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Colloquiums & Conferences
2005
FEBRUARY 2005
*3-5
February 2005, York University, Toronto (Canada) : Studies in Political
Economy Annual Conference - "Towards a Political Economy of Scale"
-February
3-5, 2005 (date to be confirmed, pending announcement of date for World Social
Forum)
-The
conference will be held at York University pending successful application for
funds from SSHRC and other sources.
-Call
for abstracts - deadline: Proposals must be received no later than 15 April
2004.
Please send an abstract of 250 words or less to Joseph Roman, Co-ordinator of the Organizing Committee: jroman@connect.carleton.ca
Please
include: Name of author(s), paper title, institutional affiliation, e-mail,
address, telephone, and fax and a short cv (see SSHRC conference form)
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JANUARY 2002
*8-10 January 2002, Paris : Agriculture
beyond trade - What stakes and instruments for agricultural negociations at the
WTO? – organised by Solagral - http://www.solagral.org
*31 January - 3 February 2002, New York :
International Conference “The Public Eye on Davos” - http://www.publiceyeondavos.ch
FEBRUARY 2002
*20
February 2002, Brussels : “How to Ensure ACP-EU Trade Arrangements
Contribute to the Campaign against Poverty in the ACP: The Role of Civil
Society” – Conference organised by Eurostep - http://www.oneworld.org/eurostep
*25 February 2002, Brussels : “Europe in the World Workshop” – organised by the European Rio+10 Coalition - http://www.epe.be
*28 February – 1, 2 & 3 March 2002, Paris : « Défaire le développement, refaire le monde » - Colloque international sur l’« après-développement »
-Organisation : « La ligne d’horizon » (association des amis de François Partant)
-Où ? Palais de l’UNESCO (Paris)
-Renseignements : « La ligne d'horizon », Colloque « Défaire le développement, refaire le monde » - 7, Villa Bourgeois, F-92240 MALAKOFF (France)
MARCH 2002
*5 March 2002, Paris : Seminar
"Expertise et principe de précaution" – organised by AITEC - http://www.globenet.org/aitec
- Solagral - http://www.solagral.org
- and Global Chance
*6-9
March 2002, Sousse (Tunisia) : 7th Biennial Conference
of the International Society for Ecological Economics – organised by Faculté
de Droit et des Sciences Economiques et Politiques de l’Université du Centre
(Sousse, Tunisia) and Centre d’Economie et d’Ethique pour l’Environnement
et le Développement de l’Université de Versailles St-Quentin-en-Yvelines
(France) - http://www.ecoleconeurope.org/ISEEtunisia2002
- http://neptune.c3ed.uvsq.fr/eee
*9 March 2002, Brussels : « La dimension théorique de l’impact du 11
septembre sur les relations entre globalisme et régionalisme » - Institut d’Etudes Européennes (IEE)
*15-17 March 2002, Warwick-Coventry
(Great-Britain) : International Conference on Globalization, Growth and
(In)Equality, organised by the Centre for the Study of Globalisation and
Regionalisation, University of Warwick - http://www.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/CSGR/5th_Annual_Conference
*19
March 2002, Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium) : « Des luttes de libération
nationale à la mondialisation des résistances
- Le témoignage des acteurs et le rôle des sciences sociales »
-A
l’occasion du 25ème anniversaire du Centre tricontinental (CETRI)
-Avec
la participation de : Prof. François Houtart (CETRI), Ahmed Ben Bella,
ancien président de l’Algérie, Maurice Godelier, anthropologue, médaille d’or de la
recherche scientifique française, Vittorio
Agnoletto, responsable de la Coordination de Gênes
-Quand ? à 20h00
-Où ? Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgique), Auditoires Montesquieu, Place Montesquieu
-Entrée libre
-Contact :
Centre tricontinental (CETRI) - Avenue
Ste Gertrude 5 - 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgique) – Tél. :
+32-10- 45 08 22 - Courriel : cetri@cetri.be
MAY 2002
*13-14
May 2002, London : International Conference on Sustainable Development in
the New Round: Trade, Investment and Environment after Doha Affairs - organised
by the Royal Institute of International Affairs - http://www.riia.org
*15
May 2002, London : “Dispute Resolution and the WTO Constitution” -
organised by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, with
cooperation from the Georgetown University Institute of International Economic
Law and the London Forum for International Economic and Development Law - http://www.biicl.org
*21
May 2002, Geneva : OXFAM INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE - "Is the world trade system rigged against the
poor?"
-Working
language: English
-3.00-5.30 P.M
-Where? Centre de conférence de Varembé – CCV - Salle A - 9 rue de Varembé
- 1202 Genève
-Contact – information – registration: Romain Benicchio - Tel.: +41 - 22 - 321 23 72 - Fax: +41 - 22 - 321 27 53 - E-mail: romain.benicchio@oxfaminternational.org
JUNE 2002
*4
June 2002, Paris : "Does trade liberalisation contribute to the
improvement of food security?"
-Seminar
organised by SOLAGRAL and the SFER (Société
française d'Economie rurale)
-Where?
at the Institut National Agronomique (Paris)
-Contact
– information and registration: http://www.solagral.org/agriculture_sa/enjeux_internationaux/sfer_0602/inde
JULY 2002
*Attention ! 15
July 2002 canceled, will be held
on 17 July 2002, Aubenas
(Ardèche, France) : "L'Union européenne et les relations Nord-Sud"
-Conférence donnée par Raoul Marc Jennar dans le cadre des 10e rencontres Aubenade, à l'initiative de Terre des Hommes-France -17h30
-Information : aubenades@wanadoo.fr
AUGUST 2002
*23 August 2002, Borzée (Belgium) : "Une Europe en trompe l'oeil : l'Europe et la globalisation"
-Conférence (à 20h00) par Raoul Marc Jennar, en ouverture des Rencontres Ecologiques d'Eté
-Information : webmaster@ecolo.be
SEPTEMBER 2002
*21 September 2002, Brussels : Belgian Social Forum
-Where? VUB Campus
-Information : paola.peebles@cncd.be
OCTOBER 2002
*22 October 2002 (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium) : "Pourquoi s'opposer à la globalisation ? Le rôle de l'OMC et de l'Union européenne"
-Exposés par François Houtart et Raoul Marc Jennar
-Où ? Université des Ainés - Auditoire Socrate 10 - Place Cardinal Mercier, 12 - Louvain-la-Neuve (B)
-Quand ? de 14h15 à 16h15
NOVEMBER 2002
*8-9 November 2002, Firenze (Italy) : European Social Forum
*14 November 2002, Paris-Vincennes (France) : "L'Europe : encore et toujours une puissance coloniale"
-Conférence donnée par Raoul Marc Jennar dans le cadre du salon Marjolaine organisé à Paris (Vincennes) par la fédération Nature et Progrès
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*May 10-11, 2001, Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium) : "Quelle coopération interuniversitaire dans un monde globalisé ? Regards croisés UCL - Amérique latine"
-Colloque organisé par l'Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)
-Contact - Coordination scientifique : Prof. Michel Molitor & Prof. Isabel Yépez (yepez@dvlp.ucl.ac.be) - Coordination administrative : Christian Duqué & Pamela Meunier (al575@sco.ucl.ac.be) - Tél. : +32-10-47.32.51 - Fax : +32-10-47.40.75
-Renseignements complémentaires : http://www.sco.ucl.ac.be/al575
*May
16, 2001, Brussels: "What agricultural and trade policies for sustainable
agriculture in Europe and in the world ?"
-
European Seminar on the EU’s position regarding agricultural trade and the
patentability of life by the WTO - This seminar is holded in preparation of the
belgian presidency of the European Union by the Belgian NGOs.
- Plate-Forme Souveraineté Alimentaire (PFSA)
-
Vlaams Overleg voor
een duurzame ontwikkeling (VODO)
-
C.N.C.D.-Opération
11.11.11./Coalition of the Flemish North-South Mouvement
Steering
committee : Collectif Stratégies Alimentaires, Oxfam-Solidarity, Vredeseilanden
-Dates : Wednesday 16 May from 9.00 to
18.30
-Location
and practical information: Brussels, International House,
139, Rue Haute, 1000 Brussels - tél 32 (0)2 213 12 11
Working
languages will be English and French; simultaneous translation will be foreseen.
Please
confirm your participation to the contact addresses below.
-Contacts and reconfirmation :
*Collectif Statégies Alimentaires : 184D, bld Léopold II, 1080 Bruxelles Belgique
Tél : 32 (0)2 412 06 63 E-mail : daniel.vandersteen@csa-be.org or csa@csa-be.org
*Oxfam Solidarité : 60, Rue des Quatre -vents, 1080 Bruxelles Belgique
Tél : 32 (0)2 501 67 55 E-mail : thierry.kesteloot@oxfamsol.be
*Vredeseilanden (ex Vredeseilanden-Coopibo) : 50, Blijde Inkomststraat,
3000 Leuven
Tél : 32 (0)16 31 65 80 E-mail : chris.claes@vredeseilanden.be
*May 21-22, 2001, Bonn : "At Whose Services? The consequences of the provisions of the General Agreement on Trade in Services for Sustainable Development"
-International conference organized by Forum "Environment & Development"
-Contact : handelsprojekt@forumue.de
*June 9-10, 2001, Barcelona : "Trade Liberalisation and Globalisation - What are the Impacts on Women's Lives?
-Seminar organised by "The Catalan Platform of the European Women's Lobby" and "The European Women's Lobby"
-The Seminar will be held in English and Spanish.
-Contact: sonia.ruiz@womenlobby.org - ewl@womenlobby.org
*June 12-14, 2001, Gothenburg (Sweden) : "Sustainability and Solidarity: Europe's way to the World Summit on Sustainable Development"
-Conference organised by Friends of the Earth Sweden, Friends of the Earth Europe and the Heinrich Böll Foundation - in the run up to the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), to be held in South Africa in June 2002, and connected to the EU-Summit, to be held in Gothenburg in June 2001
- Contact: Malin Mansson - malin.mansson@mjv.se - Pernilla Rinsell - pernilla.rinsell@mjv.se
-Application: http://www.mjv.se
*July 4-6, 2001, Yaoundé (Cameroon) : Workshop of African and Portuguese speaking MPs on Food Security
-Workshop organised by the Coalition of African Organisations for Food Security and Sustainable Development (COASAD)
-Information : Christina Andela - e-mail : andelac@yahoo.com
*September 14, 2001, Brussels : Study Day on "What is at stake with the Doha WTO Ministerial Conference?"
-at the European Parliament, on URFIG's initiative and in collaboration with the Green Group
- Information - Phone : +32 (0) 478 913 812 or rmj@urfig.org
*September 17-18, 2001, Brussels : "CAP, Southern Countries, WTO negotiations: Agricultural prices and market access"
-European Conference organised by European Training Association for Farming and Rural Affairs (AEFPR) & Oxfam-Solidarité
-Languages: English - French - Spanish - German - Dutch (passive) - Portuguese (passive)
-Venue : Maison
ND du Chant d’Oiseau - Centre de Formation
-Information and registration (deadline : 6 September): European Farmers Coordination - Rue de la Sablonnière 18 - 1000 Brussels - Phone : +32-2-217 31 12 - Fax : +32-2-218 45 09 E-mail : cpe@cpefarmers.org
*September 26-29, 2001 : "Capital and humanity"
-Espace Marx, Marx International III, Université Paris X Nanterre
-Contact - e-mail : dumenil@u-paris10.fr
*October 25, 2001, Beirut (Lebanon) : Study Day on "What is at stake with the Doha WTO Ministerial Conference?"
-on URFIG's initiative and in collaboration with Lebanese groups
-Information - Phone : +32 (0) 478 913 812 or rmj@urfig.org
Main references:
-International Institute for Sustainable Development
(IISD) - http://www.iisd.ca
- and its periodical “Linkages” - http://www.iisd.ca/linkages/journal
-International Centre for Trade and Sustainable
Development (ICTSD) - http://www.ictsd.org
-Association
internationale des Techniciens, Experts et Chercheurs (AITEC) - http://www.globenet.org/aitec