Presentations

SYMPOSIUM LABOUR AND SOCIAL ASPECTS OF GLOBAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS: Issues for Business Geneva, 17-19 October 2007

Global production systems: trends, prospects and opportunities

• Sabine Becker: Global production systems – The development dimension - (pdf 286 KB)
• Aneel Karnani: Outline of the presentation - (pdf 23 KB)
• Miguel Veiga-Pestana: Global Production Systems - Trends, Prospects and Opportunities for Business to Contribute to Economic and Social Development - (pdf 1,74 MB)

Rules of the Game

• Olivier De Schutter: Using the Global Supply Chain as a Lever for Human Development - (pdf 58 KB)
• Olivier De Schutter: Summary of the presentation - (pdf 24 KB)
• Marie-Anne Frison-Roche: Les règles du jeu, in les aspects sociaux et relatifs aux travail des systèmes mondiaux de production: element interessant les entreprises contribution aux débat - (pdf 306 KB)
• Adam B. Greene: International "Soft Law" Mechanisms - (pdf 105 KB)

Social and labour standards in the supply chain

• Susan Condon: General Electric Supplier Compliance Review Program - (pdf 271 KB)
• Naila Kabeer: Ethics, power and labour standards - (pdf 132 KB)
• Khalid Nadvi: Summary of the presentation - (pdf 23 KB)
• Anita Normark: Global Production Chain in Wood and Furniture - (pdf 253 KB)

The role of business associations

• Richard F. Doner: Business Associations, Global Value Chains and Development - (pdf 72 KB)
• Renato da Fonseca: The Role of Business Associations CNI’s Enterprise Supporting Services - (pdf 80 KB)
• Yohan Lawrence: The Role of Business Associations - (pdf 140 KB)
• Jane Ngige: The Role of Business Associations - (pdf 172 KB)

Decent Work in Global Production Systems: The ILO contribution

• Ros Harvey: The Better Work Programme - (pdf 95 KB)
• Emily Sims: ILO Programme on Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy - (pdf 118 KB)