Conference: Global Value Chains and Sustainable Development

Date: May 24-25, 2011
Venue: Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Kgs. Lyngby

The objectives were to:

1. Define current frontiers of GVC research and application of GVC methods in development aid  (two international key note speakers)
2. (Re)map and demonstrate contributions by various DK research communities (selected research paper presentations by DK speakers)
3. Present and discuss key points in DDRN review of selected guidelines
4. Based on 2-3 GVC cases (e.g. coffee), discuss selected aspects of the impacts of GVC dynamics on social and economic development in local and national contexts
5. Launch DDRN GVC Working Group Website (webcasting the conference)

48 participants [.pdf], including some online, attended the conference.

Conference report [.pdf], including webcast links.

Conference booklet [.pdf], including programme, abstracts, and papers.

Presentations:

Tuesday May 24, 2011, 12.30 – 17.00

New Challenges in Global Value Chains Research (Key note address) [.pdf]. By Khalid Nadvi, Senior Lecturer, University of Manchester, School of Environment and Development

A conceptual framework and practical guide to global value chains interventions [.pdf]. By Stephano Ponte, Senior researcher, Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

Poverty and value chain upgrading: Lessons from action research projects of the (global) value chain [.pdf]. By Simon Bolwig, Senior researcher, Technical University of Denmark

A guide to value chain guides [.pdf]. Full report for DDRN available here. By Søren Borch, Consultant, ConDiv

Wednesday May 25, 2011, 9.30 – 16.00

Formation, organisation and Management of the (global) value chain [.pdf]. By Olav Jull Sørensen, Professor, Aalborg University

Agroindustrial value chain research [.pdf]. By Marianne Nylandsted Larsen, Assistant Professor, University of Copenhagen

Mainstreaming the social and ecological sustainability of commodity supplies from emerging markets to the Netherlands and Western Europe – experiences of IDH (Key note address) [.pdf]. By Joost Oorthuizen, Director, Dutch Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH)

Ethical traceability in a globalised world [.pdf]. Thorkild Nielsen, Associate professor, Aalborg University

The product life cycle perspective and environmental and social impacts [.pdf]. By Arne Wangel, Associate professor, Technical University of Denmark

Posters:

Pro-poor value chains to make markets more inclusive for rural poor: Lessons from the Ethiopian honey value chain [.pdf]. By Mengistu Assefa, Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)

Organization of poultry meat supply chains in the context of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in Hanoi, North - Vietnam [.pdf]. By Phan Dang Thang, University of Liège

Environmental management in transnational product chains: the case of a Danish pesticide company in Brazil [.pdf]. By Michael Søgaard Jørgensen, DTU Management

Linking Milk, Fruit and Vegetable Producers and Processors to the Market through Improved Vertical Integration in the Value Chain - Case from Ukraine [.pdf]. By Birgitte Wiedemann Larsen, Knowledge Centre for Agriculture