Award
Winners Announced;
2002 UNECE Excellent Women Entrepreneurs
Geneva, 21 March
2003 - The United Nations Economic
Commission for Europe (UNECE) Excellent
Women Entrepreneurs of the Year 2002
Awards ceremony took place at the
Palais des Nations on Tuesday, 18
March 2003 during the Second Forum
of Women Entrepreneurs (http://www.unece.org/operact/enterp/women/forum2.htm).
The contest was organized
in recognition of the contribution
of women entrepreneurs to the economic
development and social progress of
their countries.
Seven awards were
given, notably: The Best Start-up
Entrepreneur of the Year; The Most
Innovative Entrepreneur of the Year;
The Best Entrepreneur in Information
Technology; The Best Entrepreneur
in Craft; The Best Entrepreneur Facing
Additional Challenges of Disability;
and The Best "3Rs" Entrepreneur: Reduce,
Re-use and Recycle (see list
of finalists).
The Winners of the
contest are:
o Israilova Ratkan,
Chairperson of the Credit Union
"Kairat-Bol", (Uzhen and
Osh regions, Kyrgyzstan); The Best
Start-up Entrepreneur of the Year
o Feryal Menemenli,
Chairman and Owner of the Board
of Doga Bitkisel Ürünler
Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (Istanbul,
Turkey); The Most Innovative Entrepreneur
of the Year
o Sanja Penic,
Manager of the Digera d.o.o. (Zagreb,
Croatia); The Best Entrepreneur
in Information Technology
o Agamirzoeva Fatima
Ayibkhan, President and Owner of
the Aygun company (Quba, Azerbaijan)
and Salimova Makhfuza Hamidovna,
Director and Owner of Sadbard company
(Bukhara, Uzbekistan); The Best
Entrepreneur in Craft
o Leona Szy, Owner
and Managing Director of the Kiskapu
Ltd (Budapest, Hungary); The Best
Entrepreneur Facing Additional Challenges
of Disability
o Leonina Doromian,
Manager and Owner of SC "Cânepa
Româneasca (Timisoara, Romania);
The Best "3Rs" Entrepreneur: Reduce,
Re-use and Recycle
For further information
please contact:
Antal Szabó
Regional Adviser on Entrepreneurship
and SMEs
United Nations Economic Commission
for Europe
Palais des Nations, Bureau 440
CH - 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Phone: + 41(0)22
917 24 71
Telefax: + 41(0)22 917 01 78
E-mail: [email protected]