Opportunities for Action
Creating the Enterprise of the Future together
The next EBBF international weekend will offer you the opportunity to learn and suggest the likely trends, issues, opportunities and threats that will face us and our organisations in the future.
Having created future scenarios and with the knowledge of what is likely to happen in the years ahead we will then be in a better position to take decisions.
We will work on defining the decisions that we can take now, in our lives, in our organisations and at EBBF to make sure we harness the opportunities and cater for the threats aiming to build our ideal, successful, values-based enterprise of the future.
You can find out more and register to this event with limited places available by visiting the webpage.
Help shape the New Knowldge Centres
We are seeking individuals interested in collecting materials and offering their experience to shape the next Knowledge Centres that the EBBF Research team is preparing.
The Research Team is preparing two additional Centres to complement the existing Centres on Consultative Decision Making, Responsible Entrepreneurship, Sustainable Development, Social Entrepreneurship, Corporate Social Responsibility and Ethical Finance.
These two new Centres in Development are those of: Gender Balance (including the role of women in business) and The Role of Business in Poverty Reduction.
If you are interested do not hesitate to contact the chair of the Research Team, George Starcher, current President and co-founder of EBBF.
You can view all the current EBBF Knowledge Centres here.
CEE NGO Conference on Sustainable Consumption
You are invited to participate at the next conference of the Central and Eastern European Network of NGOs for Sustainable Consumption and Environmental Protection.
The conference will hold in Prague, CZ, from 28 Feb. ˆ 3 March 2007.
More information, registration and input forms are online at: www.ceenetwork.org/conference/reunion2007 <http://www.ceenetwork.org/conference/reunion2007>
The CEE Network is a partnership 28 non-governmental consumer organizations from 16 countries in Central and Eastern Europe. It facilitates co-operation among NGOs, addressing the interrelationship among consumption patterns, consumer protection and environmental issues as they pertain to the CEE region.
The 2007 conference in Prague, Czech Republic, will focus on developing more interaction channels among organizations; bridging existing projects (both planned and currently running); expert trainings on various topics; as well as engaging NGOs in the Marrakech Process for Sustainable Consumption and Production, especially in participating in the development of the national 10-year framework of programs.
Members and non-members of the network are welcome to participate. Visit the website at www.ceenetwork.org/conference/reunion2007 <http://www.ceenetwork.org/conference/reunion2007> for registration.
Should you have any comments, please contact:
Lewis Akenji
Email: Lewis@tve.hu
Tel.: +36 1 225 8137;
Fax: +36 1 225 8136
What INSPIRE readers like best is - Your - Story.
Doing something you think is not-so-big? Wondering if what you're doing is making a difference?
You'd be surprised how much people could learn from reading your story, from reading about your everyday life.
Whether you've done something grand or have been grand at doing nothing, we need your story. INSPIRE is a forum to share, a community of people who want to learn from each others' lives. Share your own way, of being one of the ... People Inspiring Responsible Business.
Send your story to EBBF.
"Meaningful" Job Offers
1. CSR Consultant - Europe / US
The Centre for Sustainability and Excellence (CSE), a leading international network of experts specialized in Sustainable Development Solutions, is seeking an experienced freelancer with excellent theoretical (preferably with postgraduate degree in relevant area) and practical knowledge of Corporate Social Responsibility practices (eg GRI, CSR programmes, Microfinance, Social Marketing, Social Performance Measurement ) for co-operation.
The successful candidate will be fluent (written and oral skills) in English (extra languages are considered a plus including Greek).
All interested parties should send a detailed CV to Nikos Avlonas, Μanaging Director, at: info@cse-net.org
Telephone: +30 210 80 85 565
Website: www.cse-net.org
When applying, please say you saw this announcement on ethical performance recruitment
2. New Philanthropy Capital - Consultant.
New Philanthropy Capital (NPC) is a charity that advises donors and funders on how to give more effectively. NPC’s Donor Advisory team works directly with donors and funders, and is recruiting a new consultant. The consultant will work with other members of the Donor Advisory team to deliver high quality advice on philanthropy to foundations, companies, families and individuals.
To read more about this opportunity, click here.
3. Fairtrade Mark - Business Development Officers
Are seeking to recruit additional Business Development Officers to join the existing and rapidly expanding commercial team. Reporting to the Business Development Manager, your task will be to increase sales of products certified by the FAIRTRADE Mark by developing the Foundation's relationships with commercial operators in specific product and / or market sectors as agreed.
Additional information can be found here.
