Asia Pacific Forum on Social Investments in Vladivostok

VLADIVOSTOK. 25 July. VOSTOK-MEDIA. Today, on July, 25, Vladivostok is hosting the Pacific Forum on Social Investments in the Far East “Far Eastern Region: from Partnership to Prosperity” in the framework of the Pacific Economic Congress. Sponsors of the Forum are the Administration of Vladivostok and Far Eastern Branch of Fund “New Eurasia”.
General information partner is OTV-Prim, other information partners – the FE Official Newspaper “Golden Bay”, magazine “Far Eastern Capital” and Russian Information Agency “Vostok-Media.
At the opening ceremony the Vice-President of Primorskiy Krai in the social sphere Lyubov Drozdova, General Consul of the USA Tom Armbruster, General Consul of Japan Masayosi Kamohara, Irina Lindbern “USAID) and representative of Fund “New Eurasia” expressed their wish and hopes regarding the started Forum.
At the plenary meeting reports about models of social investments in the Far Eastern Region were delivered by the coordinator of the Russian-Canadian program on corporative social responsibility, Leonid Polischuyk, Ph.D (Canada), Nancy Glazer (Stanford University, Business School, Adviser, USA), Professor of World Economy, Tagir Hudziyatov, representative of Fund New Eurasia, Ahad Kazimov.
Speakers discussed a role of business in the social development of the territory, they shared experience in this field and visions of social investments trends in the Russian Far East.
After lunch participants will work in sections: “Project Approach in Social Investments: Best Practices”, “Social Responsibility as a Tool of Business Administration: Russian Practice” and “Beneficences of Social Partnership: Reality or Myth?” (Nancy Glazer).
At the closing ceremony participants will evaluate achieved results and sign Memorandum.