When? - 04 November 2021, we start at 09:30

Where? - online - Google meet and  live streaming via YouTube.

10 ladies, participating in Empowering Women in Agrifood - EWA Bulgaria 2021, will compete in Pitching contest. Each of them will have 5 minutes to convince the jury and the audience in the potential of their business venture and another 5 minutes to answer all questions. 
On the day of the event, business projects will be evaluated by prominent jury and the attention of the audience, special guests, investors and the media.  

The grand prize for the winner is 10 000 Euro, and for second place - 5 000 Euro!

There will be many other interesting, relevant, interactive and informative elements from the investment and start up climate in Bulgaria. 

To join the online event, please register here: forms.gle/ePshrG2eP4wDpTUd9 

Programme of the event:

9.30 - 9.45 Official Opening

9.45 - 10.45 Presentation of the business ideas of 5 of the participants 

10.45 - 11.00 Break

11.00 – 12.00 Presentation of the business ideas of 5 of the participants 

14.00 – 16.00 Dissemination event:

14.00 – 14.10 EIT Food – Aleksandra Niżyńska,  RIS Project Manager, EIT FOOD CLC North East;

14.10 – 14.20 EWA Bulgaria Programme – Ralitsa Zhekova, Executive Director, RAPIV;
14:20 – 14:35 Presentation of EIT Hub Bulgaria - Mariyana Hamanova, Executive Director of "Cleantech Bulgaria" Ltd

14:35 – 15:00 „Farm to Fork“ - transition to sustainable food production, Svetlana Boyanova, Institute for Agrostrategies and Innovations;

14:45 – 15:00 Funding Opportunities for the period 2021 – 2027, Dr. Victoria Nikolova, Manager of DIC-Varna;

15:00 – 15:15 Opportunities for support of startups, Bulgarian Entrepreneurship Centre (BEC)

15:15 – 15:30 Women Entrepreneurship Centre – Varna Free University „Chernorizets Hrabar“ and opportunities for participation – Assoc. Prof. Dr. Eleonora Tankova, Dean of the Faculty of                 International Economics and Administration, VFU "Chernorizets Hrabar"

15:30 – 16:00 Success stories of women entrepreneurs in agrifood - Kunka Petkova "BioWay", producer of mushrooms shiitake

16.00- 16.30 Award ceremony