Annual Report 2010 - AmCham Moldova

AmCham Events Year 2010 in ReviewA n n u a lR e p o r t2 0 1 0The International Conference on CorporateSocial ResponsibilityIn October, the 4th edition of the International Conference on CorporateSocial Responsibility (CSR) was held under the topic „ Integrating CSRinto your Business”.The International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility hasenjoyed great interest from the representatives of Moldovan businesscommunity, government and civil society, as well as international organizationswith the presence in the Republic of Moldova. The goal of theconference was to promote the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR) among the business community, government and civil society,discuss current CSR trends, and strengthen CSR practices in Moldova.We were presenting a new brand format of the conference, featuringhighly interactive interviews on CSR practices in the morning session anda series of training workshops where attendees from businesses of all sizeslearnt how to integrate corporate social responsibility into their businesspractices. The 2 workshops in the afternoon were focused on CSR in themarketplace and CSR in the workplace.The conference was attended by such international experts as: KaarinaImmonen, UNDP Resident Representative and UN Resident Coordinatorin Moldova; Asif J. Chaudhry, U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Moldova;Raluca Costache, Vice President, Republic of Moldova Operations and SuperbrandsProgrammes in Romania, BDR Associates; John J. Aston, ManagingDirector, AstonEco Management, Romania; Volodymyr Vorobey,Managing Director, PPV Knowledge Networks, Ukraine; Maryna Saprykina,CEO, CSR Centre, Ukraine; Horatiu Fufezan, Senior Consultant, ManagerialDevelopment Center, Romania, as well as business leaders fromour country, leaders of the international organizations, representatives ofthe diplomatic community, representatives of civil society, professors andstudents.The 4th edition of the International Conference on CSR was co-organizedby the American Chamber of Commerce in Moldova, United NationsDevelopment Program, Global Compact Network Moldova and the EastEurope Foundation Moldova Representative office.Sponsors of the Conference: Orange – general sponsor, as well as MoldovaAgroindbank, Banca Comercială Română Chişinău, Red Union Fenosa,LaFarge. Media partners: BDR Associates, ProDigital.A publication of the American Chamber of Commerce in Moldova43