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WORKSHOP ON THE CARIFORUM-EC ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT : A FIRST LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
- Date: 13/02/2008, 9:30 - 18:00 (Registration closed)
- Location: Charlemagne Building, room Lord Roy JENKINS, 170 rue de la Loi, 1040 Brussels
- Registration closes on : 08/02/2008 12:00
Meeting details
- Date: 13/02/2008, 9:30 - 18:00 (registration closed)
- Location: Charlemagne Building, room Lord Roy JENKINS, 170 rue de la Loi, 1040 Brussels
- Registration closes on : 08/02/2008 12:00
AGENDA
9.30 - 11.00: Views from the negotiators
- E. Humphrey, Ambassador of Barbados to Belgium and the EU and Vice-Dean of the CARIFORUM College of Negotiators
- F. Cuello, Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to Belgium and the EU and CARIFORUM Lead Negotiator for Services and Investment
- K.-F. Falkenberg, Deputy Director General of DG Trade, European Commission and EC Principal Negotiator
- G. Dantin, President of the ACP-EU Follow-up Committee of the European Economic and Social Committee
14.15 - 14.45: Rules aspects
- P. Mavroidis, Professor of Law at the University of Neuchâtel, Edwin B. Parker Professor of Law, Columbia Law School, and CEPR
15.15-15.45: Market access aspects
- M. Gasiorek, Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Sussex
16.15 - 16.45: Views from civil society
- P. Lewis, Senior Fellow, Sir Arthur Lewis Institute for Social and Economic Studies University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica
- L. Bartels, University Lecturer in International Law and Fellow of Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge
17.15 - 17.30: CARIFORUM-EC EPA: A template for the EPAs?
- K.-F. Falkenberg, Deputy Director General of DG Trade
Travel expenses will be reimbursed according to the guidelines here.
Related documents
- Comments by Dr Lorand Barels, 13/02/2008
- CARIFORUM EPA Negotiations: Initial Reflections on the Outcome, 13/02/2008
- The CARIFORUM-EC EPA: The First Development-Enhancing Agreement in History, 13/02/2008
- Towards Development-Enhancing Economic Partnership Agreements by Prof. Dr. F. A. Cuello, 13/02/2008
- Development and the Cariforum - EC EPA by Ms Patsy Lewis, 13/02/2008
- A first look at challenges and opportunies: Market Access Aspects by Dr Michael Gasiorek, 13/02/2008
Organisations that have registered to participate in this meeting.
- Participant from ACT Alliance Advocacy to the European Union
- Participant from Africa Europe Faith and Justice Network
- Participant from amfori - Trade with Purpose
- Participant from ARD-Verbindungsbüro Brüssel
- Participant from Austrian Federal Economic Chamber
- Participant from Bundesarbeitskammer Österreich
- Participant from BUSINESSEUROPE
- Participant from BUSINESSEUROPE
- Participant from BUSINESSEUROPE
- Participant from CAOBISCO
- Participant from Center for International Environmental Law (funded) NO SHOW
- Participant from COMITE EUROPEEN des FABRICANTS de SUCRE
- Participant from COMITE EUROPEEN des FABRICANTS de SUCRE
- Participant from Comité du commerce des céréales, aliments du bétail, oléagineux, huile d'olive, huiles et graisses et agrofournitures de l'U.E.
- Participant from Comité Européen de Liaison des Commerces Agricoles et Agro-alimentaires
- Participant from Danish Dairy Board Brussels s.a.
- Participant from Danish Meat Association
- Participant from EPA-NIEUWSBRIEF
- Participant from EUROCHAMBRES – Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry
- Participant from EuroCommerce
- Participant from EURODOM
- Participant from European Centre for Development Policy Management
- Participant from European Centre for Development Policy Management
- Participant from EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF COTTON AND ALLIED TEXTILES INDUSTRIES
- Participant from EUROPEAN SERVICES FORUM
- Participant from FoodDrinkEurope
- Participant from Groupe de Recherche pour une Stratégie Economique Alternative
- Participant from Grupo Empresarios Agrarios (GEA) (funded)
- Participant from International Trade Union Confederation
- Participant from Koepel van de Vlaamse Noord-Zuidbeweging - 11.11.11
- Participant from Mouvement des Entreprises de France
- Participant from Overseas Development Institute
- Participant from Overseas Development Institute (funded)
- Participant from OXFAM INTERNATIONAL EU ADVOCACY OFFICE
- Participant from OXFAM INTERNATIONAL EU ADVOCACY OFFICE
- Participant from Red UE-CAN
- Participant from SOS Faim SOS Hunger
- Participant from Verband der Chemischen Industrie e.V.
- Participant from World Fair Trade Organization