United States to host the APEC Women and the Economy Private Sector Working group on June 20

United States to host the APEC Women and the Economy Private Sector Working group on June 20

Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Senior Official Ambassador Hans Klemm and Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues Melanne Verveer will deliver opening remarks at the APEC Women and the Economy Private Sector Working
Group at 12:30 p.m. on June 20.

 This event is being held in preparation for the 2012 APEC Women and the Economy Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Last year, the APEC Women and the Economy Summit became one of the premier platforms for the public and private sector to work together to advance women’s economic participation. In order to maintain the momentum of the APEC Women
and the Economy agenda, to continue advancing the San Francisco Declaration, and provide the greatest possible input to APEC, the U.S Department of State will be holding a half day, high-level private-sector working group around the four pillars: Access to
Capital, Access to Markets, Skills and Capacity Building and Women’s Leadership.

In addition, there will be discussion of how each of the pillars factors into the six topics Russia is focusing on: Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Work-life Balance, Corporate Management, STEM, and Investments in Human Capital.

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