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4. WORLD WATER FORUM - MEXICO 2006

The UN millennium declaration demands to halve the proportion of people who are unable to reach or to afford safe drinking water until 2015. The 4th World Water Forum, taking place in Mexico City in March 2006 under the main theme “Local Actions for a Global Challenge”, aims officially at enabling multi-stakeholder participation and dialogue to influence water policy making at a global level. The Heinrich Böll Foundations supports various Civil Society activities during the summit. Read more in our Special [More…]

ECOFAIR TRADE DIALOGUE

EcoFair Trade Dialogue is a new project carried out by the Heinrich Böll Foundation in cooperation with Misereor and moderated by the Wuppertal Institute. It is an international dialogue established on the current developments and conflicts surrounding agricultural trade negotiations within the WTO.

>> EcoFair Trade Dialogue Newsletter No. 2 – January 2006 [More...]

GERMAN POLITICS

Development Under the Grand Coalition in Berlin - New constellation, old conflicts
Published in World Economy & Development [More...]

Development policy during the grand coalition - The old conflicts of objectives will be the new ones
by Barbara Unmüßig [Download]

WTO CONFERENCE 2005

From 13-18 December, 2005, the 6th WTO Ministerial Conference will be held in Hong Kong. For those in favor of the current, neo-liberal trade system, the summit's aim is to advance the conclusion of the Doha "development round" of further trade liberalization. Critics all over the world instead want to use the opportunity to save environmental sustainability, development, human rights and gender equality from the at times hazardous impacts of economic globalization as it works today. Find more informations on our campaigning website

- The resolution of the German Greens on the WTO negotiations, issued before Hongkong, is also available in English [Download...]
- Beyond Free Trade: Food sovereignty & export opportunities. A public hearing of farmers’ voices in the framework of the EcoFair Trade Dialogue [Download flyer...]
- Our Overall Programme [Download...]

Relating issues:  TRADE AND INVESTMENT RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN CHINA AND LATIN AMERICA  Obstacles and Challenges to Sustainability. Study by Sara Larrain, Maria Paz Aedo y Pablo Sepulveda/ Programa Cono Sur Sustentable [Download part 1 with 9 MB] [Download part 2 with 1,8 MB] Globalization: Agriculture and international trade In order to stimulate the debate around the issues of Globalization, the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Brazil has supported the study “THE G-20: ITS ORIGIN, EVOLUTION, MEANING AND PROSPECTS”. The text points out the big news brought by the G-20 (group of developing countries lead by Brazil) to the stage of international negotiations. The most important one seems to be the very fact of a bloc of peripheral or developing countries, united in proposals and strategy, could be created to influence the direction of international negotiations in a central area (not just a marginal one) in the continuation of the Doha Round of the WTO. [Download...] Public consultation on the role of Non-state actors by the Commission of the EU: Non-state actors participation is an integral part of EC Development policy. More informations about how to participate in this public consultation [More...]