In the first part of the Forum, co-organized by BPW Pula and the Čakavian Parliament on Thursday, September 24, 2020, a scientific part was held in Pazin, dedicated to prominent women in the social, economic and cultural life of Istria. Among the 11 announcements received, the president of BPW Pula, Ph.D. Alida Perkov, with a paper on the networking of women in Istria from antiquity to the present day.
On Friday, September 23, 2020. The Hybrid, 3rd International Forum BPW AdrionNet was opened in the premises of the House of Croatian Veterans.
The forum, with the masterful guidance of Jelena Vitasović, was opened by dr.sc. Alida Perkov, President of BPW Pula and President of the Network of Women Entrepreneurs of the Adriatic-Ionian Region. The active participation of the Forum was enhanced by Amany Asfour - International President of the Association of BPW International. The meeting was welcomed by Boris Miletić, Mayor of Pula, Elena Puh Belci, Deputy Mayor of Pula, Sandra Čakić Kuhar, Deputy Prefect of Istria, Katarina Nemet, Member of Parliament, Marija Selak Raspudić, President of the Parliamentary Committee for Gender Equality, and Ana Grdović Gnip, Envoy of the President of the Republic of Croatia Zoran Milanović.Through Zoom conference many Greek and Italian Institutions welcomed the Forum.
A special feature of the hybrid forum is the simultaneous communication via Zoom and live streaming, with the present audience. In these times it is the most democratic way of communicating. Therefore BPW Pula strongly reccomends the Hybrid Character of the future BPW conferences.
In addition to local entrepreneurs, the congress was attended by the Association of Women Entrepreneurs from Banovina and the Association Perspektiva from Slavonia, while through Zoom, representatives of institutions and entrepreneurs from Italy and Greece, and the partner BPW Danube net participated.
Topics covered by the 3rd BPW Forum AdrionNet by round tables are:
Active support of County institutions in promoting and encouraging women's entrepreneurship
Opportunities for financing projects in the circumstances of COVID, Women and Entrepreneurship in the County of Istria, Exchange of best practices of women's entrepreneurship projects in the Adriatic-Ionian region and opportunities for regional cooperation through youth entrepreneurship.
The hybrid 3rd Forum BPW AdrionNet on October 2, 2020 was conducted through Zoom and Youtube channels: