FIELD Organising Trade Policy Reform Event

SUSTRA - Trade, Societies and Sustainable Development Research Network

The SUSTRA network is based on a multidisciplinary team of 11 partners coming from 6 European countries. It includes economists, political scientists, sociologists, philosophers and lawyers. It is financed by the European Union's 5th Framework Programme under the Key Action "improving the socio-economic knowledge base".

A workshop in 2003 identified various stakeholders within Member States and across the EU that have a vested interest in key sectors such as forestry, energy (climate change), agriculture reform and trade in GMOs. The workshop made an assessment of their influence on trade policy reform in EU institutions and in various international processes, such as the WTO.

European Governance and European Opinions on Trade and Sustainable Development: On June 3-4 2004, lawyers from FIELD attended a two-day workshop in Paris. It was organised by Institut Français des Relations Internationales (IFRI) in partnership with the Trade, Societies and Sustainable Development (SUSTRA) Network. The workshop provided an overall picture of how EU public opinion and governance architecture interact and contribute to shape the EU trade policy agenda. For more information on the event please click here.

For full programme details and PPT presentations, please go to the SUSTRA website.

SUSTRA Meeting: FIELD participated in the SUSTRA workshop on Sustainability Impact Assessment of Trade Agreements and New Approaches to Governance, on 27-28 March 2003. More information can be found at http://www.agro-montpellier.fr/sustra/ .

For full programme details and PPT presentations, please go to the SUSTRA website.