Declaration UNIAPAC
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Annex I : What is Uniapac? « An international meeting place for Christian Business Executives to promote the Christian Social Thought within the business world » UNIAPAC is an international federation of national Christian business leaders associations. Its full name is The International Christian Union of Business Executives. It is a non profit association, with headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, and is active in 22 countries with corresponding entities in a further 20+ countries. A Slice of History UNIAPAC was established 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 40th anniversary of the Encyclical “Rerum Novarum” in Rome. After World War II, UNIAPAC was enlarged to include other European countries and Latin-American Countries and changed its original name for a one in French, the ‘Union Internationale des Associations Patronales Catholiques’, with the initials UNIAPAC (1949). In 1962, UNIAPAC became an ecumenical association under the new denomination "International Christian Union of Business Executives", conserving its initials. By the same time, UNIAPAC gained members in Asia and in Africa. Its Mission In light with the Christian Social Thought, its goal is to promote amongst business leaders the vision and implementation of an economy serving people and the common good of humanity at large. They commit themselves to: their personal TRAINING, the TRANSFORMATION of their enterprises and their businesses’ environment, and the contribution to the CONSTRUCTION of a more just and humane society. Its major lines of actions are the following: - Through its national associations but also on a global scale to initiate and support all actions helping to respect man and to put man at the centre of enterprises and the economy. - To serve as a link between its national associations around the world and to promote and facilitate international exchanges, projects and actions among the national association members. - To support national associations when necessary and to promote the creation of new UNIAPAC associations in countries where it is not represented. - To represent its national associations (when they have no representation) in international organisations pertaining to its goal like the UN (ECOSOC, UNCTAD, UNESCO…), OECD (Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development), ILO (International Labor Organization), WTC (World Trade Council), ICC (International Chamber of Commerce), and Regional Organisations (Latin America, Europe … ). - To represent its national associations to the Churches (Vatican Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, COMECE, CELAM, CCEE, CEC-KEK, ICO’s … ) International Presence of UNIAPAC Since its foundation in Europe in 1931, UNIAPAC has expanded widely throughout the World. Today, as well as individual contacts worldwide, UNIAPAC federates anetwork of local associations gathering together about 30,000 Christian Business Executives from the following countries: Argentina, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Congo-RDC, Ecuador, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, The Netherlands, Paraguay, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, Uruguay. There are Associations in process of joining in thefollowing countries : Burkina-Faso, Cameroun, Ghana, Hungary, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Mauritius, Senegal, Singapore, the USA and Associations in the process of creation in others such as : Australia, Colombia, Cote-d’Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Hong-Kong, India, Japan, Panama, Peru, Uganda. Members of the Board (2006-2009) Since November 2006, José Ignacio Mariscal (Mexico) has been elected President of UNIAPAC International. With the aid of : Pascual Rubiani (Paraguay) and Pierre Lecocq (France) Vice-Presidents of Uniapac, and of Edouard Herr s.j.(Luxembourg) Spiritual Adviser, and Laurent Mortreuil (France) General Secretary. A specific structure exists to foster the action of Uniapac in Latin America with the following persons : (Mandate from 2007 to 2010) Pascual Rubiani Vice-President of Uniapac, President of Uniapac Latin America Juan Manuel Lopez Valdivia & José Maria Simone Vice-Presidents of Uniapac Latin America Ma. José Orellano General Secretary, Uniapac Latin America 1. ARGENTINA ACDE - UNIAPAC ARGENTINA (Asociación Cristiana de Dirigentes de Empresa) org.ar Delegate to UNIAPAC : Jose-Maria SIMONE 2. BELGIUM - ADIC (Association Chrétienne des Dirigeants et Cadres) President : Marc VAN OSSEL - VKW Ledenwerking VZW (verbond van Kristelijke Werkgevers en Kaderleden) Chairman : Guido BEAZAR 3. BOLIVIA - UNIAPAC-COCHABAMBA President : Oscar ZURITA 5. BRAZIL - ADCE (Associação de Dirigentes Cristãos de Empresa)-Sao Paulo President : Carlos CAMARGO - ADCE (Associação de Dirigentes Cristãos de Empresa)- Minas Gerais President : Sergio CAVALIERI 6. CHILE - USEC (Unión Social de Empresarios y Ejecutivos Cristianos) President : Jorge MATETIC RIESTRA 7. CONGO-RDC CADICEC Uniapac-Congo General Secretary :R.F. Martin EKWA bis ISAL, s.j. 8. ECUADOR - ACE Guayaquil Ecuador President : Andres BALLERINO - ANDE (Asociación Nacional de Empresarios) President : Pablo PINTO 9. FRANCE - Les EDC (Les Entrepreneurs et Dirigeants Chrétiens) President : Pierre DESCHAMPS - MCC (Mouvement Chrétien des Cadres et Dirigeants ) Delegate to UNIAPAC : Philippe LEDOUBLE 10. GERMANY - AEU (Arbeitskreis Evangelischer Unternehmer in Deutschland e.V.) Delegate for UNIAPAC : Hans Hermann RESCHKE - BKU (Bund Katholischer Unternehmer e.V.) Delegate for UNIAPAC : Burkhard LEFFERS 11. ITALY UCID (Unione Cristiana Imprenditori Dirigenti) President : On. Ing. Angelo FERRO 12. MEXICO USEM (Confederación de Uniones Sociales de Empresarios de México, A.C.) President : Sergio CASTRO TOLEDO 13. THE NETHERLANDS Vereniging VNO-NCW Delegate to UNIAPAC : Jan-Willem van den BRAAK 14. PARAGUAY ADEC (Asociación de Empresarios Cristianos) President : Ricardo CARRIZOSA 15. POLAND PSChP / PACE (Polish Association of Christian Entrepreneurs) President : Ireneusz MARCZYK 16. PORTUGAL ACEGE ( Associação Cristão de Empresarios e Gestores) Delegate to UNIAPAC : Nuno FERNANDES-THOMAZ 17. SLOVAKIA ZKPM SR (Association of Christian Entrepreneurs and Managers of Slovak Republic) www.zkpmsr.sk President : Ing. Pavol FAKTOR 18. SLOVENIA ZKPS (Slovene Christian Union of Business Executives) President : Dr. Drago RUDEL, El. Eng. 19. SPAIN ASE (Acción Social Empresarial) http://www.accionsocialempresarial.org/ President : Carlos ALVAREZ JIMENEZ 20. SWITZERLAND VCU (Vereinigung Christlicher Unternehmer der Schweiz ) Delegate to UNIAPAC : Roman KUHN 21. THAILAND CBEG (Catholic Business Executives Group) President : Prachuab TRINIKORN 22. UNITED KINGDOM CABE (Christian Association of Business Executives). Chairman : John McLEAN FOX 23. URUGUAY ACDE (Asociación Cristiana de Dirigentes de Empresa) President : Cons. Ruben CASAVALLE |
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