This Alicante Province Business Women, Professionals and Managers Association (Aepa) closed the year 2022 with a significant increase in the number of participants, 22% more than at the beginning of the year. 235 partners. This was announced by the head of Aepa, Marcela FernándezAt the last meeting of the year, attended by Carlos Baño, President of the Alicante Chamber of Commerce.
“We continue to grow with the great work carried out by all our business partners. We left behind a year in which we reached the number of very good business partners and carried out important activities. training to stay at the forefront of technology, improve our relationship, and learn new management tools and formulas to be applied daily“, Aepa president Marcela Fernández commented.
Known for Aepa Encouragement of Women’s Establishment and Active Participation in State Bodies Award For Uepal Business Organizations taking actions to make visible the current reality in business and the direct participation of women.
the association made more than a hundred activities It is based on the main working axes such as innovation, entrepreneurship, sustainability, equality and education. These include the program for promoting the economy for the public good as a form of governance for business enterprises run by women, or 22 online and face-to-face courses on social skills and collective bargaining.
Aepa, together with the University of Alicante, launched a training this year. equality brokersTaught at the UA center in Alicante. The association developed the network with more participation in the province of Alicante in June.
Bet on innovation
The association’s commitment to innovation has led it to launch several projects such as: Program to make women visible in knowledge and innovation Funded by the Valencia Innovation Agency.
As stated in the annual report presented at this meeting, the organization participated in the project selections and financial sponsorships of female talents with new business ideas awards from 2019. foundawards to encourage entrepreneurship University of Alicante and awards Start Miguel Hernández University Science Park Marathon.
“As part of the award given to these innovative projects, the winners were given the chance to participate in the activities of the association. With the sponsorship of this initiative, we are informed about the latest developments in the field of innovation, and the success stories of successful projects are known. it is possible to promote exchanges with associated companies”, commented president Marcela Fernández.
Equality remains one of Aepa’s axes and throughout 2022 work has continued on this topic in all areas, highlighting the Aepa Seal of Equality awarded to companies and institutions in the state to acknowledge its commitment to equal opportunity.
CSR was another of the goals realized this year with projects for women from vulnerable groups.
2023 Goals
With the vision of 2023, the organization is committed keep adding partnersexpands its network of collaborations and supports business projects in Alicante.
“We want to develop and highlight the development of the association and the need for communication to help improve the projects of each of the partners. For this, we have the practice that serves to promote networking between us to be in constant contact. To make visible the great talents and great projects led by our partners, we have the application of our services and “We will continue to bet on the innovation and digitalization of our companies.”