Table of Contents APEC WOMEN AND THE ECONOMY 2015 FORA ...................................................................... 3 Key Results of the APEC WE 2015 Fora ............................................................................................... 4 Individual Summary Report .................................................................................................................... 7 Annex A: APEC Women and the Economy 2015 Fora Statement ........................................................ 8 Women as Prime Movers of Inclusive Growth ....................................................................................... 8 Annex A.2: APEC Women and the Economy 2015 Fora Statement .................................................... 14 Annex B: Policy Partnership on Women and the Economy 2 Meeting ............................................... 16 Annex C: Public Private Dialogue on Women and the Economy ....................................................... 25 Annex C.1: APEC WE 2015 Fora – Public Private Dialogue on Women and the Economy Program of Activities ........................................................................................................................................... 50 Annex C.2: Profiles of Speakers and Moderators ................................................................................ 53 Annex D: High Level Policy Dialogue on Women and the Economy................................................. 61 Annex E: PPWE Management Council Meeting ................................................................................. 92 Annex F: APEC Multi-Year Project: Seminar on Empowering Women through ICT for Inclusive Growth .................................................................................................................................................. 97 Annex G: APEC Women’s Business and Smart Technology Seminar: Including & Leveraging Smart Technology for Empowering APEC Women Entrepreneurs .............................................................. 104 Page 2 of 108 APEC WOMEN AND THE ECONOMY 2015 FORA Summary Reports The APEC Women and the Economy 2015 Fora was held on 15 to 18 September 2015 at the Philippine International Convention Center. The overall chair of the event was the Philippines’ Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Undersecretary Nora K. Terrado. Nineteen APEC member economies were represented: Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, People’s Republic of China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Russia, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, United States, and Viet Nam. Each delegation was headed by Ministers, Deputy Ministers, Ambassadors, and Senior Officials level. About eighteen (18) official activities took place during the four-day events which are as follows: 15 September 2015 1) WE-APEC Workshop: Setting the Agenda for Action 2) APEC Women and the Economy Dashboard: Developing an Implementation Plan 3) APEC Women’s Business and Smart Technology Seminar 4) Hosted dinner by Asia Pacific Women’s Information Network Center (APWINC) 16 September 2015 5) Seminar on Empowering Women through ICT for Inclusive Growth 6) Policy Partnership on Women and the Economy (PPWE) 2 Meeting 7) Launching of the Healthy Women, Healthy Economy Policy Toolkit 8) Opening Ceremonies of ICONOGRAPH and Luxe Philippines 9) Hosted dinner for Speakers by the Filipina Women CEOs Circle 10) Hosted dinner for Heads of Delegations by DTI 17 September 2015 11) APEC Women and the Economy 2015 Fora Opening Ceremony 12) Public Private Dialogue on Women and the Economy (PPDWE) 13) Launching of the WE-APEC Network Online Portal 14) Welcome Dinner for all 18 September 2015 15) High Level Policy Dialogue on Women and the Economy 16) Press Conference 17) PPWE Management Council Meeting 18) Hosted technical visit The three major components of APEC WE 2015 Fora – PPWE (including PPWE MCM), PPDWE, and HLPD on WE – were headed by the following: 1) The PPWE, the working group arm of APEC WE, as well as the PPWE MCM, was chaired by the Philippine Commission on Women Executive Director Ms. Emmeline L. Verzosa; Page 3 of 108 2) The PPDWE, where private sector’s participation was heightened, was led by the Women’s Business Council Philippines Chair Ms. Ma. Aurora “Boots” Geotina- Garcia; and 3) The HLPD on WE, the culminating activity of APEC WE, was chaired by DTI Undersecretary Terrado as well. Key Results of the APEC WE 2015 Fora APEC Women and the Economy 2015 Fora Statement The Statement was adopted at the High Level Policy Dialogue which serves as a major contribution to the APEC Economic Leaders Meeting in November. This outlines concrete and actionable recommendations following the theme Women as Prime Movers of Inclusive Growthand categorized along the three sub-themes: 1) Women and Inclusive Business; 2) Women in the International Markets and Global Value Chains; and 3) Women and Sustainable Development. Full copy of the APEC WE 2015 Fora Statement is found at Annex A and is also available at the APEC website. Finalization of the PPWE Strategic Plan 2015-2018 To further strengthen the mainstreaming efforts done on gender equality and women’s economic empowerment in the APEC work stream, the PPWE collaborated with nine (9) working groups, in varying degrees (as of 2015): 1) Emergency Preparedness Working Group; 2) Transportation Working Group; 3) Health Working Group; 4) Human Resource Development Working Group; 5) Small and Medium Enterprises Working Group; 6) Telecommunications Working Group; 7) Economic Committee; 8) Energy Working Group; and 9) Anti-Corruption Working Group; Updated Guide on Gender Criteria for APEC Project Proposals This document serves as a tool used to assess the gender-responsiveness or gender elements of project proposals being submitted to the APEC Secretariat. Out of a total of 42 project proposals assessed by the APEC Secretariat for Project Session 1 in 2015, 21 satisfactorily addressed the gender criteria in their first submission. Finalization of APEC Women and the Economy Dashboard This initiative seeks to provide a snapshot of the status of women in APEC, by looking at a set of indicators to measure progress of women’s participation in economic-related activities and women’s inclusion in several aspects of life. With almost 80 indicators, these are classified along five pillars in advancing women’s economic empowerment: 1) Access to capital and assets; 2) Access to markets; Page 4 of 108 3) Skills, capacity building, and health; 4) Leadership, voice and agency; and 5) Innovation and technology. The final version of the APEC WE Dashboard is available online at the APEC website. Launching of the APEC Healthy Women, Healthy Economy Policy Toolkit The toolkit offers a user-friendly one stop menu of policy options that can be used to pilot, implement, and scale up actions appropriate to local economic and social conditions.It serves as a guide to APEC member economies in implementing actions on a voluntary basis and choosing actions appropriate for their economy. The Philippines has volunteered to apply the toolkit in several of its companies within the export processing zones and other member companies of the Management Association of the Philippines. Chile also expressed interest in applying the toolkit. Launching of Women’s Entrepreneurship in APEC (WE-APEC) Online Platform Accessible at www.we-apec.com, the platform provides a detailed view of the landscape for women entrepreneurs in APEC region. It offers a dynamic directory of service providers for women-owned businesses across APEC and provides a way for governments, the private sector, business networks and entrepreneurs to connect to each other. Heightened participation to APEC WE 2015 Fora events One of the APEC WE 2015 Fora, the Public Private Dialogue on Women and the Economy, gathered around 800 registered delegates and guests composed of: o In total: 82% women, 19% men; o Official delegates: 54% public, 44% private, 2% academe o Guests (Non-Member Participants): 58% private, 37% public, 5% academe o Private sector: majority are CEOs, Founders, and Managing Directors; o Public sector: 2/3 are Ministers/Secretaries, Ambassadors, Deputy Ministers/Undersecretaries, and Directors; and o 30 student observers, majority from the Philippine Women’s University. The PPDWE was honored by the presence of the APEC Leader, no less than the President of the Republic of the Philippines H.E. Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III, who delivered the Keynote Address. This further strengthened the call to continue advancing the focus on gender equality and women’s economic empowerment in APEC discussions. It also concretized our call for a sustained collaboration among the government, business sector, and civil society in designing and implementing programs for women. The relevance of the participation of the youth was also highlighted in PPDWE as well as harnessing their innate potential for the future of inclusive growth. Sixteen extraordinary Women Icons nominated at the ICONOGRAPH: APEC Women Icons Exhibit ICONOGRAPH, a special exhibition organized by DTI and its export promotions arm, the Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions (CITEM), recognized and highlighted the stories of sixteen Women Icons from the 21 APEC economies. The exhibition appeals to a contemporary sense of pride in leadership in sustainable growth and Page 5 of 108 development of micro, small and medium scale enterprises (MSMEs). It also