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Bowling together: entrepreneurship and social responsibility
Eesc's 2008 biennial conference
di Staff
“Entrepreneurship with a Human Face” is the topic of the European Economic and Social Committee’s (EESC) Biennial Conference organized that will be taking place in the Athens Concert Hall on the 8th and 9th September 2008 and is being jointly organized by the EESC and the Greek Ministry of Development.
The Biennial Conference marks the end of Mr. Dimitris Dimitriadis’ term of office as President of the EESC and his actions to encourage a more humanistic and social dimension in the way modern entrepreneurial activities are conducted.
The Conference aims to initiate a dialogue among the European Union member states and other parts of the world on the concept of entrepreneurship with a social conscience. The main subjects of the Conference will focus on encouraging young people to become responsible entrepreneurs, on the use of entrepreneurship for social change and the development of corporate social responsibility programs. One of the most important results of the Conference will be the proclamation of a European Charter of Responsible Entrepreneurship.
The Conference will be attended by the president of the Hellenic Republic Mr. Karolos Papoulias, the Greek Prime Minister Mr. Konstantinos Karamanlis, the President of the European Commission Mr. José Manuel Barroso and other Commission members including Ms Viviane Reding, Ms Meglena Kuneva and Ms Danuta Hübner, the Greek Minister of Development Mr. Christos Folias and the president of the European Parliament Mr. Hans-Gert Pöttering and the president of the Greek Parliament Mr. Dimitris Sioufas
As EESC President Dimitris Dimitriadis, stated, “Our Europe needs to encourage the entrepreneurial spirit at all levels of society and in all its forms in order to face the challenges that lie more than ever ahead of us. And by that I am referring to entrepreneurship regarding Corporate Social Responsibility or even better a Responsible Entrepreneurship that both maximizes profits and minimizes the risks to the natural and human environment”.
