FDC hosted 15 startups from Shirak and Gegharkunik regions

FDC has hosted 15 women, startups from Shirak and Gegharkunik for 2 days with the aim of strengthening network and giving a memorable offline experience. During the adventurous day in Yerevan, the participants had the chance to visit showrooms and productions of modern designers Aram Nikolyan Teress BAVEYAN ; get acquainted with stylish products of @fem.evn and atmospheric spaces of 5concept , Cone , MADE Fashion Corner . In addition, marketing and professional lectures were held in CreLab Kotayk by Lilit Hakobyan & Vahan Khachatryan where the participants learned about marketing and self-promotion. By the end, regional colleagues had the chance to get portfolio reviews from Armenian designers and experts as Inga LOOM Weaving , Sona Soncess , Ruzanna RUZANĒ, Teress , Ariga Arigatorosian clothing studio and Irina Vanyan. The participants’ response reflected the experience as interesting, informative and inspiring. As a result, the project has provided new branding tools, logos and visual social media content, content-writing and social media copywriting.

The regional Project “Women Economic Empowerment in the South Caucasus” is implemented by UNDP in Armenia, Armenia in cooperation with UN Women Georgia and with the financial support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the Austrian Development Agency (ADA).