Private Sector Development in Europe & CIS

Regional Meeting for East European Global Compact Networks, London, 23-24 April 2007

15 UNDP country office managers (focal points for the Global Compact Networks) and companies (Global Compact Champions from the Networks) participated in this meeting held in London from 23 to 25 April 2007.

You can download the following materials from the London meeting.

• Objectives and Agenda
• Participants
• Report from the meeting
• Eastern Europe Global Compact Networks Survey Results, April 2007
• Regional Meeting of Eastern Europe Global Compact Networks Evaluation Results, 23-24 April 2007

Presentations for Day 1 : Sharing and Learing Good Practices of Networks

1. Local Networks: a panoramic view (Manuel Escudero)
2. Responsible business directory in Ukraine (Elena Panova) 
3. Advocacy for expanding the Armenian Network (Arman Valesyan)
4. Business Breakfast for Slovak companies (Danica Viznerova)
5. Training on Anti-corruption for bunisess people in Bosnia-Herzegovina (Vanja Jankovic)
6. Supporting labour code changes in Moldova (Malgorzata Walczak)
7. Follow up to Roma and employment GC nework publication (Krisztina Kiss)
8. Monitoring legal environment for CSR in Belarus (Ruslana Nikishova)
9. National Network of Responsible Business in Lithuania under UN Global Compact Initiative (Indre Kleinaite)
10. Promoting gender mainstreaming in workplace, GC Poland joint project (Kamil Wyszkowski)
11. Briefing from the Progress and Value workshop in Barcelona (Elena Panova)
12. Communication on Progress (CoP) (Jeff Senne)

Presentations for Day 2: UK Goverment Experiences with CSR

1. Sustainable Development & Regulation Directorate, Department of Trade and Industry (Jane Leavens)
2. Corporate Social Responsibility, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Nick Baker)
3. DFID and CSR: Responsible business for poverty reduction, Annex: Business Alliance Team (Jilian Popkins)
4. Aviva and the Global Compact (Michelle Wolfe)
5. Coportate Social Responsibility (CSR): AN FCO STRATEGY
6. Business in the Community (Mallen Baker)

Presentation for Day 3

1.  EBRD TurnAround Management and Business Advisory Sevices  (Charlotte Salford)