https://www.bcgdevelop.com/home daily 1.0 2022-05-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9619dd897dac071d312169/1592490916886-WWSE27HJQ76WT92X6EMG/BCGD-Logo-FINAL_Color-SingleLine.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9619dd897dac071d312169/1614880355823-CPI0F6Q74I0BB4HLGQNI/WhatWeDo.png Home - What We Do We convene diverse leaders from business, government, civil society and academia for structured multistakeholder initiatives and education regarding policies and practices to advance inclusive and sustainable development. This approach includes innovative approaches in multistakeholder negotiations and governance. We educate important stakeholders, including those in government, civil society and business regarding our core issues. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9619dd897dac071d312169/1648765543864-U9PQVH9WMGHZMZWHQ2B6/unsplash-image-XWW746i6WoM.jpg Home - Statement of Support for the Democracy in the 21st Century Act The Business Council for Global Development (BCGD) supports the passage of the Democracy in the 21st Century Act. BCGD recognizes the need for the United States to bolster its ability to defend and promote the core elements of democracy, including particularly those that support sustainable and inclusive economies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9619dd897dac071d312169/1587673937046-JC84BKTI03A187KQCMZU/image-asset.jpeg Home - Improved and Expanded Development Financing BCGD played an important role in advocating for The Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development (BUILD) Act, of 2018, which was signed into law by the President on October 4. The BUILD Act created a new development finance agency that is helping American exporters, workers, investors and entrepreneurs support economic development and reduce poverty, by making successful investments in developing and fragile countries. The spending cap for available development financing is more than doubled to $60 billion. BCGD engaged in its own advocacy for the BUILD Act and joined with other civil society organizations and thought leaders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9619dd897dac071d312169/1614880810865-2RUHZO8DBXJP6CNYHHRM/Portman.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9619dd897dac071d312169/1648765458570-213PE46XIO4HHFUMSMOF/unsplash-image-4JL_VAgxwcU.jpg Home - Inclusive and Sustainable Development in the Northern Triangle The Business Council for Global Development (BCGD) supports an action agenda for businesses, civil society organizations and governments to advance sustainable and inclusive development in the Northern Triangle (Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9619dd897dac071d312169/1614880908335-1XMNB6Q4RYY2ZX8GMP7Y/4.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9619dd897dac071d312169/1614880872643-R171VEMG9JMLD1LKQKBC/3.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9619dd897dac071d312169/1614880847634-10TEMRB17Q928EGBUWR5/Coons.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9619dd897dac071d312169/1592254346180-P3K2ZW1A0OOQ4H8QZPUQ/image-asset.jpeg Home - Putting Capacity Building on the Trade Policy Agenda In the early to mid-2000s, BCGD, then called the Business Coalition for Capacity Building, built the case and successfully advocated to put capacity building, particularly for global development, labor rights and environmental sustainability, on the trade policy agenda. This resulted in capacity building programs and funding being legislated for the first time in connection with an American free trade agreement: Dominican Republic-Central America FTA, or DR-CAFTA. Since this time, we have participated in advocating for expanded capacity building in tandem with subsequent U.S. free trade agreements and through the World Trade Organization. These new ideas were developed through multistakeholder education and consensus-building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9619dd897dac071d312169/1588013638265-PRU05RQXD3R7393JXYQK/shutterstock_48384775.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9619dd897dac071d312169/1588013640434-H14PL3Z9IRMM09AR2UOG/shutterstock_124860757.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9619dd897dac071d312169/1588013643052-VQGI3BLCRVP382ZWCH1P/shutterstock_142414075+%281%29.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9619dd897dac071d312169/1588013638642-EAC0XQAS5WF4XADY0GYN/iStock_000010649728_Small.jpg Home https://www.bcgdevelop.com/ourteam daily 0.75 2022-07-18 https://www.bcgdevelop.com/gallery daily 0.75 2021-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e9619dd897dac071d312169/d8f9ed1d-4ba5-4ac9-bac1-216cf8f15623/Young_CF_Beckmann_Meeks.png Gallery Rep. Todd Young, R-IN; Claude Fontheim, Fontheim International, LLC; Rep. 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