14th APEC Women Leaders Network (WLN) Meeting: 4-5 August 2009

Singapore will host the 14th APEC Women Leaders Network (WLN) meeting on 4 and 5 August 2009 with the theme "Women and Sustainable Development in APEC".  Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will be the Guest-of-Honour at the opening ceremony.

The WLN Meeting will be preceded by the APEC Digital Economy Forum for Women on 3 August 2009 which will be organised by the Asia Pacific Women’s Information Network Center (APWINC) with the support of the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS).  It will be followed by the Gender Analysis Training Workshop for APEC officials on 6 August 2009.

The programme and administrative details for the WLN meeting are being organised and will be provided at a later date.  In the meantime, should you require any information, please contact Ms Sofia Sharif or Ms Karen Kwan at  MCYS_Women_Desk@mcys.gov.sg.

November 20, 2008 | Filed Under 2009 Meeting - Singapore, Calendar, Info Bank, Meetings/Conferences, Singapore

Models for Supporting Women’s Micro-enterprise Development: Best Practices and Guidelines

This report represents cumulative findings as of Phase III of a four-part project designed to support micro-enterprise growth through collaboration and international trade linkages in the APEC region. The project focuses particularly on meeting the needs of women micro-entrepreneurs in urban, rural and indigenous communities.

Based on multi-sectoral consultations (held in Viet Nam at the 2006 WLN Meeting and SME Working Group Meeting) with representatives from several APEC economies, the research team concluded that the most relevant business development models for micro-enterprises were the Facilitator, Catalogue Distribution and Public Sector Policies and Program models.

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September 24, 2008 | Filed Under Enterprise Development, Info Bank

Message from the 2008 WLN Meeting Chair

Dolores Tasayco Arana, Chair of the 2008 APEC Women Leaders Network Meeting and Vice Minister for Women’s Issues, just released the message below for all the Delegates to the 2008 Meeting.  A copy of the document can be downloaded from here (PDF, 118KB).

 

Dear colleagues:

Warm Greetings from Peru.  I hope everybody is well!

This communication aims to inform you about the activities I have been taking part in in submitting the conclusions and recommendations of the 13th Meeting of the Women Leaders Network.

1.       Meeting of the APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade  

This meeting was held in Arequipa on 31 May and 1 June.  My presentation was on 1 June.  All we submitted was welcomed by the Chair of the meeting, Dr Mercedes Araoz, who agreed with the recommendations and outputs submitted, especially the inclusion of the gender implications in trade as a policy key issue to be considered by APEC Ministers and Economic Leaders, as well as the need for including women in planning, negotiation and implementation of trade agreements, in order to ensure gender issues are included as part of negotiations.  It is important to mention that the Ministerial Statement establishes in one of its paragraphs the following:

Gender

We welcomed the reports from the Gender Focal Point Network (GFPN) and Women Leaders Network (WLN), and recognized the importance of integrating gender considerations into the development of trade policy, and the need to strengthen APEC’s capacity in this regard.

We welcomed initiatives for the promotion of women exporters in the APEC region, particularly in developing economies, and reinforced the importance of continued cooperation between APEC and the business community to ensure that women entrepreneurs are able to both contribute to and benefit from free trade in the Asia-Pacific region.

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September 23, 2008 | Filed Under 2008 Meeting - Peru, Peru, WLN Meetings

WLN 2001 - Resource Materials

The 6th APEC Women Leaders Network Meeting was hosted by the People’s Republic of China and was in Beijing on 22 - 24 August 2001.  The theme for the year’s Meeting was Challenges and Opportunities for APEC Women in the Process of Economic Globalization.

We need to archive materials from all WLN meetings.  To date, we have comprehensive sets of materials from the 2000 (Brunei), 2006 (Vietnam), 2007 (Australia) and 2008 (Peru) meetings.  If you are in possession of materials from any of the other meetings, please contact us.

September 23, 2008 | Filed Under 2001 Meeting - China, China, WLN Meetings

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