Negotiations of Free Trade Agreements in the EU-Central American Partnerschip Agreement: The Example of El Salvador

 

Seminar, Brussels, Sat./Sun. 14/15 Nov. 2009

 

Venue: Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, Ave. Michel-Ange 11, 1000 Brussels

Contact: Marlis Gensler, Email

 

Workshop Programme:

 

Saturday, 14 Nov. 2009:

* Birgit Daiber, Begium: Welcome note

* Helmuth Markov, Germany: Introduction

* Primo Nina Huaynahuayna, Bolivia: The role of the civil society in the negotiations in Bolivia (provisional title)

* Enrique Daza, Colombia: The Free Trade Agreements and the processes of integration

* Paulina Muñoz, Ecuador: Democracy, constitution and social struggles: Advances and challenges of the social movement in the context of the new constitution

* Alejandra Alayza, Peru: From the Association Agreement to the Free Trade Agreement – the Andes

* Claudio Lara Cortés, Chile: Chile and the European Union: An agreement against growth

* Alejandro Villamar, Mexico: The impact of the rules on investment and services of the FTA-EU: 16 years of experience in Mexico

Sunday, 15 Nov. 2009:

 

* Claudia Torelli, Nicaragua: Nicaragua in the face of a new FTA: access to the market of agrofuels

* Mario Rodríguez, Guatemala: Impacts of the Association Agreement European Union - Central America: The case of biodiversity and agrofuel in Guatemala

* Gustavo Oreamuno, Costa Rica: Transnational pressures on resources to generate energy in Costa Rica in the context of free trade agreements and agreements of association: DR-CAFTA y Association Agreement

* Joel Dietrich Boekle, El Salvador: The economy of El Salvador as part of the Central American economy and the exclusion of the small and medium enterprises by the Association Agreement with the European Union

* Final discussion

 

List of Participants:

 

Guests of El Salvador Government:

 

* Carlos Alfredo Castaneda Magaña, El Salvador – FMLN, Vice minister of Foreign Affairs, Vice minister of Integration and Economic Promotion

* Leonel Búcaro, El Salvador – FMLN, Member of Parlacen

Presentations held by:

 

* Primo Nina Huaynahuayna, Bolivia – President of CIOEC

* Enrique Daza, Colombia – Director of Centro de Estudios del Trabajo, Director of the magazine Deslinde, Coordinator of the Columbian Network of the Action against Free Trade, Secretariat of Alianza Social Continental

* Paulina Monserrat Muñoz Samaniego, Ecuador – Spokesperson of Ecuador Decide

* Alejandra Alayza, Peru – Peruvian Network for an equal globalisation - RedGE

* Claudio Eduardo Lara Cortés, Chile – Economist, Lecturer at ARCIS and ELAP

* Alejandro Villamar, México - Red Mexicana de Acción frente al Libre Comercio, RMALC

* Claudia Torelli, Nicaragua – free lance with Transnational Institute

* Mario Augusto Rodríguez Acosta, Guatemala – ex-director of Consejo de Investigaciones e Información en Desarrollo CIID

* Gustavo Oreamuno Vignet, Costa Rica – President of the central committee of the Association of popular initiatives DITSO

* Thomas Dietrich Boekle (Joel), El Salvador – Representative of European NGOs in El Salvador, consultant in politics and development cooperation

Discussants:

* Birgit Daiber, Belgium – director of the RLS Brussels office
* Helmuth Markov, Germany – Minister of Finances in the federal state Brandenburg, formerly head of Foreign Department of Rosa Luxemburg Foundation in Berlin
* Paul-Emile Dupret, Belgium – GUE/NGL

Facilitation:

* Marlis Gensler, Belgium – RLS Brussels
* Pablo Sanchez, Belgium – free lance with RLS Brussels

 

See also:

 

* Publication of contributions of seminar (Spanish)

* Conference report (Spanish)