DAI-ASME TO HOLD ARMENIAN WOMEN IN BUSINESS-2005 TRADE SHOW
Armenpress
YEREVAN, MAY 20, ARMENPRESS: The Armenia SME Market Development Project
(DAI-ASME)said in a press release that some fifty business women from
all over Armenia will be exhibiting their products and services at
the Armenian Women in Business 2005 trade show organized by a USAID
funded Project, DAI-ASME, in cooperation with LOGOS Expo Center,
on May 27-28 at the Artists’ Union building in central Yerevan.
The following sub-sectors will be included: food products,
textile/garments, stone processing, applied arts, souvenirs, handmade
rugs, publishing, consultancy, training, hotel and restaurant services
and more.
The event is designed to build a better awareness of Armenia women’s
business potential; to expand their local and international market
opportunities, to contribute to the formation of business to business
relationships, and to encourage thousands of other women willing to
make a difference in their lives and build a better future for their
families and their country – Mother Armenia.
While celebrating Republic Day, the show will also honor the courage
and creativity of Armenian women that have chosen to fight unemployment
and depression by voting for action and creative work. With “Baking
Lavash”, an amazing masterpiece of Minas, all Armenians’ favorite,
chosen as the best symbol for this event, the organizers wish to
enhance the uniqueness and colorful diversity of products made by
Armenian women. Just as the famous artist “put the color back into
painting”, with all the splendor of the sparkling blue, yellow, green
and red, women of Armenia have brought back the sonorous colors of
natural food taste, multi-sector product variety and unfading tradition
into the marketplace of our country. Armenian Women in Business 2005
will attract both international and local buyers representing hotels
and restaurants, supermarkets, finance institutions, state authority
representatives, business community, international donor/development
project representatives, relevant universities’ female students,
regional business centers, business service providers, international
business representatives, tourists, etc.
The official opening ceremony will start at 1 PM on May 27. The
first day will be organized as a production exhibition open to
businesses/traders, investors only (entry by invitations /business
cards/prior registration, 11 AM to 6 PM.) The second day will be
set as a trade fair with product sales, open to general public (11
AM to 6 PM.) A very important aspect of the trade show will be a May
28 meeting in the 3rd floor conference hall of the Artists Union at
Abovyan 16, 2 PM to – 3 PM, arranged for start-up and pre-start-up
businesses and relevant university female students with the much more
experienced women leaders and businesswomen exhibiting their products
and services at the trade show. DAI-ASME was launched on September
15, 2000, and will continue until September 30, 2006. This effort is
funded by the US Government’s Agency for International Development
(USAID). ASME is implemented by Development Alternatives, Inc. (DAI), a
private consulting firm based in Bethesda, Maryland, USA. The Project
mission is: To increase employment in Armenia through the development
of profitable and dynamic private enterprises.