Promoting a Public / Private Dialogue
The Global Business Dialogue on e-Society (GBDe) is a worldwide, CEO-led, business initiative, established in January 1999 to assist the development of a global policy framework for the emerging online economy.
GBDe has been actively promoting a private sector/government dialogue on convergence-related issues since 2001.
Today, there is an urgent need to build a global policy framework incorporating the new paradigm.
We now have total of 20 organizations.
For the complete members list, please refer to Current Members page.
Important Announcement:
At the Annual Summit held on November 5th, 2009, Business Steering Committee members approved the organization name change and the new governance rule. Due to the change, membership categories, membership fees, etc. have been altered. We are updating the information on the website. Please contact our Secretariat for inquiry.
Past Major Events & Activities:
GCD（Global Cities Dialogue） Spring Summit of Mayors 2010 Brussels,Belgium (attended in Tokyo, Japan) May 28, 2010 |
 Mr. Nagata gave a presentation about e-ID card usage trends in Japan in the first round table session, followed by a Q&A session with participants about the differences between Japan and Europe and the challenges in Japan. Other members introduced their projects, and lively discussions were held. Vice President of European Commission (EC) and Digital Agenda Commissioner, Ms. Neelie Kroes’ keynote address made the Summit very valuable and a productive dialogue opportunity for GBDe and GCD members. GBDe looks forward to contributing more to digital poverty issues in the context of the digital solidarity through further cooperation with GCD. |
APEC TEL Meeting 41 Taipei, Chinese Taipei May 10-12, 2010 |
 Members are aggressively pursuing ambitious projects in DSG meeting which GBDe hopes to contribute to in future activities. He gave a presentation about GBDe's current activities and some updates of GBDe at the plenary meeting. He announced that GBDe aims to create a "Smart and Reliable Society" with ICT at a reasonable cost, while leveraging the real business experience of its members. GBDe is content to have a productive discussion with APEC economy members about the contribution of ICT to the increasing environmental cost and is looking forward to sharing the knowledge learned and case studies at the next APEC TEL conference.  GBDe APEC TEL 41 Presentation Material |
ICPEN Conference Washington DC, USA May 6-7, 2010 |
 Mr. Chihara of NEC Sherpa attended the conference and made a presentation at one of the sessions "Cross-border dispute resolution systems". As an international effort for cross-border dispute resolution in Asia-Pacific region, the mechanisms of cross-border trustmark alliance (ATA) and international consumers complaint handling network (ICA-Net) were introduced at the session. The constructive discussions were made on cooperation between GBDe and ICPEN member states. |
GCD Sherpa meeting Diegem, Belgium April 30, 2010 |
 This Sherpa meeting was held to plan the strategy and prepare for the upcoming Summit. As the meeting was held at Cisco Systems Headquarter building, they utilized Cisco’s TelePresence meeting tool to connect with other GCD members from Italy and Korea who could not join in Diegem. At the Summit, the Commissioner of European Commission Ms. Neelie Kroes will joins as a special guest. GBDe is going to contribute to the Summit by providing a special activities report. With e-Society issue as a common activity ground, GBDe believes that strengthening the relationship with GCD can benefit both parties. |
Overall Chair Visits ÖIAT, an Euro-Label member Vienna, Austria Mar 30, 2010 |
 As a member of Euro-Label, ÖIAT has been discussing the possible collaboration with Asia-Pacific Trustmark Alliance (ATA) since October 2009, and Euro-Label recently agreed to join ATA. As there has been growing e-commerce transaction between the Euro-Label member countries and Non-EU member countries, Mr. Haslinger and Ms. Maimer expressed their hope that Euro-Label's participation to ATA will accelerate the expansion of their activities. Mr. Enomoto expressed gratitude to Euro-Label for joining ATA and hoped that the collaboration between Euro-Label and ATA will facilitate the trustmark services for cross-border e-Commerce. Mr. Enomoto also expressed his hope that Euro-label will participate in ATA's annual conference, which will be held in Tokyo in October 2010. |
Overall Chair Attended UNCITRAL Colloquium Vienna, Austria Mar 29, 2010 |
 Mr. Enomoto was invited as one of the panelists for the session "Existing Dispute Resolution Mechanisms for Cross-Border B2B and B2C Transactions: Serving State, Business and Consumer Interests?" Other panelists were Mr.Charlie Underhill (Better Business Bureau), Mr. Michael Mcllwrath (General Electric), Prof. Xu Junke (China Foreign Affairs University), Mr. Hugh Stevenson (US Federal Trade Commission), and Mr. Colin Rule (eBay and PayPal). At the panel session, Mr. Enomoto introduced ICA-Net as an existing international consumer’s complaint-handling network for cross-border e-commerce. He pointed out that ICA-Net needed more participants and should be more widely recognized in order to protect more consumers. He also emphasized that governmental support is required for ICA-Net to be sustainable as ICA-Net has been operated on voluntary basis. At the colloquium, "Alternative Dispute Resolution Guideline (http://www.gbd-e.org/pubs/ADR_Guideline.pdf)", co-developed by GBDe and Consumer International in 2003, was referred by multiple panelists, including OECD, US Department of State and FTC, as the guideline made contribution and breakthrough to the realization of ADR mechanism. Mr. Scott Cooper, who had acted as Hewlett-Packard Sherpa and the lead in the negotiations with Consumers International when the guideline was developed, also joined the colloquium. Mr. Enomoto appreciated Mr. Cooper for the GBDe’s past outcome and exchanged views with him as well as other panelists including Mr. Underhill and Mr. Rule. Click Here to Read Mr. Enomoto’s Full Speech>>> |
Overall Chair Visits the City of Cologne, Germany Cologne, Germany Mar 11, 2010 |
 Mr. Enomoto met two representatives from the City of Cologne; Mr. Michael Josipovic, Deputy Director, Head of International Business Development Department, Office of Economic Development, and Mr. Christoph Goormann, assistant to Ms. Spizig. Ms. Clair Klindt of White Balance, who is the GCD contact, also joined them to support and facilitate the discussion at the meeting. Mr. Josipovic proposed that the City of Cologne, as the fourth largest city in Germany, would like to develop business collaboration between the city and GBDe. Mr. Enomoto appreciated his proposal and agreed to continue their discussion through GCD. |
Overall Chair Visits U.S. Federal Trade Commission and Department of Commerce Washington D.C., USA Mar 9, 2010 |
At the meeting, Mr. Enomoto presented an update on GBDe's Consumer Confidence Issue Group's recent activities, including the Asia Pacific Trustmark Alliance (ATA) and ICA-Net. Mr. Enomoto appreciated FTC's understanding and support for these activities. Although Commissioner Harbour will be leaving the Commission in the coming months, she expressed her expectation that FTC will continue its support and wished GBDe success in its future efforts. Mr. Enomoto also visited the Department of Commerce to meet Ms. Robin Layton, Director of the Office of Technology and Electronic Commerce, Ms. Mary Saunders, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Manufacturing and Services at the International Trade Administration, and Mr. Joshua Harris. Ms. Layton explained the Data Privacy Pathfinder Initiative at APEC ECSG and expressed her hope that GBDe will participate in and support the Initiative by utilizing the know-how of ATA. Encouraged by GBDe, some of the ATA members have already agreed to participate in the work at APEC, and Mr. Enomoto pledged ATA’s continued support. |
APEC ECSG Meeting Hiroshima, Japan Feb 26-Mar 3, 2010 |
 Many associates from Asia Trustmark Alliance (ATA) joined the Data Privacy Sub-group (DPS) seminar and shared information on the current situation and challenges concerning Trustmark issues. Ms. Pamela Jones Harbour, Commissioner of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), who participated in the 2007 GBDe Summit in Tokyo, announced that this would be her last participation in the ECSG meeting as her term at FTC is expiring soon. GBDe would like to thank her for cooperation over the years and wishes her further success in any future endeavors. At the plenary meeting, GBDe provided information about its latest activities and the Summit held in Munich, Germany in November, 2009. GBDe appreciated the encouraging comments from Ms. Robin R. Layton of the U.S. Department of Commerce (DoC) on GBDe’s activities and future cooperation. Some bright future prospects also emerged. Many representatives interested in GBDe’s support for ICA-Net and ATA are considering their participation in GBDe. GBDe hopes to expand its networking in the APEC region with them. Additionally, the planning stage of APEC Data Privacy Pathfinder Project is nearly complete, and the GBDe Consumer Confidence Issue Group (CCIG) is looking forward to further cooperation on this project. |
Sherpa meeting of Global Cities Dialogue (GCD) Issy-les-Moulineaux, France Jan, 29 |
 Europe based GCD and Asia-Pacific based GBDe agreed that they can foster geographically complementary relationship together. GCD and GBDe will continue strengthening understanding of each other by exchanging activities and information. |
Consumer Confidence IG Attended ERIA Meeting Jakarta, Indonesia Jan, 21-22 |
 meeting held in Jakarta, Indonesia (Jan. 21-22, 2010). The ICA-Net (international network for handling consumers complaints on cross-border e-transactions), which has been promoted by CCIG since 2007, was adopted as a main theme of ERIA's one of the working groups "WG for Establishment of a Secure and Safe e-Commerce Marketplace". Government officials, lawyers, university professors, consumers groups, etc. from Malaysia, South Korea, Vietnam, Philippines and Japan attended the meeting and discussed about the further implementation and sustainability of ICA-Net. |
| Past Events (FY1999-2009) |
