An open meeting of the International Club of Winners and Participants of the APE...
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19.09.2024 / News

An open meeting of the International Club of Winners and Participants of the APEC APEC BEST AWARD Competition was held

An open meeting of the International Club of Winners and Participants of the APEC BEST AWARD Women's Entrepreneurial Projects Competition was held at the fourth Eurasian Women's Forum.

The topic of the meeting is “Cooperation of women entrepreneurs as a point of economic growth. Multilateral dialogue.”

The participants of the meeting were welcomed by the Chairperson of the Council of the Eurasian Women's Forum, Senator Galina Karelova . She announced the launch of the selection round of the ninth International Competition of Women's Entrepreneurial Projects, which will be held for the first time this year in Moscow.

Karelova noted the major role of the competition, which is a Russian initiative, in drawing attention to the development of women's entrepreneurship in the Asia-Pacific region, in supporting and disseminating the best women's business practices.

“The Club of Competition Winners, created at the III Eurasian Women’s Forum, has become a source of new business initiatives over the past three years. It plays a major role in developing cooperation between women representing APEC economies, which is especially valuable today, given the difficult international situation,” said Galina Karelova , welcoming the participants of the open meeting of the club .

She expressed her belief that interaction between women entrepreneurs from APEC economies within the club will serve to strengthen trust and economic development.

"There is a need to unite efforts to support women entrepreneurs and expand their opportunities, to jointly solve global challenges. Finally, there are established human and business connections of women members of the club. I am sure that such an association as the International Club of Winners and Participants of the Women's Entrepreneurial Projects Competition in APEC will play the most positive role in the relations of the countries belonging to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)," Karelova concluded.

The APEC BEST AWARD competition was initiated in 2015 at the APEC platform by the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation and the Committee for the Development of Women's Entrepreneurship "OPORA RUSSIA". In 2024, it will be held under the motto: "Empowering Women for Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Business". Winners will be determined in six nominations: the best APEC award, the best BCG economic project, the best projects in the field of innovative technologies, creative economy, in the field of preserving the culture of indigenous peoples, remote and rural areas. A separate competition will be held in the sixth nomination - the best top manager.

Each economy can nominate 2 candidates for the APEC BEST AWARD, with Peru, the current chair of the forum, able to nominate up to 4.

The Fourth Eurasian Women's Forum is taking place from 18 to 20 September in St. Petersburg. The organizers are the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation and the Interparliamentary Assembly of Member Nations of the Commonwealth of Independent States. The operator for the preparation and holding of the event is the Roscongress Foundation.

Official forum website: 2024.eawf.ru.