Call for Papers for the Parallel Session Nr. 7b on “Experience and response in developing countries” 21st Meeting of the Wiesbaden Group on Business Registers International Roundtable on Business Survey Frames “The Central Place of Business Registers in Response to Globalisation Needs” 24-27 November 2009 OECD Paris France Session Leader – Vitalija Gaucaite Wittich, UN Economic Commission for Europe The 21st meeting of the Wiesbaden Group on Business Registers will consecrate a special parallel session for developing countries. This session will be a forum to exchange experiences concerning building up and maintaining business registers in developing countries as well as discussing acceptance/relevance of new techniques and methodological requirements developed in response to globalisation needs. Addressees are institutions from developing countries as well as institutions that have profound knowledge in giving technical aid in the field of business registers and business statistics to developing countries. Contributions are expected to reflect either on some general aspects of the strategic planning in the Business Register field in these countries or on specific questions about open/emerging issues. The papers should be brief, not exceeding 2 pages of A4 size or equivalent. Please send me a message if you are interested to participate in this session (either to profit from the experience of experts or to contribute to this session as an expert). An abstract of your paper is to be submitted to me (vitalia.gaucaite@unece.org ) and to the organiser (businessregister@oecd.org ) by the end of September 2008.