2008 Global Corporate Citizenship Conference
Thank you for attending the 2008 Global Corporate Citizenship Conference: A Focus on Public-Private Partnerships. On this page you will find helpful information such as the list of participants, speaker biographies, the conference agenda, photos, session summaries, and additional resources.
Don't forget to visit our portal for the 2008 global corporate citizenship report, titled "Development 2.0: Changing the Way Globalization Works."
General Conference Information
Additional Resources
- Atlas Economic Research Foundation: The Atlas Foundation works to promote respect for private property rights, limited government under the rule of law, and the market order.
- ASHOKA: Ashoka is a global association of social entrepreneurs.
- BeGlobal.net: Online global community, providing global opportunities, promoting global citizenship and featuring global cities.
- Business Council on Global Development: BCGD works to promote global development.
- Center for Global Development: CGD is an independent, not-for-profit think tank focused on global poverty and inequality.
- Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE): A U.S. Chamber affiliate that promotes democracy through economic reform and private sector development.
- Chevron's Partnerships in Action
- China Earthquake Recovery Information
- Competitive Enterprise Institute Resource Materials
- Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, TB, and Malaria: GBC is the official focal point of the private sector delegation to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.
- Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB, and Malaria: A partnership among governments, civil society, the private sector, and affected communities, the Global Fund was created to dramatically increase resources to fight three of the world's most devastating diseases and direct those resources to areas of greatest need.
- Global Leadership Campaign: The U.S. Global Leadership Campaign is a broad-based coalition that advocates for a strong U.S. International Affairs Budget.
- Global Reporting Initiative: Works on economic, environmental, and social performance reporting; the Sustainability Reporting Guidelines are GRI's reporting guidance.
- International Business Leaders Forum: Nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote responsible business leadership and partnerships for social, economic, and environmentally sustainable international development, particularly in new and emerging market economies.
- Kiva: Kiva is a person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend directly to unique entrepreneurs in the developing world.
- MHC International ltd: MHC International Ltd provides auditing and advisory services in CSR
- Microcredit Summit Campaign: The Campaign brings together microcredit practitioners, advocates, educational institutions, donor agencies, international financial institutions, non-governmental organizations and others involved with microcredit to promote best practices in the field, to stimulate the interchanging of knowledge, and to work towards reaching our goals.
- Millennium Challenge Corporation: A U.S. federal agency that administers the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) through which development assistance is provided to countries that have proved to rule justly, invest in their people, and encourage economic freedom.
- Pan American Development Foundation: PADF invites you to visit the resources section of our new website to review the achievements and replicable models highlighted in the publication: Profiles of Success: Involving the Private Sector in Disaster Management.
- En español: Le invitamos a visitar la sección de resources (recursos) en nuestra nueva página de Internet: www.padf.org para encontrar la publicación: Perfiles de Éxito: como integrar al sector privado en la gestión de riesgos. Resume los logros y modelos replicables del Proyecto Alianza para Manejo de Desastres auspiciado por la OFDA/USAID
- SNV Netherlands: SNV is dedicated to a society where all people enjoy the freedom to pursue their own sustainable development. We contribute to this by strengthening the capacity of local organisations.
- UN Conference on Trade and Development: Promotes the integration of developing countries into the world economy by being a forum for intergovernmental deliberations; undertaking research, policy analysis, and data collection; and providing technical assistance to developing countries.
- UN Development Program: The UN's global development network advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience, and resources to help people build a better life.
- UN Fund for International Partnerships: A "one-stop" service for partnership opportunities with the UN family; serves as an interface and partnership facilitator between the United Nations System and the United Nations Foundation.
- UN Global Compact: A forum to bring companies together with UN agencies, labor, and civil society to support 10 universal environmental and social principles.
- World Food Program: WFP is the United Nations frontline agency in the fight against global hunger.
- U.S. Agency for International Development: The principal U.S. government agency extending assistance to countries recovering from disaster, trying to escape poverty, and engaging in democratic reforms.
- USAID Global Development Alliance: Forges public-private alliances with business, civil society, and governments to stimulate economic growth, develop businesses and workforces, address health and environmental issues, and expand access to education and technology.
- U.S. Chamber of Commerce International Division: Serves U.S. Chamber membership by providing regional resources and expertise; connecting to regional business councils, coalitions, and task forces; representing U.S. business interests abroad; driving international policy; making the case for trade; and connecting members with world leaders.
- U.S. Department of State Office of Policy, Planning and Resources for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs: Its Office of Private Sector Outreach works to develop and coordinate private sector engagement in partnerships to empower women business leaders, provide humanitarian relief, strengthen international education, encourage health advocacy, and promote social and economic development throughout the world.
- William J. Clinton Foundation: Mission is to strengthen the capacity of people throughout the world to meet the challenges of global interdependence; programs and partnerships are in the areas of health security, economic empowerment, leadership development and citizen service, and racial, ethnic and religious reconciliation.
- World Business Council for Sustainable Development: A CEO-led coalition of 200 international companies, providing a platform for companies to explore sustainable development; share knowledge, experiences, and best practices; and advocate business positions on these issues.
- World Economic Forum Global Corporate Citizenship Initiative: Has the objective of increasing business engagement in corporate citizenship as an element of business strategy.
- World Trade Organization: The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations.
Essays
- Ann Bernstein, Founding Director, Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE).
Business Day, 8 May 2008
Change course on land or face grave consequences
- William Easterly, Professor of Economics at New York University and Tobias Pfutze
Where Does the Money Go? Best and Worst Practices in Foreign Aid
- Don Eberly, Author, The Rise of Global Society
Excerpts from the introduction to The Rise of Global Civil Society
- Heineman, Jr., Benjamin, Author, High Performance With High Integrity
- Kurt Hoffman, President, Shell Foundation
Only job-creating businesses can really make poverty history
- Steve Radelet and Shelia Herrling, Center for Global Development
U.S. Foreign Assistance for the Twenty-first Century
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