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Twinning

What is Twinning?
Twinning is when one BPW club connects with another BPW club with a Twinning Charter. In the charter they agree to pursue some common interests, common goals and build a closer relationship between the two. Twinning is as varied as the clubs involved. Some twins connect to build a social exchange, others a cultural exchange and others have a common interest in an industry or profession. So for instance my home state, South Australia is a wine producing area so we might twin with a club in another wine growing area in another part of the world. Twinned clubs might visit each other, or have a member visit them, or they exchange newsletters.

Most importantly they often get great ideas from each other. Twinning is an equal relationship with both clubs sharing and gaining. Beyond that Twinning is what you make of it. My club’s twinning came out of a friendship formed at congress and we exchange ideas, have hosted a professional and trade visit, are invited to return that visit and we mutually support a women’s project.

How to Twin
First, think about why you would like to twin and what you want out of it. That will tell you whether you want to twin more locally or internationally. It will tell you how important it is to club with another club that speaks the same language, or are you looking for a twinning of difference and diversity? If you hope to meet up is distance an issue or will you use Skype, email or social networking? What are your goals and interests?

Second, think about how long you want to twin for. Some clubs twin for two or three years, some longer. Some clubs twin for a couple of years with one club and then have a new twinning with another club. A club can have several twins too.

Third, if you would like more information and ideas about twinning and support to set up your twinning contact your regional committee representative:

Fourth, find a club that you think will match your goals. You can do this a number of ways. Many twinning come from personal connections made at a BPW conference or congress. Or you might have a member who is an old school friend with a member in another club or women who have worked in different countries have friends in another BPW federation. Or you can ask on the Twinning Forum of the BPW International website, or contact the Twinning Committee through your regional representative. At the Twinning Committee meetings we can match clubs looking for a twin.

Fifth, complete the application to have your twinning approved (click here to download form) and your charter (click here to download charter) and send them both to the Twinning Taskforce committee chairperson vivien.hazel@bpw-international.org . The committee will endorse your twinning, send you your twinning certificate, invite you to send in stories and photos to go on the Twinning Website and say CONGRATULATIONS; YOU ARE NOW A BPW INTERNATIONAL TWIN! We can provide the forms in Chinese, Italian, German, or French as well as English if you request them from your regional representative.

BPW Clubs Twinning Application Form
BPW Twinning
BPW Adelaide Hills AUSTRALIA BPW Ouagadougou, BURKINA FASO
BPW Cotonou, BENIN BPW Hutwil Langenthal, SWITZERLAND
BPW Berlin, GERMANY BPW Bangkok, THAILAND
BPW Bremen, GERMANY BPW Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS
BPW Bristol, U.K. BPW Hanover, GERMANY
BPW Burghausen, GERMANY BPW Coffs Harbour, AUSTRALIA
BPW London, Ontario, CANADA BPW Parramatta, AUSTRALIA
BPW Cheltenham, U.K. BPW Göttingen, GERMANY
BPW Donetsk, UKRAINE BPW Bern, SWITZERLAND
BPW Geelong, AUSTRALIA BPW Auckland, NEW ZEALAND
BPW Hamm, GERMANY BPW Bradford, U.K.
BPW Lausanne, SWITZERLAND BPW Katmandu, NEPAL
BPW Lille Metropole, FRANCE BPW Gent, BELGIUM
BPW Morpeth, U.K. BPW Warkworth, NEW ZEALAND
BPW Pozen, GERMANY BPW Petersburg, RUSSIA
BPW SPAIN SPAIN BPW PANAMA PANAMA
BPW Tallin, ESTONIA BPW Neva, St Petersburg, RUSSIA
BPW Vienna, AUSTRIA BPW Catania, Sicily, ITALY
BPW Ostende, BELGIUM BPW Reykjavik, ICELAND
BPW JAPAN JAPAN BPW KOREA KOREA
BPW Grafton, NSW AUSTRALIA BPW Waterford, Wisconsin USA
BPW Kalamunda WA AUSTRALIA BPW Helsinki Finnland
BPW Kluisbergen BELGIUM BPW Outeniqua, George South Africa
BPW Limassol CYPRUS BPW Verona Est Italy
BPW Limassol CYPRUS BPW Roma Uno Italy
BPW Cyprus CYPRUS BPW Ireland Ireland
Young BPW CYPRUS Young BPW Estonia
BPW Bremen GERMANY BPW Amsterdam Netherlands
BPW Köln GERMANY BPW Corano Italy
BPW München GERMANY BPW Sankt Gallen Switzerland
BPW Catania, Sicily ITALY BPW Vienna Austria
BPW Fortaleza ITALY BPW Verona Italy
BPW ITALY ITALY BPW SPAIN Spain
BPW Pisa ITALY BPW Tours France
BPW Torino ITALY BPW Bari Italy
BPW Torino ITALY BPW Lausanne Switzerland
BPW Torino Centro ITALY BPW Cordoba Argentina
BPW Verona Est ITALY BPW Elan UK, Scotland
BPW Verona Est ITALY BPW Arad Romania
BPW Verona Est ITALY BPW München Germany
BPW Tokai JAPAN BPW Perth Australia
BPW Amman JORDON BPW Great San Fernando Valley USA
BPW Brookhaven NEW YORK USA BPW Torino Italy
BPW Poznan POLAND BPW St Petersburg Russia
BPW Outenique SOUTH AFRICA BPW Tacoma USA
BPW SPAIN SPAIN BPW PANAMA Panama
BPW Berne SWITZERLAND BPW Donetsk Ukraine
BPW Chur SWITZERLAND BPW Gdansk Poland
BPW Lausanne SWITZERLAND BPW Katmandu Nepal
BPW Luzern SWITZERLAND BPW Midcity Richmond Australia
BPW Ticino SWITZERLAND BPW Taormina Italy
BPW Bristol UK BPW Hannover Germany
BPW Canterbury UK BPW Gent Belgium
BPW Cheltenham UK BPW Göttingen Germany
BPW Elgin UK BPW Nürnberg Germany
BPW Newcastle NI UK BPW Howth Ireland
BPW Greater San Fernando Valley CALIFORNIA USA BPW Taipei Taiwan
BPW Needles, California CALIFORNIA USA BPW Kumba Cameroon
BPW North Shore USA BPW Cabulture Australia
BPW Salzburg AUSTRIA BPW Burghausen GERMANY
BPW Berlin GERMANY BPW Penisola Sorrentina ITALY
BPW Toulon, FRANCE BPW Imperia, ITALY
BPW Nicosia CYPRUS BPW Basel SWITZERLAND
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BPW New York USA BPW Berlin GERMANY
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