2nd Meeting of the Women Entrepreneurs Network for Latin America and the Caribbean
Innovation: a horizon of opportunities
The “Win-Win: Gender Equality means Good Business” programme is hosting a series of activities, in cooperation with companies and businesses’ networks of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Jamaica, and Uruguay, which aim at the creation, launch and empowerment of the Women Entrepreneurs Network for Latin America and the Caribbean to support women successfully grow ther business.
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Backround
“Win- Win: Gender Equality means Good Business” is a programme jointly implemented by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and UN Women, funded by the European Union. Through the promotion of a “business case”, the Programme encourages gender equality, women economic empowerment and women leadership as the basis for a sustainable, inclusive, and equitable growth.Towards this end, the Win-Win Programme will be holding three virtual sessions to share inspiring and innovative initiatives, practices and ideas developed by women entrepreneurs in Latin America and the Caribbean to continue to build their businesses during these challenging times.
The sessions will also provide for a unique opportunity to share initiatives of innovative actions implemented by businesswomen of Latin-America and the Caribbean in the COVID-19 context. After the meeting, a report will be made available with highlights of the discussions, contributions and results.
Agenda
• 9.30 hs. Presentation:- Vinícius Pinheiro: ILO Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean
- Maria Rosa Sabbatalli: Head of the Regional Partnership Instruments Team for the Americas, EU
- Maria Noel Vaeza: Regional Director of UN-Women for the Americas and the Caribbean
- Representative of International Organisation of Employer
• 9.50 hs. Retrospective: Discussion of survey´s data
- Mariana Foutel and Patricia Debeljuh
• 10.00 hs. “Skills to enhance innovative capacity”
- Juan Carlos Leiva Bonilla: Program Coordinator of EMPRENDE Costa Rican Institute of Technology (Speaker) TBC
• 10.10 hs. Presentation of 03 success stories in Innovation and Opportunities
• 10.25 hs. Explanation of working in rooms
• 10.45 hs. Groups in work rooms
- Mariana Foutel and Patricia Debeljuh
• 10.55 hs. Reflections
- Juan Carlos Leiva Bonilla: Program Coordinator of EMPRENDE Costa Rican Institute of Technology (Speaker) TBC
• 11.00 hs. More opportunities to innovate and co-create
• 11.10 hs. Closing remarks
- Roberto Villamil: Principal Officer - Relations and Technical Cooperation for Latin America of the Bureu of Employers (ILO/ACTEMP)
Working groups. The participation on this section is optional.
LATAM business, development of new markets and products, impact and opportunities emerging from the 4.0 revolution; and future of work (talent and leadership.
Join us
To attend this Virtual Launch please register on the Zoom platform at the following link: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYsf-yvrz8iE9dXhjJl8jVkEE4HandjYILMDate: August 5th
Time: 8:30 hs. of Costa Rica
9:30 hs. of Perú, Ecuador, Colombia, Jamaica, México
10:30 hs. of Chile
11:30 hs. of Argentina, Brasil and Uruguay
The meeting will be held in Spanish, but interpretation into English and Portuguese will aslo be available.
Please register in advance as there are limited places for the sessions.