28.10.2020

New Bulgarian University is looking for women with ideas for their own business

NBU has been chosen to host the American Business Academy for Women Entrepreneurs in Bulgaria. The AWE (Academy for Women Entrepreneurs) initiative at the US Department of State is led by the White House and is implemented in partnership with the US Embassy in Bulgaria.

Its goal is to unlock, support and develop the economic potential of women from around the world by developing their own business of value to society. The initiator of the establishment of the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs is the adviser to the President of the United States Ivanka Trump. Through this program, women will have the opportunity to participate in free training for startups - how to successfully create their business plans, how to raise capital and price their products and services, how to create needs for what they offer and communicate with the market, how to connect to networks of successful business owners, etc.

The participants in the Academy will study online in the months of November 2020 - March 2021.

Leading lecturers and mentors from New Bulgarian University and proven professionals in the field of business will work with the future business ladies. Two of the ladies who have studied at the Academy will receive start-up capital for the realization of their business idea.

The deadline for applying to the "Academy for Women Entrepreneurs at NBU" is November 10, 2020.

More information about the regulation and the criteria for participation can be found here.

AWE was developed by the White House Office of Education and Culture's Women's Global Development and Prosperity Program, led by the White House, which aims to enable women around the world to fulfill their economic potential by creating the conditions for increased stability, security and prosperity. The initiative is to reach 50 million women by 2025 by promoting an enabling environment for women's participation in the economy and business.