Welcome to the website for WiTEC-the European Association for Women
in Science, Engineering and Technology (SET). WiTEC was formed as a network
in 1988 and after more than ten years of networking and project activities
related to women and SET, established itself as a non-profit European
association in May 2001.
WiTEC has the following aims at European level:
- to increase the number of girls and women studying SET subjects and to help them progress to related careers
- to develop women's technical and entrepreneurial skills through training initiatives and projects
- to create information exchanges and networking opportunities for women in SET
- to promote and support research into areas relating to women in SET
- to support initiatives to promote the Gender Mainstreaming Policy
- to promote regional, national and international awareness and interest in this field.