leaders of provincial departments and branches awarded prizes to 5 outstanding startup ideas in 2022. Photo: Contributor

Notably, 8 products and services participated in the program, each commune has 1 product with 3 stars or more. As a result, 5 excellent ideas were selected and awarded; at the same time, based on the feasibility of the ideas, the Provincial Women's Union also selected 29 ideas to participate in the contest "Searching for Nghe An Creative Startup Talents in 2022" organized by the People's Committee of Nghe An province and sent 7 ideas to participate in the program "Em - Power Woman Venture, Because you are the reason to live" implemented by the Center for the Development of Women in the North Central Coast.

Within the framework of Women's Entrepreneurship Day 2022, through the "Workshop on sharing experiences in connecting and exploiting resources to support women in starting and successfully starting businesses", many experiences in supporting women's creativity and entrepreneurship were shared and many difficulties, limitations and solutions were proposed to promote specific, practical, appropriate support activities, linked with the implementation of the province's policies and guidelines on sustainable poverty reduction, agricultural development, farmers, rural areas...; contributing to improving economic capacity, mastering the lives of members and women, contributing to promoting the socio-economic development of the province.