Believing that the views and experience of the private sector should be more adequately represented in discussions about public policy on international development issues, Worldaware invited representatives of business to join with it in setting up the Worldaware Business Group. As a result, a process of co-operation and dialogue between DFID and business was initiated.
Globalisation is one of the principal theme-words of the present age.
The original purpose of the Business Group is as valid as ever. Set up in recognition that trade and investment have a major role to play in the economic growth of the developing world, the Group comprises members from all business sectors, ranging from multinationals to small businesses and individual entrepreneurs. It therefore offers a broad spectrum of ideas and experience on the problems and challenges of working in the developing world. Under Worldaware's auspices as honest broker, the Group has proved to be a useful sounding board for representatives from Government departments, international agencies and NGOs.