This year’s edition of Women in Economy Gala celebrated the power of women in entrepreneurship

The second edition of “Women in Economy Gala” dedicated to celebrating and encouraging the women’s involvement and performance in entrepreneurship, gathered for this year’s edition over 800 participants including managers and leaders from over 500 top companies in Romania.

The Gala event’s strategic partners were the Ministry of Culture, George Enescu Philharmonic, The National Association of Entrepreneurs, Keys Fin, The Association for the Development of Local Entrepreneurship.

The event has been organized by the National Confederation for Female Entrepreneurship (CONAF), Federation of Women’s Entrepreneurs’ Trusts (FPPA), Federation of Businesswomen in NE region and the Women’s Entrepreneur’s Trust (PFA). CONAF’s Gala has welcome the most prominent figures in in the state such as HE Romania’s President Klaus Werner Iohannis, along with ministers PM Ludovic Orban, interim education minister Monica Anisie, interim minister of Transportation Lucian Bode and the interim minister of Culture, Bogdan Gheorghiu. Also, the Gala event enjoyed the presence of HE Cord Meier-Klodt, Ambassador of Germany in Romania, Ms. Abigail Rupp, Deputy Head of Mission of the US Embassy in Romania, as well as Franck Neel, President of FPPG.

Within the event, The CONAF’s president, Cristina Chiriac stated that: “The Romanian women entrepreneurship is in the top rankings in the European Union. CONAF is in the top 10 confederations of its kind in the European Union. There is a partnership that we greatly appreciate, the partnership between a woman and a man, so this evening’s theme is equal opportunities, gender equality. Women are involved in all key areas, whether we are talking about IT or the heavy or light industry, you will find them everywhere trying to bring balance. In fact, this is what we do, we build a balance, we harmonize the Romanian society from all points of view, and my final message tonight is related to the coagulation of the employers’ environment because, the only solution for Romania to become an important player worldwide, to be competitive, is to encourage development of a strong class of entrepreneurs”.

HE Ambassador Cord Meier-Klodt stated: “We know that the most successful companies worldwide such as Apple, Google, Skype, etc. are characterized by the greatest diversity among employees. This is even reflected in Germany in the IT sector, where about 17 per cent of employees are women. However, we are overtaken by Romania, where the proportion of women in IT is 24 per cent. In my opinion, these numbers convey three clear messages: the main thing is diversity, second is that no one holds the monopoly on the truth and finally, we must learn from successful women”. During the event, Ms. Abigail Rupp concluded that “unlocking the full potential of women in the global economy could increase global gross domestic product by one third. This represents 28 billion US dollars, which is the equivalent of merging the economies of the United States of America, Germany, Italy and Romania put together”

The Gala awarded several entrepreneurs that distinguished in their fields, such as: “Romania Next” award to Elisabeta Moraru, “Authentic leadership in the implementation of programs for sustainable and sustainable development” award handed to Anca Damour, “Number One in the world “ award to Doina Cepalis, “A better life” award for Ioana Hategan and other awards offered to: Doina Vornicu, Alina Popa, Conf. Ph. Financial involvement Alina Popa, Carmen Orban, Silvia Buicanescu, Elena Stoica, Sonia Nastase, Eli Roman, Mirela Bucovicean, Ana Maria Brinza, Andreea Esca Eram and Mariana Gheorghe, among the awarded entrepreneurs.