5th JPO Workshop - Hanoi, 14-18 June 2004

Partnering with the Private Sector

Presentation

"In today’s world, the private sector is the dominant engine of growth – the principal creator of value and managerial resources. If the private sector does not deliver economic growth and economic opportunity – equitable and sustainable – around the world, then peace will remain fragile and social justice a distant dream. That is why [I] call today for a new partnership amongst governments, the private sector and the international community".

Mr. Kofi Annan, UN Secretary General, March 2004

"I believe that it will be the building of the private sector that will be critical next challenge in development – very much the way that democratic governance was so much the challenge for the past decade."

Mark Malloch Brown, Administrator, UNDP

As the above quotation indicates, for this workshop the theme was: Partnering with the Private Sector.

There has been a lot of discussion recently within UNDP on how the UN can increase its support and collaboration with the private sector as a tool for global poverty alleviation.

This workshop therefore aimed at familiarising participants with the overall setting of globalization and corporate citizenship, and outlining methodologies and practicalities of engaging with private sector.

The focus of the week was on:

Evaluation of the workshop

The evaluation of the workshop by its participants is available here.

 

Participants

A complete list of participants and resource people is available here.You can also view pictures from the workshop.

 

Agenda, presentations and speakers

Documents and Resources

Key documents used or mentioned during the workshop:

• Business and the Millenium Development Goals: A Framework for Action
• Commission Report on Private Sector and Development
• Knowledge Packs on cooperation between UNDP and the private sector (UNDP intranet)
• Partnerships for Small Entreprise Development
• Supporting SME Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Development
• UNDP Matrix on Business Engagement
• UNDP Toolkit for Collaboration with the Business Sector (UNDP intranet)
• UNDP Starters' Toolkit for Collaboration with the Business Sector
• UNDP Vietnam:
• Why don't northern provinces grow faster?
• MDGs: Closing the Millenium Gaps

Case-studies of partnership with the Private sector:

• Aarhus United and UNDP: Partners Against Poverty Working for Women and Children in Burkina Faso
• Danfoss and UNDP: Partnership in China
• SAS and UNDP: Partners in Preparedness

Links:

• Global Compact
• SMARTWork Vietnam
• UNDP and Civil Society Organizations
• UNDP and Partnerships with the Business Sector
• UNDP Bureau for Resources and Strategic Partnerships

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