For a second consecutive year, the Council of Women in Business in Bulgaria (CWBB) has the pleasure to collaborate and to ensure awards for the participants in the XX International fair of the training firms – TF Fest 2017. This year the contest „Best cooperation with a firm-mentor“ was entirely judged by representatives of the Council as the awards include training sessions and visits of the companies members of the CWBB, through which the winners will have the opportunity to face their activity and working processes.

XX International fair of the training firms was held on the 27 and 28 of April 2017 in the 6^th conference hall of the International fair Plovdiv. The fest has been organized by the Centre of training firms and includes participants from secondary professional schools to the Ministry of education and science in partnership with the International fair-Plovdiv AD and the Bulgarian Training Central Association. This year an active part in the sessions, competition judgement and initiatives took the Ministry of Economy, the National Revenue Agency, the European higher school of economics and management, Plovdiv, the Higher School of Insurance and Finance, Sofia, UNWE, the National Trade and Banking High School, Plovdiv, the National school on robotics, the Bulgarian forum of business leaders along with others.

Over 130 training firms took part in the XX edition of the fair, each specialised in a different field – finance, food and beverage, tourism and hospitality, event organization, advertising, trade with souvenirs and toys, trade with clothes, jewellery, cosmetics, trade with cars and everyday commodities, goods for construction and planting, trade with books, photography, sport and many others.

„The Council of women in business in Bulgaria conducts a massive Internship program proposing a wide variety of possibilities for internship in all economic sectors in Bulgaria in which around 1400 young people participate every year. The partnership with the Center of the training firms is the next step to support the national platform of the Council „We succeed in Bulgaria“, whose purpose is to extend the possibilities for successful start and career realization of the young professionals within the country“, shared Valentina Dikanska, CEO of the Council.