Corporate Social Responsibility for Small and Medium Businesses and Advisory Institutions in Bulgaria

 

Sofia, 12 – 13 June 2007

Recently, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) launched a project on the "Development of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Central and Eastern Europe", a regional programme, which aims at disseminating the concept of CSR and implementation practices throughout the CEE Region (focusing on small and medium sized enterprises) and forging a regional network of public and private partner institutions that will support SMEs to adopt CSR practices. This activity forms part of a series of conferences conducted in the region. Similar events will take place in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania and Serbia.

The aim of this conference is to establish and strengthen the ties to and among institutions and companies working towards ethical business conduct in the region, and to introduce the CSR methodology applied by UNIDO. At the same time we are building on the work initiated by the UN Global Compact network in Bulgaria in the area of CSR promotion.

The event will gather business leaders from small as well as large enterprises, business associations, public institutions, NGOs, business support and advisory institutions in general, and the media. The idea is to provide the participating companies and institutions with an overview of recent CSR developments at global, regional and national levels, and to provide a platform to introduce and discuss various methodologies and initiatives in that respect. Participants will be provided with up-to-date information on issues such as ISO 26000, a new UNIDO CSR software tool (REAP), recent EU initiatives and the UN Global Compact’s engagement in fighting corruption to name a few.

Through its focus on small and medium sized enterprises, this event will also complement the activities carried out under a recently launched project on the acceleration of CSR in 8 European Countries, carried out by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) with the support of the European Commission.

 

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For additional information please visit the following websites:

 Bulgarian Business Leaders Forum
 European Management Centre
 Global Compact Local Network Bulgaria