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The research and findings from the pioneering Sector-Wide Impact Assessment (SWIA) on the Information and Communication Technology sector in Myanmar is being used to help shape approaches at the global level.
MCRB has provided input into the Government consultation on Internet gateway services, (Deadline 31 January) with comments focussed on the privacy aspects of the proposal.
MCRB has submitted comments recommending that the State Department maintains its requirement on US companies to report on investment in Burma (Myanmar), and has made some suggestions for improvement.
The Myanmar Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry (MOECAF) has adopted its long-awaited Environmental Impact Assessment Procedures which have been put together with the help of the Asian Development Bank.
Vicky Bowman was invited to speak to a conference on Myanmar Geosciences Futures hosted at Yangon University with the support of the British Council and the UK Government’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office, on 20 January.
The recent controversy concerning Htoo Group’s provision of free-of-charge hotel facilities at their Shwe Sann Ein Hotel for training of National League for Democracy MPs-elect provoked a debate in our Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business office.
On 16 December, Hnin Wut Yee MCRB’s Research and Outreach Manager was resource person at a panel discussion on Ethnic Rights at the 3rd Myanmar People’s Forum (MPF) held at the International Business Center in Yangon.
Vicky Bowman spoke at the ‘Local Workshop on the EU-Myanmar Investment Protection Agreement: Impacts, Opportunities and Challenges’ in Yangon on 17 December.
Ngapali Beach continues to lose one of its greatest assets, despite beach sand being unsuitable for construction and regulations banning its removal. MCRB director Vicky Bowman believes that education is the key to solving the problem.
The top three Business and Human Rights issues identified for Myanmar in 2016, based on an online poll of Myanmar-connected stakeholders conducted in October/November, are land, human rights defenders, and public participation.
Vicky Bowman spoke to a group of government officials working on human rights, and children’s issues, from the 10 ASEAN member states and the ASEAN Secretariat.
Myanmar has huge potential for community involved tourism (CIT) projects and a handful have already started. The early lessons from those initiatives are they will not succeed without communities being mobilized and supported over a long period.
At the 4th UN Forum on Business and Human Rights, Vicky Bowman spoke at a panel discussion convened by the Global Business Initiative on Human Rights on ‘Multi-stakeholder engagement in Thilawa Special Economic Zone’.
The Myanmar Times has published an Op-Ed by Vicky Bowman, entitled ‘Five wishes for responsible business’, which sets out ideas for the next government to deepen and strengthen the policy and legal framework for responsible business in Myanmar.
The Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business (MCRB) recently released its second annual report on Transparency in Myanmar Enterprises (TiME), otherwise known as Pwint Thit Sa (which means “new buds opening” in Burmese).
A Blended Learning Course on Business and Human Rights has been conducted recently at MNHRC by the Danish Institute for Human Rights and the Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business.
The Danish Institute for Human Rights, a founder of the Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business (MCRB) recently conducted a three day training session on business and human rights for the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission, from 7-9 October.
Last week's arrest of an NGO worker in Myanmar for a Facebook post is raising fears that legislation drawn up as part of the country's economic and democratic liberalization are being used to stifle dissent...
"If tourism growth is to be sustainable, we need more coordination between local authorities, business and communities, and increased local participation in tourism-related decisions and the tourist economy."
Local online media channel, Kamayut Media interviews Vicky Bowman about the launch of the ICT Sector Wide Impact Assessment on 24 September
