High level seminar on governance: Aligning the agendas of government, business and civil society for competitiveness and social effeciency
Bangkok, 2-3 October 2003,
Hotel Plaza Athenee


A high-level meeting will be held at the Hotel Plaza Athen e in Bangkok, 2nd and 3rd of October, to discuss how the competing but interdependent agendas of governments, businesses and civil society in the Asia region can be aligned to develop competitive economies that boost growth and benefit the poor. Forty Ministers, CEOs and opinion leaders from across Asia will attend.

The participants will discuss many of the significant issues that face Asia's leaders today such as sustaining successful exports in the face of intense competition from new economies, strengthening regional trade blocks such as AFTA and SAFTA, and looking at where public-private partnerships work and where they don't. Also for discussion will be the issue of how the media and the government can mutually support each other and how corporate social responsibility can be realistically encouraged.

The seminar will identify a clear strategy related to the critical issue of how the formal and informal interactions between government, business and civil society are challenged by the global economy, and how within this context these interactions can be developed for the benefit of Asian countries for their growth, competitiveness and poverty reduction.

Issues covered by the seminar
Seeking a better trading system
Rebalancing trade rules to include the strengths of the region | Efficient targeting and management of foreign direct investment

Adapting society and business to global challenges
Developing competitive niches | Public-private partnerships | Encouraging a positive dialogue for workers and employers

Harnessing social efficiency
Efficient societies | Broadening the media spotlight for the benefit of business and society | Corporate social responsibility

Participants who have not submitted their 100-word bio are kindly requested to do so as soon as possible by email to ian.richards@unctad.org

Visit our Partner: International Institute of Trade and Development

Participants wishing to stay at the Hotel Plaza Athenee and benefit from the preferential rate are requested to make their reservations as soon as possible through the ITD by emailing itdinfo@itd.chula.ac.th.

For more information please contact
Ian Richards at ian.richards@unctad.org
Telephone +41 22 9075410

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