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    CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY SEMINAR TO BE HELD IN YEREVAN

    armradio.am
    24.06.2008 17:09

    On June 30 the British Council, Eurasia Partnership Foundation,
    United Nations Global Compact and American Chamber of Commerce are
    organizing a seminar entitled Corporate Social Responsibility: a New
    Role for Businesses. The seminar is being organized with additional
    support from KPMG Armenia CJSC.

    Nerses Yeritisyan, the Minister of Economy, will make opening
    remarks. The seminar will be led by two experts from the United
    Kingdom, Mallen Baker of Business Respect and Birgit Errath from
    the International Business Leaders Forum. Mr. Baker is currently
    responsible for developing BITC's approach to marketplace issues. He
    initiated the Business Impact Review Group - the group of 20 companies
    who developed a common approach to CSR reporting. Mr. Baker is also
    the editor of the email newsletter on CSR 'Business Respect' and
    a regular columnist with Ethical Corporation. Ms. Errath leads the
    UN Global Compact's program to support implementation of the 10th
    principle against corruption and coordinates Global Compact network
    activities in South-East Asia. She has a degree in international
    business administration and specialization on financial markets and
    ran privatization projects for governments and companies in Central
    and Eastern Europe at Raiffeisen Investment Bank.

    The experts will lead similar events in Tbilisi on July 2 and Baku
    on July 4, 2008. The seminar, with around 100 participants from 50
    companies (from sectors such as banking, airlines, telecommunications,
    hotels and so on) will tell local business executives and marketing
    managers why and how their companies stand to gain from community work.

    Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a broad topic of ethical
    business practices and corporate citizenship, which has gaining
    increasing importance around the world. The United Kingdom has a well
    developed business community which gives a high degree of priority to
    this area, while in Armenia relatively little is known about CSR. The
    growth of CSR in Armenia will develop partnerships between the private
    and the non-profit sectors, further strengthening Armenia's move
    towards European integration.
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