Programme | Summer School 2005

 Thursday, 1.9.05 

6:00 pm

Inaugural Session with Reception

• Barbara Unmuessig, Heinrich-Böll-Foundation (hbf):
  Welcome Address
  
• Jayati Ghosh, JNU, New Delhi:
  Keynote Lecture (Public): "The Agrarian Crisis in the Developing World and Women's Economies"

 Friday, 2.9.05

9.00 - 9:15 am

Opening: Introduction to the Structure and Methodology of the Summer School programme
                           Ingrid Spiller, hbf Berlin and Christa Wichterich, Bonn  

9:15  - 10:45 am
Plenary: Panel

State of Play: Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) 3 Months before the WTO-Ministerial in Hong Kong

• Aileen Kwa, Focus on the Global South, Geneva:
  "Negotiations, Concessions, Commitments: about Market Access, Domestic Support and Export Subsidies"
  
• Maria Fe Alberto-Chau + Philippine Mission, Geneva:
  "Interested Parties, Power and Transparency"
  
  Facilitator: Marita Wiggerthale

11:15 am - 12:45 pm
Lecture

• Nazneen Kanji, IIED, London:
  "Agricultural Trade Liberalisation and Women's Livelihoods - Macro-Micro-Linkages from a Feminist Perspective"
  

2:30 - 6:00 pm
6 regional Workshops

• Asia - Africa - Eastern Europe - Latin America - Middle East - North
  Regional Experiences with Agricultural Liberalisation and (Bi-, Pluri- and) Multilateral Agreements

 Saturday, 3.9.05

9:00 - 10:30 am
Plenary: Panel

Towards Alternative Frameworks - Food First, Rights First

• Arze Glipo, IRDF, Manila
  "The Concept of Food Sovereignty"
  
• Christine v. Weizsäcker, Bonn
  "Livelihood and Community Rights"
  
  Facilitator: Parto Teherani

11:00 am - 12:45 pm
4 Workshops

• Experiences and Struggles for Livelihood Rights and Food Sovereignty

 Sunday, 4.9.05

Field Trip

12:00 am - 12:30 pm
Introductory Lecture 

• Nana Künkel, Humboldt University, Berlin:
  "German Agricultural Policies - a brief introduction"
  

3:00 - 6:00 pm
Field Trip in two groups

• Gut Ogrosen: Association of four small organic farms (sheep & goat farming, vegetable production, agriculture)
  
• Bäuerinnen GBR:
  Women's collective, organic farming (agriculture, sheep farming, vegetable production)

 Monday, 5.9.05

9:00 - 11:00 am
Plenary: Panel

Free Trade, Labour, and Land

• Karin Ulmer, Aprodev, Brussels:
  "EU ACP Negotiations, Rural Economy and the Livelihood of Small Farmers"
  
• Zoraida Garcia, FAO, Rome:
  "Who does the work? Changes in agricultural trade and gender equity in rural labour"
  
• Akinyi Nzioki, CLEAR, Nairobi:
  "Still going on: Women's Land Struggles"
  
  Facilitator: Christa Wichterich

11:30 am - 12.30 pm

• Guided Tour of the Centre for Advanced Training in Rural Development - Agricultural-Horticultural Faculty and its research area

2:30 - 4:30 pm
4 Regional workshops

• Agricultural Labour, Women's Access to Resources and Land Rights

5:00 - 7:00 pm
Open Space

• Exchange of Information on NGO work, local initiatives, national policies, transnational networking...

 Tuesday, 6.9.05

9:00 - 10:30 am
Plenary: Panel

Who Owns the Genes? Who Owns the Seeds? Farmers' Right, TRIPS and Genetic Engineering

• Silvia Ribeiro, ECT, Mexico:
  "Biopiracy, TRIPS and the Biosafety Protocol"
  
• Mariam Mayet, African Centre for Biosafety, Johannesburg
  "GMOs and Biosafety in Africa"
  
  Facilitator: Corinna Heineke, Berlin

11:00 am - 12:45 pm
4 Workshops

• Regional Experiences, Struggles and Strategies

2:30 - 4:30 pm
Visit to the Federal Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture

• Rainer Gießübel and others:
  Discussion on EU Agriculture Policies and on the promotion of organic farming in the German agricultural system

19:30 - 21:30 pm
Jour Fixe

• Debates on International Politics

 Wednesday, 7.9.05

9:00 - 10:30 am
Plenary: Panel

Gender Perspectives and Strategies vis-à-vis WTO and beyond the WTO Regime

• Zo Randriamaro, WEDO, Dakar:
  "MDGs, Poverty and Hunger Reduction "
  
• Gigi Francisco, IGTN, Manila:
  "Engendering the WTO? What else?"
  
  Facilitator: Ingrid Spiller

11:00 am - 13:00 pm
4 Workshops 

• Forward Looking Strategies

2:30 - 4:30 pm
Plenary:

Feed Back on Forward Looking Strategies
Evaluation of the Summer School

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Humboldt University of Berlin - Agricultural-Horticultural Centre for Advanced Training in Rural Development (SLE)

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