1. Women entrepreneurs in Poland and their experience in H2020
Katarzyna Walczyk-Matuszyk
Deputy Director
National Contact Point for Research Programmes of the EU
Institute of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Academy of Sciences
This presentation is based on materials from EC and/or Ministries and Agendas of RP

2. National Contact Point for Research Programmes of the EU
Institute of Fundamental Technological Research
Polish Academy of Sciences
NCP for HORIZON 2020 & Euratom-Fission
Coordinator of NCP & EURAXESS Network
Cooperation with EEN & Thematic Contact Points
NCP-PL

3. Polish women & entrepreneurship - background
3,6% current unemployment rate in PL
43,5 % (i.e. 13,2 mln) lack of economic activity (e.g. in Scandinavia economic activity of the population equals 80%)
6 out of 10 passive in economic activity are women
33,4% of companies in Poland established by women (leading position in the EU) but majority is operating in the services
Source: GUS 2017

4. Background - trends

5. Background - trends

6. Opportunities and barries
Dropping economic activity (potential reasons i.a. lower retirment age, high social pensions)
Insufficient support in children care (and eldery people)
Strong social patterns related to woman’s role in life
Double work of women & poverty of women
Variety of funds avaliable for entrepreneurship (dedicated to women etrepreneurship in particular)
Variety of bottom-up initiatives supporting women e.g. Girls go start-up Academy!

8. Female vs. male in H2020 - statistics
190 coordinations in total

9. Female vs. male in H2020 - statistics
% of coordinations by male or female

10. Female vs. male in H2020 - statistics
% of coordinations by male or female

11. Female vs. male in H2020 - statistics
% PL evaluators in H2020

12. NATIONAL CONTACT POINT FOR RESEARCH PROGRAMMES OF THE EU
Institute of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Academy of Sciences
Katarzyna Walczyk-Matuszyk
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