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DRAFT as of 17,9.02 by VKN & NTT ** Using the English Word Version or French Word Version **: You are welcome to complete this draft … either in English or French and send it back to Nguyen thanh TRUNG <info@ecovietnam.org> as soon as possible. ” Le résumé de votre contribution sera décrit dans les annexes » dont vous êtes prié de ne pas oublier. Do not forget the Résuné of your contribution which will be mentioned in the annexes, please !
ECO Viet-Nam Official
Report of the 2nd Meeting Swiss
Press Club This meeting was the first General Assembly before the official creation
of the Association. The main points of the Agenda were as follows: Present: Mrs
Claire
Anne Dysli Thanh Trung Nguyen welcomed all the participants. He made a point of
thanking Mr Guy Mettan, Mr Dominique Flaux and Mrs Nadia Tettamanti who did
everything possible to facilitate the organisation of the meeting, in
particular by opening the doors of the Villa MENTOR to accommodate the
ECOVietNam Association and International Centre. He also presented the excuses
of Mr G Mettan who regretted not being able to be present at the meeting,
being already otherwise engaged. Why Exchange and Co-operation? It’s the possibility which should be at
the natural, relatively easy disposition of everyone in all countries, rich or
poor, developed or developing. Why with Vietnam? It’s the country which the
founders know well enough to be able to prove the efficiency of the
development process by the means of exchange and co-operation. In this way,
NTT briefly described the meaning of the name of the Association, and the
international ECOVIETNAM Centre, before inviting Mr D. Flaux, representative
of the EMA Foundation, to open the meeting. DF briefly pointed out the objectives of the day and invited the
participants to present themselves. Remarks from participants: Summaries of the remarks are provided in the Appendices. All the participants expressed their intention to create and develop
relations with Viet-Nam. Several companies (ALSTOM, BIPIELLE, HOLCIM, ABACUS,
SCHAUPP Corporation … ) described their various very positive experiences in
Viet-Nam, both on the professional and institutional level, as well as at the
personal level with their Vietnamese contacts.
Concerning the STATUTES The proposed statutes, which had been submitted beforehand for the
approval of the participants, were supplemented and modified as a result of
remarks and suggestions received before the meeting. Members were invited to
accept them on a purely provisional basis in order to enable the official
launch of the ECO-VietNam Association and International Centre. However, all the members of the Association are requested to continue
thinking about the statutes and to make any proposed modifications necessary
for the final drafting of this document - which will have to be endorsed by
e-mail within a short time, before the end of the year or the beginning of
January. The founder members and promoters designated in the statutes were
introduced to the Meeting: In addition to the three founder members, the Management Committee also
includes other people elected by the General Assembly, representatives of
private industry and public and academic organisations: The Assembly unanimously confirmed the nomination of the Management
Committee. Concerning the Membership Fee Eventually, it was decided that in a first phase, each member, individual
or company, would pay the same amount of 100 Swiss Francs per year. Members from VietNam will benefit from a preferential rate adapted to
their indigenous economic level. This rate will have to be proposed later by
those concerned. Concerning Working Groups Each member present was asked to fill in a form to confirm their adhesion
to ECO VietNam and to express their areas of interest among the already
defined Working Groups, namely: And to close the meeting, His Excellency the Ambassador of the Socialist
Republic of VietNam, NGUYEN Ba
Than, addressed the Assembly with a short speech reporting the facts and
trends in VietNam, and wished the new Association and International Centre
much success in its noble mission: “Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a pleasure for me to find myself with you today for the birth of
our Association and International Centre. First I would like to solemnly greet
ECOVIETNAM and all the happy persons responsible for the Association which we
have just named. In the name of the Vietnamese people, I would like to sincerely thank the
EMA Foundation, the PME Association, the organisations and companies, as well
as the Swiss and foreign individuals who have worked and helped with the
creation of ECOVietNam with the noble aim of creating a bridge to support new
exchanges and co-operation between the nations of the world, and in particular
Switzerland, Europe and our country. I address my sincere thanks to Mr Guy Mettan and Mr Dominique Flaux for
their invaluable support for the creation of our ECOVietNam Association and
International Centre and for their very positive and encouraging words in
respect of VietNam. To you all, dear friends, please accept my most cordial greetings. As you will have noted, within the framework of our country’s reform,
our government and the Vietnamese people have engaged in a vast program of
openness and the development of international
relations. The results of this new policy are revealing: However, in reality, we must admit that the level of co-operation between
our two countries is still below its capacity and our desires: On this occasion, on behalf of the Vietnamese authorities and people, I
am delighted to express my recognition and gratitude for all the friendship
that you show to our country and our people. I thank you for your attention and wish you much success and happiness.
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each can add, if necessary, to the current document. - Before leaving, the participants at this founding Meeting raised the
glass of friendship and posed for the Meeting Photograph as a souvenir, which
can be seen on the www.ecovietnam.org website - kindly offered by the
Genevalink-Network company within the framework of a partnership with
ECOVIETNAM. Notes: Several people who were invited, but were unable to attend due to
prior engagements, sent apologies for absence but expressed their interest in
the development of the project. Geneva, September 18, 2002 Meeting secretaries
- Mr. Nguyen van Khai, Deputy Director, International Relations,
Geneva School of Engineers, HES "How to survive in a
global world? is the topic developed by NVK. The global world also enters the knowledge era, in which there are the
best and the rest. Consequently, as all developing countries, VietNam must give priority to
the education and training of its
population. In particular, VietNam must quickly fill the middle of the
knowledge pyramid, because this category of "middle managers" as
opposed to the "elite" class and to the "worker” class, seems
to be lacking the most. To catch up with the advanced countries, Exchange and Co-operation with
the latter seems necessary. Internet is a strategic opportunity to acquire
knowledge and to develop in the quickest way. As a representative of the HES, Mr Nguyen intends to put all his energy
and enthusiasm into developing Exchanges with universities and technical
training schools in VietNam, in particular in certain areas that he regards as
high-priority for VietNam such as Construction Engineering, Urban Technology,
electromechanical infrastructure, health and environment without forgetting
the new technologies of Information and Communications Technologies, and
financial engineering ..” -
Mrs Claire-Anne Dysli,
Contract Manager Executive Sales Manager de ALSTOM -
Mr.Aldo Brunella,
Director BIPIELLE Bank (Suisse) -
Mr. Urs Spillmann,
HOLCIM Ltd -
Mr Ralf Brink,
Managing Director ABACUS shipping Ltd -
Dipl.-Ing. Frank
Huppertberg SCHAUPP Corporation -
Mr
Michel Verley, CommunicationImages,
Représentant de la Foire de Genève -
Dr. M.A. Dermanci,
Pharma Industry Consultant -
Mr. Gilbert Meillaz,
Administrat of Ordem Sa and Commune Administrator, Meyrin -
Mrs Anjuska Weil,
Association Suisse-Vietnam -
Mr. Ivan
Schick, Assocoation ACTI Esperence
(Aidre et Coopération entre Tessin et Indochine) -
Mr. Roger Hoeren,
President AGEM NET -
Mr. Dominique Flaux,
General Secretary EMA -
Mrs. Elisabeth Kemf,
Species program information Manager, WWF International -
Mr
Nguyen van Khai, Deputy Director,
international relations Ecole d'ingénieurs de Genève, HES -
Mr.
Michel Nievergelt, Director
AàZ Formation -
Mr. G.Federico Jauch,
Responsable
pour les activités politico-culturels du
“Centre -
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