APEC Chile 2019: Building the Future by Connecting People

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1 2018/HLPD-WE/011 Agenda Item: 11 APEC Chile 2019: Building the Future by Connecting People Purpose: Information Submitted by: Chile High Level Policy Dialogue on Women and the Economy Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea 7 September 2018

2 APEC CHILE 2019: B U I L D I N G T H E F U T U R E B Y C O N N E C T I N G P E O P L E Under Secretary Ministry of Women and the Gender Equity Port Moresby, September 2018

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4 CHILE S TRADE POLICY Objectives Renew Chile s trade policy by enhancing, modernizing and improving the instruments that promote free trade. Diversify and promote our exports, as well as protecting investment. Be a competitive economy, considering the new economy realities and the way to do business We need to export value-added products Trade Information Underdepartment, DIRECON-ProChile.

5 POLITICAL AND STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE Maintain Chile s policy of positioning itself as an Asia-Pacific economy Connect our regions and citizens and the benefits of regional trade Generate other forums and integrative initiatives such as Pacific Alliance, WTO, OECD and G20 Ensure that Chile can capitalize on APEC initiatives that support the establishment of good regulatory practices by creating inclusive and high-quality public policies.

6 APEC 2019

7 FACTS AND FIGURES % of Chile s imports come from APEC member economies. 58% of foreign investment in Chile comes from the APEC region 28% of Chile s investment outflows are to APEC member economies 69% of Chile s exports go to APEC member economies 8% annual growth of exports to APEC member economies since 1994

8 Meeting Calendar Informal SOM (ISOM) TYPE OF MEETING SOM 1 and related meetings SOM 2, Ministers responsable for trade and related meetings SOM 3 and related meetings Women Ministerial Meeting High Level Dialogue: Digital and Innovation SME Ministerial Meeting Ministers of Finance and related meetings Leaders week: Concluding SOM (CSOM); APEC Ministerial Meeting (AMM); and, APEC Leaders Summit (AELM) CEO SUMMIT DATE AND CITY December 2018, Santiago 23 February - 8 March 2019, Santiago 6 18 May 2019 MRT 17 y 18 May, Valparaíso August 2019, Puerto Varas (TBC) Dates and location TBC Dates TBC. Concepción Dates and location TBC October 2019, Santiago November 2019, Santiago CSOM Nov AMM13-14 Nov AELM Nov CEO Summit Nov, Santiago ABAC/Leaders dialogue 16 November Leaders official dinner 16 Nov

9 APEC CHILE PRIORITIES

10 1 DIGITAL AND SERVICES ECONOMY Build on the work initiated by Viet Nam and others within the human resource working group through high-quality, impactful projects. Organize an innovation summit; focus on Fintech capacity building for SMEs; and promote smart regional cities that can foster new and collaborative growth. Ensure personal information and the consumer rights are appropriately protected in the digital era Create an international regulatory cooperation toolkit to address the complex task of regulating changing business models and technologies Our priority must be to advance methodologies to measure the impact of the digital economy in the region.

11 2 CONNECTIVITY Promote the incorporation of SMEs in international trade by holding a Customs-Business Dialogue To encourage participation in Global Value Chains, we will carry out a stock take of work underway in APEC, hold a Policy Dialogue and propose an action plan. Emphasize the development of common standards for Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) programs; and draw up Manual of Good Practices Encourage the adoption of Mutual Recognition Agreements (MRA) among APEC economies to increase growth trade between AEOs. Conduct a Policy Dialogue to discuss the Interoperability of e-single Window systems. Develop an APEC manual with principles to promote these systems. Explore the possibility of creating an APEC Logistics Index, using factual data and comprehensive information shared among APEC economies.

12 3 WOMEN AND ECONOMIC GROWTH Increase women s participation in Non-Traditional Sectors and by advancing digital literacy for women. Develop a new APEC roadmap, supported by a Leaders that will commit to work towards increasing the female labor force participation, reducing salary gap and achieving more women assuming decisionmaking positions Refine APEC s data collection efforts through expanding and elevating the APEC Women and the Economy Dashboard. Engaging with the private sector, we would like to seek the possibility of bringing into APEC the Gender Parity Initiative to increase the participation of women in leadership positions.

13 FROM DIAGNOSIS TO ACTION

14 Plan PPWE 2019 : Woman as a Catalyst of Economic Growth: Diagnosis to Action Women will be the main discussing point to address We will promote our joint venture with the other 20 economies to apply measures in favor of women. The greatest achievement will be to decline of inequality and the rise of steady inclusion, basic aspects of the development in our region.

15 Plan PPWE 2019 : Woman as a Catalyst of Economic Growth: Diagnosis to Action Projects in implementation: a)gender Smart Workplaces. Building and Promoting Workplace Health, Safety and Inclusivity to Enhance Women s Economic Participation and Productivity (PNG) b)innovation for Women and Economic Development-Facilitating Women s Livelihood Development and Resilience with ICTs c)apec BEST Awards (Russia) d)towards the Construction of Public-Private Stretegies to Reduce the Costs of Gender-based Violence in APEC Economies. e)advancing Inclusion through Enhancing Women and Girls' Digital Literacy and Skills in the Context of Industry 4.0 (Viet Nam) f) Next Steps for Women s Entrepreneurship in APEC g)implementing the APEC Women in STEM framework: Workshop on Building a Pipeline for Girls and Women and Coding the Way to Sucess.

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