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Governance and Sustainability - New challenges for State, Companies and the Civil Society

International conference

30. September 2002  -   1. Oktober 2002
Berlin
Organised by the Institute for Ecological Economic Research gGmbH (IOeW) and the Friedrich-Ebert Foundation, Berlin

Überblick

The project

Structuring sustained development is a complex social task which is being discussed intensively at present on many levels. In the current EU White Book "European Government" as a central element of Governance, the inclusion of all civil and social players in the decision processes is emphasised. The project "Governance and Sustainability" illuminated the players, their interests and methods of procedure, the forms of organisation, the institutions as also practical examples of governance in various social areas on regional, national and international levels. The focal point of the project was an international conference and four "summer academies".

The conference was carried out in co-operation with the Scientific Centre Berlin for Social Research (WZB), department "Regulation of Labour".

Programme

Programme

Monday, 30th September 2002

10.00 a.m. Welcome
Dr. Michael Domitra, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Berlin
Thomas Korbun, Scientific Director, Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IOeW), Berlin

10.20 a.m. Prof. James N. Rosenau
“Globalization and Governance: Sustainability Between Fragmentation and Integration”

11.40 a.m. Mark Wade
“Good Corporate Citizenship: Does Governance Change the Role of Companies in Society?”

12.10 p.m. Nicola Bullard
"Global Governance: Challenges for the Civil Society and Democracy" 
  
1.00 p.m. Lunch 
  
2.30 p.m. Parallel Workshops
  
5.30 p.m. Panel Discussion 
"Global Governance after Johannesburg: New Impulses for Democracy and Sustainability?"

Chair: Prof. Ernst-Ulrich von Weizsäcker - Member of the German parliament, chairman of the Enquete Commission on Globalisation, Berlin

Panel members: 
J.N. Rosenau, George Washington University, Washington D.C.
Roger Böhning,  ILO, Geneva
Chandrigo Mago, Times of India, Dehli
Hansvolker Ziegler, Ministry for Education and Research, Bonn/Berlin
Ulrich Petschow, IOeW, Berlin 
  
7.30 p.m. Greeting 
 

Tuesday, 1st October 2002 
  
9.00 a.m. Plenary speeches and discussion
Prof. Martin Jänicke
"Johannesburg: Two Approaches to Global Environmental Policy" 

9.40 a.m. Prof. Joachim Schwalbach, Chair for International Management, HU Berlin
“Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility: Shareholder vs. Stakeholder”
  
11.00 a.m. Parallel Workshops

1.00 p.m. 
Lunch 
  
2.00 p.m. Governance: a Challenge for the Research Programme "Social and Ecological Research" - Short presentation of new projects 
Chair: Prof. Eckart Hildebrandt, WZB 

2.10 p.m. 
Dr. Susanne Stoll-Kleemann, FU Berlin
“Global Governance and Climate Change”

2.20 p.m. Ulrich Petschow, IOeW Berlin
“Developing Agrobiodiversity: Strategies for Sustainable Plant and Livestock Breeding”

2.30 p.m. Dr. Barbara Praetorius, DIW Berlin
“Transformation and Innovation in Power Systems (TIPS)”
 
2.45 p.m. Panel discussion
"Governance and the Role of Science - Perspectives in German and European Research Strategies"
Chair: Eckart Hildebrandt, WZB

Panel members: Prof. Elmar Altvater, 
HU Berlin
Ulla Burchardt, Member of the German Parliament, Berlin
Angela Liberatore, European Commission, 
DG Research, Brussels
Dr. Angelika Willms-Herget, Ministry for Education and Research, Bonn

4.00 p.m. 
End of the conference

Contact

IOeW main office

Potsdamer Str. 105
D-10785 Berlin
Tel.: +49-(0)30 - 884 59 4-0
Fax: +49-(0)30 - 882 54 39
e-mail: kommunikation(at)ioew.de

IOeW regional office Heidelberg

Bergstraße 7
D-69120 Heidelberg
Tel.: +49-(0)6221 - 64 91 60
Fax: +49-(0)6221 - 27 06 0
e-mail: mailbox(at)heidelberg.ioew.de

Co-operation partners

The conference was carried out in co-operation with the Scientific Centre Berlin for Social Research (WZB), department "Regulation of Labour". The conference was supported by the Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF), Bonn, and the Foundation Ecological Management (SÖW), Hanover.