National Policy Forum 8th October 2012, New Delhi Exploring the Interplay between Business Regulation and Corporate Conduct in India (BRCC Project) Project Overview

2 Implementation Consumer Unity & Trust Society (CUTS International) Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) Duration: April 2011 to December 2012 Goal:Stimulate better business to achieve sustainable development objectives in India Introduction BRCC Project

Objectives 3  Evolve a policy discourse involving business and policymakers to facilitate a policy environment for promoting business responsibility  Motivate firms to adopt responsible business behaviour  Identify regulatory and operational constraints faced by businesses in select sectors in India and analyse factors for promoting responsible behaviour in these sectors BRCC Project

4 ResearchOutreachAdvocacy Capacity Building Optimal Business Regulations -Public Regulation (Centre & State) -Co-regulation -Self Regulation Responsible Corporate Conduct Business Responsibility (NVGs)NVGs BRCC Project Scheme BRCC Project

Sectors & States 5 Sectors: Pharmaceuticals Private Healthcare States: Andhra Pradesh Gujarat Himachal Pradesh West Bengal BRCC Project

Research Problem Matrix 6 SectorEnvironmentMarketing and Distribution Pharma Environmental Impacts Incentive Structures for Promotion and Marketing of Drugs Private Healthcare Biomedical Waste Management Rationality in Diagnosis Rational Use of Drugs Standard Treatment Protocols BRCC Project

Activities 7 ActivitiesResults/Deliverables Launch Meeting Two Regional Dialogues Preliminary literature review Thematic research outline Suggested states and sectors Strategy Dialogue Research Design meeting Literature review Finalisation of states and sectors Sectoral analysis framework (using NVGs) Sectoral analysis framework (using NVGs) Identification of research problems BRCC Project

Activities 8 ActivitiesResults/Deliverables Fact finding visits in states Refinements of research problems Fact finding visit reports State specific information’s Critical research questions finalisation Guidance note for field research Selection of key respondents groups State inception meeting Interaction with state level stakeholders Survey scheme (3 phases) Survey tool finalisation Terms of Reference for state level reports BRCC Project

Glimpses BRCC Project Overview 9

Outputs 10 BRCC Project  State Level Findings (Analysis of primary & secondary data)  State-level policy inputs  National-level policy and practice inputs  Synthesis Report  Capacity Building of sector-specific stakeholders

Expected Outcomes 11  A methodology for assessment of determinants for promoting responsible business in other sectors  Sector-specific NVGs (Pharma and Private Healthcare)  State-level policies for promoting responsible business in the sector(s)  Evolution of an environment for better (and more informed) attention to responsible business issues at the national level BRCC Project

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