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BiD Seminars 2005 - MDG contribution measured! - Results from ABN Amro Bank and Novib-Oxfam - Nov.30th, Amsterdam

BiD Seminar #7

This seminar presents a pioneering and tested framework for measuring the contribution of a Multinational and a Development Organisation to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

This seminar offers you:
- a practical MDG measurement framework;
- a framework applicable to private sector companies;
- a framework applicable to development organisations;
- the results of the test on ABN AMRO Bank and Novib - Oxfam/Netherlands.

The MDG measurement framework was developed and tested by Dutch Sustainability Research for NCDO - the Dutch Committee for Sustainable Development.

You can DOWNLOAD the report here

Date: Wednesday November 30th 2005, 14.00 - 18.00
Location: ABN AMRO Bank Headquarters, Gustav Mahlerlaan 10, Amsterdam (Amsterdam WTC station)

Target Audience:
- Companies
- NGOs
- CSR / MVO managers and reporting specialists
- Rating & Screening bureaus + Research
- MDG practitioners
- Institutional investors

Objectives:
- Stimulate debate on the MDGs
- Bring the MDG debate from the country level to the level of companies and NGOs
- Link the framework to other measurement, management, quality control and evaluation tools.

Programme
Facilitated by Walter Amerika

13.30: Registration
14.00: Opening by Herman Mulder
14.15: Presentation by Soren Petersen
14.35: Presentation by Marcel Jeucken
15.00: Panel interview with Jan Bouke Wijbrandi and Herman Mulder
15.40: Break
Workshops
16.10: (1) Applying the MDG framework to a company: ABN AMRO Bank case
16.10: (2) Applying the MDG framework to an NGO: Novib-Oxfam case
17.00: Short break
17.15: Panel discussion with Sandrijn Weites, Ronald Messelink, Esther de Vet, Marcel Jeucken and Soren Petersen
17.45: Closing by Henny Helmich, NCDO
18.00: Drinks

Presentations by and panel with:
Novib-Oxfam - Jan Bouke Wijbrandi - Campaigns Director
ABN AMRO Bank - Herman Mulder, SEVP Group Risk Management
UNDP - Soren Petersen, head of business outreach
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NCDO - Henny Helmich, Director
ABN Amro bank - Sandrijn Weites, Head Sustainable Strategy & Reporting
Novib-Oxfam - Ronald Messelink
DSR - Marcel Jeucken - Director Dutch Sustainability Research
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DSR - Esther de Vet - Sustainability Analyst, Dutch Sustainability Research

This seminar was attended by:
ABN AMRO Bank, African Humanitarian, Ahold, Akzo Nobel nv, Avalon Foundation, BECO Group, Berenschot, Brooklyn Bridge-TBLI Group, Butterfly Works, CE Delft Solutions, De Derde Kamer, Development Determination, DHV Duurzaam Ondernemen, Dutch Sustainability Research, EMF Films, Engage! InterAct, EVD, Fair Ventures, FMO, Fortis, G.W.I. BV, Global Accountability, Global Reporting Initiative, Good Company, Habitat Platform, Hoijtink Advies, Humanist Committee on Human Rights, IBM, India Committee of the Netherlands, IRC, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, MVO Nederland, N.V. Organon, NCDO, Nedworc Foundation, NFX, NIBCapital N.V., Novib/Oxfam Netherlands, Nyenrode, P+, Pallieter BV, Partos, Philips International, Progressio Foundation, Schuttelaar & Partners, SEAF, SenterNovem, Share People Foundation, Shell Nederland B.V., SNV, Solidaridad, SOMO, Stichting NationaleGoedeDoelenTest, Stichting Wereldbedrijven, Teleos Leadership Inst, TNT N.V., Triodos Bank, Triodos MeesPierson, Triple Value, UNDP, VBDO, Wageningen University, Wataf, Wereld Natuur Fonds, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Zero Point Seven Foundation