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LOCAL Friday 10 June 2022

Participants of project

Empowered Women

Exporters received their

certificates

ORANJESTAD - Empowered Women Ex- help others with different projects. These
porters is a project launched by the De- participants drafted an Export Action Plan
partment of Economic Affairs, Commerce to export their products and services. In
and Industry and its unit Exprodesk. step 4, they went through an ‘Implemen-
tation Lab", where they put into practice
The export coach of this project was Mrs. what they learned and gave presentations
Taiana Mora of NEX Consulting. to help other women entrepreneurs to ex-
pand their businesses. They also helped
This project started in July 2019 and con- many business with the project 'We’re
sisted of four steps. After almost three Open for Business, during the pandemic.
years, on Friday, June 3, 2022, a group of
six women and one man completed this Exprodesk congratulates the participants
course. The Minister of Economic Affairs, of the 'Empowered Women Exporters Proj-
Communications, and Sustainable Devel- ect. It also invites all local entrepreneurs
opment, Mr. Geoffrey Wever, presented interested in expanding their business to
certificates to Ms. Valeria Gomez, Ms. Suzy know more about how they can also ex-
Maduro, Ms. Sharina Gumbs, Ms. Vanessa port their products and services in the fu-
Hollander, Mrs. Virginia Rasmijn, Ms. Osyth ture by liking their Facebook page.
Henriquez, and Mr. Dave Martinus.
The goal was to empower and guide Exprodesk will organize this year the semi-
women entrepreneurs in Aruba to do busi- nar ‘Export Week 2022: Conquering New
ness by exporting products and services Horizons’, which takes place from June 27
through training, workshops, and seminars. to July 1, 2022. For more information about
‘Export Week 2022: Conquering New Ho-
After this training, these entrepreneurs de- rizons’ and how to participate, you may
cided to create a strategic alliance. Their contact Sharon Meijer via s.meijer@deaci.
aim is to interchange knowledge and to aw.q