08.07.2024 / News

Another opportunity to take part in the fourth Eurasian Women's Forum

The project team of the Council of the Eurasian Women's Forum "Development of Women's Entrepreneurship", Wildberries and the "SUPPORTS OF RUSSIA" committee are starting to accept applications for participation in the international competition "Culture Code 2.0: Women's Entrepreneurship". It is timed to coincide with the fourth Eurasian Women's Forum, which will be held in St. Petersburg on September 18 - 20.

The competition is held among women entrepreneurs who offer a modern interpretation of folk traditions, use images of landmarks and images characteristic of their country in their products, products and their packaging. Representatives of Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan are invited to participate in the competition.

Ten winners will receive prizes from the competition organizers:

• the opportunity to take part in the fourth Eurasian Women's Forum;
• 100,000 rubles for promoting goods on the Wildberries marketplace;
• individual support at the PRO Wildberries Entrepreneur Development and Support Center.

The finalists of the competition will have the opportunity to take part in the business accelerator program of the Committee for the Development of Women’s Entrepreneurship “OPORA RUSSIA”, and will also become participants in the online marathon “Voice of Women’s Business”.

Link to the participant's application form and competition rules.

Applications are accepted until August 25. The names of the winners will be published on the information resources of the Council of the Eurasian Women’s Forum and in the telegram channel “WB Partners” on August 29.

Nadiya Cherkasova, vice-president of OPORA RUSSIA, coordinator of the EWF Council project “Development of Women's Entrepreneurship”, noted:

— The OPORA RUSSIA “Women’s Entrepreneurship” project to support women in business has been running for 9 years. By bringing together women entrepreneurs from different regions of Russia and the world, we see how important it is for them to have the opportunity to promote their business. I am sure that for the participants of the “Culture Code 2.0” competition this is an opportunity to announce their business on the authoritative platform of the Eurasian Women’s Forum and become part of the international community.

Tatyana Bakalchuk, CEO of Wildberries, noted that she communicates a lot with entrepreneurs to understand what cultural values and traditions of their region they promote. Together with the Council of the Eurasian Women's Forum, it was decided to expand the geography of participants and hold a competition.