Yeoh meets the Pope thestar.com Monday, 16 January 2017 PETALING JAYA: ASIAN Strategy and Leadership Institute (Asli) chief executive officer Tan Sri Dr Michael Yeoh was received by Pope Francis at the Rome Roundtable in Italy. With them was Global Foundation secretary-general Steve Howard. Yeoh delivered a speech at the roundtable organised by Global Foundation
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Pope Francis to meet The Global Foundation The Vatican has confirmed that His Holiness, Pope Francis, will meet with the Global Foundation during the course of its forthcoming Rome Roundtable, which will take place on 13 & 14 January, 2017. Fifty (50) invited participants and a number of observers from many walks of life, from
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The Rome Roundtable The Rome Roundtable – 13 & 14 January, 2017 The Global Foundation will convene the next edition of its Rome Roundtable, to be held in Rome, Italy, on Friday 13 and Saturday 14 January, 2017. This private, invitation-only dialogue meeting for 50 participants will once again take place with the very
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AIIB International Advisory Panel Holds Inaugural Meeting Beijing, October 19, 2016 – The first meeting of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s International Advisory Panel was held on October 19, 2016, in Beijing. The Panel provides impartial, objective and independent advice to the President, allowing the Bank to benefit from the international experience and expertise of
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China’s global role – the Diaspora Malacca, Malaysia – World Chinese Economic Summit Steve Howard delivered an address regarding China’s economy and the Chinese diaspora’s rapidly emerging global role, at the 8th Summit meeting, involving more than 500 business figures of Chinese background from many nations. Listen to the audio here:
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Concept paper – the Party and the World Dialogue 2016 Foundation Secretary, General Steve Howard will attend and address a Dialogue on Global Economic Governance, entitled the Party and the World Dialogue 2016, to be held in Chongqing China from 13-15 October. – – – – – – – – – – In an era
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‘Co-operative Globalisation’: Conversations with two of Australia’s finest Members and guests recently enjoyed discussions in Melbourne and in Sydney with two of the most influential Australians on the international stage, addressing the Foundation’s continuing theme: Getting a Grip on a Nation and a World in Flux. The two gatherings followed recent calls from our membership
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Institutional investor interview with Pascal Lamy Q: your involvement with trade policy goes back to the 1990s, which seems like a golden age now. What happened to shift attitudes? A: let’s distinguish between reality and perception. What reality tells us is that trade is more open today than yesterday. Even measuring by trading volume, which
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The Global Foundation calls for new era of ‘Cooperative Globalisation’ Getting a grip on a nation and a world in flux The Global Foundation has called for a new era of ‘co-operative’, as distinct from ‘laissez-faire’, globalisation’. We held two consultative discussions with nearly 40 of our members, in Sydney and Melbourne in July, at
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Why The Global Foundation? Why Rome? We are a trusted global platform, with unique convening power We are cross-sectional – ie we bring, to the one table, people from all walks of life The power of the Vatican and other faiths on global issues, yet lack of connecting platforms Continuation of our rolling Ethical and
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Business Leaders Move to Strengthen Vatican Ties Corporate executives seek common ground with Catholic Church on the ethics of global capitalism By Francis X. Rocca – Published in the Wall Steet Journal ROME—Global business leaders sought common ground with the Vatican on a range of ethical issues at a conference that ended here Monday, the
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Background to the Rome round table meeting Steve Howard, Roundtable convenor, Secretary General of The Global Foundation When The Global Foundation and its partners decided to build upon the conclusions of our roundtable discussions on global economic governance, held in Rome in December 2014, we had hopes but concerns about how the year ahead would
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Fighting Forced Labour – A Rallying Call from the Consumer Goods Industry The Board of The Consumer Goods Forum calls for an ambitious action plan and need for global collaboration PARIS, 14th January 2016 ‐‐ The Board of The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) today announced an ambitious, new resolution to fight forced labour issues throughout
Cardinal Parolin: Pope Is Calling All to Put Powers of Human Mind at Service of Common Good “In times of crisis and economic hardship a spirit of global solidarity must not be lost” ZENIT -‐ HSM The Pope is inviting the rich and the poor, the powerful and simple, to put the creative power of
Vatican commits to slavery – proofing its own supply chains The Vatican says it will ensure that its supply chains don\’t use forced labor after a forum of some of the world\’s biggest supermarket chains and food manufacturers announced new efforts to slave-proof their own supply chains. Cardinal George Pell, the Vatican\’s top finance official,
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