Women Vendors Exhibition and Forum

  • Overview

    Join the UN Global Compact at the Women Vendors Exhibition and Forum (WVEF), the premier global event linking global supply-chains with pre-selected women-owned businesses.

    This event, organized by the International Trade Centre (ITC) and supported by the UN Global Compact and other partners, brings together representatives from the private sector, government and trade institutions to execute business partnerships. The WVEF provides a concrete opportunity to implement Principle 5 of the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs), which calls on business to expand business with women-owned enterprises. The featured sectors at this year’s event are: coffee, services, and IT and business process outsourcing. The ITC will match the sourcing specifications identified by buyers with women entrepreneurs that meet those requirements.



    The Opportunity

    • Broaden vendor pool and access new product and service options
    • Identify opportunities to expand and invest in the Latin American region
    • Advance CSR and Supplier Diversity commitments and goals
    • Contribute to women’s economic empowerment and sustainable development

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    Programme

    This premier business event links women vendors to markets by providing training, improving skills and facilitating meetings with buyers. This year’s event will feature the following sectors:

    Specialty coffee
    Information technology
    Services
    Gourmet food (for Latin America only)

    Highlights include...

    500 Participants: Women Business Entrepreneurs (WBEs), buyers, policy makers, and Trade Support Institutions

    Buyer Mentor Groups: Sectorial workshops in preparation for the B2B meetings;

    Over 1000 Prescheduled B2B Meetings: One to one meetings between women vendors and buyers and WBEs over 2 day period;

    Interactive Exhibition Area: Including visual and dynamic promotion of participants, interactive tech challenge stage, and live coffee tasting/baristas demonstrations.