1. Sourcing from Women Vendors
Vanessa Erogbogbo, Women and Trade Programme Manager, ITC
Virginia Littlejohn, President and CEO, Quantum Leaps, Inc
Tess Mateo, CxCatalysts, New York
Elizabeth Vazquez, Chief Executive Officer, WEConnect International
BPW International Congress,
Jeju Island, South Korea, 26 May 2014, 1400-1600 pm

2. Objectives of the Workshop
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Make women business owners aware of opportunities to
participate in global value chains
− International Trade Centre’s Women Vendors Exhibition and
Forum
− Buyer Mentor Groups to build quality, capacity and scalability
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Train women how to access these opportunities
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Match women in the room
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3. Overview
2. Agenda
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Welcome by Vanessa Erogbogbo, and Introduction of Speakers
− ITC Initiatives, Vanessa Erogbogbo, ITC Women & Trade Programme Manager
− Buyer Mentor Group Meetings, Virginia Littlejohn, Lead International Consultant, ITC
Women & Trade Programme
− WEConnect International, Elizabeth Vazquez, CEO and Co-Founder
− Post 2015 Sustainable Development Goals and the Women’s Empowerment
Principles (WEPs), Tess Mateo, Managing Director, CXCatalysts
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Profile of audience with show of hands
− International leaders
− National leaders of BPW chapters
− BPW national officers
− Women business owners
− Interested women
− Other
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4. Women in Global Value Chains
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ITC Women & Trade Programme
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Global Platform for Action – 10 Year Initiative Launched in
December 2010 in Chongqing, China
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Women Vendors Exhibition and Forum
− Chongqing in 2011
− Mexico City in 2012
− Rwanda in 2014
− Results
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The role of Trade Support Institutions
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Buyer Mentor Groups
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Coffee in Africa in 2013 and Seattle in 2014
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And Textiles and Garments in London

6. Buyer Mentor Groups

8. Global Trends in Procurement by Women
5. WEConnect International – an organization of multinational corporations
that want to source from women-owned businesses
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9. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
6. Post 2015 Sustainable Development Goals (Tess to insert)
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10. Women’s Empowerment Principles
7. The WEPs are a set of Principles for business offering guidance
on how to empower women in the workplace, marketplace and
community
Principle 1: Establish high-level corporate leadership for gender equality
Principle 2: Treat all women and men fairly at work – respect and support
human rights and nondiscrimination
Principle 3: Ensure the health, safety and well-being of all women and men
workers
Principle 4: Promote education, training and professional development for
women
Principle 5: Implement enterprise development, supply chain and marketing
practices that empower women
Principle 6: Promote equality through community initiatives and advocacy
Principle 7: Measure and publicly report on progress to achieve gender
equality
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11. Interactive Discussion & Audience Participation
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Q&A (10 minutes)
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2-minute Elevator Sales Pitch (First Exercise:
Split audience into groups, then have the women
pitch to their group – 20 minutes)
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Buyer Seller Matching Process: Women
Sourcing from Other Women (Second Exercise
– 15 minutes)
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Interactive Matchmaking (Third Exercise – 30
minutes)
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Wrap-up (10 minutes)
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Q&A (5 minutes)

12. Further information:
Vanessa Erogbogbo
Women and Trade Programme Manager
International Trade Centre
erogbogbo@intracen.org
www.intracen.org/womenandtrade
Virginia Littlejohn
President and CEO,
Quantum Leaps, Inc
vlittlejohn@quantumleapsinc.org
www.quantumleapsinc.org
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Tess Mateo
CxCatalysts, New York
tmateo@cxcatalysts.com
www.cxcatalysts.com
Elizabeth Vazquez,
Chief Executive Officer,
WEConnect International
evazquez@weconnectinternational.org
www.WEConnectInternational.org