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Date of Submission: April 30 2008.
Details of how to apply and the application form can be found here.

Every four years, IUCN organizes the World Conservation Congress, the biggest and most diverse conservation-related event in the world. Its objective is to improve the way we manage our environment for human, social and economic development.
The central theme of the upcoming IV World Conservation Congress (5-14 October, 2008, in Barcelona, Spain), A Diverse and Sustainable World, will highlight the linkages between natural, social, cultural and economic diversity. The Congress will present the Legacy of Barcelona as a series of concrete solutions for our world to be truly sustainable in a matter of two decades.
IUCN will use the platform offered by the World Conservation Congress to organize the International Women Environmental Entrepreneurs Fair. The Fair is an innovative and unique global opportunity, because it will make visible the economic, social and environmental inputs that women entrepreneurs bring to their countries and the world through their “green enterprises” (i.e., environmentally friendly).
The Fair will also allow form the basis of a worldwide network of women green entrepreneurs, which will catalyze collaborations among different sectors, associations, regions and countries.
The International Women Environmental Entrepreneur Fair aims to: facilitate and strengthen women’s productive enterprises that produce or provide services that are environmentally friendly; and showcase women’s professional and business activities that go beyond regional borders and contribute to environmental conservation and the alleviation of poverty.
IUCN welcomes:

Innovative… ideas from any entrepreneurs of
Women friendly … with the environment in the process of planning and production, which can be part of an initiative of
Women entrepreneurs… as small, medium or large businesses, in community-based organizations and carrying out…

Sustainable… productive initiatives: involving environmental, social, and economic factors in an integrated manner, with environmentally-friendly products and
Doing Business… Through the sustainable use and conservation of natural resources, green services (i.e. ecotourism, recycling) or creative business, and has the potential to serve as inspiration to other women around the globe.

Details of how to apply and the application form can be found here.