Events Calendar 2009

26-27
January 2009

GLOBAL COMPACT LAUNCH IN BANGLADESH

The Bangladesh Enterprise Institute (BEI) and CSR Centre in partnership with the UN Global Compact Office and UNDP Bangladesh are organizing a formal Launching Ceremony of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) Bangladesh Network on 26 January. The launching ceremony will be followed by a Roundtable Discussion on the United Nations Global Compact for Business Leaders. On 27 January a Capacity Building Programme on UNGC Communications on Progress (COP) and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) will be organized.

Contact:
Nessa Whelan whelan@un.org

29
January 2009

GLOBAL COMPACT LAUNCH IN QATAR

The Global Compact in Qatar will be launched at the Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility organized by the Qatar Ministry of Business and Trade and the QID-Qatar Institute of Directors.

Contact:
Ilaria Gualtieri, QID-Qatar
ilaria.qid@ gmail.com

MEETING OF THE GLOBAL COMPACT ANTI-CORRUPTION WORKING GROUP
- Istanbul, Turkey

Contact:
Olajobi Makinwa makinwa@un.org

March
2009
(Date TBC) 

WOMEN AND THE UN GLOBAL COMPACT
- UN Headquarters, New York

Contact: 
Ursula Wynhoven
wynhoven@un.org

16-17
March
2009

WORKSHOP ON FIGHTING CORRUPTION THROUGH COLLECTIVE ACTION
- TBD, Nigeria

Contact: 
Olajobi Makinwa
makinwa@un.org

17-18
March
2009

REGIONAL MEETING FOR GLOBAL COMPACT LOCAL NETWORK FOCAL POINTS
- TBD, Nigeria

Contact: 
Jonas Haertle
haertle@un.org

18-19
March
2009 
 

CONFERENCE ON BUSINESS RESPONSIBILITIES AND OPPORUNITIES IN AFRICA
- TBD, Nigeria

Contact: 
Jonas Haertle
haertle@un.org

SECOND ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS FORUM
- Istanbul, Turkey

The UN Global Compact Office will co-organize a session at the upcoming Second Alliance of Civilizations Forum as a platform to launch a Good Practice Guide for the Private Sector on
"Doing Business in a Multicultural World. GC participants are invited to provide examples to the Good Pratice Guide and to submit expressions of interest to take part in the Forum.

Contact:
Melissa Powell
powell@un.org   

THE CLIMATE IMPERATIVE: LEADERSHIP, INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY
- Paris, France

B4E 2009 will highlight the most urgent environmental challenges facing the world today and discuss business-driven solutions for mitigating and adapting to climate change. Topics addressed include resource efficiencies, renewable energies, new business models and climate strategies. Business executives will join leaders from governments, international agencies, NGOs, and other organizations to discuss the issues, forge partnerships and explore solutions for a greener future.

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WORLD BUSINESS SUMMIT ON CLIMATE CHANGE
- Copenhagen, Denmark

Six months before the UN climate conference (COP15) in Copenhagen, the World Business Summit on Climate Change will bring together business with the world's top scientists, economists, civil society, media leaders, government representatives and other leading thinkers to put forward recommendations for the next international framework on climate change.

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Contact:
Lila Karbassi karbassi@un.org 

VII ANNUAL LOCAL NETWORKS FORUM
- Istanbul, Turkey

The Global Compact will convene the VII Annual Local Networks Forum on the 9-10 June 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey.  In addition to providing Network participants with the opportunity to share experiences in their efforts to advance the Global Compact at the local level, this years Forum will also seek a stronger alignment between the Networks and the Global Compact issue areas. Therefore, we expect to have increased participation from GC participating organizations that have a keen interest to share and learn from each other with respect to the implementation of the Global Compact and its principles.

Contact:
Soren Petersen petersens@un.org

LABOUR WORKING GROUP IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ALNF
- Istanbul, Turkey

Contact:
Ursula Wynhoven Wynhoven@un.org