Trade Union Conference on Economic Partnership Agreements – Africa/EU - Lome, Togo, 9-10 October
Brussels, 5 October 2017.
Please find below and attached the Programme for the Conference entitled "Trade Union Conference on Economic Partnership Agreements – Africa/EU" to be held in the city of Lomé,Togo, from 9-10 October 217.
“Trade Union Conference on
Economic Partnership Agreements – Africa/EU”
October 9-10, 2017
ITUC Africa Hotel, Lomé, Togo
Sunday, 8 October
Arrival of participants and registration:
CSI-Afrique centre FOPADESC
Route internationale d'Atakpamé
BP 4401 Lomé TOGO
Tel: 00228 22 50 60 87 / 22 50 17 12
Fax: 00228 22 25 61 13
E-mail: [email protected]
Site web: http://www.fopadesc.org/
19.00-22.00 Welcome Reception and Dinner
Monday, 9 October
09.30 - 10.15 Session I. Opening of the Conference
Welcoming remarks by:
Kwasi Adu-Amankwah, General Secretary, ITUC-Africa
Yorgos Altintzis, ITUC
Salvatore Marra, CGIL-Italy representing ETUC
10.15 – 12.00 Session II. What can EPAs do for trade union rights?
Chaired by Davids Etyang, EATUC
Short introductions by:
Boniswa Mahlangu, FEDUSA - South Africa
Yorgos Altintzis, ITUC
Philippe Réau, CFDT-France
General debate
12.00 – 14.00 Lunch break
14.00 – 15.15 Session III. The impact of trade liberalisation on Africa – what did we learn from past experiences?
Chaired by Rosselyn Uba-Anarah, NLC - Nigeria
Short introductions by:
Sylvester Bagoroo, Third World Network-Africa
Coovi Anselme Amoussou, CSA - Benin
Vaima Gounoung, UST - Chad
Faith Lumonya, SEATINI
General debate
15.15 – 15.45 Coffee and Tea break
15.45 – 17.00 Session IV. Gender and trade: adversely affected and excluded – how to overturn this reality?
Chaired by N ‘deye Nar Beye, UNSAS - Senegal
Short introductions by:
Mariama Williams, Senior Programme Officer, Global Governance for Development Programme, South Centre
Rachael Limbe, MTUC - Malawi
Paliani Chinguwo, SATUCC
General debate
17.00 – 17.45 Session V. Discussion on the Continental Free Trade Agreement (CFTA)
Chaired by a Komlan Eloi Nouwossan, UNSIT - Togo
Comments by Kwasi Adu-Amankwah, ITUC-Africa
General debate
18.30 – 20.30 Dinner
Tuesday, 10 October
9:30 – 12.00 Session VI. EPAs and agriculture: decent work and food sovereignty
(a 10 minutes break decided by moderator)
Chaired by Eric Manzi Mwezi, CESTRAR – Rwanda
Introductions by:
Jacques Berthelot, Agro-Economist/Professor
Kingsley Ofei-Nkansah, Foodspan - Ghana
Modeste Ndongala N'Sibu, UNTC - DR Congo
General debate
12.00 – 14.00 Lunch break
14.00 – 15.30 Session VII. An industrial policy for Africa: structural transformation
Chaired by Damaris Muhika, COTU - Kenya
Introductions by:
Peter Lunenborg, South Centre
Faith Lumonya, SEATINI
Kwabena Nyarko Otoo, GTUC – Ghana
General Debate
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee and Tea break
16.00 – 17.00 Session VIII. Action on EPAs – a Trade Union Statement
Chaired by Kwasi Adu-Amankwah, ITUC-Africa (Key messages)
Messages by:
Rosselyn Uba-Anarah, NLC - Nigeria (Policy space)
Kwabena Nyarko Otoo, GTUC – Ghana (Agriculture)
Salvatore Marra, CGIL-Italy (Solidarity)
In the presence of:
Embassies of African countries and EU Member states
EU Mission to Togo
Press conference after the end of the session – TBD on the date
17.00 Session IX. Concluding remarks
Kwasi Adu-Amankwah, General Secretary, ITUC-Africa
Philippe Réau, CFDT-France representing ETUC