Equal-Works

Nine DP's joined together at a trans- national level and formed ‘Women Entrepreneurs in Europe’, to learn from each other and co-operate productively across borders. This was a collaboration between more than 100 organisations, participating in the following national development partnerships:

• Belgium Diane Development Partnership
  
  
• Germany Women's Way of Entrepreneurship (WWoE)
  
  
• Greece Insular Confederacy - Equal Access Development Partnership
  
  
• Italy RA.S.P.U.T.I.N. Development Partnership
  
  
• Spain Regenta Development Partnership: Equality Creates Employment
  
  
• Sweden Future Keys
  
  
• The Netherlands Project Stimulating Female Entrepreneurship in ICT
  
  
• The Netherlands From disadvantage to self-employment
  
  
• UK Accelerating Women's Enterprise (AWE)
  
  International research was undertaken into employment versus self- employment for women across Europe, comparing the situation in eight different European member states.
  
  Eleven trans- national partnership meetings were held contributing to the pan European exchange of good practice, agreeing strategy and ensuring objectives were achieved.
  
  Five exchange visits took place where network co-ordinators met up with their counterparts in Belgium; women in business established contacts in Sweden; Italy; Spain and Germany.
  
  Clients from across Europe came together in Holland to benefit from a training programme developed specifically for complementary therapists.
  
  Three training events were delivered to a European wide audience to share experiences of developing mentoring relationships, with partners and their colleagues from across Europe.