Want to know what role the media and communications sector can play in promoting Corporate Social Responsibility?

6th November 2006
JW Marriott hotel, Dubai  from 9 am to 5 pm

INTRODUCTION

The media plays an important role in CSR.

Truthfulness and transparency are part and parcel of media ethics, and a responsible media can contribute significantly to social development. Besides the industry also have an important responsibility towards the environment, - building awareness and minimizing the impact on the environment.

The EEG CSR network’s third workshop of the year will highlight these and other relevant issues. For the first time, we will direct focus on the roles and responsibilities of the media from the social and environmental perspective.

SPEAKERS

• David Bellamy OBE, botanist, author and presenter
• Yogesh Chauhan, Chief Advisor Corporate Responsibility BBC
• Ebtisam Al Kitbi, Professor of Political Science, UAE University
• Edmund O’Sullivan, Editorial Director, MEED
• Amr Koura, Chief Executive Officer, Al Karma Edutainment, Egypt
• PV Vivekanand, Editor, Gulf Today
• Habiba Al Marashi, Chairperson, EEG
  

Facilitator

Abdel Rahman Ghandour, Managing Editor, Middle East Bureau, United Nations OCHA IRIN,

Who should attend

Media and communication think tanks, practitioners and advocates, publishers and producers, advertisers, social and environmental commentators, CSR actors and other top management, academicians, as well as community members.

How to register

By phone: 04 3318100
By Fax: 04 3328500
Email: eeg@emirates.net.ae 

Delegate fees

EEG members – 1250 dirham per seat
Non EEG attendees – 1500 dirham per seat

• If you book two seats the third will be complimentary.

• For all media professionals and freelancers, it is your privilege to attend without any charge.