On 23 and 24 April, HOGIAF attended the first EMEN conference, 'Why Migrant Entrepreneurship Matters', in Munich. HOGIAF is one of the participants in the EMEN project, which is part of the European Commission's COSME programme.
On 23 and 24 April, HOGIAF attended the first EMEN conference in Munich. During the two-day conference, entrepreneurs, experts, specialists and advocates discussed the challenges surrounding migrant entrepreneurship at international level.
EMEN (European Migrant Entrepreneurship Network) is a project that is part of the COSME programme of the European Commission. HOGIAF is one of the participants in the project, in which UNITEE plays a leading role.
The central aim of the EMEN project is to support and promote migrant entrepreneurship within the EU. In pursuit of this aim, it seeks to develop and exchange knowledge, experience and methods among, for example, financial institutions, public sector organisations, educational institutions and other organisations that work at regional, national and/or international level to support and promote migrant entrepreneurship.
Within the project, 'communities of practice' (CoPs) have been formed around three key topics:
- Coaching and mentoring;
- Access to finance;
- Professionalisation and diversity management.
As a participant in CoP 3 (Professionalisation and diversity management), HOGIAF will contribute to the EMEN project with the aim of promoting migrant entrepreneurship.
With high-quality presentations, panel discussions and workshops, the EMEN conference in Munich made a successful contribution to the EMEN project. HOGIAF therefore looks back positively on a highly productive conference.
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