companies and cultural diversity

COMPANIES AND
CULTURAL DIVERSITY
International and National Experiences
for Managing Cultural Diversity
in the Business Sector
24-25 February 2012 - Barcelona, Cosmocaixa
Aims:
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o present national and international good practice for managing cultural
diversity in the business sector.
ƒƒ To identify courses of action and training for managing cultural diversity in
companies.
Courses of Action:
1. Public policies of promotion
2. Good practice in business
3. Instruments, tools and resources
Provisional Programme
Friday, 24 February 2012
08.30 - 09.00
Welcome
09.00 - 09.45
Opening session
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Michaela Hertel, Director of Fundación Bertelsmann
Miquel Àngel Essomba, Director of the UNESCO Centre of Catalonia - Unescocat
Josep González, Chairman of PIMEC
Greggory D. Crouch, General Consul of the United States of America in Barcelona
Marjolaine Ricard, Director of the Québec Government Office in Barcelona
09.45 - 10.45
UNESCO and cultural diversity in the business sector
ƒƒ Hans d’Orville, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Strategic Planning
Moderator: Miquel Àngel Essomba, UNESCO Centre of Catalonia
10.45 - 11.15
Coffee break
11.15 - 13.30
administration
(Inter)National experience in managing cultural diversity in
ƒƒ Marie-Thérèse Chicha, Professor at the School for Industrial Relations of the
University of Montréal, Québec (Tbc.)
ƒƒ Victor Voloshin, Director of RESOLVE programme, Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission, Federal Government of the United States of America
ƒƒ Xavier Alonso, Department of Immigration of the Catalan Government
ƒƒ Alan Christie, Director of Policies of the Equality and Human Rights Commission,
United Kingdom
Moderator: Daniel Muntané, Head of Unescocat’s Learning Centre
13.45 - 15.15
Lunch
15.30 - 17.30 Good practice in business sector
ƒƒ Alvaro Middelmann Blome, Director for Spain and Portugal, Air Berlin
ƒƒ Céline Djezvedjian, Business Relationship Management, Dans le Noir, France
ƒƒ Fahim Duddin, President of the Works Council of Mantelym
ƒƒ Olga Gibert Planas, Administration and Integral Quality, and Vanesa Gutiérrez
Rosales, Labour Relations, Associació Benestar i Desenvolupament (ABD)
ƒƒ Albert Riera, Communication Director, La Fageda
Moderator: Michaela Hertel, Director of Fundación Bertelsmann
17.45 - 18.15
Plenary Session
Saturday, 25 February 2012
09.30 - 10.00
Welcome and summary of previous sessions
10.00 – 11.00 Cultural diversity in companies: guidelines and resources (I)
ƒƒ Ramon Vila, Director of PIMEC Foundation
ƒƒ Ghassan Saliba, Secretary of Immigration, CCOO de Catalunya (trade-union)
ƒƒ Rosa Maria Dumenjó, Fundación Diversidad
Moderator: Salwa El-Gharbi, Head of Human Rights and Cultural Diversity of Unescocat
11.00 – 11.30
Coffee break
11.30 – 12.30
Cultural diversity in companies: guidelines and resources (II)
ƒƒ Salvador Seliva and Jana Callís, CSR Commission of the Catalan Council for
Labour Relations
ƒƒ Serge Fortin, Head of Montreal Transportation Service Staffing Section
Moderator: Salwa El-Gharbi, Head of Humans Rights and Cultural Diversity of Unescocat
12.45 – 13.15
Concluding remarks
13.15 – 13.45
Closing session
Venue:
COSMOCAIXA
C/ Isaac Newton 26, Barcelona
Phone number: 932 126 050 - Fax: 932 537 473
http://obrasocial.lacaixa.es
How to get there:
ƒƒ By bus: 17, 22, 58, 73, 75, 60 and 196
ƒƒ By tram: Tramvia Blau
ƒƒ By Ferrocarriles de la Generalitat: Avenida del Tibidabo station
ƒƒ By car: Exits 6 and 7, Ronda de Dalt
Registration:
Deadline: 17 February 2012
Price: 25 euros - Registration fee includes access to lectures, coffee breaks, lunch
and materials.
Please fill out the online registration form available at:
http://www.unescocat.org. Direct link to the registration form here.
The registration shall be effected by bank transfer to account number 2100 0826 75
0200411056, La Caixa, indicating participant’s name and surname and the concept
of “Congress Empresa”.
Contact: s.cedo@unescocat.org - Phone number: 934 589 595
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