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TUAC Round Table for the 40th Anniversary of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, 8 December 2015

10/11/2015

  • RevisedAgendaENFRpdf

2016 marks the 40th anniversary of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, which were first adopted in 1976. To mark the occasion, TUAC is holding a preparatory Round Table, which will bring trade unionists together with OECD, government, business and NGO representatives to reflect on the ambitions of the past, the achievements to date, and the priorities for the future.

The Round Table will be held on the morning of the 8 December 2015, from 9.30-13.00 at the OECD Conference Centre. The draft agenda is outlined as follows:

OECD GUDELINES FOR MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES @40
REVISED AGENDA

8 December 2015
9.30 - 13.00
Auditorium, OECD Conference Centre

09.30 -10.25 - VIEW FROM 1976
Chair: Carla COLETTI, Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro

• Kari TAPIOLA:
- Special Adviser to the Director General of the ILO;
- Special Assistant to the Executive Director of the United Nations  Centre on Transnational Corporations (New York), (1976- 1978);
- Former General Secretary of TUAC (1978-1985)

• Roger BLANPAIN:
- Professor Emeritus at the Catholic University of Leuven;
- Member and Head of the Belgian Delegation to the Committee  for International Investment of the OECD (1977-1987)

Discussion

10.25-12.45 - BACK TO THE FUTURE: 2016
WHERE ARE WE NOW? WHERE ARE WE GOING? HOW DO WE GET THERE?
10.25- 11.15 Chair: Annie Van WEZEL, Federatie Nederlandse Vakbeweging (FNV)

• Peter ROSSMAN, International Union of Food Workers

• Hanni ROSENBAUM, Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD (BIAC)

• Joseph WILDE-RAMSING, OECD Watch

Discussion

11.15 - 11.35 - Coffee Break

11.35 - 12.45 - Chair: John Evans, Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD

• Maylis SOUQUE, French National Contact Point

• Roel NIEUWENKAMP, Chair of the OECD Working Party on Responsible Business Conduct

• Cristina TÉBAR-LESS, Lead Manager, Responsible Business Conduct Unit, OECD Investment Division

• Heino VON MAYER, Head of OECD Berlin Centre

Discussion

12.45 - 13.00 CONCLUSIONS

• Claudia SERRANO, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Chile to the OECD

• Chair's Conclusions