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Calendar of Alternative WTO Events

compiled by Kristin Sampson | Updated August 12, 2003

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The Calendar features each day's alternative events during the WTO's Ministerial Conference in Cancun, divided into those events outside the security zone and those within the security zone. For detailed information, click on the event title.

To add or update an event, please send an email to <americas@irc-online.org>.

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Sunday:
9/7/2003

Alternative Events
(Outside Security Zone)

NGO Activities
(Within Security Zone)
NOTE: Events within the security zone may be open to non-cleared participants through a special registration process.
Interested persons should contact the host organization directly.
10:18:00 Foro Mundial de Pescadores    

Monday:
9/8/2003
8:30-14:00 Forum on the Rights of Women in Trade Agreements (FRWTA)    
9:00-19:00 International Peasant Forum (IPF): Food Sovereignty and Free Trade  
10:00-19:00 Coordinating Meeting for Representatives of the Int'l and Nat'l Networks  

15:30-17:00

 FRWTA: Plenary  

17:00-?

FRWTA:
International Meeting of Organizations in the Social Movement

  
Ongoing International Peasant Encampment  
TBD Fisherman Forum  

Tuesday:
9/9/2003
9:00-14:00 FRWTA 9:00-17:30 Family Farmers' Conference on International Trade
9:00-19:00 International Peasant Forum (IPF): 15:00-18:00 FAO Symposium on Agriculture, Trade Reforms and World Food Security
10:30-20:00 Forum: Alternatives to globalization and the WTO 16:15-18:15 Discussion: RIS Report on "World Trading System and Development - 2003"
12:00-20:00 International Forum on Globalization 19:30-22:30 Boell Dinner: MEAs and the WTO
15:30-18:00 FRWTA: Continuation of Second Panel TBD Parliamentary Forum
16:00-23:00 People's Forum for an Alternative to the WTO (Peoples Forum): Cultural Event    
18:00-19:00 FRWTA: Plenary  
18:00-20:00 Peoples Forum: Political Act  
All Day Sustainable Trade Day  
Ongoing International Peasant Encampment  
TBD International Day of Action Against the WTO  
TBD Teach-in on the WTO  
TBD Communication Forum and Workshop  
TBD Politico-cultural Act  
TBD Global Peoples Forum for the Days of Resistance (GPFDR)  

Wednesday:
9/10/2003
8:00-21:00 Indigenous Forum
Gimnasio Kuchil Baxal
10:30-Instalación de la Plenaria
14:30-Instalación de las mesas de trabajo 		11:00-13:00 Sustainable Trade Symposium: WTO Policy Plenary: Making Trade Work
9:00-17:00 Forest Forum on globalization and the WTO 12:00-15:00 Panel: The WTO and Beyond
9:00 The Impacts of New Technologies on The Global Food System 14:30-16:30 Sustainable Trade Symposium:
1) Scaling up Fair Trade
2) Sustainable Trade in the Marketplace
3) Sustainable Trade and Commodities
9:00-21:00 Foro "Los Pueblos Indígenas ante la OMC" 15:00-17:00 Panel: WTO and Investment
9:30-15:00 Boell Forum: WTO / Environment 17:00-19:00 Sustainable Trade Symposium:
1) Sustainable Procurement
2) Fair Trade in the Apparel Industry
3) Sustainable Trade Within Borders
10:00-12:00 International Labor Unions Forum. "Global Voices in labor resistance in Maquila and Franc Zones." Casa de la Cultura y/o Auditorio del Sindicato de Trababajores del IMSS 19:00 Eco-Label Dinner
10:00-13:00 People's Forum: Agriculture 19:30-22:30 Boell Dinner: The Singapore Issues
13:00 International Peasant March: For Peasant Rights and Food Sovereignty All Day Fair Trade Fair
16:30-20:30 Boell Forum: GATS and Gender    
17:00 Demonstration (Via Campesina)    
Ongoing International Peasant Encampment    
Ongoing Youth Encampment    
TBD Work Day: Social Alternatives to Trade Agreements    
TBD Forum on Forests and Jungles    
TBD Roundtable: Solidarity with Cuba    

TBD

GPFDR

    

Thursday:
9/11/2003
8:30-19:00 Cancun Trade and Development Symposium 9:00-12:00 Roundtable Discussion: Implementing the Human Right to Food: Domestic Obligations and the International Trade in Agriculture
9:00 Voices from the South toward real solidarity between North and South 9:30-11:30 Sustainable Trade Symposium:
WTO Policy Plenary: Social and Eco-labeling
9:00-12:00 Day of Mourning for the Victims of Military, Economic, and Class War (Plaza Reforma) 10:00-13:00 Panel Discussion: The Doha Development Round: Everything for the Corporations, No Rights for Workers?
9:30-15:00 Boell Forum: Water 12:00-14:00 Symposium: Corn, Biotechnology and Trade
10:00-13:00 People's Forum: Trade and War 12:00-14:00 Sustainable Trade Symposium
1) Labeling and Certification
2) Indigenous Trade
10:00-14:00 "Voces Globales de Resistencia Laboral en las Maquiladoras y Zonas Francas 15:00-17:00 Panel Discussion: GATS-MODE IV
14:00-17:00 Teach-In: Human Rights Strategies for Trade Justice 15:00-17:00 Sustainable Trade Symposium
1) Unsustainable Trade: Today's Commodity Crisis
2) Innovative Fair Trade Models
3) The Role of Governments and International Financial Institutions
15:15-17:00 "¿Cómo puede la sociedad civil influir en las políticas gubernamentales sobre la OMC?"

16:00-18:00

 Panel Discussion: TRIPs and Development: Agenda before Trade Regime
16:30-20:30 Boell Forum: Global Greens 17:00-19:00 Sustainable Trade Symposiums:
1) Unsustainable Trade: Today's Commodity Crisis - Part II
All Day International Peace Day 17:30-19:30 Sustainable Trade Symposiums:
2) Government Purchasing
3) Effective Marketing Strategies
Ongoing Youth Encampment 19:30-22:30 Boell Dinner: Making Trade Fair
TBD Forest Forum All Day Fair Trade Fair
TBD Roundtable: Solidarity with Cuba    
TBD GPFDR    
TBD Performance: Women's Group    

TBD

Symbolic Action

    

Friday:
9/12/2003
9:00-18:00 Cancun Trade and Development Symposium 9:00-11:00 Fair Trade Strategy Forum:
1) Policy and Programs for Producer Countries
9:00-19:00 Fair Trade in the Americas Policy Forum 9:30-12:00 Panel Discussion: Towards Development: Human Rights and the WTO Agenda
10:00-13:00 People's Forum: Privatization and Services 10:00-12:00 Panel Discussion: A Gender Agenda for WTO
10:15-12:30 Boell Forum: Cultural Diversity 11:30-13:30 Fair Trade Strategy Forum:
1) Policy and Programs for Consumer Countries
2) Fair Trade Marketing and Education
13:00-14:30 Boell Forum: TRIPS

14:30-16:30

 Fair Trade Strategy Forum:
1) Expanding Fair Trade in the Americas
16:00-20:30 Boell Forum: Agreement on Agriculture 15:00-17:00 Panel Discussion: Peasant Farmers and Market Access
18:00-24:00 People's Forum: Cultural Festival Concert

17:00-19:00

 Fair Trade Strategy Forum:
1) Next Steps
Ongoing Youth Encampment 19:30-22:30 Boell Dinner: The Doha Round and Cultural Diversity
TBD International Labor Unions Forum All Day Fair Trade Fair
TBD Roundtable: Solidarity with Cuba TBD Parliamentary Forum
TBD GPFDR    

Saturday:
9/13/2003
TBD International Labor Unions Forum 10:00-12:00 Panel Discussion: Environmental Consequences of Services Liberalization
TBD Global Day of Demonstration Against the WTO 19:30-22:30 Boell Dinner: Civil Society Participation with the WTO
TBD GPFDR    

Sunday:
9/14/2003
9:30-10:30 Boell: Press Conference    
10:00-13:00 People's Forum: Environment, Biodiversity, and Natural Resources

 
11:00-13:30 Boell Forum: WTO Reform    
16:00-18:00

Boell Forum: Chancen und Risiken der Nanotechnologie

    
17:00 People's Forum: Closing Event    
TBD Indigenous Forum    
TBD GPFDR    
TBD Video: Food Sovereignty    

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Published by the Americas Program at the Interhemispheric Resource Center (IRC). ©2003. All rights reserved.

Recommended citation:
Kristin Sampson, "WTO Calendar of Events," Americas Program (Silver City, NM: Interhemispheric Resource Center, July/August 2003).

Web location:
http://www.americaspolicy.org/activists/calendar/2003wto.html

Production information:
Writer: Kristin Sampson
Editor: Laura Carlsen, IRC
Layout: Tonya Cannariato, IRC