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Most Recent Programs

Development Forum for Haiti

The Business Council for Global Development, in partnership with the Trade, Aid, and Security Coalition; Oxfam America; Bread for the World; German Marshall Fund; Vital Voices; ONE; Care; and InterAction convened a Development Forum for public and private sector decision makers interested in bringing sustainable investments and jobs to Haiti. Participating companies included Gap Inc, Fruit of the Loom, Limited, Timberland, and Wal-Mart. The program provided a unique opportunity to bridge the investment and aid gaps that stand in the way of economic development success for Haiti.

Reinventing Trade Policy

The Business Council for Global Development, in partnership with the Trade, Aid & Security Coalition, Center for American Progress, and American Action Forum convened a policy forum on reinventing trade policy. Senior discussants gathered to discuss policies and programs that will expand global trade and investment and thereby achieve the following goals (in reality and in the eyes of the American people): economic growth, opportunity and job creation in America; economic growth, opportunity and job creation in developing countries; and global security.

Building Institutions for Development: Coherence & Accountability

A policy conference on the ILO Better Work program, co-sponsored with TASC, the Center for American Progress and the Government of Norway. In conjunction with the annual World Bank meeting, the conference brought together influential stakeholders from around the world to discuss the role of capacity building programs in creating jobs and economic growth in the developing world.

 

Selected Past Programs

Congress

  • Policy Forum on Trade, Aid and Economic Development featuring Congressmen Kevin Brady, Ron Kind, Jim McDermott, and Adam Smith.
  • Congressional Staff Briefing on the Business Case for Climate Change Adaptation, Risks and Opportunities, featuring Oxfam America, Reps. Donald Payne and Jim McGovern.
  • Event on Green Technology and the Developing World: Global Energy Challenges, Economic Development and the Deployment of Green Technologies with Rep. Brian Baird, Mohamed El-Ashry of the UN Foundation, Time Richards of General Electric Company, and Kirsten Thorne of Chevron
  • Intellectual Property Rights and Global Development with Congresswoman Diane Watson
  • Outlook of U.S. Trade Policy in 2009 with Congressmen Joseph Crowley and Adam Smith
  • Event with WTO Ambassadors and Reps. David Dreier and Ron Kind on Future of Doha
  • Rule of Law with John Veroneau, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
  • Congressional Staff Briefing on HIV/AIDS Prevention in Africa
  • Congressional Staff Briefing on Trade Capacity Building in Latin America

U.S. Executive Branch

  • Policy Forum on Global IP, Co-sponsored with the U.S. Department of State.
  • Meeting with Henrietta Fore, Administrator of USAID
  • Meeting with Jeffrey Krilla Deputy Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
  • Event with Florizelle Liser, Assistant USTR for Africa
  • Meeting with Mary Ryckman, Assistant USTR for Capacity Building
  • Meeting with Maureen Harrington, Director of MCC Private Sector Initiatives, and Jeri Jensen, VP for Policy and International Relations

NGOs

  • Event with Woodrow Wilson Center on China’s First U.S.-Style Law School
  • Event with International Republican Institute, Vital Voices and representatives for SMEs in Peru and Bolivia
  • Event on Capacity Building and Private Sector Development in Africa with The Africa America Institute

Other Governments

  • Roundtable with Ambassador Adel-Al-Jubeir, Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to the United States
  • Roundtable with Ambassador Chan Heng Chee, Ambassador of Singapore to the United States

Multilateral Institutions

  • Event with the International Finance Corporation on Private Sector Engagement in Post-Conflict, Post-Disaster Countries in the Reconstruction Phase
  • Event with the Inter-American Development Bank on Labor Standards Capacity Building in CAFTA countries