9-13 May 2011
Istanbul, Turkey

Programme Overview

Successful development requires sufficient private sector investment to enable broad-based sustainable growth. Through the official Private Sector Track of the LDC-IV conference participants can play a crucial role in identifying concrete, action-oriented proposals to address LDC-specific challenges.

The following is an overview of the programme for the Private Sector Track of the LDC-IV conference (programme subject to change):

Monday, 9 May 2011

08:00am – 10:00am	The Private Sector and Children in LDCs: Maximizing Positive Impacts UN Global Compact, UNICEF and Save the Children
10:30am – 12:30pm	Country Branding & Partnership: Creating and Managing Country Brand Value and Partnerships with Business UN-OHRLLS, Interbrand and Global Partnership Forum
01:00pm – 04:00pm	High-Level Meeting on Investment and Partnerships* UN and Turkish Government
04:00pm – 06:00pm	Trade Fair Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, Global Business Partnership Forum Opening and Cocktail Reception*                                   TOBB & TUSKON

Tuesday, 10 May 2011

09:00am – 06:30pm	Trade Fair TOBB & TUSKON
09:00am – 06:30pm	World Export Development Forum: Private Sector Engagement with LDCs for Tourism-led Growth and Inclusive Sustainable Development (part one)* ITC
08:00am – 06:00pm	SME Finance, G20 and LDCs: Policy Framework, Challenges and What Works (part one)* Undersecretariat of Treasury, Turkey, on behalf of G-20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI)-SME Finance Sub-Group
08:00am – 10:00am	Engaging the Private Sector in the Development of the LDCs – How Governments and the Private Sector Collaborate to Pursue Inclusive Growth* UN Global Compact and UNDP
08:00am – 09:30am	New Frontiers in Finance: Portfolio Investment, Credit and Other Sources of Capital UN Global Compact, UNEP FI and PRI
08:00am – 10:00am	The Business and Development Cases for Engaging Women in Global Value Chains TUSIAD, UN Global Compact, UN Women and ITC
08:00am – 09:30am	Entrepreneurship – Tested Prescription for Wealth Creation Athgo International
10:00am – 12:30pm	Stock Exchange Development and Strengthening in the LDCs UN Global Compact, Istanbul Stock Exchange and PRI
10:00am – 12:30pm	SME Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Development TUSKON and KOSGEB
10:00am – 12:30pm	Investment Showcases UNCTAD and ICC
01:00pm – 03:00pm	Broadband Commission for Digital Development - Exploring Business Models for LDCs Broadband Commission for Digital Development (ITU/UNESCO)
01:00pm – 03:00pm	UNCT/ICC Investment Advisory Council – A New Partnership for LDCs’ Development: Invest in the Poor, for the Poor and with the Poor* UNCTAD and ICC
01:00pm – 03:00pm	What is the Ideal Institutional Set-up Particularly for the Case of the LDCs that can Ignite and Sustain Private Economic Activity? TOBB
03:30pm – 06:00pm	Contributing to Millennium Development Goals: The Role of Chambers in Achieving the MDGs TOBB
03:30pm – 06:00pm	The Fragile Global Economic Recovery on the Road to 2015: Overcoming Challenges of International Resources Mobilization into LDCs African Business Roundtable and ACP Secretariat
03:30pm – 06:00pm	Trade Bridge Concept as a Case for Trade and Investment Promotion ISPAT

Wednesday 11 May 2011

09:00am – 06:30pm	Trade Fair TOBB & TUSKON
08:00am – 09:30pm	Branchless Banking in the LDCs UNCDF and the Government of Australia
10:00am – 01:00pm	World Export Development Forum: Private Sector Engagement with LDCs for Tourism-led Growth and Inclusive Sustainable Development (part two)* ITC
10:00am – 12:30pm	Is the Success in Africa Sustainable? World Bank
10:00am – 12:30pm	Climate Change and Development UN Global Compact
10:00am – 12:30pm	Global Compact Management Model Training UN Global Compact Office, Deloitte Turkey
01:00pm – 03:00pm	South-South Development Round Table: Building Productive Capacities of LDCs through South-South, Triangular and Public-Private Partnership UNDP, Special Unit for South-South Cooperation
01:00pm – 03:00pm	Investment in LDCs: Lessons Learned from the Past Decade and the Way Forward UNCTAD, ICC
03:30pm – 06:00pm	Good Governance and Business: Public-Private-Partnerships UN Global Compact
03:30pm – 06:00pm	Beyond the Crisis: Increasing Trade and Capital Flows to African LDCs African Business Roundtable and UN Business Steering Committee on Financing for Development
03:30pm – 06:00pm	Corporate Water Sustainability: How Can Companies Contribute to Water Solutions in the LDCs UN Global Compact

Thursday 12 May 2011

09:00am – 06:30pm	Trade Fair TOBB & TUSKON
08:00am – 09:30am	How the UN Global Compact is Making a Difference in the LDCs UN Global Compact
09:00am – 12:30pm	The Role of the Private Sector in Peace and Development – Delivering for Results, Beyond Economics UNDP, UN Global Compact and the Donor Committee for Enterprise Development
10:00am – 12:30pm	Putting Farming First – Growth through Agriculture Farming First and ICC
10:00am – 12:30pm	Trade and Investment Facilitation in LDCs TUSKON and ISPAT
10:00am – 12:30pm	Innovative Mechanisms for Local Government Infrastructure Financing in LDCs African Business Round Table and Nepad Business Group
01:00pm – 03:00pm	Accelerating Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) Through ICT – The UN-GAID eNabler Project UN-GAID
01:00pm – 03:00pm	Financing Resilience to Ensure Sustainable Development World Bank, GFDRR and UNISDR
03:30pm – 06:00pm	Promoting Institutionalization of the LDC's Private Sector: The Best Practices of Turkey TOBB
03:30pm – 06:00pm	Organized Industrial Zones as a Tool for Regional Development in LDC TUSKON, Ministry of Trade and Industry of Republic of Turkiye
03:30pm – 06:00pm	Partners in Development – How Donors can Better Engage the Private Sector in the Development of the LDCs Bertelsmann Foundation, Endeva and UN Global Compact

Friday 13 May 2011

09:00am – 06:30pm

Trade Fair TOBB & TUSKON

* By invitation only

Acronym Key

ACP: Secretariat of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States
GFDRR: Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery
ICC: International Chamber of Commerce
ITC: International Trade Centre
ITU: International Telecommunications Union
PRI: Principles for Responsible Investment
KOSGEB: Small And Medium Enterprises Development Organization of Turkiye
TOBB: The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey
TUSIAD: Turkish Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s Association
TUSKON: Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists of Turkey
UNCTAD: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNDP: United Nations Development Programme
UNEP FI: United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative
UNICEF: United Nations Children’s Fund
UNISDR: United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
UN-OHRLLS: United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States

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Last updated: 25 April 2011