CII Communique November 2012

egionsMariana Meirelles, Vice President, Brazilian Business Council for Sustainable Development; Masatoshi Sato, Chairman, Sompo Japan Insurance Inc,and Chairman, Keidanren Committee on Nature Conservation, Japan; Pavan Sukhdev, Founder CEO, GIST Advisory; Jayanthi Natarajan, UnionMinister of State (IC), of Environment & Forests, India; Bomo Edith Edna Molewa, Minister of Water and Environment Affairs, South Africa;Nik Senapati, MD, Rio Tinto India; Anil Kumar V Epur, Past Chairman, CII-SR; and James Griffiths, MD, Ecosystems, & Sustainable ForestProducts Industry, World Business Council for Sustainable Development; at the COP 11 conference in HyderabadTourism, and Trading. Mr Zoran Stavreski, Deputy PrimeMinister and Minister of Finance, Mr Bill Pavleski, Ministerof FDI, and Mr Viktor Mizo, General Director, SEZs,Republic of Macedonia addressed the sessions.Andhra PradeshInteractive Session on Service Tax11 October, HyderabadMr. Sashi Bhushan Singh, Chief Commissioner, Customs,Central Excise and Service Tax, Hyderabad, as well asthe zonal commissioners, clarified various issues relatingto Customs, Central Excise and Service Tax raised byindustry members.Special Event at COP 11 Conference16,17 October, HyderabadMeeting on Business & Biodiversity atCOP-11 Conference18 October, HyderabadThe Breakfast Meeting discussed the elements of theCOP 11 draft business decision and put these elementsinto context. Ms. Jayanthi Natarajan, Union Minister ofState (Independent Charge), Environment and Forests,and Ms. Bomo Edith Edna Molewa, Minister of Waterand Environment Affairs, South Africa, were the keyspeakers.Workshop on Project Management19 October, HyderabadThe workshop helped the participants understand theneed for sound project management and skillfully manageprojects, large or small. It touched upon managing theentire lifecycle of a project: how it is initiated, planned,executed, monitored, controlled and closed.KarnatakaIndustrial Relations during Business Volatility27 September, BangaloreSpecial session at the Convention on Biological Diversity in HyderabadCII, in association with the World Bank and GTI,organized a special event at the COP 11 – Conferenceon Biodiversity, on ‘How Wildlife Conservation can makeBusiness Sense’ to strengthen business involvementand provide industry’s stewardship in wildlife andbiodiversity conservation. CII has entered into a MoUwith the World Bank and the International FinanceCorporation for setting up the Indian Wildlife BusinessCouncil (IWBC).Interaction with Affiliated Associations17 October, HyderabadThe interactive meeting with affiliated associations briefedmembers on CII initiatives, especially with regard to theindustry policy related issues. The power issue wasdiscussed widely.Conference on ‘Industrial Relations during Business Volatility’ in BangaloreWith the Indian economy open to global events, thevolatility in the business environment has affected all thestakeholders in the economic structure of this country.A CII conference discussed ‘Industrial Relations duringBusiness Volatility.’Competency Modeling16 October, BangaloreCompetency modeling has become increasingly popularas a method for understanding the attributes neededto be successful in the workplace because it ties thespecification of job requirements to descriptions oforganization strategy.76 | November 2012 Communiqué