The meeting entitled “Public-Private Partnerships: A Post-Conflict Framework of Shared Opportunities and Responsibilities” was convened by UNDP and the Ahfad University for Women...on 17 May 2006. The months of planning had...included significant involvement by two international companies (ABB and Shell) as well as the United Nations Global Compact office in New York. Critical to the meeting was the involvement of key Sudanese figures involved in the post-conflict development of the country...[including] Chairman of the Hajjar Group of Companies. The meeting of around 35 mainly local business, NGO and government representatives focused on the practical initiatives that could be undertaken by international and local business within the context of contemporary Sudan. The conclusion of the day was that the UN Global Compact provided the best umbrella for such an initiative and that UNDP should convene an ongoing network of interested parties with the aim of establishing a Sudanese network in six months’ time.