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OAS POLICY ROUNDTABLE WILL FOCUS ON CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

  August 28, 2009

The Organization of American States (OAS) has announced that the XVII OAS Policy Roundtable, to be held this Tuesday, September 1st, will focus on corporate social responsibility in a time of crisis. The event will open with an introduction by OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza, and will be moderated by Italo Pizzolante, an expert in strategic communications with a distinguished career as an author, consultant and lecturer on subjects like corporate identity, image engineering and corporate responsibility. Speakers include:

Fernando Jaramillo, Vice President of Corporate Affairs for Grupo Bavaria, S.A.;

Rodrigo Jiménez, Vice President of Corporate Affairs for Barrick South America; and

José Miguel Torrebiarte, Vice President of Grupo Progreso, a company dedicated mainly to the cement industry and the marketing of construction materials throughout Central America.

A question and answer session moderated by Dr. Irene Klinger, Director of the OAS Department of International Affairs, will conclude the roundtable discussion.

The event, which is free of charge, was planned jointly with the Secretariat for Integral Development in the framework of the Promotion of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Program.

The XVII OAS Policy Roundtable will be transmitted live on the Web page of the OAS at www.oas.org.


WHAT: XVII OAS POLICY ROUNDTABLE: “Corporate Social Responsibility in a Time of Crisis”

WHEN: Tuesday, September 1st, 2009, 10.30 a.m. (EDT)

WHERE: Hall of the Americas
Organization of American States
17th Street and Constitution Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. 20006

Reference: AVI-050/09