UNECE launches its portrait gallery of

Excellent Women Entrepreneurs

On 14.02.2001, UNECE launched the first portrait gallery of excellent women entrepreneurs in transition economies on its Intemet site. http:/www.unece.org/. This portrait gallery has already gathered pictures of entrepreneurs more than 100 women from countries with economies in transition.

The aim of this portrait gallery is to promote women entrepreneurs in countries with economies in transition to let them tell you what their vision of entrepreneurship is, how they became entrepreneurs and what their messages for the twenty-first century are. The gallery introduces such women to you. The enterprises they have created range from micro- to large-scale enterprises in areas from fish-breeding to manufacturing of household appliances. You will discover their opinions on entrepreneur- ship, their personal stories of how they became entrepreneurs, and learn about how courage, creativity and talent can lead to success, satisfaction and wealth. It is envisaged to invite these entrepreneurs to a conference that will review the situation of women entrepreneurs in the transition economies. This project was launched at the round-table discussion on “Innovative, Growing and Family-based Entrepteneurship” organized within the framework of the third CEI Summit Economic Forum held at the end of November 2000 in Budapest. Further candidates for this portrait gallery may be submitted in accordance with the questionnaire at the following address: www.unece.org/opernet/galery/Welcome.html.