WLN 2006 - Resource Materials

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2006 WLN Meeting - Program

FIRST PLENARY SESSION: 11th APEC WLN

Andrina Lever, Women Leaders Network of APEC: From Call to Action to our Second Decade, 2006.   (PDF, 78KB)  Delivered by Heather Gibb.

Tran Thi Thu Hang, APEC 2006: Priorities and Expected Outcomes, 2006.   (PDF, 26KB)

Nguyen Phuong Minh, WLN Meeting Vietnam 2006: The Contents and Priorities, 2006.   (PDF, 31KB)

SECOND PLENARY SESSION:  WLN IN THE FUTURE

Heather Gibb, Chair

Margaret Ho Poh Yeok, Report on Plenary Session #2.    (PDF, 13KB)

Tran Mai Huong, 2006 Gender Forcal Point Network (GFPN), 2006.   (PDF, 22KB)

Mo Wenxiu, Enhance the Capacity and Networking Development of WLN Through Cooperation, 2006.   (PDF, 19KB)

Kanda Vajrabhaya, Moving Towards the e-Future of WLN, 2006.   (PDF, 11KB)

Kanda Vajrabhaya, Thailand’s Proposal for WLN in the 2nd Decade, 2006.   (PDF, 5KB)

Han Mi-Young, How to Produce Practical Accomplishments of the WLN Meeting, 2006.   (PDF, 27KB)

Maria de la Luz Silva, Where Do We Go From Now, 2006.   (PDF, 186KB)

Dr Amelou Reyes, Presentation, 2006.   (PDF, 79KB)

THIRD PLENARY SESSION:  TOWARDS A DYNAMIC COMMUNITY - ENHANCING THE COMPETITIVENESS OF WOMEN BUSINESSES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND PROSPERITY

Ton Nu Thi Ninh, Chair

Dr Ramona Ines Bustamante-Raneses, Report on Plenary Session #3.   (PDF, 17KB) 

Hajah Mordiah Haji Jackia,  Report on Workshop #1.   (PDF, 84KB)

Judy Hawkins, Report on Workshop #2.   (PDF, 15KB)

Francine Whiteduck, Report on Workshop #3   (PDF, 105KB)

Tsun-Tzu (Kristy) Hsu, Report on Workshop #4.   (PDF, 41KB)

Dr Kio-Chung Kim, Recommendation from APEC Forum in Digital Economy for Women 2006.   (PDF, 16KB)

WORKSHOP 1: ENHANCING ICT CAPACITY AND PROMOTING BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICE (BDS) TO SUPPORT WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS

Diana Abruzzi, Capital Formation for Women in Trade, 2006.  (PDF, 25KB)

Dr Kim Kio-Chung, Initiative for APEC Women’s Participation in the Digital Economy: APEC Women’s e-biz Training, 2006.   (PDF, 52KB)

Dr Pham Thi Thu Hang, Business Development Services for Women-Owned Entrepreneurs in the Digital Economy, 2006.  (PDF, 71KB)

Dr Lorna Wright, Enhancing ICT Capacity in Women Entrepreneurs, 2006.  (PDF, 143KB)

Dr Marsha Firestone, Why Women-Owned Businesses, 2006.  (PDF, 44KB)

Dr Marsha Firestone, Roadmap to a Million Dollar Business, 2006.  (PDF, 45KB)

Hope Ong, Supporting Innovation and Entrepreneurship Through Public-Private Partnership, 2006.   (PDF, 2.8MB)

WORKSHOP 2:  CREATING A BUSINESS-ENABLING AND GENDER-SENSITIVE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT FOR WOMEN TO DEVELOP BUSINESS IN THE CONTEXT OF GLOBALIZATION

Virginia Littlejohn, Women-Owned Businesses and the Global Supply Chain: A US Case Study, 2006.   (PDF, 165KB)

Pham Chi Lan, Policy Environment in Vietnam Promote Enterprise Development, 2006.   (PDF, 31KB)

Tatiana Portnova, Development and Introduction of the Legislation Facilitating Progress in Business, 2006.   (PDF, 19KB)

Hsu Chun-Fang, Presentation, 2006.   (PDF, 43KB)

Dr Patrice Braun, Women Entrepreneurs in the Digital Economy - Building e-Business, 2006.   (PDF, 171KB)

WORKSHOP 3:  PROMOTING WOMEN-OWNED MICRO ENTERPRISES (ME) AND SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SME) - AN EFFECTIVE MEASURE FOR POVERTY ERADICATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Irina Gorbulina, Women’s Small and Medium Enterprises - Path to Overcome Poverty, 2006.   (PDF, 36KB)

Dato’Kalsom Abdul Rahman, Promoting Women-Owned Micro Enterprises, 2006.   (PDF, 973KB)

Cai Sheng, Promote Entrepreneurship of Women in Cities by Micro-Credit, 2006.   (PDF, 18KB)

Jung Jae-Wook, Presentation, 2006.   (PDF, 21KB)

Myrna Yao, Promoting Women-Owned Microenteprises and Small and Medium Enterprises, 2006.   (PDF, 600KB)

Naruemol Sutthawaree, Presentation, 2006.   (PDF, 138KB)

Su Wen-Ling, Environment and Policies of Women Entrepreneurship, 2006.   (PDF, 3.3MB)

WORKSHOP 4:  WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS COPING WITH SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

Judy Hawkins, Towards a Dynamic Community - From a Maori Women’s Perspective, 2006.   (PDF, 1.1MB)

Hoang Thi Dzung, HPAI Epidemic and Lessons Learned in Viet Nam, 2006.   (PDF, 74KB)

Dr Nafis Sadik, HIV/AIDS - A Threat to Women and Girls in the Asia-Pacific Region, 2006.   (PDF, 54KB)

Ingrid Antonijevic, Women at Work, 2006.   (PDF, 293KB)

Lee Lin-Lee, What We Have Been Doing: Safety Syringe for Women, 2006.   (PDF, 479KB)

Encarnacion N. Raralio, Labor Migration and Trafficking in Women and Children: The Philippine Experience, 2006.   (PDF, 150KB)

Encarnacion N. Raralio, Presentation on Trafficking, 2006.   (PDF, 1.2MB)

VIETNAM ROUNDTABLE

Ha Thi Khiet, Keynote Speech - Vietnamese Women Entrepreneur and National Economy, 2006.   (PDF, 25KB)

Vu Thi Them, Trade Promotion and Integration for Development, 2006.   (PDF, 24KB)

Nguyen Phuong Minh, Role of the Vietnam Women’s Union in Supporting Women Entrepreneurs, 2006.   (PDF, 41KB)

Phung Thi Thanh Binh, Contribution of Vietnamese Enterprises in Socio-Economic Development of the Locality, 2006.   (PDF, 42KB)

Pham Thi Viet Nga, Successful Experience in Doing Business, 2006.   (PDF, 20KB)

WORKSHOP ON SME MODELS

Francine Whiteduck, Best Practices in Alternative Support Programs for Microenterprise Development, 2006.   (PDF, 34KB)

Virginia Littlejohn, American SMEs and the Global Value Chain, 2006.   (PDF, 169KB)

CLOSING SESSION

2006 WLN Statement   (PDF, 29KB)

Ha Thi Khiet, Closing Speech.   (PDF, 14KB)

Visit the official website of the 2006 APEC Women Leaders Network (WLN) Meeting here.

WLN Statement 2006

11th Women Leaders Network Meeting
Hanoi, Vietnam

28 – 29th September 2006

“Towards a Dynamic Community: Enhancing the Competitiveness of Women’s Business for Sustainable Development and Prosperity:

To APEC Ministers responsible for M/SME, we propose 5 recommendations in order to promote Women’s Participation in the Digital Economy; a Favourable Legal Framework and Gender Analysis; and Micro and Small & Medium Enterprises (M/SME): Read more


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