On March 8th, with the goal of increasing women's participation in the labor market, reducing the gender pay gap, and promoting women's participation in leadership positions, our Sustainability Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce of the Dominican Republic (AMCHAMDR) will be holding a complimentary event at the Hotel Embajador, aimed at Chamber member companies to learn about the gender parity initiative promoted in Latin America and the Caribbean by the Inter-American Development Bank.

The event will feature Katharina Falkner-Olmedo, representative of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in the Dominican Republic, as a guest speaker. It will be exclusively for MSMEs and AmchamDR members and will take place on Tuesday, March 8, at 4:00 PM, in the Diplomatic Room of the Hotel Embajador.

The American Chamber of Commerce has informed those interested in attending Falkner-Olmedo's presentation that the event will be free and has limited seating.

About the speaker

Falkner-Olmedo is a Swiss citizen with an academic background in economics from the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland, where she also holds a master's degree in this field.
She began her career at the IDB in 1996 in the Finance Department and has held several positions, including head of the former Strategic Risk Management and Financial Planning Section of the Finance Department and advisor to the Bank's Executive Vice Presidency.

She is currently responsible for implementing Banco País's strategy, aligned with the IDB's Vision 2025, which focuses on five strategic areas: regional integration and strengthening value chains, including through nearshoring; digitalization and the digital economy; support for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs); gender equality and diversity; and action against climate change.

It manages relations and dialogue with government authorities and also ensures the attention and development of the private sector through IDB Invest and the IDB's innovation laboratory, IDB Lab.

Previously, he worked at the Latin American Research and Development Institute, the University of St. Gallen, and the Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) as an economist.
Those interested in participating can register here