1. 2nd South East Europe Roundtable on Corporate Governance
Istanbul - May 30-31, 2002
Marie-Laurence GUY

2. The Global Corporate Governance Forum
The GCGF was officially launched in Monterrey, Mexico at the UN meeting on Finance for Development on April 20, 2002.
To support developing and emerging economies to promote corporate governance reform.

3. Why?
Corporate governance has become an issue of worldwide importance. The corporation has a vital role to play in promoting economic development and social progress.
The efficiency and the accountability of the corporation is now a matter of both private and public interest.

4. Who is GCGF? Founders : WBG - OECD
Donors: Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland ,United Kingdom, United States
Staff: Secretariat & IFC support
Volunteers: Private Sector Advisory Group
Partners: CERES, ICFTU, TI, Commonwealth, etc

5. The Mission of GCGF
To help countries improve standards of governance for their corporations by:
Fostering the spirit of enterprise and accountability
Promoting fairness, transparency and responsibility

6. How? Raise awareness Build consensus Disseminate best practice
Provide technical assistance
Support capacity building
Fund research

7. First Steps of GCGF

8. Dialogue Corporate Governance Roundtables
Latin America, Asia, Russia, Eurasia, South Eastern Europe
Pan African Consultative Forum
Using the OECD Principles as a framework
White papers: diagnosis / recommendations

9. Building Consensus Private Sector Advisory Group
Members from developed and developing countries including from Brazil, India, Philippines, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Thailand, Poland
Investor Responsibility Taskforce $3 trillion
IFC Global Financial Markets team

10. TA = Know How A country toolkit for reform
To distill the experience of reform to date and lessons learned from a range of developing and emerging markets, in order to develop effective implementation at the country level, and thereby ensure impact.

11. Capacity Building Global Director Training Network
To identify needs, pool resources and experience, exchange best practice, and develop core curriculum based upon international standards and adapted to local circumstance, and build local capacity for training.
A pilot ‘train the trainers’ program at Yale International Institute for Corporate Governance from July 14 – 23.

12. A Knowledge Network Research priorities
Leading academics met on April 5 to assess the research priorities relevant to reform, recognizing that evidence and analysis is still fragmented and not always in a form to support policy recommendations.
The start of a long-term network to shape a policy agenda and encourage collaboration among researchers and practitioners.