Annex I: Programme
ILO Asian and Pacific Regional Round Table on
Roles of Enterprise and Society Partnerships
Bangkok, 22-24 September 1999
(Amari Watergate Hotel, Petchburi Road)
Wednesday, 22 September 1999
08:00 – 09:00 Registration
09:00 – 09:45 Inaugural session
Addresses: Ms Mitsuko Horiuchi, ILO Regional Director, Asia Pacific Region
Mr Masaru Ishida, Director, Enterprise and Cooperative Development Department
(ENTERPRISE), ILO Headquarters
Inauguration by H.E. Mr Suwat Liptapanlop, Minister of Industry, Thailand
09:45 – 10:05 Tea/coffee break
10:05 – 10:10 Chairperson: Ms Mitsuko Horiuchi, ILO Regional Director
10:10 – 10:30 Presentation of ILO Technical Report for
Discussion: Human Resources Management,
Corporate Citizenship and Small Business Development
(Mr Max Iacono, ILO Enterprise Specialist)
10:30 – 12:10 Technical Session I: Human resource management practice
Chairperson: Mr Donglin Li, Director-General, Ministry of Labour and Social Security, China
Introduced by: Mr Max Iacono, ILO Enterprise Specialist
Presentations by: - Mr M. Ogden, Skills Formation Officer, Australian Council of Trade Unions, Australia
- Dr A.K. Srivastav, Advisor, ASTRA Group, Indonesia
12:10 – 12:30 Introduction to Working group session
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 – 15:30 Working group session on Technical Session 1
15:30 – 15:50 Tea/coffee break
15:50 – 16:20 Group Presentation
16:20 – 18:00 Special Open Session: Presentations on ILO’s
International Small Enterprise Programme (ISEP)
and Selected Technical Cooperation Activities
Presentation by Mr Gerry Finnegan, ILO Enterprise Specialist
Presentations by: Mr Satoshi Sasaki, Chief Technical Adviser, ILO/Japan Inter-country
Project
on Strategic Approaches Towards Employment Promotion, China
Mr David Lamotte, Chief Technical Adviser, ILO/SIDA Project on
Start/Improve Your Business, Viet Nam
Discussion
18:30 – 20:00 Reception hosted by ILO Regional Director
Thursday, 23 September 1999
08:30 – 10:30 Technical Session 2: Corporate citizenship practice
Chairperson: Mr R.K. Somany, Chairman & Managing Director,
Hindustan Sanitaryware & Industries Ltd., India
Introduction of Guest Speaker by Mr M. Ishida
Special Guest Lecture by Mr Nubuo Tateisi, Chairman, OMRON, Japan
and Vice-President NIKKEIREN
Video Film on company practices for workers’ benefits
Technical session 2 continued
Presentation by: Mr Michael Henriques, Chief, ILO Enterprise Management Branch
Presentation: Dr Haji M. Thalha, Executive Director, Workers’ Institute of
Technology (WIT), Malaysia
Discussion
10:30 – 10:45 Tea/coffee
10:45 – 12:00 Working group session on Technical Session 2
12:00 – 12:30 Group Presentations
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:40 Technical Session 3: Employment potential of small business
Chairperson: Mr Abdul Halim Mansor, Deputy Secretary-General, Malaysian Trades Union Congress
Introduced by: Mr Gopal Joshi, ILO Enterprise Specialist
Presentations by: Ms Chen Ying, Deputy Director-General, Chinese Enterprise Directors
Association
(CEDA), China
Mr Lalit Varma, General Manager, (Materials), Eicher Group, India
Discussion
15:40 – 16:00 Tea/coffee break
16:00 – 17:30 Working group session on Technical Session 3
17:30 – 18:00 Group Presentations
Friday, 24 September 1999
09:00 – 10:40 Special Open Session: Women’s Entrepreneurship
Chairperson: Ms Chen Ying, Deputy Director-General, CEDA
Presentations by Ms Jyoti Tuladhar, ILO Gender Specialist, and Invited Women Entrepreneurs:
Presentations by:
Private Entrepreneur, Bangladesh
Vice Chairman, Swarna Bhumi Foundation, Indonesia
Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce & Industry, Nepal
Interventions by:
ECONTHAI (Employers’ Confederation of Thai Trade and Industry), Thailand
Personnel Management Association of the Philippines, Philippines
ECOT (Employers’ Confederation of Thailand)
CEDA (China Enterprise Directors Association), People’s Republic of China
Discussion
10:40 – 11:00 Tea/coffee break
11:00 – 12:30 Presentation of Common Understanding of each session
Closing session
Statement by Representative of:
- Government:
Mr Ying Lun Fung, Senior Labour Officer (Development), Labour Department, Hong Kong (China)
Mr S. Talwar, Joint Secretary, Department of Public Enterprises, Ministry of Industry, India
- Employers
Mr Steven Kates, Chief Economist, Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- Workers
Mr Abdul Halim Mansor, Deputy Secretary General, Malaysian Trades Union Congress
Remarks by Mr Masaru Ishida
Closing remarks by Ms Mitsuko Horiuchi
13:30 – 16:00 Visit
Updated by TN. Approved by BW. Last update: 31 May 2000.