WOMEN AND THE TERTIARY SECTOR

This is an association composed of female entrepreneurs associated to the Confcommercio system (about 50% of the entire association), operating in the trade, tourism and service sectors.

The first Groups operating on a territorial scale were created thanks to the initiatives of local enterprisers, during the Eighties, helped on a national scale by a secretarial structure.

In 1993 the enterprisers’ organisation was granted a formal recognition in the Article 33 of Confcommercio’s Status, which attributed to the Group the objective of “collaborating with the organisational effort and with the efficient proposition of the Federation, thus highlighting female enterprisers’ particular profiles and valuing specific relationships�.  

The National Group is composed of Boards/Groups/councils or provincial Associations organised in the territorial Organisations of Confcommercio

The social organs of Women and the Tertiary Sector are:

National Assembly, Board of Directors, Vice presidents and Presidents.

The office of the secretary is in the hands of the National Coordinator.

At all levels, the Organisations carries out a constant activity dealing with information, formation and offering support to the female enterprisers and to all who intend to become so.  The principle points can thus be so summarised:

-          Giving assistance and consultation to women, enterprises or aspiring to become so, who need to be well-informed on the market, to understand the opportunities of becoming part of this market and/or the development of their activities and professional aspirations;

-          A formation whose aim is to create and increase a culture on enterprising in a feminine manner;

-          Giving information and details regarding the policies on equal opportunities.

-          The female organisation is also present in the following bodies by means of its representatives:

-          National Committee on equal Opportunities at Work, founded by the L.125/91, at the Ministry of Labour;

-          Committee for female enterprising, ex L.215/92, at the Ministero Attività Produttive;

-          National Coordination for Women Enterprisers, made up of representatives by 12 national organisations in the enterprising world.

-          National Commission on Equality, of the Presidency of the Cabinet.