TRUST ISSUES IN NORTH-SOUTH PARTNERSHIPS

TRUST REFLECTION SEMINAR 1.0

26th March 20158.30-16.15 – Lindholm Brygge 35, 9400 Nr. Sundby, Auditorium A

Be part of the experiences of North and South stakeholders (students, re-searchers, Companies, NGOs, repre-sentatives from the private and public sectors) to critical panel discussions and presentations on issues of part-nerships and trust.The Danish Minister for Trade and De-velopment held a dialogue meeting 16th December 2014 with focus on in-novative partnerships to enhance both commercial interests in growth mar-kets, to create jobs in Denmark and in countries in the South, and to invite the private sector and partners to play a larger role in developing the South. The result of the meeting gave birth to an approach entitled by access2inova-tion as quadrible helix. This approach springs from an idea that companies, civil society, universities and govern-ments have common interests that can create shared value (quadrible helix). Despite this laudable initiative, there

seem to be many challenges when partnerships are founded. At a recent seminar on partnerships by Væksthus Nordjylland and access2innovation there were reflections on lessons learned by the NGO, the company and the academic partners; it was con-cluded that for partnerships to suc-ceed trust is vital. However, trust is-sues within North-South partnerships & contexts are relatively unexplored in terms of how trust is built, main-tained, violated, and repaired among stakeholders.The seminar is open to all stakehold-ers (companies, NGOs, civil society in general) as well as students and researchers with a business profile and/or interest in business or devel-opment, culture and globalization to join for a constructive dialogue and unpack trust issues in North-South partnerships & contexts.

HOW TOSIGN UP?Send an email to TPE@ucn.dkno later than 26th February 2015. Please indicate whether you are:

1. Participating2. Participating with a poster or 3. Participating with a PPT

presentation (see guidelines).

Programme next page >

The seminar is free of charge, but limited and binding!

8.30 Registration

8.45 Welcome by Organizers

9.00 Overview of North-South Partnership: a Ghanaian Perspective by Ghana’s Ambassador to Denmark

9.15 Dr. Isaac Amoako Interorganizational Trust Violations and Repairs in

a Weak Legal Environment: the Case of Ghanaian Exporting SMEs

10.15 BREAK

10.30 Niels Henrik Johansen Enviclean - the company perspective

11.15 Camilla Lerberg Save the Children - the NGO perspective

12.00 LUNCH

12.30 Poster Presentations

13.00 PhD presentations by Heidrun Knorr and Anne L. A. Hanan, Aalborg University & UCN ”Trust Relations in North-South Business Contexts”

13.30 Student presentations: Innovative and Strategic partnerships

13.45 Presentations of stakeholders’ ”work in progress” - parallel sessions

14.45 BREAK

15.00 Panel Discussion

16.00 Summing up by organizers (approx. 15 minutes)

18.30 Dinner for presenters and organizers until 21.00

For further information please contact Trine Brændstrup Pedersen (tpe@ucn.dk)

PROGRAMME

PRESENTATION GUIDELINES:

Poster presentation:

a. A1 size: (594 × 841 millimeters or 23.39 × 33.11 inch)

b. Language: Englishc. Printed and ready to set up. We will

set up the poster for you. Please hand it over on arrival at the regi-stration area

d. No requirements in terms of design and layout

e. Please be ready to present your paper between 13.45 to 14.45

PPT presentation or alike:

a. 10 minute presentation followed by a 5 minute discussion in English

b. Laptop will be available; please bring the presentation on a USB stick

c. No requirements in terms of design and layout

d. The presentation should address issues and/or research on trust in North-South partnerships & contexts in one way or another.

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Dr. Isaac Amoako Trust Researcher and entrepreneurship at University of West Scotland

Edgar Ikombo Managing Partner IkompanI and Special Advisor on Partner Strategy at Lego Education, as well as representing Arla in Central Africa

Jacob Ravn Access2Innovation

Camilla Lerbeck CSR responsible in Save the Children

Dr. Peter Willgaard Larsen PhD on partnerships in the context of Business Development

Her Excellency Ms Fati Habib-Jawula Ambassador of Ghana to Denmark

EXPECTED PANEL DISCUSSANTS