… and a level of female self-employment lower than the EU average, the number of women in Ireland setting up new … surprisingly, in 2009 Going for Growth was selected by the EU as a good practice in promoting enterprise as part of the … has been included as an inspiring practice in the OECD and EU report The Missing Entrepreneurs: Policies for Inclusive …
… and by contributions from participants. In the new EU programming period (2014-2020), partly due to the … Programme and could also be financed through the EU’s Structural Funds. Thus the project achieved a wide … new measures for female entrepreneurs in the forthcoming EU programming period. The programme has been developed …
… and a level of female self-employment lower than the EU average, the number of women in Ireland setting up new … It was financed directly by the Enterprise DG of the EU Commission as part of the European Network of Mentors for …
… of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, co-finances the new EU Women’s Entrepreneurship project. The impact of the bank … . At present, it is involved in the two-year EU Women’s Entrepren-eurship project whose main goal is to … the first Cypriot organisation that has been involved in EU programmes to promote female entrepreneurship. Likewise, …
… businesses must be incorporated in the UK, fit within the EU definition of an SME, operate entirely or substantially … achieve the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy and the EU’s Strategy for Equality between Women and Men 2010-2015. …
… business ownership rate was only 3% (as against 7% in the EU). Croatia has similar rates of necessity-driven and opportunity-driven entrepreneurship, while in the EU as a whole opportunity-driven rate is higher. Among …
… in livestock rearing or crop production. Indeed, 71% of EU farms with livestock are run by male farm holders, and … persons). Organic farming is practised by around 2% of all EU farm holders, regardless of gender. In 2013, women represented 24% of EU farm holders in organic farming, and they occupied 13% of …
… combat against gender discrimination are twin goals of the EU, including in the cultural field. More significantly … implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU Member States: women and the media, media content is often … the Federal Republic. Gender equality policy objectives at EU and international level EU level With individual EU Member …
… economy is a key economic factor underpinning national and EU development. The World Bank suggests that every 10 % … in developing countries. The 2015 progress report on the EU Digital Agenda confirms this correlation: digitalisation accounted for 30 % of growth in GDP in the EU between 2001 and 2011. According to the Broadband …
… is taken as a given, which is the case in the majority of EU Member States. Figures on social inclusion and employment … social exclusion, unemployment and low-quality jobs in the EU . Women also remain, on average, slightly more likely to … the overall higher success rates of girls and women in the EU in terms of completing school education, accessing higher …
… lower than for men. The employment rate for women in the EU Member States is approximately 62%, versus 75% for men. … relate to their participation in the labour force. In the EU-28 on average in 2012, although women represented 46% of … transitions from full‑time to part‑time jobs. In the EU-28, only 2% of men have moved to a part‑time contract from …
… economy is a key economic factor underpinning national and EU development. Investments in green jobs in the energy … proportion of lone-parent households has increased in the EU. Most of these lone-parent households are headed by … and elderly women in particular. Nearly 11% of the EU’s population are not able to adequately heat their homes …
… environment and the coast nature and biodiversity . At EU level environment and climate change, although two … but nevertheless pose challenges and uncertainties for the EU’s economy and society, as well as causing environmental … on fossil fuels and emissions from transport in the EU have led to increased demand for biofuels, a demand that …
… most pervasive human rights violations of our time. In the EU, 9 out of 10 victims of intimate partner violence are … women victims of physical intimate partner violence in the EU Member States ranges between 12% and 35%. The World Health … murders of women are committed by an intimate partner. An EU-28 survey on violence against women was launched in 2010 …
… (EIGE), the costs of intimate partner violence in the EU amount to €122 billion, with intimate partner violence … a cost of €109 billion (89% of the total). The cost to the EU of gender-based violence against women amounts to €225 … 87% of the total cost of gender-based violence to the EU. Women’s equal representation in decision-making processes …
… Relevance of gender in the policy area The European Union (EU) fisheries sector, the third largest in the world, … tonnes of fish in 2012. About 400,000 people in the EU have a full or part-time job in fishing and fish processing. EU fisheries policy promotes sustainable fish stocks and a …