GLOBAL COMPACT LAUNCH - Draft Programme

Tuesday, March 11^th, 2003

Venue of the launch:  Alliance Française, Lusaka, Zambia

 Moderator:  His Excellency Jean Paul Monchau, Ambassador of France,

Co-Chair, UN Global Compact Country network

 PART I

08.30-09.00 hrs.   -        Registration

09.00-09.10 hrs.    -        Welcome Remarks

H.E. Olubanke King-Akerele, Resident Representative, UNDP

 09.10-09.20 hrs.    -        Global Compact and the role of the Advisory

Council

Ms. Namakau Kaingu, Chief Executive, Kaingu Mines

Co-Chair, UN Global Compact Country Network

 09.20-09.30          hrs.    -        Franco - AfricaSummit and Linkage with Global

                                      Partnerships for Development

                                      His Excellency Jean Paul Monchau, Ambassador of

                                      France, Co-Chair, UN Global Compact Country

                                                Network

 09.30-09.50 hrs.   -        ILO and Global Compact

·       Labour Standards Aspects in Zambia  

Mr. Louis Ndaba, ILO Country Director

·       ILO Training Opportunities for Global Compact International

Ms. Carla Nzombe

 09.50-10.15 hrs.     -        UN Global Compact Network Strategy in Zambia

Mr. R. Bala, Chair, UN Global Compact Advisory Board and Executive Director, TATA Zambia

 10.15-10.25 hrs.     -        Public Sector Expectations of the Private Sector in

responding to the Environmental Challenges of the Global Compact in Zambia

                                      Hon, Patrick Kalifungwa, Minister of

Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources

 10.25-10.35 hrs.     -        Global Compact as a vehicle for Economic

Diversification.

Deputy Minister of the CopperbeltProvince Hon. Patrick Kafumakache, MP

National Economic Diversification Task Force

 10.35-11.10 hrs.      -        Coffee Break

 Moderator:  Ms. Namakau Kaingu, Co-Chair UN Global Company Country Network, Chief Executive Kaingu Mines

 Participants now choose what session to attend

PART II

Session A: 

11.10-12.20 hrs.      -        Skills Workshop for Small and Medium Businesses in

Zambia on Business Plans and Resource Mobilization

Mr. Branko Celeketic, Managing Director Zambia Engineering & Contracting Co. Ltd.

 Session B:

11.10-11.30 hrs.      -        Demonstration of the UN Global Compact Zambia

Website

11.30-12.20 hrs.     -        Q & A session on UN Global Compact

 12.30-12.45 hrs.     -        Synthesis of Session A and Session B

Hon. Felix Mutati, MP, Deputy Minister of Finance and National Planning.

 12.45-13.00 hrs.     -        Official Launch of UN Global Compact Zambia

Hon, Emmanuel G. Kasonde Minister, Ministry of Finance and National Planning

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