International seminar on rural women's entrepreneurship in Finland

   

International Seminar 
September 30 - October 1 2002

 

 

The "MATERRA"  project (2000-2002) develops new support functions for tourism from local culture and culinary heritage, forest and garden products and landscape heritage in

  • Kainuu (North Finland)
  • Cilento (South Italy) and
  • Põlvamaa (South Estonia).

Welcome to the international workshop and seminar for exchanging ideas  and creating co-operation to benefit women entrepreneurs! 

Invited To persons working with business advise-ment and development in private or public organisations, women entrepreneurs and women interested in how to combine family, femininity and working life. Representatives from European countries.

                  I

International Workshop, Monday September 30

(working language: English)

  • Methods of training suitable for rural women entrepreneurs
  • The social networks of women and their impor-tance in enterprising
  • How to combine family, femininity and enterprising
  • How to encourage women to participate in rural development
  • How to support women’s business ideas (marketing issues)
  • Where to obtain resources for rural women

 

              II

International rural women’s day, Tuesday October 1

  • Dear sister – Entrepreneurship is Yours! – Many possibilities of Rural Communities, Tuulikki Juusela
  • How to make your rural environment as a tourism product?
  • Benefiting cultural heritage in rural tourism (Myths and legends-project)
  • Kerttu Karvonen-Kannas, Gallen-Kallela Museum, Espoo
  • Culinary Heritage routes in Cilento, Italy
  • Nature by-products, Estonia
  • Strategy for development for the rural women’s entrepreneurship

                Co-operators                      

Kainuu Centre of Women’s Advisory Organisation for Development of Rural Areas, Materra-project (Kainuu, Estonia, Italy), Regional Council of Kainuu, Kajaani town.

 

                    Registration: registration.xls

                    More information:

Eija Pajunen

Kaukametsä Congress Centre, P.O.Box 251, 87101 Kajaani, Finland

tel. +358-8-6155935

fax. + 358-8-6155476 email: eija.pajunen@kajaani.fi

                             The costs?    

€ 50 Seminar day (Sept 30) or  € 100 workshop and seminar (Sep30-Oct 1) (including meals, program, and translation), 25 € for excursion (Sunday)

Hotel rooms in Scandic Hotel Kajanus are in Double room shared/per person € 43 and in Single room € 77.  € 100 for poster presentation tables.

                                   Questions?   

              Minna.Komulainen@maaseutukeskus.fi