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Agenda of Conference on the Foreign Relations of Constituent Units

FOREIGN RELATIONS OF CONSTITUENT UNITS Core Practitioners’ Program FOREIGN RELATIONS OF CONSTITUENT UNITS Core Practitioners’ Program Fairmont Hotel Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 11-12 May 2001 Friday, 11 May 2001 07:00 – 08:30 Breakfast 07:45 – 08:45 Registration 08:50 Delegates gather in the Wellington Ballroom 09:00 – 09:15 Keynote Introduction – Gil Remillard, Byers & Casgrain (TBC) 09:15 – 09:45 Keynote Address – Hon. Gary Doer, Premier of Manitoba 09:45 – 10:15 Plenary Presentation 1: An overview of constituent unit foreign relations in Canada, past, present and future – Douglas Brown, Queen’s University (TBC) 10:15-10:45 Plenary Presentation 2: Alberta’s experiences in global relations – Wayne Clifford, Assistant Deputy minister, International and Intergovernmental Relations, Alberta 10:45 – 11:00 Break 11:00 – 11:30 Plenary Presentation 3: Québec’s experiences in global relations – Jean-Marc Blondeau, Ancien Délégué général du Québec en Allemagne, Québec 11:30 – 12:00 Plenary Presentation 4: Ontario’s experiences in global relations – Grahame Richards, Assistant Deputy Minister, Investment, Ontario (TBC) 12:00 – 13:00 Q & A from the floor and panel discussion 13:00 – 14:00 Lunch 14:00 – 14:15 Delegates gather in the Wellington and West Ballrooms for afternoon workshops 14:15 – 17:00 Concurrent Workshop Sessions “A”: Preparation for negotiations, negotiation of international agreements, and the nature of sub-national participation Including lead discussants on international agreements on trade, the environment and social policy sectors 17:15 – 18:15 Youth participants’ discussion group 19:30 – 22:30 Evening reception and informal networking activity Saturday, 12 May 2001 07:30 – 09:00 Breakfast 09:10 Delegates gather in the Wellington and West Ballrooms for morning workshops 09:20 – 11:50 Concurrent Workshop Sessions “B”: Implementation and enforcement of international agreements at the sub-national level Including lead discussants on international agreements on trade, the environment and social policy sectors 11:50 – 12:00 Break – delegates relocate to the Wellington Ballroom 12:00 – 12:30 Plenary Presentation 5: What are the roles of constituent governments in international affairs and the occasions for domestic intergovernmental cooperation and conflict? – John Kincaid, Lafayette College, USA 12:30 – 13:00 Plenary Presentation 6: Intergovernmental relations and the foreign policy process in Brazil – Cesario Melantonio Neto, Director of Federal Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brazil 13:00-14:00 Lunch 14:15 – 14:45 Plenary Presentation 7: The evolution of metropolitan governments in federal politics: Buenos Aires and the foreign policy process in Argentina – Marcelo Escolar, General Director, Political Reform Program, Argentina 14:45 – 15:15 Plenary Presentation 8: Scottish Parliament and the European Union: foreign policy in quasi-federal structures – Ailsa Henderson, University of Toronto, Canada 15:15 – 16:30 Q & A from the floor and panel discussion 16:30 – 16:45 Break 16:45 – 17:15 Rapporteurs’ report from workshops A1 & B1 17:15 – 17:30 Rapporteurs’ report from workshops A2 & B2 17:30 – 18:00 Rapporteur’s report from the youth delegation 18:00 – 18:45 Q & A from the floor and panel discussion 19:30 – 22:30 Closing banquet for core practitioners’ component Evening social for youth delegates FOREIGN RELATIONS OF CONSTITUENT UNITS Young Professionals Program (YPP) Fairmont Hotel Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 10 & 13 May 2001 Thursday, 10 May 2001 07:00 – 08:30 Breakfast 07:45 – 08:45 Morning registration 08:50 Youth delegates gather in the Wellington Ballroom 09:00 – 09:15 Keynote Introduction – Ralph Lysyshyn, President, Forum of Federations, Canada 09:15 – 10:00 Keynote Address on Federalism and Globalization – Hon. Robert Rae, Chairman of the Board, Forum of Federations, Canada 10:00 – 10:15 Break 10:15 – 11:20 Roundtable 1: What is globalization and how does it impact on governance? – George Mathew, Director, Institute for Social Sciences, India 11:20 – 12:30 Roundtable 2: How do advances in information and communication technologies affect the evolution of the status of sub-national governments in international affairs? – Colin Maclay, Harvard Center for International Development, USA (TBC) 12:30 – 13:50 Lunch 14:00 – 15:15 Roundtable 3: How does the emergence of city-regions create new questions for practitioners of federalism? – Nico Steytler, University of the Western Cape, South Africa 15:15 – 15:45 Break 15:45 – 17:00 Roundtable 4: How can effective mechanisms of intergovernmental relations alleviate some of the tensions that are inherent to federal systems of government? – Noé Cornago, University of the Basque Country, Spain (TBC) 18:00 – 22:00 Cocktail reception Sunday, 13 May 2001 07:00 – 09:45 Breakfast 09:50 Youth delegates gather in the Wellington Ballroom 10:00 – 12:00 Roundtable 5: What are the lessons learned for youth participants and how can they acquire a greater voice in public policy debates? – Shane Levesque, Forum of Federations, Canada