CEO’s workshops on introducing the Women Empowerment Principles

VBCSD in cooperation with the Women Entrepreneur Council of VCCI will co-organize two CEO’s workshops on introducing the Women Empowerment Principles (WEPs) in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi on 3^rd and 6^th November respectively. These events aim to raise business leaders’ awareness of WEPs and their benefits from economic and social perspective. At the workshops, CEOs and/or equivalent officers will be encouraged to sign the CEO’s commitments and send their staff to participate in training workshops to apply WEPs in their companies.

Tentative agenda

8:00 – 8:30	Registration
8:30 – 8:45	Welcome remarks VCCI/VBCSD & UN Women in Vietnam
8:45 – 9:00	The meaning and benefits of WEPs UN Women in Vietnam
9:00 – 9:15	Piloting WEPs application in some enterprises in Vietnam VCCI
9:15 – 10:00	Q&A
10:00 – 10:15	Coffee break
10:15 – 10:30	Sharing experiences on applying WEPs An invited business
10:30 – 10:45	Q&A
10:45 – 11:45	Discussion: How to effectively apply WEPs in business? Participants to divide into 3 separate groups for discussion. Each group will be given 5 minutes to present discussing points.
11:45 – 12:05	The signing of the CEOs’ commitment to adopt WEPs
12:05 – 12:15	Closing remarks VCCIVBCSD & UN Women in Vietnam
12:15 – 13:30	Luncheon

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