A regional stakeholder meeting held within the WOMEX project

A regional stakeholder meeting held within the WOMEX project

August 8, 2025

A meeting with key stakeholders was held on August 7, 2025 at the premises of the Regional Agency for Development and European Integration Belgrade (RADEI Belgrade), within the international project WOMEX – The Role of Women in the Competitiveness of Exporting SMEs, implemented with the support of the European Union through the Interreg Europe programme.

Photo: Regional Agency for Development and European Integration Belgrade

The meeting was opened by Ivana Bojanić Buser from the Regional Agency for Development and European Integration Belgrade, who welcomed the partners and stakeholders. Ivana Petrović, Marketing and Communications Manager at the Association of Business Women in Serbia (ABW Serbia), addressed the attendees and presented the work of the Association, emphasizing its role in empowering women in entrepreneurship.

The WOMEX project was presented in detail by Sonja Manojlović from the Regional Agency for Development and European Integration Belgrade, while Ljiljana Marković spoke about the role of the agency in the project – with a focus on improving policy instruments at the regional level.

Jelena Vujičić, Office Manager of the Association of Business Women in Serbia, spoke about the ABW Serbia’s role in the WOMEX project and presented a questionnaire that serves as a key tool for regional mapping and the development of a comparative study.

Zorica Karavidić from the Regional Agency for Development and European Integration Belgrade presented programmes and measures for the advancement of women’s entrepreneurship at the regional level, while the role of stakeholders was further highlighted in a presentation by Ljiljana Marković.

The meeting concluded with a discussion among partners and stakeholders, during which experiences and proposals for further improvement of women’s entrepreneurship were exchanged, followed by informal networking and socializing among the participants.

The WOMEX project consortium consists of nine partners from six European countries, with Serbian partners being the Association of Business Women in Serbia (ABW Serbia) and the Regional Agency for Development and European Integration Belgrade (RADEI Belgrade). WOMEX is an international project aimed at improving business culture in European countries through the promotion of gender equality in export-oriented small and medium-sized enterprises.

More about the WOMEX project please read at the following link.