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Forum European Union – Latin America and Caribbean

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and multi-sectoral alliances:
Contributions to competitiveness, innovation and sustainable development

Contributions & CVs

Words of Welcome

H.E. Jorge Taiana, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship,
Argentina

Inauguration Session

H.E. Carlos Tomada, Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Security,
Argentina

H.E. Günter Rudolf Knieß
Ambassador, German Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina

H.E. Arne Rodin, Ambassador, Swedish Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina

H.E. Rafael Estrella, Ambassador, Spanish Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Gustavo Martín Prada, Head of Delegation, European Commision in Argentina

Plenary Session: Responsibility and Competitiveness

Ingo Plöger, Principal Shareholder, Companhia Melhoramentos, President of the
Council, Robert Bosch Latin-America, Germany

Bernardo Kliksberg, Asesor Principal, Dirección Regional PNUD América Latina; Director, Fondo PNUD España; Presidente, Consejo Académico,
CEFIR, Argentina

Oded Grajew, Originator of the World Social Forum, Movimento Nossa São Paulo,
Brazil

Bernardo Kosacoff, Director, Office Buenos Aires, Economic Commission for
Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Argentina

Working Table I: Responsibility and competitiveness: How could we improve the applicability

Horacio Cristiani, President, Gas Natural Ban, President CEADS, Argentina

Rui Goerck, Head, Regional Steering Committee for Sustainability in South
America, BASF, Brazil

Silvana Peñaherrera, Director, Dirección de Competitividad de la Industria,
Ministerio de Industrias, Ecuador

Dwight Justice, Policy Advisor, International Trade Union Confederation, Belgium

Working Table II: Debate on the applicability of integral systems and standards of

Michael Wimmer, Deputy Head of Division, International Labour and Social
Policy, Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS), Germany

Jorge Cajazeira, Chairman, Social Responsibility (Working Group ISO 26000),
ISO; Executive Officer, Strategic Affairs, Suzano Pulp and Paper, Brazil

Emily Sims, Senior Specialist, Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy,
International Labour Organization (ILO), Geneva

Fernando Parada, Operations Manager, Vincular, Chile

Jorge Daniel Taillant, Member Technical Advisory Committee, Global Reporting
Initiative (GRI), Amsterdam

Working Table III: How should a CSR concept involving all sectors be implemented?

Miguel Ángel Martínez de la Riva, Deputy Assistant Director-General,
Corporate Social Responsibility, Ministry of Labour and Immigration, Spain

Mário Barbosa, Asesor Especial, Asuntos Internacionales, Ministerio de Trabajo
y Empleo, Brazil

Alejandro Calvillo Unna, Director, El Poder del Consumidor, México

Plenary Session II: Forms of multi-sectoral cooperation

Ricardo Young, President, Ethos Institute, Brazil

Guido Alberto Monge Fernández, Director, Consejo Consultivo Nacional de
Responsabilidad Social (CCNRS), Costa Rica

Carolina Morán de Gómez, Directora, Dirección General de Trabajo, Ministerio de Trabajo y Previsión Social, El Salvador

Working Table IV: Multi-sectoral alliances that promote training, research and development of sustainable technologies with the objective of social inclusion and development

Javier Gali, Director, Human Resources, Grupo Peñaflor, Argentina

Héctor Palomino, Secretary, Technical Programming and Labour Studies, Ministry
of Labour, Employment and Social Security, Argentina

Michael Zuche, CEO, Chambiz, Germany

Peter Kromminga, UPJ-German National Corporate Citizenship and CSR Network,
Germany

Doris Thurau, GTZ Expert; GTZ Programme Coordinator for the UN Economic
Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Germany

Working Table V: Challenges presented by policies of encouraging CSR implementation in

Jorge Villalobos, Vice-President, Forum Empresa, Chile

Luiz Ramalho, Director, Sustainable Business Development, InWEnt - Capacity
Building International, Germany

Estrella Peinado-Vara, Multilateral Investment Fund, Inter-American Development
Bank (IADB), Washington D.C.

Working Table VI: The actors and their roles: what part does each sector play in a policy of CSR promotion?

Nidya Neer, Adviser to the Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Security,
Argentina

Roberto Guzmán Gutiérrez, Director, Corporate Social Responsibility, Instituto
Costarricense de Electricidad, Costa Rica

Pablo Topet, Adviser on Trade Unions' Issues, Argentina

Ute Heinen, Head of Unit, Corporate Social Responsibility, Federal Ministry of
Labour an Social Affairs (BMAS), Germany

Richard Howitt, MEP, Parliamentary group PSE, Rapporteur on CSR, Committee on
Employment and Social Affairs, European Parliament, Brussels

Background Paper

Grzegorz Piskalski, Foundation CentrumCSR.PL, Poland


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