The third, final meeting of the partners of the "DIGI WOMEN" project was held on September 12 and 13, 2022 in the city of Riga, hosted by the Latvian partner CEBSR.

Originally planned for April, the meeting was postponed to September in line with the extension of the project due to the war against Ukraine, which dramatically affected the workability of colleagues from the project's partner National Technical University in Kharkiv.

The main objectives of the meeting were to review the report with the recommendations with a view to its finalization, the activities for the dissemination of the intellectual products, the discussion of the tasks for the preparation of the final report, and the possibilities for the further development of activities based on the results of the present project.

The following representatives of partner organizations participated in the meeting:

• Dr. Zane Zeibote and Dr. Vera Komarova from CEBSR, Latvia;
• Dr. Ria Aerts (online), Dr. Paolo Zaramella and Mr Alberto Maistrello from Consulenza Direcionale di Paolo Zaramella, Italy;
• Ms. Athanasia Ioannidou (online) from the Greek Association of Women Entrepreneurs – SEGE;
• Prof. Igor Kononenko and Assoc. Prof. Marina Grinchenko from the Department of Strategic Management of the National Technical University "Kharkov Polytechnic Institute", Ukraine;
• Dr. Mirela Alpeza from CEPOR – Center for SME and Entrepreneurship Policy, Croatia;
• Mr. Herwig Simoner from "bit management beratung" GmbH, Austria; and
• Assoc. Prof. Kostadin Kolarov and Dr. Silviya Georgieva from the Institute of Entrepreneurship of the UNWE, Bulgaria.

 

СThe meeting was held at the Innovation Center of the University of Latvia in Riga, whose high-tech equipment allowed an effective combination of face-to-face and online participation, similar to the second partner meeting hosted by Consulenza Direcionale di Paolo Zaramella, Italy.

 

During the meeting, the main directions in which the realization of the intellectual products, results of the project will be sought – the Curriculum containing a set of courses for training experts in business digitalization and for training women entrepreneurs, and the report with recommendations for use of the curriculum addressed to institutions and organizations supporting the development of female entrepreneurship and, in particular, the digitization of business.

The work programme was supplemented by cultural and social events, which created an atmosphere for informal communication between the meeting participants, and thus contributed to strengthening the mutual trust and teamwork built through the project work.