INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL CAPITAL, ETHICS AND DEVELOPMENT DAY

There is a widespread interest among governments, the private sector, and civil society in strengthening ethical dimensions and mobilizing social capital across the region. The objectives of this trend are to reach the set development goals, foster productivity and competitiveness, and improve the general business environment.

This Colloquium seeks to work at the highest technical level in order to provide in-depth analyses, as well as present concrete recommendations, for the integration of social capital and ethical dimensions into development policies, programs, and loan projects carried out by the IDB.

The key address, given by the Nobel Laureate in Economics, Amartya Sen, will be on “the importance of ethics for an effective implementation of policies and projects”. This speech will be commented by Charles Basset, IDB Executive Director for Canada and Knut Vollebaek, Ambassador of Norway to the United States.

Among other distinguished guests will be Edgar Morin, Honorary Director of the French National Center for Scientific Research; Judge Eva Joly, recipient of the Integrity Award from Transparency International; and Rabbi Israel Singer, President of the International Jewish Congress; Father Gaspar LoBiondo, Director of the Woodstock Center of Georgetown University; Donald Terry, director of MIF; Antonio Vives, Manager of SDS; Alicia Ritchie, Manager of RE3 and Bernardo Kliksberg, General Coordinator of the Initiative on Ethics and Development/SDS

Registration is free and open to the general public and must be made online (http://www.iadb.org/ethics) . Space is limited.