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Date: 13-15 May, 2005
Venue: United Nations Conference Centre, Bangkok, Thailand

ASrIA Chair Tessa Tennant will be speaking in the forum.

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) in collaboration with the Royal Thai Government and the Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking of Thailand

About the Asia-Pacific Business Forum
The Asia-Pacific Business Forum (APBF) was initiated in 2004 by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) to provide a platform for dialogue among business, governments and civil society on social and economic policy issues and their implications for the region’s economies. This year’s forum focuses on how the public and private sectors can work together to ensure sustainable economic and social development by improving the climate for doing business, as well as through corporate social responsibility (CSR).

To assure the presence of ministers and senior government officials from across the Asia-Pacific region, the APBF is organized back-to-back with the annual UNESCAP Commission Session. The forum will be conducted in the form of moderated panel discussions, with the active involvement of both panel discussants and participants from the floor. The discussions are expected to lead to the formulation of a plan of action with specified roles for governments, business, international organizations and civil society. The results of this plan of action will be reported to next year’s APBF, to be held in Indonesia in March/April 2006.

050513_APBF_brochure_thailand.pdf

050513_APBF_programme_thailand.pdf