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WOMEN’S ENTREPRENEURSHIP-REPUBLIC OF CROATIA

� Women’s entrepreneurship in Croatia is developing in all activities and on all levels

� In 2007 Ministry of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship has conducted a project “Entrepreneurship of women” – non refundable funds

� The international day of women entrepreneurs is held under the auspices of the president of the Republic of Croatia

� The Croatian Business Women

Association KRUG is active

WOMEN’S ENTREPRENEURSHIP-REPUBLIC OF CROATIA

NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES

NUMBER OF COMPANIES

A-Agriculture, hunting and forestry 2623 254B-Fishing 305 29C-Mining and quarrying 170 20D-Manufacturing 25684 1842E-Electricity, gas and water supply 352 10F-Construction 5314 979G-Trade; repair of mot. Vehicles and household appliances 27893 6943H-Hotels and restaurants 7570 782I-Transport, storage and communication 4373 810J-Financial intermediation 686 219K-Real estate, renting and business activities 11474 4377M-Education 559 211N-Health and social work 362 56O-Other community, personal and social service activities 3829 695Other 3310 301

Women’s entrepreneurship 94504 17528Other 701360 54963

TOTAL COMPANIES 795864 72491

WOMEN’S ENTREPRENEURSHIP-REPUBLIC OF CROATIA

Number of companies – women’s entrepreneurship

Other

WOMEN’S ENTREPRENEURSHIP-REPUBLIC OF CROATIA

Employed in women’s entrepreneurship

Other

WOMEN’S ENTREPRENEURSHIP-REPUBLIC OF CROATIA

Total turnover: 38.024.163.835,00 Kn Total profit: 2.460.866.156,00 Kn

DUBROVNIK AND NERETVA COUNTY

SPLIT AND DALMATIA COUNTY

ŠIBENIK AND – KNIN COUNTY

ZADAR COUNTY

ISTRIA COUNTY

THE COAST AND GORSKI KOTAR COUNTY

CITY OF ZAGREB AND ZAGREB COUNTY

OSIJEK AND BARANJA COUNTY

VARAŽDIN COUNTY

BJELOVAR AND BILOGORA COUNTY

MEDJIMURJE COUNTY

KOPRIVNICA AND KRIZEVACI COUNTY

KRAPINA AND ZAGORJE COUNTY

LIKA AND SENJ COUNTY

POZEGA AND SLAVONIA COUNTY

SISAK AND MOSLAVINA COUNTY

SLAVONSKI BROD AND POSAVINA COUNTY

VIROVITICA AND PODRAVINA COUNTY

VUKOVAR AND SRIJEM COUNTY

KARLOVAC COUNTY

THE CROATIAN GOVERNMENT PROJECTS FOR STIMULATION OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES

FOR COMPANIES OWNED BY WOMEN IN THE YEAR 2007

PROJECT „COMPUTER EDUCATION OF CRAFTSMEN“PROJECT „DEVELOPMENT OF PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS FOR CR AFTS

OCCUPATIONS“PROJECT „ENTREPRENEURIAL CENTRES AND REGIONAL DEVEL OPMENT AGENCY“PROJECT „ ENTREPRENEURIAL INCUBATORS AND TECHNOLOGY PARKS“PROJECT „ EDUCATION IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP“PROJECT „LIFELONG EDUCATION OF CRAFTSMEN“PROJECT „STIMULATION FOR CRAFTSMEN AND TRADE ASSOCI ATIONS – PRACTICAL

TRAINING CONDUCTORS”PROJECT „CLASTERS – MERGING TO SUCCESS“PROJECT „ NEW COOPERATIVE“PROJECT „COMPETITIVE COOPERATIVE“PROJECT „ENTREPRENUERSHIP OF TARGETED GROUPS“PROJECT „ TRADITIONAL CRAFTS“PROJECT „ SCOLARSHIP FOR STUDENTS IN SHORTAGE OCCUPA TIONS“PROJECT „BUILDING OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ZONES IN LOCAL AND REGIONAL

GOVERNMENT UNITS FOR THE YEAR 2007“PROJECT „ INOVATIONS AND INOVATION – MANUFACTURE CLAS TER“

THE CROATIAN GOVERNMENT PROJECTS FORSTIMULATION OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES

FOR COMPANIES OWNED BY WOMEN IN THE YEAR 2007

PROJECT „ COMPETITIVE PRODUCTION“PROJEKT „ STUDENT COOPERATIVE AND STUDENT COMPANY“PROJEKT „ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND RETRAINING IN CRAF TS“PROJEKT „ART CRAFTS“PROJEKT „PRESERVATION OF CRAFTS TRADITION”PROJEKT „TECHNICAL COORDINATION “PROJEKT „MARKETING ACTIVITIES “

Project especially designed for women entrepreneurs:

PROJECT „WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP“

Stated projects are for small and medium-sized trad e associations, crafts andcooperatives in 100% private ownership by the Croa tian citizens (women) whose head office is in Croatia.

In the entrepreneurs group of especially targeted g roups are included young, WOMEN, war veterans, invalids and entrepreneurs with new technologies .

HRVATSKA UDRUGA POSLOVNIH ŽENA KRUG Croatian Business Women Association KRUG

10 000 Zagreb, Budmanijeva 1

www.businesswomen.hr