2017 Ministerial Roundtable: Public/Private Sector Partnerships Advancing Women’s Economic Opportunities
Banking the Unbankable project wins the 2017 Ministerial Award
Hon. Vanessa Rubio,Undersecretary of Finance and Public Credit, Mexico receives the Ministerial Award for her ministry’s project aiming to provide financial services to residents of rural areas normally excluded by traditional banks.
MINISTERIAL ROUNDTABLE AGENDA, May 11, 2017
8:30 – 9:00 a.m. Breakfast Networking
9:00 – 10:00 a.m. PRESS BRIEFING
Participants:
Irene Natividad, President, Global Summit of Women (USA)
Noriko Nakamura, Chair, Japan Host Committee and CEO, Poppins, Inc. (Japan)
Hon. Leni Robredo, Vice President, Philippines
Hon. Truong My Hoa, Former Vice President, Vietnam
Japan Host Committee Chair Noriko Nakamura, Vice President of the Philippines Leni Robredo and Former Vice President of Vietnam Truong My Hoa.
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10:00-11:00 a.m. MINISTERIAL BEST PRACTICES I
Moderator:
Hon. Delia Domingo-Albert, Former Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Philippines
Presenters:
Hon. Katsunobu Kato, Minister of Gender Equality (Japan)
Hon. Vanessa Rubio, Deputy Minister for Finance (Mexico)
Hon. Elke Ferner, State Secretary, Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women & Youth
(Germany)
11:00-12:00 p.m. MINISTERIAL BEST PRACTICES II:
EXPANDING ECONOMIC HORIZONS
Moderator:
Hon. Henryka Bochniarz, President, Lewiatan and former Minister of Trade (Poland)
Presenters:
Tamayo Marukawa, Minister in charge of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games
(Japan)
Hon. Dr. Anja Kopač Mrak, Minister of Labor, Family, Social Affairs and Equal
Opportunities (Slovenia)
Amb. Muriel Penicaud, Ambassador for International Investment (France)
12:00 – 12:30 p.m. BREAK
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. LUNCHEON PROGRAM: PRIVATE SECTOR INITIATIVES
Moderator:
Hon. Jonina Bjartmarz, Former Minister of Environmental Affairs (Iceland)
Presenters:
Ms. Keiko Honda, Executive Vice President and CEO, Multilateral Investment
Guarantee Agency, The World Bank (Japan)
Ms. Rosalind Hudnell, Vice President, Human Resources and President, Intel
Foundation, Intel (USA)