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Headquarter Phone +43 1 89 00 549 Mahlerstraße 12/6/3.6.1 Fax +43 1 89 00 549 – 49 Palais Corso E-Mail [email protected] A-1010 Vienna, Austria Web www.cgdc.eu Official Launch & 1st CGDC Annual Meeting Friday, 20 th and Saturday, 21st May 2011 "DIALOGUE AND COOPERATION FOR CHANGE" Western Balkans – Model for Stability for Culturally and Religiously Diversified Regions 2 3 FOUNDERS CONTENT of the CGDC 1st CGDC Annual Meeting FOUNDERS of THE CGDC ...................................................................................................................... 4 PETAR STOYANOV President of the CGDC ConTenT ................................................................................................................................................. 5 President of the Republic of Bulgaria 1997 - 2002 INTroducTion ....................................................................................................................................... 6 “We need new core values and we need to redefine the relationship THANK You NOTE ................................................................................................................................... 7 PETAR STOYANOV between politics and business.” President CGDC INTernATionAL HonorARY BOArd ......................................................................................... 8 STAMEN STANTCHEV KeYnoTE SPeech – PresidenT BILL CLINTon ................................................................................10 Secretary General of the CGDC WELcoming SPeech – PresidenT PeTAR STOYAnoV ....................................................................12 International Business Consultant HonorARY SPeech – CHerie BLAIR ..................................................................................................13 ”Whenever you think, think big. Whenever we do something in the STAMEN STANTCHEV CGDC, we think globally.” Secretary General ProgrAM ...............................................................................................................................................14 orienTATion MAP of KursALon HÜbner .......................................................................................16 WALTER ScHWIMMER Vice President of the CGDC SPEAKers of PANEL 1 .........................................................................................................................18 Secretary General of the Council of Europe 1999 - 2004 SummARY of PANEL 1 ......................................................................................................................... 24 “The CGDC is endeavouring to change attitudes and is seeking to take PHOTos of PANEL 1 ............................................................................................................................ 26 WALTER ScHWIMMER lessons from history.” Vice President SPEAKers of PANEL 2 ........................................................................................................................ 28 WERNER FASSLABEND SummARY of PANEL 2 ......................................................................................................................... 34 Vice President of the CGDC PHOTos of PANEL 2 ............................................................................................................................ 36 Minister of Defence, Republic of Austria 1990 - 2000 1ST AnnuAL CGDC AwArd ................................................................................................................... 38 “The consideration of ethics and values is an important step towards WERNER FASSLABEND facing any economic and financial crisis.” PHOTos of THE EVenT ........................................................................................................................ 40 Vice President LisT of PARTiciPANTS ........................................................................................................................ 54 ETIENNE DECLERCQ SPeciAL THANKS ................................................................................................................................. 65 Vice President of the CGDC International Real Estate Developer Become A sociAL INVesTor ............................................................................................................. 66 “With the focus of the CGDC on supporting emerging countries we can ConTACT ............................................................................................................................................... 68 ETIENNE DECLERCQ contribute to the wellbeing of every single individual in the world.” Vice President 4 Founders of THE CGDC ConTenT 5 INTRODUCTION THANK YOU NOTE by the CGDC by the Founders of the CGDC The Center for Global Dialogue and Cooperation PROMOTING DEAR CGDC FRIENDS, – CGDC promotes global dialogue to encourage Dialogue Between Politicians and stability and economic development on the Businessmen We express our sincere appreciation for your involvement and significant contribution to the success of the basis of ethical principles. Center for Global Dialogue and Cooperation – CGDC Launch and 1st Annual Meeting. Ethical values in business and politics are PROVIDING Our work is fueled by an unfaltering faith in CGDC's ability to enhance dialogue and cooperation among essential for sustainable and stable global Frameworks Applicable Everywhere government officials, entrepreneurs and businesses, as well as civic and religious leaders. It is heartening welfare. The worldwide financial and economic st in the World that our 1 Annual Meeting successfully addressed many of the long standing issues affecting investment, crisis has clearly revealed that there is a governance and security in the Western Balkans. It is especially gratifying to witness the dedication of pressing need for global action. many of the region’s thought leaders as they came together to achieve this result. Without your dedication ASSISTING to our common endeavor the launch would have not been a success. The support from CGDC Friends will We are convinced that serious dialogue continue being essential to our work at the Center for Global Dialogue and Cooperation. between politicians and businessmen must Emerging Countries in Becoming be encouraged; the consideration of ethical Politically and Economically Stable It is CGDC's long-term vision to bring together these stakeholders for dialogue and cooperation to initiate values and virtues like honesty, credibility, Partners sustainable change in business and governance. The 1st Annual Meeting is the starting point for the work responsibility, transparency and mutual trust that must be done. in both business and politics count among We look forward to receiving your suggestions and your future participation. We want to ensure that the most important factors in initiating a CGDC's 2nd Annual Meeting next year is as successful as our first one. sustainable change. Our global movement seeks to concentrate on supporting emerging countries to assist them in becoming more Yours faithfully, efficient, capable and stable partners in Europe and worldwide. Petar Stoyanov Walter Schwimmer Werner Fasslabend Etienne Declercq Stamen Stantchev President Vice-President Vice-President Vice-President Secretary General and Founder and Founder and Founder and Founder and Founder 6 INTroducTion BY THE CGDC THANK You noTE BY THE Founders of THE CGDC 7 CGDC CGDC International Honorary Board International Honorary Board SUKHBAATAR BATBOLD MIKHAIL SAFARBEKOVICH GUTSERIEV Prime Minister of Mongolia President of OAO NK "RussNeft" Member of the International Honorary Board of the Member of the International Honorary Board of the CGDC CGDC GENERAL WESLEY K. CLARK JOSÉ MARÍA FIGUERES OLSEN Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO President of Costa Rica from 1994 - 1998 1997 - 2000 Member of the International Honorary Board of the Member of the International Honorary Board of the CGDC CGDC KARIM FAROUK JALLOUL GERRY VAN DER SLUYS Chairman of the Tourism & Hospitality Industry President of Business Creation Advisory Board of MODUL University Vienna International Businessman and Entrepreneur Member of the International Honorary Board of the Member of the International Honorary Board of the CGDC CGDC JEFF GREENE CARMINE S. VILLANI American Businessman and Entrepreneur President of Europower Renewable Energy (ERE) Member of the International Honorary Board of the Member of the International Honorary Board of the CGDC CGDC 8 CGDC INTernATIONAL HONORARY BOArd CGDC INTernATIONAL HONORARY BOArd 9 KEYNOTE SPEECH KEYNOTE SPEECH by President Bill Clinton by President Bill Clinton SUmmARY OF KEYNOTE SPEECH communication: “Look at the internet and to believe that our common humanity will people be more likely to share the future, or communications between the people, who were matters more.” to divide it because they are obsessed with the Before starting his speech, President Clinton doing the upheavals in Egypt and Tunisia, the past?” expressed his sincere gratitude to the He assured that Bosnia made a great deal of young people.” Founders of the Center for Global Dialogue progress since Dayton 15 years ago but that it and Cooperation for organizing the first CGDC Along these achievements, however, there are would have made three times as much