Women to the Top
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Women to the Top was a European project for bringing more women into top management. It was funded by the European Commission
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 and ran 2003-2005 in Estonia, Denmark, Greece and Sweden. The total budget was 5.6 million SEK
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 (half a million euros). The project was directs toward private and public employers.

The final report of Women to the Top is available online http://www.women2top.net/uk/facts/Final_Report_W2T.pdf and an article was published:

Estonia

Ten women in five companies participated. All of the companies were foreign owned because it was believed they would be more willing to participate in the project than Estonian companies.

Sweden

In Sweden the project was administered by the Ombudsman for Equal Opportunities (Jämo) with Marie Trollvik as project leader.
The project was evaluated by Jämo and the School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg.
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