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1 OECD ROUNDTABLE ON CORPORATE RESPONSIBLITY Supply Chains and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises OECD Headquarters, Paris, 19 June 2002 List of Participants Président Chair M. Claudio ROJAS Head of OECD Departament Dirección de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores Chile clrojas@direcon.cl PAYS MEMBRES - MEMBER COUNTRIES Allemagne - Germany Mr. Hans KAUSCH Head of Division Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology Mr. Joachim HACKER First Counsellor Permanent Delegation of Germany to OECD Mr. Manfred KUPITZ Assistant Head of Division Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology kausch@bmwi.bund.de joachim.hacker@germany-oecd.org kupitz@bmwi.bund.de Mr. Cesar FAES First Secretary Argentine Embassy in Paris Argentine - Argentina efranpol@noos.fr 1

2 Dr. Jim HAGAN General Manager Australian Treasury Australie - Australia Autriche - Austria jhagan@treasury.gov.au Mr. Peter MACALKA Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Labour Mrs. Elisabeth BEER Federal Chamber of Labour peter.macalka@bmwa.gv.at elisabeth.beer@akwien.or.at Belgique - Belgium Mme. Colette VANSTRAELEN Conseiller Administration des Relations économiques, Ministère des Affaires économiques M. Luc RIFFLET Conseiller Délégation permanente auprès de l OCDE Mr.AntonioF.DACOSTAESILVA Counsellor Embassy of Brazil in Paris Mr. Luciano PEREIRA DE SOUZA First Secretary Embassy of Brazil in Paris Brésil - Brazil Canada (32-2) (32-2) colette.vanstraelen@mineco.fgov.be adacosta@bresil.org lpsouza@bresil.org Mr Vernon MACKAY Investment Trade Policy Division Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade vernon.mackay@dfait-maeci.gc.ca Mr. Marcelo GARCIA Permanent Representative to the OECD Ambassade du Chili à Paris Chili - Chile mgarcia@amb-chili.fr 2

3 Ms. Sin-Sook KIM Deputy Director, Investment Policy Division Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy Mr.Sang-HwonJEON First Secretary Korean Delegation to the OECD Corée - Korea @mocie.go.kr sangh-jeon@hanmail.net Mr. Herluf HANSEN Ambassador Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mrs Elisabeth RASMUSSEN Secretariat of the Danish NCP Ministry of Employment Mrs Trine HOUGAARD Secretariat of the Danish NCP Ministry of Employment Danemark-Denmark Espagne - Spain herhan@um.dk Mr. Agustin MAINAR ALFONSO Deputy Directorate for Foreign Investment Ministry of Economy MrsSusanadeIBARRONDO Economic and Commercial Counsellor Permanent Delegation to the OECD Estonie - Estonia agustin.mainar@sscc.mcx.es susana.ibarrondo@parisocde.ofcomes.mcx.es Ms. Maret VEINER Executive Officer Foreign Trade Policy Division Trade Department Ministry of Economic Affairs of the Republic of Estonia Mr. Mati MURD Ministry of Economic Affairs mveiner@mineco.ee 3

4 Mr. Wesley SCHOLZ Director, Office of Investment Affairs Department of State Mr Brian McFEETERS Investment Policy Advisor USMissiontotheOECD Etats-Unis - United States scholzws@state.gov mcfeetersbd@state.gov Ms Ann McCONNELL Financial Economist, Office of Investment Affairs Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs Department of State Ms. Kimberly EVANS International Economist Department of the Treasury McConnellAB@state.gov kimberly.evans@do.treas.gov Mr. Risto PAAERMAA Deputy Director General Ministry of Trade and Industry Mr. Jorma IMMONEN Senior Government Secretary Ministry of Trade and Industry Finlande - Finland France risto.paaermaa@ktm.vn.fi jorma.immonen@ktm.fi M. Alexandre DRAZNIEKS Adjoint au chef de bureau Direction du Trésor Ministère de l Economie, des Finances et de l Industrie alexandre.draznieks@dt.finances.gouv.fr Grèce-Greece Mr. Nikolaos SYMEONIDIS Director, International Organisations and Policies Ministry of Economy and Finance Mr. Petros KONTOS First Counsellor Permanent Delegation to the OECD nsyms@ath.forthnet.gr

5 Mr. Tibor TEJNORA Senior Advisor Ministry of Economy and Transportation Mrs Katalin SÁNDOR-SZILÁGYI Counsellor Permanent Delegation to the OECD Hongrie - Hungary Islande - Iceland tibor.tejnora@gmv.gov.hu katalin.sandor@delhongrie-ocde.fr Mr Kjartan GUNNARSSON Head of Department Ministry of Industry and Commerce kjartan.gunnarsson@ivr.stjr.is Italie - Italy Mr. Stelio VENCESLAI Ministry of Productive Activities Japon - Japan venceslai@minindustria.it Mr. Yasuhisa KAWAMURA Director, Second International Organizations Division Economic Affairs Bureau Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mr. Takeshi KOYAMA Official, Second International Organizations Division Economic Affairs Bureau Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mr. Yoichi MATSUMOTO First Secretary Permanent Delegation to the OECD yasuhisa.kawamura@mofa.go.jp (ext.2543) takeshi.koyama@mofa.go.jp matsumoto@deljp-ocde.fr Lituanie - Lithuania Ms. Lina SABAITIENE Head of Company Law Division Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Lithuania Gedimino ave. 38/2 LT-2600 Vilnius ; l.sabaitiene@po.ekm.lt 5

6 Mexique - Mexico Mrs. Socorro GOMEZ Directora de Acuerdos Comerciales Internacionales y Asuntos Laborales y Ambientales Secretaría de Economía (Ministry of Economy) (+52-55) ext 6638 (+52-55) socorro@economia.gob.mx Mr.StenE.RUUD Assistant Director General Ministry of Foreign Affairs Norvège - Norway Pays-Bas - Netherlands ser@mfa.no Mr Marinus W. SIKKEL Head of Investment Policy & International Organisations Ministry of Economic Affairs Mrs Jeannette BALJEU Ministry of Economic Affairs m.w.sikkel@minez.nl j.n.baljeu@minez.nl Mr. Andrzej GUZIK Ministry of Economy Pologne/Poland andguz@mg.gov.pl Ms. Katarzyna KRAUSE Polish Agency for Foreign Investments (PAIZ) KKrause@paiz.gov.pl Portugal Mrs Paula RODRIGUES Ministry of Economy/ICEP paularod@icep.pt République Slovaque - Slovak Republic Mr. Martin KAPKO Deputy Director, Department of Business Environment Ministry of Economy kapko@economy.gov.sk 6

7 République Tchèque - Czech Republic Mrs. Lenka LOUDOVA Director General, International Organisations Department Ministry of Finance Mr Václav BENES Ministry of Finance lenka.loudova@mfcr.cz vaclav.benes@mfcr.cz Royaume-Uni - United Kingdom Mr Paul HAWKER Head, International Investment Policy Department of Trade & Industry Ms Zoe HENSBY Department for International Development paul.hawker@dti.gsi.gov.uk z-hensby@dfid.gov.uk Mrs. Helena BRANDNER Government Advisor WTO/OECD Division Ministry of Economy Mr Henning ENVALL Desk Officer Ministry for Foreign Affairs Mr.Jan-ErikMOREAU Economist LO - Swedish Trade Union Confederation Slovenie - Slovenia Suède - Sweden helena.brandner@gov.si henning.envall@foreign.ministry.se jem@lo.se Mr. Paul LIDEHÄLL SACO - Swedish Confederation of Professional Associations paul.lidehall@et.se M. Ivo KAUFMANN Secrétariat d Etat à l Economie Département fédéral de l économie M. Thomas STAUFFER Secrétariat d Etat à l Economie Département fédéral de l économie Suisse - Switzerland ivo.kaufmann@seco.admin.ch thomas.stauffer@seco.admin.ch 7

8 Mr. Sedat DANKAL Head of Department Treasury Turquie - Turkey sedat.dankal@hazine.gov.tr Commission des CE - EC Commission Mme Julie RAYNAL DG Trade-F-2 European Commission Ms Claudia GINTERSDORFER Enterprise Directorate-General European Commission SC B-1049 Brussels julie.raynal@cec.eu.int claudia.gintersdorfer@cec.eu.int Chairofthe BIAC Delegation France Netherlands Switzerland BIAC Dr.KristianEhinger Vice Chairman of the BIAC MNEs Committee General Counsel Foreign Holdings Volkswagen AG (Germany) Mr. Marc Maindrault Directeur des Relations Commerciales et Financières Internationales Mouvement des Entreprises de France (MEDEF) Mr. André M.A. Driessen Senior Adviser International Economic Affairs Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers VNO-NCW Mr. Jan Atteslander Federation of Swiss Industrial Holding Companies Dr. Bruno Link Manager Economic & International Relations Nestlé S.A Kristian.Ehinger@volkswagen.de mmaindrault@medef.fr Driessen@vno-ncw.nl atteslander@industrie-holding.ch bruno.link@nestle.com 8

9 United Kingdom Mr. Andrew W.A. Berkeley ABerkeley@aol.com United States BIAC Secretariat Mr. Stephen J. Canner Vice President, Investment Policy U.S. Council for International Business Mr. Maurice Sanciaume Director Government Affairs Europe Agilent Technologies Ms. Deborah A. White Associate Director, Corporate Sustainable Development The Procter and Gamble Co. Mr. Douglas C. Worth Secretary General Ms. Stephanie Hinderks scanner@uscib-dc.org maurice_sanciaume@agilent.com white.da.4@pg.com worth@biac.org hinderks@biac.org TUAC Mr. Ernst TÜCHLER Mr. Gilbert DE SWERT Mr.DonaldDE MUELENAERE Mr. Jean-Luc STRUYF Ms. Saskia PULLEMAN Mr. Marcel PEPIN Economist Austrian Federation of Trade Unions - ÖGB Chef du Service d'études Confédération des Syndicats Chrétiens de Belgique - CSC Conseiller général Centrale Générale des Syndicats Libéraux de Belgique - CGSLB Conseiller - Service économique Fédération Générale du Travail de Belgique -FGTB International Department Central Unica dos Trabalhadores - CUT Coordonnateur Comité interfédéral du secteur privé Confédération des Syndicats Nationaux - CSN AUSTRIA BELGIUM BELGIUM BELGIUM BRAZIL CANADA 9

10 Mr. Vladimir MATOUSEK Mr. Benoît ROBIN Mr. Marc DELUZET Mr. Andreas BOTSCH Mr. Karoly GYORGY Ms. Carla COLETTI Mr. Mitsuo TANAKA Ms. Grazina GRUZDIENE Senior Advisor Macroeconomic Department Czech-Moravian Confederation of Trade Unions - CMKOS Assistant confédéral Force Ouvrière - Cgt-FO Secrétaire confédéral Confédération Française Démocratique du Travail - CFDT Executive Secretary Head Economics Department German Confederation of Trade Unions - DGB Head International Department National Confederation of Hungarian Trade Unions - MSZOSZ International Department Confédération Générale Italienne du Travail - CGIL Director of International Division Japanese Trade Union Confederation - RENGO Director of the Fund for Education Support Lithuanian Trade Union Unification -LPSS CZECH REPUBLIC FRANCE FRANCE GERMANY HUNGARY ITALY JAPAN LITHUANIA Mr. Jim BAKER Head Multinational Enterprises / Organising & Recruitment priority Group International Confederation of Free Trade Unions - ICFTU Ms. Ching CHABO Ms. Hilda SANCHEZ Mr Neil KEARNEY Director International Confederation of Free Trade Unions - ICFTU-APRO International confederation of Free Trade Unions - ICFTU-ORIT General Secretary International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers Federation - ITGLWF SINGAPORE ARGENTINA 10

11 TUAC Secretariat: Mr. Roy JONES Ms. Veronica NILSSON Senior Policy Adviser Consultant INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS OIT - ILO Ms Ivanka MAMIC Management & Corporate Citizenship International Labour Organisation 4, route des Morillons Geneva 1211, Switzerland mamic@ilo.org AUTRES ORGANISATIONS / OTHER ORGANISATIONS Ms Patricia FEENEY RAID - Rights and Accountability in Development Ms Serena LILLYWHITE Manager Ethical Business Brotherhood of St Laurence 67 Brunswick St, Fitzroy Victoria, Australia Ms Carol PIER Labor Rights and Trade Researcher Human Rights Watch 1630 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 500 Washington DC 20009, U.S.A. Mr. Pieter VAN DER GAAG Executive Director Northern Alliance for Sustainability (ANPED) P.O. Box KA Amsterdam The Netherlands Ms Ineke ZELDENRUST Clean Clothes Campaign Europe PO Box NL-1001 GN Amsterdam Website Mobile: Website Website tricia.feeney@ntlworld.com slillywhite@bsl.org.au pierc@hrw.org anped@anped.antenna.nl ccc@xs4all.nl

12 OECD SECRETARIAT Mr. Richard HECKLINGER Deputy Secretary General Directorate for Financial, Fiscal and Enterprise Affairs Mr. Rainer GEIGER Deputy Director Mr. Pierre PORET Head of Division Capital Movements, International Investment and Services Ms Kathryn GORDON Principal Administrator Capital Movements, International Investment and Services 12

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