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Second Plenary session: WLN in the future
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Dr. Kio Chung Kim
2005-Present: Executive Director, APEC Women’s e-Business Center
1998- Present: Executive Director, Asian Pacific Women’s Information Network Center
1986- Present: Professor, School of information science, Sookmyung Women’s University -
PRESENTATION BY DR. KIO CHUNG KIM, Korea
The initiative aims to expand informatization and e-Business opportunities for current and prospect women entrepreneurs, thus promoting more start-ups, micro-enterprises and SMEs led or owned by women. The initiative is based on a holistic, systematic and continuous approach and is comprised of four collaborating parts that will be carried out annually from 2005 to 2009, namely 1) research, 2) capacity building, 3) e-community building, and 4) policy forum. -
PRESENTATION BY MS. DIANA ABRUZZI, Australia
Capital Formation for Women in Trade
When we talk about Trade, most people automatically think big. But, the global reality is, the SME’s are now the new economic Leaders. And, SME’s contribute 1 trillion US dollars a year which is 30% of trade in APEC