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2001 Secretariat News |
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| 2-3 April | EU-LDC Network Annual Conference: Multilateralism & Risk Beyond Globalisation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 March | Trade Working Group (TWG) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4-5 March | Remaking Global Trading System @ European Parliament | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 February | DG Trade Civil Society Issue Group: WTO Institutional Reform @ Borschette | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 February | DG Trade Civil Society Issue Group: Overview of Doha Development Agenda (DDA) @ Borschette | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 February | First European Trade Network Meeting @ Broederlijk Delen, Brussels | Update on EU Trade policy-making; Transparency in EU Trade Policy-making; Sustainability Impact Assessments; Cotonou-EPA negotiations; UNCTAD XI; WTO update; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 30 January | Global Marshall Plan, Brussels | how can the Global Marshall Plan herald a new network of alliances that will include the US in fostering sustainable development? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 Meetings (please see below) |
| 2 December | Inaugural meeting of the "Trade Working Group" (formerly WTO Reference Group) @ APRODEV Secretariat, Brussels | which NGO part of the group gets to focus on most important themes for 2004? |
| 27-28 November | Global Progressive Forum meeting @ European Parliament (session on: Regional Integration; UN Reform; Trade & Poverty) | "three days to change the world", as slogan ran was well-nigh utopian, but nonetheless an interesting conference to bring together a bunch of people of the critical ilk to discuss, and ruminate over how to save the world in those three days. Unlikely, but a good and useful dream to cling onto if constructive change is to take effect for posterity. |
| 25 November | Update of Doha Development Agenda (DDA) post-Cancun @ Borschette, European Commission | tri-monthly briefings from the European Commission--usually by John Clarke of DG Trade--who makes time to listen to usual objections to DDA, and who argues with same deadpan expression. Useful, even if to a small extent. |
| 24 November | (Fourth session of) European Trade Network | Latest on TRIPs; Environment & SIAs; GATS; Agriculture; Special & Differential Treatment; NGO plans for UNCTAD XI; Intervention by Mr. Hassan Qaqaya of UNCTAD Secretariat who provided some detailed insights and inputs into and for UNCTAD XI. |
| 14 October | After Cancun- where next for development? International Conference | Cancun collapse and its consequences for development; EU trade policy after Cancun |
| 8 October | Launch of UNFPA`s report: " State of World Population 2003, Making 1 billion count:investing in adolescents`health and rights" | Adolescent's Reproductive Health rights |
| 1 October | IIED, WWF, "Southern Perspectives on the EU`s Sustainable Development Strategy", Draft Programme for Steering Committee | Sustainable Development and sustainable trade; EU policy on trade in DCs; FDI and Corporate Social Responsibility |
| 24 September | STIC( Sustainable Trade and Innpovation Centre), European Regional consultation on the European Hub activities | Sustainable Trade after Cancun; Presentation of STIC projects |
| 15 July | European Trade Network Third meeting @ 11.11.11 | Latest on TRIPs; Environment & SIAs; GATS; Agriculture; Special & Differential Treatment; NGO plans for Cancun; |
| 16 May | Commonwealth Gender Workshop, Geneva, Switzerland | Gender mainstreaming into development; gender strategisizing for Cancun & beyond--organised by UK's Commonwealth Secretariat |
| 25 March | General meeting with EU Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy, @ DG Trade | Lamy's update on WTO & DDA Negotiations. As usual, sharp insights, with much evasiveness, and little time for comprehensive responses by NGOs |
| 24 March | WTO Reference Group, CIDSE Secretariat, Brussels | Penultimate Discussion/meeting with CIDSE; WIDE; OXFAM International; SOLIDAR; regarding DG Civil Society Issue Groups; & development of other NGO matters, especially upcoming NGDO May Conference |
| 7 March | NGO Strategy Seminar @ European Parliament | how NGOs can remain cohesive on road towards Cancun, especially with focus on WSSD and globalisation. |
| 6 March | Sustainable Trade & Innovation Centre European Hub--"The Role of STICs 'Buyers Project Group' ", Brussels | N/A |
| 6 March | Public Hearing: 'The EU between Johannesburg follow-up and Cancun politics: How to set the right framework for investment rules', European Parliament | water liberalisation; GATS discussions, with interventions from EU's Pascal Lamy; COE's Erik Wesselius; very insightful discussions on how the EU is fast selling out to multinationals, especially by way of GATS; intervention from South Africa's Mike Muller; interventions from Civil Society from South, such as Million Belay, and Alejandro Villamar. |
| 25 February | WTO Reference Group, SOLIDAR Secretariat, Brussels | Discussion with CIDSE; WIDE; OXFAM Intenational; SOLIDAR; EURODAD regarding DG Civil Society Issue Groups; & development of other NGO matters. |
| 6 February | Seminar on WTO Agriculture Negotiations and External Effects of the CAP, European Parliament | expectations of CAP reform; market-opening for both North & South; "decoupling" subsidies from production; involved participation of NGOs; PES Group & Other members; DG Trade representatives present, too. |
| 5 February | European Trade Network First Meeting 2003, Brussels | Latest on TRIPs; Environment & SIAs; GATS; Agriculture; Special & Differential Treatment; NGO plans for Cancun; Presentation--very insightful--from Peter Brun of Committee133. |
| 31 January | WTO Reference Group, CIDSE Secretariat, Brussels | Discussion with CIDSE, EUROSTEP; WIDE; OXFAM Intenational; SOLIDAR; EURODAD regarding DG Civil Society Issue Groups; & other NGO matters. |
| 29 January | DG Civil Society Issue Groups-- State of Play at the WTO, Centre Borschette, BRUSSELS | first one since 2003--with circa 40 participants; more briefing than "dialogue"; where is EU at on different areas of Doha Round negotiations? |
| 2002 |
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| 27 November | Meeting of Cotonou Monitoring Group--facilitation of "an exchange of what NGOs in the four ACP regions are working on" | market access; regional trade; Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs); Cotonou Agreement | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 26 November | Second International Conference on Globalisation, introduced by Belgian Premier Guy Verhofstad | attended by over 200 people; international development; agriculture; market access; globalisation; multinationals (TNCs & MNCs) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 25 November | European Trade Network, Brussels | Last meeting of 2002--More discussion on issues on WSSD; WTO; Gender; GATS; how to strategize for Cancun ministerial | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 24 October | Gender, ICT, and Rural Development, King Baudouin Foundation, Brussels | Gender, rural development | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 October | EU Trade Policy: EBA or EPA: What's in it for developing countries? (Everything But Arms / Economic Partnership Agreements?), The Hague, the Netherlands | Market Access; regional integration fror ACP countries; very informative exchange with orgs, such as SOMO; ECDPM; Dutch Foreign Ministry present. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 October | 'Save Our Food From Genetic Pollution' Trolley campaign organised by Friends of Earth Europe | GM crops; food security;'lots of noise, colour, and dance' | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 October | The Johannesburg Global Summit: Were Hopes being Raised Too High? | WSSD; sustainable development; business sector participation, along with candid views from participants that made for a very informative meeting. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 October | NGO Seminar on Peace & Development in Sudan @ ACP Secretariat, Brussels | High-level representation, including Ambassador of Sudan to Brussels. Meeting was actually chaired by him. European Commission (AIDCO) present; plus DG Development representative. Very candid views expressed on peace and development -- not trade -- for Sudan. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 October | Trade & Development Day @ Borschette, EU | discussion on EC's Communication on Trade & Development, which, among many things, paid scant regard to issue of decline in commodity prices as result of under-development; presentations by NGOs, such as CIDSE on collective contributions over problematics of Communication. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 30 September | European Trade Network meeting @ 11.11.11, Brussels | issues on WSSD; WTO; Gender; GATS; how to strategize for Cancun ministerial | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 September | Meeting @ European Parliament on Global Investment Rules | TNCs; Investment; new Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI); World Bank, we learnt, has NOT been lending new money because all the money they receive is from developing & LDCs re-paying spiralling debt. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 July | Eurostep AD-HOC meeting on ACP-EU Negotiations @ Borschette, EU | regional integration; SIAs; Market Access. Very informative and frank exchanges. Commission position still ambiguous over its true intentions for ACP. Chaired by Inge Foistel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 June | PES Group Public Meeting Debate: Intellectual Property: A New North-South Divide? @ European Parliament | issues on TRIPs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 May | CUTS-CITEE Seminar--Scoping Issues @ Dorint Hotel, Brussels | seminar to identify research & networking needs on WTO issues. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 May | European Trade Network Meeting @ 11.11.11, Brussels | issues on WSSD; WTO; Gender; GATS; World Food Summit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 May | "Can Johannesburg Summit Save the World and Can We Save the Summit? | conference examining linkages/problems inherent in meetings from Monterrey (FfD) to Jo'Berg (WSSD).@ European Parliament
This was another successful European Parliament conference that was chaired by Dr.Caroline Lucas, green MEP; and included interventions from Dr.Vandana Shiva, and other prominent MEPs. |
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| 18-19 April | Investment & Competition in the WTO -- Towards a Critical Response. | Capaciy Building & Strategy Seminar @ 11.11.11, Brussels. This was a very informative seminar which happened also to take place in a very busy week for NGOs--as well as for ICDA--Green Week. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 April | Public Hearing From Rio via Doha to Johannesburg: Counterbalancing the WTO with strong environmental & social rules @ European Parliament | Multilateral Environment Agreements (MEAs); corporate regulation; EU approach to sustainable trade: trade & investment. The meeting was a bit technical, but was broken down for everyone thanks to incisive interventions by people like UNEP's Charles Arden-Clarke, and Dr.Martin Khor of Third World Network, Malaysia. 15 April |
Structural Adjustment, Economic Crisis & Poverty.Global Forum
on Grassroots Assessments of World Bank Policies |
IMF; World Bank. Impact of Trade/Agriculture on manufacturing sector and small
farms, inter alia. |
21-25 March |
Resisting Capitalism With Capitalism Itself: Financial Activism & Beyond Amersfoort, the Netherlands |
Financial Activism & World Bank Boycott issues. Brilliant workshop on different case
studies of impact of WB on communities in Poland; Latvia; US... |
6 March |
Trade Information Exchange (TIE) |
second session of TIE, intended to be meeting of Brussels-based NGOs working on, or monitoring trade
issues. Meeting's objective was to feed into ETN meeting. |
20 February |
How to Ensure ACP-EU Trade Arrangements Contribute to the Campaign Against Poverty in the ACP: The Role of Civil Society |
Very informative exchange; ACP-EU Negotiations; regionalism; regional integration. |
18 February |
Financing for Development Strategizing |
Financing for Development preparation for FfD Conference in Monterrey. Issues discussed were ODA; Debt. |
6 February |
First Trade Information Exchange meeting |
exchange of monthly trade happenings in Brussels |
8-10 January |
Agriculture: Beyond non-trade concerns?, Paris |
Market access; regional integration; ACP countries; included interventions by, inter alia,José Bové, and President of IATP Mark Ritchie |
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