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3rd Regional Seminar for Young Progressives Southeast Asia (YPSEA)
Young People Shaping Globalization
25 - 27 October 2005
Discovery Centre, Manila, Philippines
Seminar Papers
SESSION 1:
FOCUS ON THE WTO: EQUALIZING THE KNOWLEDGE PLAYING FIELD
Speaker:
Charles Santiago, Consultant, Monitoring Sustainability of Globalisation - Malaysia
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SESSION
2:
SOUTHEAST ASIA, GLOBALIZATION AND THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION:
PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES
Sub-Theme 1:
An Overview of the Impact of the WTO on Southeast Asia and Europe
Speakers:
Luc Vandebon, First Counsellor, EC Delegation in Manila – Philippines
Wigberto Tañada, President, Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement (PRRM)
AFTA and WTO: Liberalization and Development for Whom?
Sub-Theme 2:
GATS / Labor / Mode 4: EU and Asia Perspectives
Speakers:
Claudia Meyer, Economic Policy Department, German Trade Union Federation (DGB) - Germany
Problems and Challenges arising from GATS / Mode 4: A Trade Union Perspective
Josefa Francisco, Coordinator, International Gender and Trade Network Asia - Philippines
Mode 4: What we need to know
Sub-Theme 3:
General Agreements on Trade in Services: Issues on Education and Globalization
Speakers:
Raquel de Guzman Castillo, National Coordinator, E-Net Philippines
Issues in Education and Globalisation in Southeast Asia: Contending Mindsets in MDGs and GATS
Mario Aguja, Representative (Akbayan!), House of Representatives - Philippines
Globalization and GATS: Issues in Education
Sub-Theme 4:
The Impact of Globalizing Forces on Health
Speakers:
Marilyn Lorenzo, Director, Institute of Health Policy and Development
Studies – Philippines
The Impact of Globalizing Forces on Health
Tanya Lat, Legal Counsel, Akbayan! Citizens’ Action Party – Philippines
The WTO TRIPS Agreement and Public Health
Nymia Simbulan, Executive Director, Philippine Human Rights Information Center
The Rights-Based Approach to Health: Framework in the Context of International Trade Relations in the Era of Globalization
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SESSION 3:
YOUNG PEOPLE SHAPING GLOBALIZATION: YPSEA COUNTRY REPORTS
CAMBODIA
Chansen Sun, Coordinator for Reproductive Health, Khmer Youth Association – Cambodia
Country Presentation on Cambodia
INDONESIA
Sukma Widyanti, Indonesia Movement (Pergerakan Indonesia)
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Tunggal Pawestri, Division Head for Political Education, SEKAR – Indonesia
What is the World We See? (PPT)
Indonesia: Best Practices for Neoliberalism Agenda (PDF)
MALAYSIA
Jenice Lee, Democratic Action Party Socialist Youth - Malaysia
Malaysia Country Report (PPT)
Country Report by DAPSY, DEMA, & ProDem (PDF)
PHILIPPINES
Jonas Bagas, Akbayan! Youth – Philippines
THAILAND
Metha Matkhao, Young People for Democracy Coordination Center (YPD) – Thailand
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Chutinan Chutima, Student Federation of Thailand
TIMOR L’ESTE
Cesar Melito, East Timor Students Solidarity Council (ETSSC) – Timor L’este
Young People Shaping Democracy in East Timor
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SESSION 4:
CRAFTING ALTERNATIVES: SOME NOTES ON AN ALTERNATIVE INTERNATIONAL TRADE FRAMEWORK
Speakers:
Segfredo Serrano, Undersecretary, Department of Agriculture – Philippines
The Stretch to Hong Kong: Negotiating the Details of the July Framework
Maitet Diokno-Pascual, Chair of the Board, Institute for
Popular Democracy – Philippines
Some Notes on an Alternative International Trade Framework
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