November 2015

THIRD TRAINING MY BUSINESS IDEA, MY CHANCE

TPO Foundation organized the third training within the project “The Economic Stability of Women as a Contribution to Peace Building in the Community”, which is financially supported by the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The training was organized on November 6 and 7, 2015. in Orašje, with the help of coordinators from Orašje, Mandica Živković and Eldina Hećimović -

Kukljević. The main lecturer, the founder of Faveda Company and the president of Association of Female Entrepreneurs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Aida Zubčević, spoke about starting a business, writing a business plan, the importance of networking among women and essential guidelines that were important to know when building a sustainable business.

At the end of the second day of training, on November 7, 2015, the training was attended by all participants from the previous three trainings. On the final lecture, all participants presented the final version of their business proposals and their thoughts on how to build a network with other women from different ethnic groups. One of the youngest participants of the project offered free legal services to all project participants, as well as all the necessary legal information related to the registration of their business. Aida Zubčević,

Mandica Živković i Eldina Hećimović-Kukuljević will be available to the project participants through the process of creating and writing a business plan. Participants who have the best business plan and who meet all the requirements of the project will receive funds to help them implement their business idea. The main goal of the project is to support the economic empowerment of women, as well as the inter-ethnic networking in order to build peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina.