Annual General Meeting of the Swiss Association of Christian Entrepreneurs (VCU) International Meeting UNIAPAC. 1 to 4 may Zurich, Switzerland
Annual General Meeting of the Swiss Association of Christian Entrepreneurs. May 2014
World Congress Lyon 2012
UNIAPAC - World Congress 2015 30 Sep -2 Oct 2015 Belo Horizonte - Brazil
XXV Uniapac World Congress; in Belo Horizonte;
XXV Uniapac World Congress In Belo Horizonte
XXV Uniapac World Congress In Belo Horizonte
International Conference: "Business Leaders as agents of economic and social inclusion"
UNIAPAC in Brief
UNIAPAC is a federation of associations, an international meeting place for Christian Business Leaders. Its full name is the “International Christian Union of Business Executives”. Originally created in 1931 in Europe, it is an international non-profit association headquartered in Paris. UNIAPAC gathers today Christian Business Leaders Associations in 38 countries in Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia. UNIAPAC represents more than 30.000 very active business executives around the world, working in various leading sectors of the world economy. It is an oecumenical organization. Inspired by the Christian Social Thought, its goal is to promote amongst business leaders the vision and implementation of an economy serving the human person and the Common Good of humanity at large. Uniapac work on CSREthics, Common Good & Sustainability
Inter-faith DialogueIn the Dialogue of Religions and Cultures, UNIAPAC has a position strongly inspired by the words of John Paul II: "From the point of view of faith and charity, going towards the other cannot be limited to communicate to him what we understood from the Lord, but it is actually also to receive from him the good that he has been given to discover." Session 6: “The need of forthright and honest debate”, Uniapac international conference in Rome on “Business leaders as Agents of Economic and social Inclusion”, 17 & 18 November 2016 Click picture to open the video
Christian Management EducationUniapac project on “Christian Management Education” (CME) consists of a wide international inquiry on the need to form the business leaders on the main principles of the Christian Social Thinking, which do allow them for better management decisions in their specific mission of contributing to a qualified social - economic development, based on the centrality of the human person. This inquiry tries to collect a series of exemplary experiences to be released to business organizations, companies and the academic world. The CME project is aimed at all business leaders, since their entry into the enterprise and along with their gradually increasing responsibilities. Business leaders as agents of Economic and Social InclusionAbout the ConferencePope Francis in his apostolic exhortation Evangelii Gaudium and reiterated and reinforced in his Encyclical Letter Laudato Si, demands that all economic policies ought to be shaped by the dignity of each human person and the pursuit of the common good. Celebrating the Extraordinary Year of Mercy established by Pope Francis, this conference will give the opportunity to the business leaders for:
Uniapac InternationalUniapac EuropeCONFERENCES & IMPORTANT EVENT Conference hosted by the Italian association UCID on "Hunger and Thirst of Values for new contributions by the Christian Management Education (CME) to overcome the present global crisis"
Date: Saturday 13 June 2015
Place: Milan (Italy)
For more information Click hereS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT EVENT On December 13, 2014 the new Ucid Board was received by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State, for an exchange of Christmas greetings and to update him on UCID activities, including the next event with Uniapac in Milan on June 2015 for the world Expo. In the picture Card. Parolin with UCID spiritual adviser Card. De Giorgi, archibishop emeritus of Palermo, Ucid President Giancarlo Abete, the Vice Presidents, the General Secretary Giovanni Scanagatta and the Uniapac Delegate Giovanni Facchini Martini. Card. De Giorgi underlined the vocation of UCID, to implement and witness the Church Social Doctrine. Card. Parolin stressed the priorities of the entrepreneurs in Italy, to solve the heavy unemployment, in particular among the young people and in the south of Italy. UCID offered to the Secretary of State the preview of the book prepared for EXPO 2015 :” THE FOOD IS FOR EVERYONE. AGRICULTURE AND NEW MODEL OF DEVELOPMENT FOR POOR COUNTRIES GIVEN THE SOCIAL THOUGHT OF THE CHURCH”. Cardinal Parolin is well informed of the UNIAPAC activities because he had frequent contacts with Uniapac during this previous assignement as Nuntius in Venezuela.
Uniapac Latin AmericaBoard
Wednesday May 4th 2016, in Monterrey (Mexico). WORKSHOP on the Uniapac CSR Protocol. Thursday May 5th 2016, in Monterrey (Mexico). XIII Symposium CELAM-UNIAPAC in Monterrey, México. Meeting for dialogue between businessmen and bishops. The theme is “the company, a peace actor” Download the 13th CELAM - UNIAPAC Symposium Statement English version Download the 13th CELAM - UNIAPAC Symposium Statement French version Download the 13th CELAM - UNIAPAC Symposium Statement Spanish version Uniapac InternationalConferences Conference co-organized by UNIAPAC and the Pontifical Council of Justice & Peace on“The Business Leaders as agents of economic and social inclusion”, held on 17 & 18 November 2016 in the Vatican City in the new Synod Hall. Business leaders gathered in the Vatican City to commit for a more inclusive economy. Download the program Conference on Christian Management Education (CME) held in Madrid, on November 26, 2015 , co-organized by the Spanish Uniapac association ASE, CEU (San Pablo University), KAS and UNIAPAC. The Spanish Member Association ASE (Acción Social Empresarial) with the support of KAS and Uniapac has organized a Conference on CME in Madrid on November 26, 2015. It was the occasion to present initiatives and actions done by UNIAPAC Business Leaders to train and support Business Leaders. Uniapac AfricaBOARD Next Uniapac Africa Board Meeting Workshop organized by UNIAPAC Africa entitled "Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility and sustainable development in Africa" to be held on 2 April 2016 in Abidjan Ivory Coast. This event complements the “Think Tank´” held in Praia in Cape Verde in April 2015 whose theme was "Africa and Sustainable Development". During this event will be discussed important issues with the presence of involving entrepreneurs and people with experiences in different economic areas from different regions and countries. Click here to dowload the agenda HistoryThe very oldest national federations of Catholic employers were those formed in :
This was the first step of creation of UNIAPAC : 1931 - Foundation of UNIAPAC in Rome with the name of "International Conferences of Catholic Employers" by already existing associations of Catholic Entrepreneurs from France, Belgium and The Netherlands and observers/delegates from Italy, Germany and Czechoslovakia. Secretarial needs for those beginning international contacts in the 1930's were supplied first by some of the national associations. In 1946, A.H.M. Albregst became General Secretary. He prepared the final establishment of UNIAPAC as an organisation "Union Internationale des Associations Patronales Catholiques". After serving as Netherlands Economic Minister for a few years, he came back as General Secretary on a part-time basis. A second important step was made with the beginning of the successful implementation of UNIAPAC in Latin-America, starting in 1948 in Chile first : 1948 - First Latin American association (USEC - Chile) This was the start of a fruitful period of expansion for UNIAPAC and, because the international contacts grew in importance and load, in 1958 the post of General Secretary was made full-time, with a fixed office in Brussels : 1958 - Installation in Brussels of UNIAPAC's permanent international secretariat, under the international Presidency of Giuseppe Mosca (Italy), with the backing of Léon Bekaert (Belgium) and Peter H. Werhahn (Germany). UNIAPAC was then recognized by such international organizations as FAO, Rome; Council of Europe, Strasbourg; International Labour Organization in Geneva, the European Community, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Geneva; UNESCO , Paris, etc and joined the committees of Catholic International Organizations… The Holy See took as well great interest in UNIAPAC and appointed in 1957 Cardinal Siri as a spiritual guide, and Father Georges Dubois, S.J. as first chaplain (nowadays UNIAPAC has two spiritual advisers : R.F. Rafael Braun (Argentina) for Latin-America, R. F. Edouard Herr, S.J (Luxembourg) for Europe and International). Process of beatification for Enrique ShawBuenos Aires, Argentina, Aug 3, 2015 CNA/EWTN News.
Juan Navarro Floria told CNA the diocesan phase of the cause has been completed. “This process began when Pope Francis was the Archbishop of Buenos Aires, and in that capacity he was the one who asked Rome to open the process,” he related. The diocesan process was closed in 2013 under Archbishop Mario Poli, and everything was passed on to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, which this year declared the juridical validity of that phase of the process. In an interview conducted in March with the Mexican TV station Televisa, Pope Francis said, “I’ve known rich people and I’m moving forward with the cause for beatification over there [in Argentina] of a rich Argentine businessman. Enrique Shaw was rich, yet saintly. A person can have money. God gives it to him so he can administer it well. And this man administered it well. Not with paternalism, but by fostering the [personal] growth of people who needed help.” Uniapac International NewsletterUniapac Europe NewsletterUNIAPAC in Brief
UNIAPAC is a federation of associations, an international meeting place for Christian Business Leaders. Its full name is the “International Christian Union of Business Executives”. Originally created in 1931 in Europe, it is an international non-profit association headquartered in Paris. UNIAPAC gathers today Christian Business Leaders Associations in 38 countries in Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia. UNIAPAC represents more than 30.000 very active business executives around the world, working in various leading sectors of the world economy. It is an oecumenical organization. Inspired by the Christian Social Thought, its goal is to promote amongst business leaders the vision and implementation of an economy serving the human person and the Common Good of humanity at large. Presentation UNIAPAC was born in 1931 as “Conférences Internationales des Associations de Patrons Catholiques", between federations of Dutch, Belgian and French Catholic Employers,and with observers from Italy, Germany and Czechoslovakia, on the occasion of the 40 th anniversary of the Encyclical “Rerum Novarum” in Roma. After World War II, UNIAPAC enlarged to other European countries and to Latin-American Countries and changed its first name for, in French, ‘UNion Internationale des Associations PAtronales Catholiques', with the initials UNIAPAC (1949). In 1962 , UNIAPAC becomes an ecumenical association under the new denomination "International Christian Union of Business Executives", conserving its initials. UNIAPAC gathers today Christian Business Leaders Associations in 36 countries in Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia. UNIAPAC represents 16.000 very active business executives around the world, working in various leading sectors of the world economy. Uniapac advocates for a free economy based upon the respect of the person paramount dignity and the sense of Common Good. The President of Uniapac International is Mr. José Maria Simone.
Uniapac work on CSRIn 2008, UNIAPAC International released the document “The Profit of Values” which promotes the organization’s vision on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) focused on the human person. UNIAPAC Latin American Congress on CSR began to develop “tools” to put their CSR vision into practice, through the development of a CSR Protocol which could be used as a base from which to promote a CSR process based on putting Christian Social Thought principles and values into practice. This project was called “CSR Person-Centered Protocol”.
Ethics, Common Good & SustainabilityUNIAPAC Statement with respect to Pope Francis’ Encyclical Letter Laudato Si’ - An integral view of ecology and sustainable development The International Union of Christian Business Executives (UNIAPAC) embraces the statement Pope Francis made in his encyclical letter Laudato Si’ on the “care for our common home”. In this document, the Pope addresses two issues: not only the ecological crisis, but also the lack of “the culture needed to confront this crisis” (53). UNIAPAC shares this analysis, especially acknowledging the view that development has to be seen as an integral process. The Pope rightly speaks not only of “environmental, economic and social ecology” (138), but also adds a fourth dimension: “cultural ecology” (143). He invites us to “build leaderships capable of striking out on new paths and meeting the needs of the present with concern for all and without prejudice towards coming generations” (53). Click here to read more Final Statement Seminar on the Global Common Good: The Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace is grateful to the undersigned experts and academics who gathered at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences on July 11-12, 2014 to discuss the urgent questions of a more inclusive economy and governance for the Common Good. Pope Paul VI challenged his fellow Church-leaders to enter into “dialogue with other Christian brethren and all people of good will, to discern the options and commitments which are called for in order to bring about the social, political and economic changes seen in many cases to be urgently needed” (Octogesima Adveniens § 4). More specifically, according to Pope Francis, "we cannot understand the Good News of Jesus Christ – the gospel of dignity and fraternity, of justice and peace – without being aware of real poverty, i.e. by turning our backs on the scandal of exclusion or blindly hoping that it will take care of itself (cf. Evangelii Gaudium, § 54). Quite on the contrary, it will be by putting the human being back into the heart of economics and politics, by welcoming the participation of the poor, that poverty can be overcome and the planet safeguarded".
UNIAPAC, in cooperation with the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and the World Savings Banks Institute has been organizing a cycle of conferences in Frankfurt, Roma, Milan and in Paris on “Finance and Common Good”.
The President of the Council, Cardinal Peter Turkson, asked UNIAPAC to have this document discussed with financial experts, which was done during one day-colloquium in the BUNDESBANK in Frankfurt/Germany in September 2012. It was such a fruitful meeting that the Pontifical Council and UNIAPAC decided to engage in a longer term dialogue about ethics and regulation in the financial markets, which may lead to another - possibly joint - document. The aim is to encourage the international decision makers to a stronger orientation of the global financial and monetary systems to the Global Common Good. February 17th, 2014, Roma (Italy): Joint Consultation between the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace (PCJP) and Uniapac on the urgent priorities with regard to the cooperation between Uniapac and the Church. The main areas of discussion were practical principles for business, including the issue of an “inclusive economy”, the importance of framework conditions such as common good-oriented governance and social/institutional ethics, the concept and significance of Social Impact Investing and the relationship between this approach and the Catholic Social Teaching. Uniapac and the PCJP both emphasise the importance of strengthening cooperation ties with Catholic universities around the world. February 16th, 2014, meeting in Roma (Italy) with Justice & Peace: The Executive Committee of Uniapac participated in a meeting with Cardinals Oscar Rodriguez Madariaga and Peter K.A. Turkson to discuss the content of the statement of Uniapac in response to the 2013 apostolic exhortation EVANGELII GAUDIUM. This document will also serve as a basis for discussion for the Post 2015 Sustainable Development Agenda of the United Nations. “Evangelii Gaudium” is an extremely important document. We take it as a call to look at the missionary dynamism of the church and to look at the needs – both material and spiritual – of the poor. We take it as a call to re-act to it with spiritual renewal and personal engagement of our members and with the firm commitment to contribute to the transformation of the socio-economic and political world towards the common good. We understand that that evangelization is about both, announcing the gospel and spreading the word of God and at the same time addressing the social realities of the world with special regard to the poor. July 11 & 12, 2014: Scientific Committee organised by J&P in Roma (Italy) on "The Global Common Good: Towards a more Inclusive Economy": Regarding Uniapac representation, José Ignacio Mariscal, José Maria Simone, Professor Habbish, Professor Zamagni and Brian Griffith were present. There were many different participants from all over the world and from different organizations, with a total of 68 persons. All the invited were requested to react and send their comments on the Exhortation "Evangelii Gaudium". Inter-faith DialogueBased on the common precepts of Religions, and through ongoing dialogue, the primary focus is to identify common values for the management of Business and Economics. The 2013 Beirut Conference was a remarkable materialization of this. Initiated by UNIAPAC with the cooperation of MA'AM (Islamic-Christian Gathering of Lebanese Entrepreneurs) and KAS (Konrad Adenauer Foundation), it gathered over 400 Entrepreneurs and 34 Speakers from many Arab and Western countries around an "Economy serving Mankind".
Christian Management EducationUniapac has organized up to now two conferences on CME project: the first one in Milan from 12 to 14 June 2015 under the title of : “Hunger and Thirst for values” and the second in Madrid on 26 November 2015 under the title of “Christian Management Education in the 21st century”. Business leaders as agents of Economic and Social InclusionThe Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace (PCJP) and the International Christian Union of the Business Executives (UNIAPAC) are organizing in the Vatican City on November 17th and 18th 2016 a joint International Conference on: “Business Leaders as agents of economic and social inclusion”. |
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UNIAPAC aims to contribute to public debates on contemporary social issues triggered by new technological advances and economic growth at global level as a means to focus on the crucial need to show the utmost respect to man in all circumstances and to promote amongst business leaders an economy that serves people and the common good.
