The Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards 2013 is back once again on the hunt for women entrepreneurs who are in initial phase of their businesses. For the third consecutive year, the Awards will quest for talents across the MENA region in order to identify promising business projects, and provide specialist coaching and funding to support their success. The Award targets women heading an original for-profit initiative in the initial stage. It rewards the winner with a year of personal coaching from some of the world’s best business management consultants, Her Excellency Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi, who will personally attend the forum and Awards in Deauville. Eighteen finalists representing the best projects worldwide will be selected in the first phase of the contest. They will receive coaching and media exposure and will be invited to France for the Finale week which will include a presentation in front of the international Jury, entrepreneurship workshops and the Global Meeting of the Women’s Forum.