OECD Workshop on RTAs and the Environment, Santiago, 6-7 October 2008: Powerpoint presentations

Introduction

 

 

Growth in RTAs with a focus on the Americas, Dale Andrew

Checklist for Negotiators of Environmental Provisions in RTAs, Joy Kim

 

Session I. Experience with Environment in RTAs in the Americas

 

 

 

Session 1.1. RTAs and the environment in the Americas: recent trends

Julio Cesar Baena, Mercosur

Michele Low, Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery

 

Session 1.2. Why include environmental provisions in regional trade agreements

Edmundo Claro, RIDES, Chile

Karine Siegwart, Federal Office for the Environment, Switzerland

 

Session 1.3. Addressing specific environmental issues

Ruben Munoz Roble, MINAET, Costa Rica

Isabel Calle, SPDA, Peru

 

Session 2. Efficient Implementation of Environmental Provisions and Co-Operation Activities

 

 

 

 

Session 2.1. Implementation of environmental provisions in RTAs

Humberto Molina, Environment Directorate, Chile

Julius Langendorff, DG Environment, European Commission

Oscar Ceville, Department of Sustainable Development, OAS

José Rodolfo Villamariona Aguilar, Ministerio de Economia, El Salvador

 

Session 2.2. Experience with implementing environmental co-operation activities

Craig Salmon, Ministry of Environment, New Zealand

Ricardo Aguilar, Chief of Party, CCAD

Javier Hurtado, Chilean Construction Chamber

Rosa Otero, Directora de Comercio y Ambiente, Dominican Republic

 

Session 2.3. Strategy for efficient implementation of environmental co-operation activities

Isabel Calle, SPDA, Peru

 

Session 3. Evaluation of Environmental Provisions in RTAs

 

 

 

Session 3.1. Performance review of environmental provisions in RTAs

Alvaro Sapag, CONAMA, Chile

Sara Larrain, Programa Chile Sustentable, Chile

 

 

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