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EUROPEAN COMMISSION REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON
�SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS�
Buenos Aires, Argentina
April 28-29, 2005
Hotel Kempinski Park Central
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DAY 1
OPENING SESSioN |
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Amb.Raul Estrada Oyuela, Special Delegate International
Environmental Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Argentina.
Amb.Angelos Pagkratis, Head of
European Commission Delegation in Argentina. |
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DAY 1
SESSION 1: Setting the Context in
Integrating Sustainable Development and Regional Trade Agreements |
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The European Union and
Regional Trade Agreements, Pierre Defraigne, Former Deputy
Director General, DG Trade, European Commission.
Opportunities and Constraints in integration of policy in MERCOSUR
Americas, Gilney Viana, Secretary, Secretariat of Policies
for Sustainable Development, Ministerio do Meio Ambiente-MMA.
The Economic and Developmental Impacts of Regional Trade Agreements,
Daniel Berrettoni, Executive Director Ad-Interim, Centro de
Econom�a Internacional (CEI) Argentina
Emerging Trends in Integrating Sustainable Development within Regional
Trade Agreements in the Americas,
Eda Rossi, Trade Negotiator, Chile.
General
Discussion, moderated by Marcos Orellana, Center for
International Environmental Law (CIEL). |
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SESSION 2: Trade-Related
Investment and Sustainability |
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Investment and
Sustainable Development - meaningful in MERCOSUR? Julio A. Franco,
Chamber of Commerce and Exports of Agriproducts and Agroindustrial
Products of Uruguay.
Foreign Direct Investment and Policy Space for Sustainable
Development
Julie Raynal, DG Trade,European Commission.
General
Discussion, moderated by Carlos Galper�n, Centro de Econom�a
Internacional (CEI). |
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SESSION 3:
Regional Trade Agreements as an
engine for the Sustainable Management of Natural Resources. |
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Regional Trade Agreements � The NAFTA Environmental Side Agreement and
the Experience of the North American CEC.
Geoffrey Garver,
Director, Submission on Enforcement Matters Unit, North American
Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC).
The Experience of MERCOSUR regarding the articulation between trade and
the domestic framework for Sustainable Development.
Mirta Laciar,
Director Unit for Trade, Investment and Environment, Secretariat of
Environment, Argentina.
Challenges and Opportunities derived from Trade for implementation of
MEA�s and Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity?
Giselle Beja Valent
and Victor Canton,
Foreign Affairs, DINAMA, Ministry of Housing, Land and Environment,
Uruguay.
Cleaner Production, the transfer of technology and knowledge among
regional partners.
Ariel
Carbajal, Director,
Centro Tecnol�gico para la Sustentabilidad, Universidad Tecnol�gica
Nacional.
General
Discussion, moderated by Maria Amparo Alban, Centro Ecuatoriano de
Derecho Ambiental, Ecuador.
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SESSION 4:
Regional Trade Agreements as a Catalyst for Sustainability in
Business. |
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Trade and
Industrial Patterns in South America - on the road to sustainability?
Mauricio Lopez Dardaine, Director, Chamber of Exports of
Argentina.
Challenges for Agricultural Exports and Sustainable Development.
Oxymoron or Opportunity?
Claudio Sabsay,
Undersecretary of Agricultural Policy, Argentina.
Private-Public
Sector Partnerships, Recent Developments and the Role, if any, of
Regional Trade Agreements.
Raimundo Florin,
Executive Director CEADS.
Using rules in
RTAs to maximize benefits from Environmental Goods and Services.
Maria Amparo Alban,
Centro Ecuatoriano de Derecho Ambiental.
General Discussion,
moderated by Juan Rodrigo Walsh, Expert, World Wild Life Fund (WWF).
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DAY 2
FEEDBACK SESSION |
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Summary of
First Day, Outstanding Issues to Bring Forward, moderated by
Robin
Ratchford,
DG Trade European Commission |
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SESSION 5: Corporate Social
Responsibility and Fair Trade � marooned at the margins or moving
towards the mainstream? |
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Overview of
Recent Trends, and Sorting Through Definitions,
Daniele Giovannucci,
Senior Advisor, World Bank and other International Organizations.
Challenges for Producers and Exporters.
Ing. Lu�s Trama, Instituto Argentino de Normalizaci�n y
Certificaci�n (IRAM).
Is Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Providing New Answers?,
Patricia
Barbuscia, Instituto Ethos de Empresas e Responsabilidade Social,
Brazil.
General
Discussion moderated by Rene Vossenaar, Former Head Trade, Environment
and Development Branch, Division on International Trade in Goods and
Services, and Commodities, UNCTAD.
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SESSION 6: Assessing the Effects
of Trade Liberalisation |
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Sustainability Impact Assessments, Eric Peters, DG Trade,
European Commission.
Approaches to Assess the Effects of trade: Overview,
Enrique Leff and
Benjamin Simmons, United Nations Environment Programme.
Experience of Argentina in Assessing Environmental Effects of Trade.
Maria Fabiana Oliver, Director Trade and Environment, FARN.
General
Discussion, moderated by Sheila Abed de Zavala, Instituto de
Derecho y Economia Ambiental (IDEA), Paraguay. |
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SESSION 7: Lessons in Integration
and Future Steps |
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Formal
institutional arrangements, parallel and cooperative agreements and
other measures: supporting policy coherence or detracting from it?
Marcelo Halperin, Institute for Latinamerican Integration,
University of La Plata, Argentina, MERCOSUR Department, Argentinean
Industrial Union.
Regulatory dialogue within RTAs: new avenue for promoting
sustainable development? Minister Daniel Raimondi, Director of
Economic and Trade Affairs for MERCOSUR of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, International Trade and Culture of Argentina.
General Discussion, moderated by Maria Leichner, ECOS, Uruguay.
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CONCLUSIONS AND NEXT STEPS
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NCLUSIO    PS
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Pierre
Defraigne, former Deputy Director General, DG Trade, European
Commission.
Mariano
Castro, Executive Secretary, Consejo Nacional del Ambiente (CONAM)
Per�.
Sheila Abed
de Zavala, Instituto de Derecho y Economia Ambiental (IDEA),
Paraguay. |
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CLOSING OBSERVATIONS |
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Robin Ratchford,
DG Trade European Commission. |
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DOCUMENTS |
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Background
Note
Participant
List
Program
Final
Report
Biographies
of
Panelist
and
Moderators
Press Release |
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