Private Sector Development in Europe & CIS

Baseline Study on CSR in the New Member States and Candidate Countries

Author(s): Mark Line and Robert Braun

The study was carried out as a part of the regional CSR project “Accelerating CSR practices in the new EU member states and Candidate Countries as a vehicle for harmonization competitiveness, and social cohesion in the EU” implemented by the United Nations Development Programme Office in Lithuania together with UNDP Offices and local partners in the Project countries: Poland, Hungary, Lithuania, Slovakia, Croatia, Macedonia, Bulgaria and Turkey. The project is financed by the European Commission and the United Nations Development Programme.

The study is unique in the region, because it is the first comprehensive study on CSR situation presenting:

• The regional context of CSR as it was available in publicly available documentation at the outset of the project;
• The actors involved in CSR promotion in the region;
• A detailed analysis of company engagement with CSR;
• The development of country level indicators and a preliminary, baseline scorecard for the region; and
• Recommendations based on the findings of the baseline

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