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Liel is a graduate of our Mentoring Women in Business programme, in collaboration with the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, taking part between November 2018 and November 2019. Here is an overview of her experiences as…

Julia is a graduate of our Mentoring Women in Business Programme, in collaboration with the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, taking part between November 2018 and November 2019. Here’s an overview of her experiences as…

The APEC-Canada Growing Business Partnership (Partnership) is honoured to announce its new Project Advisory Committee (PAC). The PAC convenes established experts, business leaders, and outstanding academics from across i…

Latin America is a region characterized by creativity and constant transformation where entrepreneurial activities have spawned not just out of a necessity to generate income but also out of opportunity and driven by eco…

On October 14, 2020, the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada), in partnership with Kunan Peru Plataforma Peruana de Emprendimiento Socio Ambiental and the APEC Directorate at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of …

Micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) make up the lion’s share of businesses in the Asia Pacific. Across the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) bloc, MSMEs represent 97 per cent of all businesses a…

As COVID-19 takes its toll on the global economy, the need for international cooperation has seldom been so urgent. A recent report from APEC predicts a 3.7 per cent contraction in the region's economy — a tota…

On September 14, 2019, the APEC-Canada Growing Business Partnership hosted a one-day training introduced relevant best practices for entrepreneurs and MSMEs through presentations by Canadian and Peruvian trainers on busi…

From November 8th to November 11th, 2017, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau paid a historic visit to Vietnam where he and Vietnamese Prime Minister, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, announced a comprehensive economic partnership. After 44 …

On May 15, 2019, the APEC-Canada Growing Business Partnership hosted a one-day research and policy workshop in Lima, Peru which brought together Canadian and Peruvian researchers, policy-makers, and local entrepreneurs t…