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Did you know? Increasing women's entrepreneurial opportunities and economic participation has the potential to contribute tens of billions of dollars to the economy annually. Watch the video to learn how APEC is continuing to advance gender equality through structural reform.

We caught up with a couple of youths from the Voices of the Future in Lima last week. We asked them to share their thoughts with us #APECPeru2024's theme of "Empower. Include." Watch the video to listen to our conversation. Stay tuned for part two!

We look forward to welcoming Mr Shou Chew, CEO of @tiktok to the APEC CEO Summit tomorrow! Find out more here:

"El Perú camina con firmeza por la ruta de la reactivación económica, con una expansión de su PBI de más de 3 % al cierre del 2024, con la generación de empleos, y ubicándose en un lugar preponderante en el mundo", afirmó la jefa de Estado, Dina Ercilia Boluarte Zegarra, en el

“To confront these intertwined challenges, APEC member economies must implement balanced monetary and fiscal policies, along with implementing core structural reforms.” - Carlos Kuriyama, Director, APEC Policy Support Unit.

🌐 #LeadersWeek: one of the first events of the week was the Concluding Senior Officials' Meeting. In their final meeting of the #APECPeru2024 year, they reviewed all the work accomplished toward achieving empowerment, inclusion, and growth for the people of the Asia-Pacific

💬 Los Altos Funcionarios de las economías de @APEC se dieron cita en el Centro de Convenciones de Lima para continuar con su Reunión Conclusiva. Este es el cuarto encuentro de SOMs que se lleva a cabo en el año #APECPeru2024. La reunión, que se desarrolla el 11 y 12 de

📸La presidenta de la República, Dina Boluarte, recibió al sultán de Brunéi Darussalam, su majestad Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, quien visita el Perú en visita de Estado. 👉 https://t.co/uw0suUNWs2 Foto: ANDINA/Prensa Presidencia

💻 Ayni Hackathon 2024: donde la tecnología y la tradición andina se unen para construir un futuro digital. En el marco de #APECciudadano, jóvenes talentos de todo el país innovan en tecnología para apoyar al turismo, las MIPYMES y fomentar la inclusión. 👉🏻

ABAC concluded its final meeting of the year with a press conference. ABAC Chair Julia Torreblanca shared ABAC recommendations to APEC Leaders in achieving robust, inclusive, and sustainable growth amid ongoing economic challenges. She highlighted work developed under the theme

🤝 El Perú le da la bienvenida al presidente Luong Cuong, líder de la economía de Vietnam. 📷 https://t.co/F4seJKd1sf #APECPeru2024

#AndinaEnglish APEC Peru 2024: All member economies to be represented at Leaders' Week. 👉 https://t.co/zykLAxZyls

#AndinaEnglish APEC Peru 2024: Peruvian Diplomacy restored consensus at APEC. 👉 https://t.co/uaxVGevWSD

Richard Cantor, PECC Co-Chair, shared information about PECC activities in 2024 with ABAC members including the 2024 State of the Region Report, the 31st annual General Meeting and PECC member projects. Of note in the survey outcome that ameliorating geopolitical risks was the

Incoming ABAC Chair H. S. Cho presented ABAC’s work plan for 2025 around the theme “Bridge, Business, Beyond.” “Bridge” represents connecting ideas, people and economies, “Business” driving innovation, and “Beyond” on a sustainable prosperous future.

Korea’s APEC Senior Official Hee-Sang Kim, presents the theme and priorities for APEC 2025. Korea chose “Building a Sustainable Tomorrow” as the theme with the priorities “Connect, Innovate and Prosper”to achieve this goal.

Cristian Rodriguez, of BCG, briefs ABAC Members on the current economic outlook using as a framework his perspective of nine forces reshaping global business.

ABAC Chair 2024 Julia Torreblanca formally opens the final meeting of ABAC in 2024 in what has been a fruitful year. At this meeting Working Groups will wrap up their work, Members prepare for their Dialogue with Leaders, and approve the Work Program for 2025 under ABAC Korea’s

Ambassador Elmer Schialer, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru delivers the keynote address to formally open ABAC 4. He highlighted the accomplishments of APEC in 2024 particularly on inclusion. Of note is the work on transitioning the informal sector into the mainstream economy.