WOMENBIZPH ACTIVITIES JANUARY TO JUNE 2015 "Ethical, Passionate, Influential"

POLICY ADVOCACY  Private Sector Partner of the Department of Trade & Industry and Philippine Commission on Women in the Organizing Committee of the APEC Women and the Economy Fora ( APEC WEF) from September 16 to 18.  APEC WEF Theme: " Women as Prime Movers of Inclusive Growth" PUBLIC PRIVATE DIALOGUE ON WOMEN AND THE ECONOMY (PPDWE) Subthemes: "Innovative: Women and the Global Value Chain" "Empowered: Women and Inclusive Business" "Resilient: Women and Sustainable Development’’ Sessions on: "The Global Gender Picture" "Young Women Leaders, Innovative, Creative"

POLICY ADVOCACY  Participation in APEC WEF meetings First Policy Partnership on Women and the Economy ( PPWE) meeting, Papua New Guinea, May 3 to 5 " Women's Entrepreneurship in APEC Initiative : Sharing the Foundation, Envisaging the Future", Singapore, June 23 to 24

ENHANCING WOMEN' S ACCESS TO FINANCE  Finalization of the Guidelines of the ILAW Program (Inclusive Lending Window for Aspiring Women Entrepreneurs), a P 100 M credit facility created by the Development Bank of the Philippines in partnership with WomenBiz.  Participation in the Gender Lens Investing Forum, Bangkok, March 11-14

GENERATING BENCHMARK DATA ON WOMEN IN BUSINESS  Completion of the study undertaken by De La Salle University entitled "Inventory of Entrepreneurship Studies in the Philippines"

ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT  Participation as a mentor during the 7th Go Negosyo Filipina Entrepreneurship Summit, Taguig City, March 6  Participation in the launch of Phase 2 of the GREAT Women Project (Making Markets Work for Women), June 25

NETWORKING AND BUSINESS MATCHING  Collaboration and participation in the Great Women Platform which will connect various women's organizations in an Internet platform, developed by IBM and hosted by SMART  Participation in the First ASEAN Women's Entrepreneurs Forum. Hanoi, March 6 to 7  Participation as International Partner of the Global Summit of Women, Sao Paolo, May 15 to 18  Participation in the Matching/ Networking session with a delegation of entrepreneurs from the Malaysian Women Entrepreneurs Network led by the Minister of Treasury, Manila, June 11

MEMBERSHIP EXPANSION  Women Biz Talk on "(APEC and Philippine Business Thinking Regional for Sustained Growth)”, with Doris Ho, WomenBizPh member and Chair, of APEC Business Advisory Council, organized jointly with the Management Association of the Philippines, March 20

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