Global meet to discuss state-owned firms

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - A two-day international conference on state-owned enterprises and corporate governance will he held here from Dec 10.

The event will be a follow up to a similar conference held in New Delhi last year, the Kerala industry ministry said.

Jomo Kwame Sundaram, assistant general secretary for economic affairs in the UN, will inaugurate the conference.

Policy makers and stakeholders of state-owned enterprises from Europe, Africa, China and Sri Lanka amogn other countries, trade union leaders and academics will participate in the event.

The aim of the conference is to develop a platform for interaction and promote ways to strengthen the ideology of state-owned enterprises.