In cooperation with the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP)and the Heinrich Böll Foundation, Brussels Regional Office
Monday, 7 Nov 2005, 15h00 - 18h30
Welcoming words by Monica Frassoni, Co-president of the Green/EFA Group
Introduction to the Conference by Pierre Jonckheer. MEP Belgium
Key note address : 15h15
– Olivier Deleuze - UNEP, Chief of Policy Unit, Nairobi
What’s at stake for sustainable development in Hong Kong
Session 1 : 16h00 - 18h30
20 years of trade liberalization policy and its empirical impact on poverty
Chair : Pierre Jonckheer, Green MEP, Belgium
– Robert Wade, Development Studies Institute, London School of Economics
A critique of the development perspective of the multilateral economic organisations
– Mark Weisbrot, Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy research (CEPR)
The impact of trade liberalization on developing countries
– Sanjay Reddy, Assistant Professor of Economics, Columbia University, New York
How not to count the poor : Assessments of the impact of globalisation and the World Bank poverty statistics
Commenting the debate :
– Chien Yen Goh, Third World Network, Geneva Office
Consequences for a development agenda in trade negotiations
– Sirra Ndow, Network of African Women Economists, Gambia
A gender perspective on trade negotiations
Discussion
Tuesday, 8 Nov 2005
Introductory speech, 09h30
– Wolfgang Sachs, Wuppertal Institute
All that money can’t buy : the real meaning of fair trade
Session 2 : 10h00 - 11h30
Towards a rights based approach to international trade relations
Chair : Alain Lipietz, Green MEP, France
– Sally-Anne Way, Research Unit on the Right to Food, Graduate Institute of Development Studies, Geneva
Human Rights : respecting the human right to food in agricultural trade agreements
– Christian Barry, Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, New York
Labour Rights : promoting poorer countries’ interests in the international trading system
– Vicente Yu, South Centre, Geneva
The Right to Development : Promoting Sustainability and Policy Space for the South
Discussion
Session 3 : 11h30 - 13h00
Towards international trade relations based on "values" for human development
Chair : Frithjof Schmidt, Green MEP, Germany
– Henri Rouillé d’Orfeuil, Coordination Sud, France
"Fair returns" : how to put poor rural producers back into a winning lane
– Maite Cabeza Gutés, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain
"Sustainability" : how to protect from a social and environmental race to the bottom
– Steve Emmott, Consultant on Global Trade, Belgium
"Collective preferences" : a cultural approach of access to basic services
Discussion
Session 4 : 15h00 - 16h30
Roundtable : What Hong Kong should deliver for sustainable development - Recommendations for EU action
Chair : Caroline Lucas, Green MEP, United Kingdom
Discussants :
– John Clarke, European Commission, Directorate General Trade, Head of Unit WTO
– Alain Lipietz, Green MEP, France
– Alexandra Strickner, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), Geneva
– James Howard, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU)
– Marc Maes, 11.11.11., Belgium
Conference conclusions by Alain Lipietz
Venue : Brussels, European Parliament, Room ASP 1 G 2