13 Apr 2011

Round-table "Re-thinking the Role of Regionalism: Perspectives from Asia and the Americas"

From 14:00 till 16:30

Dijver, Bruges campus
Dijver 11
8000 Bruges
Belgium

Dijver, Bruges campus

The College of Europe (European General Studies) and the United Nations University (Comparative Regional Integration Studies) are jointly organised a Round-table on “Re-thinking the Role of Regionalism: Perspectives from Asia and the Americas” which took place on 13 April 2011, at the College of Europe.

The purpose of the seminar was to revisit the debate on regional integration from two distinct regional perspectives - the Americas and South-East Asia.

The debate was launched by Professor Pierre Sauvé, Visiting Professor at the College of Europe, Deputy Managing Director and Director of Studies at the World Trade Institute, University of Bern. His introduction was followed by two presentations: Mr Roberto Echandi, Director of the International Investment Initiative at the World Trade Institute, University of Bern and former Ambassador of Costa Rica to the EU, who focussed on the case of the Americas, and Professor Cédric Dupont, Professor of International Relations at the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, used the case of regionalism in South-East Asia.

The presentations were followed by comments from two discussants, Dr Stephen Woolcock, Programme Director for the Masters in International Political Economy at the London School of Economics, Director of the International Trade Policy Unit at LSE, as well as Associate Research Fellow at UNU-CRIS, and Mr Christophe Kiener, Assistant to the Deputy Director-General, DG Trade, European Commission.

Programme

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