Multicountry Observational Study Mission on Women’s Economic Empowerment
Date & Training hrs

26-28 November 2025

Training hours: –

Deadline of Enlistment:

on or before 4 September 2025

Training Provider

Asian Productivity Organization,

Training Fee: USD200.00

Venue

face-to-face
Tokyo, Japan

Course Brief Description:

Learn about basic concepts of women’s economic empowerment and understand issues, challenges, and opportunities to promote it; visit and observe organizations and companies with best practices and emerging initiatives that advance women’s economic empowerment; and develop proposals on how to promote more women’s empowerment as active stakeholders in APO member economies.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

During the program, participants will:

  1. Learn about basic concepts of women’s economic empowerment and understand issues, challenges, and opportunities to promote it;
  2. Visit and observe organizations and companies with best practices and emerging initiatives that advance women’s economic empowerment; and
  3. Develop proposals on how to promote more women’s empowerment as active stakeholders in APO member economies.

Two (2) qualified candidates from the Department will be considered by CEST for endorsement to this workshop.

  1. CEST Forms B and C (please see attached template) duly approved by the applicant’s Supervising Undersecretary/Head
  2. Service Record
  3. Certificate of No Pending Administrative and/or Criminal Case
  4. Certificate of No Pending Nomination and Service Obligation (for applicants from the regional / provincial offices)
  5. Accomplished Training Needs and Endorsement by Organization/Company (TNEO) (template attached) with the applicant’s signature

As stated in Item 6.1.2 of Department Order 22-10: Revised CEST Guidelines, participation of employees requires the approval of their Bureau/Office Head and the endorsement of their Supervising Undersecretary/Head.

Applicants who fail to submit all the abovementioned CEST requirements will no longer be accommodated for the program.

TARGET PARTICIPANTS

Target participants include government officials involved in women’s economic empowerment issues such as gender equality and female participation in the labor market. The APO Secretariat may give preference to individuals joining an APO project for the first time. Those who have participated in an APO project within the last two (2) years may receive lower priority.

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