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2018/SMEWG47/015 Agenda Item: 13.1

Business Ethics for APEC SMEs Initiative for Medical Device Sector and Biopharmaceutical

Sector - Presentation

Purpose: Information Submitted by: United States

47th Small and Medium Enterprises Working Group Meeting

Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea12-13 September 2018

PRESENTATION FOR

APEC SME WORKING GROUP

Port Moresby │ September 2018

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Business Ethics for APEC SMEs InitiativeMedical Device Sector │ Biopharmaceutical Sector

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LARGEST PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP IN THE WORLD TO

STRENGTHEN ETHICAL BUSINESS PRACTICES FOR SMEs

Objectives:

• Strengthen economic growth and cross-border trade

• Strengthen businesses following the highest ethical standards,

especially SMEs; significant research shows that unethical

behavior and corruption negatively impacts the success of

small businesses (profits, market access, employee turnover)

• Strengthen health systems and improve patient outcomes

• Strengthen innovation by boosting stakeholder trust and

incentivizing new investment in emerging technologies where

SMEs and startups serve a vital role

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NANJING DECLARATION KEY COMMITMENTS (BY 2020)

• Double industry association codes of ethics (ACHIEVED!)

• Universal industry associations codes of ethics (83 of 104)

• Consensus Frameworks in ALL member economies (7 to date)

• Aligned industry and healthcare professional code of ethics

• Active partnerships across stakeholders in the sectors

• Annual “APEC Business Ethics for SMEs Forum” (5 to date)

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PRIMARY ACTIVITIES: SETTING BEST PRACTICES

Setting Best Practices and

Implementation Goals

Capacity-Building Training (focused

on SMEs)

Monitoring and Evaluation (data-driven results to inform efforts)

APEC Kuala Lumpur Principles (2011)

APEC Mexico City Principles (2011)

APEC Nanjing Declaration (2014)

APEC Guidance for Ethical Third Party Intermediary Relationships (2017)

Tokyo Declaration (2018)

APEC Guide to Facilitate Multi-Stakeholder Ethical Collaborations (2018)

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PRIMARY ACTIVITIES: CAPACITY-BUILDING

Setting Best Practices and

Implementation Goals

Capacity-Building Training (focused

on SMEs)

Monitoring and Evaluation (data-driven results to inform efforts)

Capacity-building to implement the APEC Principles was initiated in 2012:

• Hundreds of senior leaders as trainees across nearly a dozen APEC events, utilizing a train-the-trainer approach

• APEC Principles websites with substantial resources / toolkits

• 2018 launch of the APEC Virtual Compliance for SMEs Program

• 2018 launch of the APEC Virtual Distributors Compliance Portal


PRIMARY ACTIVITIES: MONITORING & EVALUATION

BIOPHARMACEUTICAL SECTOR


PRIMARY ACTIVITIES: MONITORING & EVALUATION

MEDICAL DEVICE SECTOR

PROGRESS: MEDICAL DEVICE (TOP) / BIOPHARMACEUTICAL (BOTTOM)


2018 REPORTS ACCESSIBLE AT:

HTTP://MCPRINCIPLES.APEC.ORG / HTTP://KLPRINCIPLES.APEC.ORG



2018 APEC BUSINESS ETHICS FOR SMES FORUM235 Delegates from 24 APEC and Non-Member Economies

WORKSHOPS (18-19 JULY 2018)

PLENARY (20 JULY 2018)


CONSENSUS FRAMEWORK LAUNCHES

PERU – 24 PARTIES VIET NAM – 9 PARTIES PHILIPPINES – 3 PARTIES

CHINA – 25 PARTIES AUSTRALIA – 60+ PARTIES JAPAN – 8 PARTIES

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2019 APEC BUSINESS ETHICS FOR SMES FORUM

Early September (TBC)│ Santiago de Chile

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KEY ASKS FOR APEC SME WORKING GROUP

• Endorsement of the Tokyo Declaration

• Endorsement of the 2018 APEC Guide for Multi-

Stakeholder Ethical Collaboration (includes

strategies for consensus framework benefits)

• Active support for Nanjing Declaration goals,

including the 2019 Forum in Santiago, universal

code adoption, government incentives, and

consensus frameworks