ESF news: NAMA workshop, 4 May 14:30h

NOT IN MY NAMA!
WHAT IS THE EU’S RESPONSIBILITY IN THE WTO
NON-AGRICULTURAL MARKET ACCESS NEGOTIATIONS?

Thursday 4th May
14:30h-17:30h (slot 2)
Room S106

Outline:
This workshop will look at the ‘Non-Agricultural Market Access’ (NAMA) negotiations at the WTO and at the state of play after the Hong Kong Ministerial (December 2005) with a focus on the current position of the European Union in these negotiations. Participants will know more about the impact of the NAMA negotiations on livelihoods, jobs and the environment. The objective of the workshop will be to share experience, to advance alternative policy proposals and to engage the participants in campaigning and advocacy activities towards their government or European representatives.

Thematic area:
Europe in Neoliberal Globalisation

Organisers:
Seattle to Brussels Network

Moderator:
Charly Poppe, Friends of the Earth Europe

Speakers:
Mary Lou Malig, Focus on the Global South
Not in my NAMA? Why NAMA negotiations are harming the poor in the global South

Andrea Baranes, Campagna Riforma della Banca Mondiale
The EU position in the NAMA negotiations

Charly Poppe, Friends of the Earth Europe
Why NAMA negotiations threaten natural resources

Discussion. Some items:
Is there a common threat or are there only but conflicting interests between developing and developed countries?
Are the winners and the losers the same all over the world?
What can we do?

Language:
English