The MESD’12 raises the key question of the role multinational enterprises play, in the dynamic sustainable business environment. Because of the size and scope of their transborder activities, multinationals are global environmental actors and stewards. Their corporate strategies can accelerate...

The conference, as a major knowledge consolidation initiative, is structured around three key themes and under each of these a number of session topics are listed. We would like to invite proposals (panels, roundtables, sessions, presentations, etc.) that address these topics: - Key Theme 1:...

The objective of this Seminar is to explore opportunities to use social security to strengthen individuals' capacities to manage the social risks they face and make appropriate decisions, while developing their sense of responsibility. This involves raising awareness of the need for social...

Topics: - Inequality measurements - Economic growth, inequalities and poverty - Polarization, fragmentation, discrimination and horizontal inequalities - Economic and social mobility - Constitution of the middle classes - Poverty, vulnerability and vertical inequalities - Inequalities of...

The 9th Global Forum will focus on important emerging trends in international investment and the activities of multinational enterprises. Three new policy frontiers in particular are presenting challenges and opportunities for governments and policy makers dealing with international investment...

Forum Sessions: - Developments and trends in social security - Demographic challenges - Governance and management - Extension of social security coverage - Focus on Africa - Social Security Summit

The aim of the iSME conference is to give more visibility and relevance to the internationalisation of SMEs, reviewing current trends, new theories, latest experiences and exchanging best practices. The goal is to provide a forum of communication between researchers, practitioners,...

With a forward-looking perspective, this International Policy and Research Conference will aim to: - Identify the new demographic context which encompasses, among other things, the challenges of an evolving life-cycle and of increasing migration - Analyse the consequences of the current...

The 4th edition of the forum “The Spirit of Innovation” is dedicated to those issues and will focus on the following themes: - The World Economy Today - The multinational firm and its impacts in the global economy - Policies of territorial attractiveness

This Forum will provide a key platform for information and exchange on the most important regional social security trends and priority issues. The Forum will start by presenting the most recent developments and trends in Europe. It will then elaborate on three topics that are of major interest...