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PPWE組織章程（中譯）
(一)目的
「APEC婦女經濟政策夥伴」（APEC Policy Partnership on Women and the Economy，PPWE）於2011年5月在美國蒙大拿州Big Sky召開的資深官員會議（SOM）支持下成立，提供一個精簡且有效率的機制，以整合性別平等、婦女與經濟等各項考量，並提升婦女經濟議題在APEC所帶來的影響力。性別平等屬於APEC的跨領域議題，PPWE根據此原則來進一步提升「整合婦女參與APEC架構（Framework for the Integration of Women in APEC）」。PPWE將配合APEC各項程序，作為資深部長會議（SOM）的有力媒介，針對影響APEC地區女性經濟賦權的議題繼續努力。
PPWE亦倡導APEC經濟體的女性能充分平等地參與「貿易暨投資自由化及便捷化」(TILF)與「經濟技術合作」(ECOTECH)之各項議題。PPWE將向APEC論壇與資深官員提供政策面與實務面的建議，以提升婦女的經濟參與程度及推動APEC地區的經濟成長。
(二)PPWE的八大任務：PPWE將執行下列八大基本任務：
- 協助APEC各論壇並積極其配合，以確認和解決其工作範圍中性別平等與婦女經濟議題的優先處理順序，這包括邀請相關次級論壇主席參與PPWE會議，以探討與各論壇有關的議題。
- 提升與呈報整體APEC與各論壇的婦女代表比例。
- 評估專案提案程序、呈報與評鑑程序所採用的性別平等準則是否適切，並加以修正，且從會員經濟體中尋求至少一名具有性別平等和婦女經濟相關專業知識的祕書處代表。
- 蒐集與共享各論壇整合性別平等的最佳範例，並且每年從最佳實務中，選出欲於PPWE會議探討的一項主題。
- 支援與呈報各論壇和APEC經濟體整合性別的實施進度，包括追蹤APEC領袖認可的婦女經濟政策建議之執行進度概況。
- 主動促進PPWE重要會員的互動，包括私部門會員和APEC企業諮詢委員會(ABAC)，尤其是即將被選為擔任PPWE婦女經濟顧問的主辦經濟體ABAC會員，以及包括國際組織在內的相關利益關係者，藉此提升APEC婦女的經濟賦權。
- 互助合作/輔佐發展婦女經濟方面的專案提案。
- 提出建言以及建議優先領域，以提升APEC的性別平等與婦女經濟整合。
為達上述任務目標，PPWE將向經濟與技術合作指導委員會(Steering Committee on ECOTECH，SCE)提交中期與年度工作計畫。
(三)職能
PPWE負責擔任向SCE呈報APEC性別措施與實行成果的機構。PPWE的廣義目標在於連結APEC論壇、APEC經濟體與APEC祕書處，以提升APEC地區的婦女經濟整合程度，使所有經濟體藉此受惠。
(四)會員架構 ：PPWE的主要會員如下：
- 經濟體公私部門PPWE代表(最終仍由該經濟體取決其PPWE代表)
- 婦女經濟專案主任
- ABAC：2名代表
附錄A中將說明每位會員的權責
(五)PPWE管理委員會(PPWE Management Council)
PPWE管理委員會的成立目的，在於確保APEC中的PPWE持續不懈地努力。委員會的核心會員包括：當年主辦經濟體成員擔任主席、前任主辦經濟體代表與未來主辦經濟體代表所擔任的聯合主席。主席與聯合主席皆為政府官員，他們將利用管理委員會來引導PPWE未來努力的方向。主席與聯合主席可邀請所屬經濟體的私部門人士擔任顧問。亦可邀請有意參與的其他經濟體代表與ABAC成員，共同參與PPWE管理委員會會議。主辦經濟體將自其ABAC代表中提名一位擔任該經濟體的PPWE管理委員會婦女議題顧問。ABAC婦女論壇亦將提名一位代表，擔任PPWE管理委員會的顧問職務。
(六)方案評估常設委員會(Project Assessment Standing Committee，PASC)之職責、任期與會員架構
PPWE管理委員會主席受邀出任的同時，將成立PASC，以協助婦女經濟專案主任評估提交至APEC的提案。PASC會員架構如下：
- 主辦經濟體；
- 未來主辦經濟體；
- 前任主辦經濟體；
- 一個自願參加的已開發經濟體 ；及
- 一自願參加的開發中經濟體 。
PASC將就這些提案中的性別準則內容向專案主任相關建議。必要時此委員會將提供技術支援。
APEC祕書處會將APEC提案傳送至PASC以玆審核。
協助專案主任的PASC會員採年指派制，任期為每年的1月1日至12月31日。
(七)PPWE會議的召開時間
PPWE每年將至少召開一次會議，建議於第三次SOM之前召開，目的在於準備將報告及建議提交給SCE，作為SOM、APEC領袖與部長納入考量之依據。
PPWE會議的召開時間將配合SOM行程舉行，建議銜接於中小企業工作小組（SMEWG）會議之後。
(八)報告提交程序
PPWE將向SCE提交定期報告，並視情況提交其他報告。PPWE亦需向SCE提出年度報告，並於SCE同意下，呈交年報予SOM。經SOM同意，即可於適切情形下向APEC部長和領袖提出PPWE年報。
(九)落日條款(Sunset Clause)
依TOR修訂版及PPWE所賦予之任務，SCE將審核PPWE執行運作情形，PPWE該年度所執行的各項工作計畫及專案成果將納入審核依據。
附錄A
APEC 婦女經濟政策夥伴(PPWE)
PPWE會員權責
PPWE負責擔任向SCE呈報APEC性別行動方針與實行成果的機構。PPWE的廣義目標在於連結APEC論壇、APEC經濟體與APEC祕書處，以提升APEC地區的婦女經濟整合程度，使所有經濟體藉此受惠。PPWE會員由經濟體的公私部門PPWE代表組成，並由APEC祕書處的APEC婦女經濟專案主任輔佐。APEC企業諮詢委員會(ABAC)亦將向PPWE提供建議與協助。
I. 經濟體PPWE代表
經濟體公私部門PPWE代表將由婦女與經濟領域方面的經濟體層級專家組成。他們將針對經濟體層級下「整合婦女參與APEC架構」的執行情形提出建議，同時為所屬經濟體的其他APEC論壇代表提供協助。
經濟體PPWE代表的權責如下：
- 透過公私部門合作的方式，推廣與協助其經濟體執行「整合婦女參與APEC架構」及APEC領袖所採納婦女經濟相關政策建議，並且每年呈報進度；
- 配合婦女經濟專案主任合作執行下列任務：
- 於適切情況下提出專家建議，以協助APEC論壇發展與實施性別平等與性別整合相關的專案計畫；
- 以提出性別平等專家建議以及進一步協助開發性別平等資源與工具的方式，支援婦女經濟專案主任；
- 協助準備PPWE性別平等與婦女經濟整合年報、提報資深官員「整合婦女參與APEC架構」執行情形(the Implementation of the Framework for Senior Officials)，以及於適當時機向APEC部長與領袖提交其報告；於適當時機準備「婦女與經濟高階政策對話」(High-Level Policy Dialogue on Women and Economy)會議；
- 參與PPWE年度會議，協助確認APEC所關切的性別議題；
- 定期與PPWE其他成員保持聯繫；
- 定期與SMEWG及HRDWG等ECOTECH次論壇的與會人士保持聯繫，以探尋合作機會，並將重要的性別議題整合至既有的APEC工作流程；
- 維護與開發APEC性別工具和資源；
- 鼓勵婦女參與政策制定程序，以實踐各經濟體所提出的建議。
II. 婦女經濟專案主任
此職位對於維持跨APEC經濟體之性別整合工作十分重要。PPWE隨時會在各經濟體中尋求至少一名具有性別平等和婦女經濟專業者作為秘書處代表。本專案主任將由APEC祕書處所指派的專業職員出任，其權責如下：
- 支援與協調PPWE的各項活動，包括協調年度會議的召開時間，以及於適切情況下協助辦理「婦女與經濟高階政策對話」會議；
- 與經濟體公私部門PPWE代表合作，確保取得與各論壇任務相關的性別平等專業建議；
- 協助PPWE執行以下事項：
- 將PPWE定期報告列為每次召開SCE會議的固定議程；
- PPWE性別平等與婦女經濟整合年報、提報資深官員「整合婦女參與APEC架構」執行情形(the Implementation of the Framework for Senior Officials)，以及於適當時機向APEC部長與領袖提交其報告；
- 準備APEC中與性別平等和婦女經濟相關活動年度會訊與其他宣導資料；
- 維護目前與未來的APEC性別平等和婦女經濟工具與資源：
- APEC提案之性別平等指引；
- APEC網站的性別平等網頁；
婦女經濟專案主任應具備性別平等與婦女經濟方面的重要資歷。
III. APEC企業諮詢委員會 (ABAC)
APEC企業諮詢委員會(ABAC)屬於APEC的私部門論壇，由各APEC經濟體領袖所指派的三名企業領袖所組成，以代表中小企業在內的各類產業。ABAC屬於永久論壇，設立目的在於向APEC領袖與其他官員提出企業利益方面的議題建議，並且針對不同APEC論壇所提之特定合作領域問題，提出其商業見解。ABAC向經濟體領袖所提交的報告，已為企業所面臨的問題建議了許多解決之道，也為改善ECOTECH的各項行動方針提供許多建言。
ABAC的重要職責之一在於確保性別平等議題，特別是婦女經濟賦權的部分，是否整合至所有APEC行動方針與政策制定程序中。主辦經濟體將提名一位該經濟體的ABAC代表，擔任該經濟體PPWE管理委員會婦女議題顧問，並將受邀參加PPWE的年度會議。主辦經濟體亦可與ABAC共同選出另一名ABAC代表，來擔任PPWE管理委員會的顧問。
ABAC設立了ABAC婦女論壇，專門探討改善婦女創業經商相關議題；ABAC婦女論壇亦將選出一位代表擔任PPWE管理委員會顧問，並且受邀參加PPWE會議。值得肯定的是，提高婦女在ABAC的參與度，將對APEC中實施「整合婦女參與APEC架構」帶來極大貢獻。
附錄B
APEC 婦女經濟政策夥伴管理委員會
APEC PPWE管理委員會將扮演維護並延續PPWE各項努力之機構，並向PPWE呈報政策執行的進度。具政府官員身份的主席與聯合主席，將利用管理委員會來引導PPWE未來的努力方向。
I. 會員
- 主席：當年主辦經濟體的一位會員（政府官員*）（任期：1年）
- 聯合主席：前任主辦經濟體和未來主辦經濟體的會員（政府官員*）（任期：1年）
*主席與聯合主席可邀請所屬經濟體的私部門人士擔任顧問。
- 會員：由有意參加的經濟體各自指派2名會員
- ABAC：2名代表
II. PPWE 管理委員會的任務
- 監督APEC內和跨APEC經濟體的PPWE工作計畫與政策建議之執行情形。
- 聯繫與協調各會員經濟體及PPWE會員。
- 每年蒐集各會員經濟體的婦女與經濟相關資訊，並向SCE呈報。
- 支援主辦經濟體的計畫以及協調安排每年召開會議；擔任PPWE的後勤單位。
III. 會議召開時間
PPWE管理委員會每年需併同PPWE會議至少召開一次會議。
PPWE組織章程（原文）
Proposed PPWE Terms of Reference
For Discussion at PPWE 2011
1. Purpose
As endorsed by Senior Officials in Big Sky, Montana, in May 2011, the APEC Policy Partnership on Women and the Economy (PPWE) provides a streamlined and effective mechanism to integrate gender equality and women and the economy considerations and elevate the influence of women’s economic issues in APEC. The PPWE advances the Framework for the Integration of Women in APEC based on the principle that gender equality is a cross-cutting issue within APEC. The PPWE, in conjunction with APEC processes, will provide the vehicle for SOM to continue work on issues that affect the economic empowerment of women in the APEC region.
The PPWE also promotes the full and equal participation of women in APEC economies through the Trade and Investment Liberalization and Facilitation (TILF) and Economic and Technical Cooperation (ECOTECH) agendas. The PPWE will provide policy and practical advice to APEC fora and Senior Officials to increase women’s economic participation and drive economic growth in the APEC region.
2. PPWE’s Eight Tasks
The PPWE will conduct eight basic tasks:
1. Assist APEC fora and actively cooperate with them to identify and address priority gender equality and women and the economy issues within their work, including inviting the Chairs of the relevant sub-fora to the PPWE meetings to discuss issues that are relevant to each group.
2. Promote and report on women’s representation across APEC and within individual fora.
3. Assess the use of gender equality criteria in project proposals, reporting and evaluation, revising the gender equality criteria, where appropriate and seek to ensure that at least one secretariat representative from member economies has specific gender equality and women in the economy expertise at all times.
4. Collect and share best practices in gender equality integration amongst fora and on an annual basis select one topic area of best practice to be featured at the PPWE meeting.
5. Support and report on the progress of implementation of gender integration within individual fora and across APEC economies, including following up on the implementation of policy recommendations on women and the economy called for by APEC Leadership.
6. Proactively engage key members of PPWE, including private sector members and APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC), especially the host economy ABAC member to be selected to be PPWE Women and the Economy advisor, as well as other relevant stakeholders, including international organizations, to advance women’s economic empowerment in APEC.
7. Collaborate/assist in the development of project proposals in the area of women in the economy.
8. Propose recommendations and areas of priority for advancing gender equality and women and the economy integration in APEC.
To achieve the tasks above, the PPWE will submit its medium-term and annual work plan to the SCE.
3. Functions
The PPWE acts as an institutional mechanism for reporting to the Steering Committee on ECOTECH (SCE) on APEC gender activities and outcomes. The broad goal of the PPWE will be to provide linkages between APEC fora, APEC economies and the APEC Secretariat to advance the economic integration of women in the APEC region for the benefit of all economies.
4. Membership
The key members of PPWE are:
1. Economy public and private PPWE delegates (The composition of each economy’s PPWE delegation will ultimately be determined by that economy)
2. Women and the Economy Program Director
3. ABAC: 2 representatives
Responsibilities of each member are in Annex A.
5. The PPWE Management Council
In order to ensure sustained efforts by the PPWE within APEC, the PPWE Management Council will be created. The core members of the Council will be the chair, who will be members from the current host economy, and the co-chairs, who will represent the previous host economy and the future host economy. The chair and co-chairs, who will be government officials, will use the Management Council to guide the efforts of the PPWE. The chair and co-chairs may invite private sector participants from their economies to serve as advisors. Interested members from other economies and ABAC would also be invited to join the discussion at the PPWE Management Council. The host economy will nominate one of their ABAC representatives to serve in an advisory capacity to the PPWE Management Council on women in the economy. The ABAC Women’s Forum will also nominate a member to serve in an advisory capacity to the PPWE Management Council.
6. Role, Term and Membership of the Project Assessment Standing Committee (PASC)
A PASC will be formed at the invitation of the PPWE Management Council Chair to assist the Women and the Economy Program Director in assessing the proposals submitted to APEC. The PASC will comprise:
1. The host economy;
2. The future host economy;
3. The previous host economy;
4. A volunteer developed economy ; and
5. A volunteer developing economy.
The PASC will provide advice to the Program Director on the extent to which the gender criteria are addressed in project proposals. The group will facilitate technical assistance if necessary.
APEC Secretariat will send APEC proposals to the PASC for their review.
The Project Assessment Standing Committee (PASC) will be appointed annually and will assist the Program Director for the duration of one year from 1 January to 31 December of each year.
7. Timing of PPWE Meetings
The PPWE will meet at least once annually, preferably before SOM III. This is to prepare the report and recommendations to the SCE for consideration by SOM, and the APEC Leaders and Ministers.
The PPWE meeting will be held in coordination with the SOM schedule, preferably succeeding the SMEWG meeting.
8. Reporting
The PPWE will provide regular reports to SCE and other reports as appropriate. The annual report of the PPWE will be provided to SCE, and with agreement of SCE to the SOM and with its agreement to Ministers and Leaders where considered appropriate.
9. Sunset Clause
In view of the revised TOR and the tasks assigned to the PPWE, the SCE will review PPWE’s operations taking into account the various outcomes of the work programmes/projects carried out in the year.
Annex A
APEC Policy Partnership on Women and the Economy
Responsibilities of PPWE Members
The APEC Policy Partnership on Women and the Economy will act as an institutional mechanism for reporting to SOM on APEC gender equality and women and the economy activities and outcomes. The broad goal of the PPWE will be to provide linkages between APEC fora, APEC economies and the APEC Secretariat to advance economic empowerment of women in the APEC region for the benefit of all economies. The PPWE will comprise Economy public and private PPWE delegates, assisted by an APEC Women and the Economy Program Director at the APEC Secretariat. The APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) will also provide advice and assistance to the Partnership.
I. Economy PPWE Delegation Members
Economy public and private PPWE delegates will be experts on women and the economy areas at the economy level. They will facilitate and advise on the implementation of the Framework at the economy level and provide assistance to their economy representatives in APEC fora.
Economy PPWE delegates will:
- promote and facilitate the implementation of the Framework as well as policy recommendations related to Women and the Economy called for by the APEC leadership within their economy through the cooperation between the public and private sector, and report on its progress annually;
- work collaboratively with the Women and the Economy Program Director to:
- provide expert advice as appropriate to facilitate the development and implementation of gender equality-related and integrated projects by APEC fora;
- support the Women and the Economy Program Director by providing gender equality expert advice and contributing to the further development of gender equality resources and tools;
- contribute to and assist with the preparation of the annual report of the PPWE on gender equality and women and the economy integration and the Implementation of the Framework for Senior Officials and their report to Ministers and Leaders where considered appropriate; and prepare for the High-Level Policy Dialogue on Women and Economy, as appropriate;
- participate in the annual meeting of the PPWE to contribute to identification of gender issues for APEC consideration;
- maintain regular contact with other participants in the PPWE;
- maintain regular contact with participants in relevant ECOTECH subfora, such as the SMEWG and HRDWG to identify opportunities for collaboration and integrate gender considerations into existing APEC work streams; and
- contribute to the maintenance and development of APEC gender tools and resources.
- encourage women's participation in the process of policy formulation to realize the recommendations in each economy.
II. Women and the Economy Program Director
This role is essential to sustain gender integration across APEC. PPWE will seek to ensure that at least one secretariat representative from member economies has specific gender equality and women and the economy expertise at all times. The Program Director will be a professional staff member appointed from within the APEC Secretariat with responsibility to:
- support and coordinate the activities of the PPWE, including coordinating the annual meetings and assisting with the High-Level Policy Dialogue on Women and the Economy, as appropriate;
- work with Economy public and private PPWE delegates to ensure access to gender equality expert advice relevant to the work of individual fora;
- assist the PPWE with:
- regular reports of the PPWE as a standing agenda item in each SCE;
- the annual report of the PPWE on gender equality and women and the economy integration and the Implementation of the Framework for Senior Officials and their report to Ministers and Leaders where considered appropriate;
- prepare an annual newsletter and other materials on gender equality and women and the economy activities in APEC; and
- maintain current and future APEC gender equality and women and the economy tools and resources including the:
- Gender Equality guideline for APEC project proposals;
- Gender Equality Webpage on the APEC Website;
The Women and the Economy Program Director should have significant experience in gender equality and women and the economy.
III. APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC)
The APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) is the private sector arm of APEC, and comprises three business leaders from each APEC economy appointed by their respective Leaders, and represents a range of business sectors, including small and medium enterprises. ABAC is a permanent forum established to advise Leaders and other APEC officials on issues of interest to business and to respond to requests from various APEC fora for information about the business perspective on specific areas of cooperation. ABAC’s reports to Economic Leaders have provided recommendations on solving problems faced by business as well as advice on improving ECOTECH activities.
ABAC has an important role to play to ensure that gender equality issues, and women’s economic empowerment, in particular, are integral to all APEC activities and policy formulation processes. A representative of the host economy’s ABAC members will be nominated by the host economy to act in an advisory capacity to the PPWE Management Council on women in the economy and will be invited to attend the annual PPWE meeting. Alternatively, the host economy may work together with ABAC to select another ABAC representative to act in an advisory capacity to the PPWE Management Council.
ABAC has established an ABAC Women’s Forum to work specifically on improving opportunities for women in business; the ABAC Women’s Forum will also select a representative to act in an advisory capacity to the PPWE Management Council and to be invited to attend PPWE meetings. It is recognized that the enhanced participation of women in ABAC will contribute to the implementation of the Framework throughout APEC.
Annex B
APEC Policy Partnership on
Women and the Economy Management Council
The APEC PPWE Management Council will act as an institutional mechanism to maintain the continuity of efforts and to report to PPWE on the progress made in implementing policies. The chair and co-chairs, who will be government officials, will use the Management Council to guide the efforts of the PPWE.
I. Members
- Chair: a member (government official*) from the current host economy (term:1 year)
- Co-Chairs: members (government officials*) from the previous host economy and the future host economy (term: 1 year)
*The chair and co-chairs may invite private sector participants from their economies to serve as advisors
- Members: 2 members from each interested economy
- ABAC: 2 representatives
II. PPWE Management Council’s Tasks
- Monitor the implementation of the PPWE work plans and policy recommendations within APEC and across APEC economies.
- Liaise and coordinate with each member economy and PPWE member.
- Collect and report annually to the SCE on women and the economy information from each member economy.
- Support the host economy’s planning and coordination of each year’s meetings; act as a resource for retaining memory for the organization.
III. Timing of the Meeting
The PPWE Management Council will meet at least once annually, in conjunction with the PPWE meeting.
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