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This
project seeks to
create a policy
dialogue connecting
researchers and
academics from Latin
America and Canada
—
enabling them to
jointly elaborate,
discuss and
disseminate studies
on the developmental
impacts of this
bilateral economic
relationship.
Project developers
include the
North-South
Institute (NSI), the
Latin American Trade
Network (LATN), and
the Red Mercosur.
NSI
facilitates
discussions in this
Dialogue between
Canadian and Latin
American
partners.
LATN
(www.latn.org.ar)
has over 120
partners in 19
countries, with
offices in Buenos
Aires, Lima, Rio de
Janeiro and San José
(Costa Rica).
Together, LATN and
NSI have already produced an
issue of LATN Nexos,
a policy newsletter,
dedicated to
Canadian - Latin
American Relations
(No. 10, 11/2009).
Red
Mercosur (http://www.redmercosur.net)
represents more
than 30 researchers
from 10 leading
research
universities in the
Mercosur countries.
The project's first meeting
took place in
Ottawa on May 27-28,
2010, at the Department of
Foreign Affairs and
Internatinal Trade
(DFAIT) and
attracted Canadian
public officials,
members of the
Latin American
the
diplomatic
community, civil
society
representatives and
other researchers.
Participants shared
their ongoing
research in
presentations and
discussions on
trade, investment,
social policy and
the environmental
aspects of bilateral relations
between Canada and
Latin American
countries.
They also
explored future work
possibilities on
selected issues.
Dialogue Agenda:
English -
French
List of
Participants
Background Papers:
-Canadian Free Trade
Agreements
-Foreign Direct
Investment in Latin
America
Thursday May
27th, 2010
Opening addresses:
-
Betti-Jo Ruston,
Deputy Director,
Regional Trade
Policy - Americas
DFAIT
- Edgard
Rodriguez, Program
Leader,
Globalization,
Growth and Poverty,
IDRC
- Roy
Culpeper, President
and CEO, The
North-South
Institute
Presentation of the
Latin American
networks and the
Canada Latin America
Dialogue Project
- Pablo
Heidrich, Senior
Researcher, The
North-South
Institute
Le réseau de
recherche économique
du Mercosur - La Red
Mercosur en bref
Cecilia Alemany,
Coordinator, Red
Mercosur
New Policy Context
in Latin America:
Inputs from a
Research Network
Juliana
Peixoto,
Coordinator, Latin
American Trade
Network
Workshop I -
International Trade
and Development
Issues in Latin
America
Discussion leader:
Vivianne Ventura
Dias (LATN -
University of Santa
Catarina)
Comparing the
Peru-Canada and
Colombia-Canada Free
Trade Agreements
Alan Fairlie
Reinoso, LATN -
Catholic University
of Peru
(PAPER)
Lessons
Learned from
the Costa Rica -
Canada Free Trade
Agreement
(2002-2010)
Doris Osterlof
Obregón and Juan
Manuel Villasuso LATN -
University of Costa
Rica
(PAPER)
New
Patterns and Uses of
ICT4D in the Latin
American Trade in
Services
Andrés
López and Daniela
Ramos, Red Mercosur
- CENIT, Argentina
Workshop II -
Impacts and Policies
Regarding Foreign
Direct Investment
Discussion leader:
Andrés López (Red
Mercosur - CENIT,
Argentina)
The
Canadian Investment
Protection Strategy
in Latin America
Beyond NAFTA
María Teresa
Gutiérrez Haces,
Autonomous National
University of
Mexico
Does
the quality of
Investment
Protection Affect
FDI Flows? Evidence
from the Americas
Paul Haslam and Jay
Dixon,
University of
Ottawa
FDI
in Brazil: Recent
Trends and the Role
of Canadian
Investment
Celio Hiratuka, Red
Mercorsur - State
University of
Campinas, Brazil
(PAPER)
Workshop III -
Global Crisis and
Regional Governance
Discussion leader:
Laura Macdonald
(Carleton
University)
Regional
Policy Initiatives to
Mitigate the Impacts
of the International
Financial Crisis
Danya Zaclicever,
Red Mercorsur -
National University
of Uruguay
Post-Liberal
Regionalism in South
America: Integration
and Cooperation
Agendas
Pedro da
Motta Veiga, LATN -
CINDES, Brazil
Friday
May 28th, 2010
Bilateral
discussion and
mid-term reflection
What are the
possible and likely Canadian
contributions to
Latin American
development today?
What are the missing
pieces in the
agenda?
-
Albert Berry -
University of
Toronto, and, Diana
Tussie - LATN -
FLASCO
Workshop IV
- Inclusive Growth
in Latin American
Development
Discussion leader:
María
Teresa Gutiérrez
Haces (Autonomous
National University
of Mexico)
Inclusive Growth and
Productive
Development in
Paraguay
Fernando Masi, Red
Mercosur - CADEP,
Paraguay
The Care Economy,
Social Capital and
Services
Vivianne Ventura
Dias, LATN -
University of Santa
Catarina, Brazil
New Export Patterns,
Income Distribution
and Poverty
Alleviation
Eduardo Bianchi,
LATN Regional
Office, Argentina
Workshop V -
Environment and
Energy Issues
Discussion leader:
Philippe Faucher
(Université de
Montréal)
Trade and Climate
Change Policies in
Latin America
Pedro da Motta
Veiga, LATN -
CINDES, Brazil
Comparing Brazilian
and Argentine
Agendas in Global
Climate Change
Negotiations
Roberto Bouzas, Red
Mercosur -
University of San
Andrés, Argentina
(PAPER)
Alternative
Scenarios for Energy
Integration in the
Americas
Annette
Hester, Independent
scholar
Workshop VI
- Final Reflection
Brainstorming future
directions for
research
Moderator:
Pablo Heidrich, NSI
A
synthesis report of
the discussions held
at the Dialogue will
be posted shortly,
as well as English
and French
translations of the
papers presented.
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