- Center for the Study of Democracy
(Bulgaria), "CG Reform and the Mass Media"
- CSD organized a training seminar for over 40 representatives
of the national and regional print and electronic mass media
as journalists should serve as major promoters of corporate
governance reform when reporting on business and the economy.
The program included 6 sessions devoted to the issues: Introduction
to corporate governance; Corporate governance and the relationship
between shareholders and managers; Corporate governance
and capital markets; Corporate governance and corporate
boards; Corporate governance and disclosure of information;
the Current state of corporate governance reform in Bulgaria.
A Glossary of Corporate Governance Terms was also published
and distributed (also available online at: http://www.csd.bg/CGdictionary_anons.html)
- Center for Liberal Democratic Studies
(Serbia), "CG Awareness in Serbia" - CLDS
will establish a more coherent view of corporate governance
in Serbia, and enable businesses and other stakeholders
to address the current situation and future trends, particularly
in regard to privatization. The project will include the
following core activities: 1) assessment of the corporate
governance system in Serbia and its effects on corporate
performance; 2) defining the sources of poor corporate governance
in Serbia (including reviews of the legal framework, privatization
model and trends), 3) formulation of a strategy for corporate
governance improvement; and 4) public advocacy of the need
for improved corporate governance through an active media
and public outreach campaign.
- Center for Economic Development
(Slovakia), "Building CG Stakeholder Capacity"
CED will help build capacity of the local business community
to be able to understand and operationalize the principles
of corporate governance. This will be accomplished through
intensive education of managers, board directors and other
stakeholders. Also, introducing up-to-date international
corporate governance know-how, with a special focus on business
ethics will be a key CED undertaking. The seminars to be
organized by the CED focus on: business ethics, combating
corruption, fostering transparency and accountability in
the business community, and cultivating a competitive and
rule of law-based business environment in Slovakia.
- Russian Institute of Directors
- CIPE will work with the Russian Institute of Directors
(RID) to develop a pilot curriculum and training program
for representatives of Russian, Ukrainian, Central Asian
and Caucasian institutions-as the program permits-that promote
corporate governance. These representatives will be trained
to become trainers for programs that teach corporate governance
practices to board members, government representatives of
joint stock companies, judges and enforcement officers of
corporate governance. CIPE and the RID will conduct a conference
in Moscow in which institutions from Russia and other Eurasian
countries will participate, to further strengthen the regional
corporate governance network. This project's focus on building
a network of corporate governance promoters throughout the
countries of Eurasia is especially crucial at the present
time, as it has recently been reported that the Commonwealth
of Independent States (CIS) may seek harmonization of security
markets practices and regulations among the CIS member countries.
If this occurs, this project will be all the more valuable,
with its objective to develop a loose network of organizations
in several CIS countries that can trade best practices and
other corporate governance experiences, and provide a mechanism
for sustainability of reform in this area.
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