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Study Tour for Colombian Member Universities of the Vi Network Geneva, 12/10/2010

Study Tour for Colombian Member Universities of the Vi Network Geneva, 12/10/2010 Romain Benicchio, Oxfam International. Oxfam International is a confederation of 13 independent organizations dedicated to fighting poverty and injustice around the world.

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Study Tour for Colombian Member Universities of the Vi Network Geneva, 12/10/2010

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  1. Study Tour for Colombian Member Universities of the Vi Network Geneva, 12/10/2010 Romain Benicchio, Oxfam International.

  2. Oxfam International is a confederation of 13 independent organizations dedicated to fighting poverty and injustice around the world. The name ‘Oxfam’ comes from Oxfam Great Britain, founded in 1942.

  3. Oxfam International Affiliates OXFAM IRELAND OXFAM GERMANY OXFAM QUEBEC OXFAM GB OXFAM NETHERLANDS OXFAM IN BELGIUM INTERMON-OXFAM OXFAM CANADA OXFAM FRANCE JAPAN OXFAM AMERICA OXFAM MEXICO OXFAM INDIA OXFAM HONG KONG OXFAM AUSTRALIA OXFAM NEW ZEALAND

  4. Trade

  5. What is it about? • WTO and the Doha Round: An opportunity to rebalance trade rules? • Export subsidies, Dumping, cotton subsidies, Market access, flexibilities in agriculture, Industrial products and Services, TRIPs and access to medicines, DFQF, Singapore issues… • Commodities prices and supply chain issues: The case of coffee. • IP, Pharma companies and access to medicines: TRIPs flexibilities • North South Trade agreements, CAFTA, EPAs: Unequal partners

  6. Agriculture

  7. What is it about? • Smallholder farmers, other poor food producers and consumers, particularly women, realise and maintain their right to food, development and sustainable livelihoods • More and better investment • International and National investment • prioritizing small holders and women food producers. • Adequate policies • National, Regional and International policies on agriculture, trade are coherent with hunger reduction goals • Effective and efficient global Governance on Food and Ag. • CFS reform, HTLF, Accountability, Coherence

  8. Climate Change

  9. What is it about? • Fair mitigation policies to keep the world below 1.5ºC to avoid catastrophic climate change – with rich countries moving first, fastest, and furthest. • • Funding for developing countries – over and above their promised aid commitments – to help developing countries adapt, and to pursue low-carbon pathways to development. • - scale, sources, destination, governance

  10. Biodiversity

  11. What is it about? • Small farmers can provide vital services such as preserving biodiversity and conserving water but they also depend greatly on these resources. • A longer-term perspective on agriculture and resource conservation means shifting from a technology-only approach to an environment-centred paradigm. Rather than focusing solely on improved yields, agriculture and investment must also aim to promote environmental sustainability (intensive agriculture, monoculture) • As in the case of health, the application of TRIPs in the area of genetic resources for food, agriculture, and biodiversity requires fundamentally different strategies, according to the stage of development of a country (Trade rules angles)

  12. Relevant documents • Signing Away The Future: http://www.oxfam.org.uk/resources/policy/trade/bp101_ftas.html • Another Inconvenient Truth • http://www.oxfam.org.uk/resources/policy/climate_change/bp114_inconvenient_truth.html • Suffering the Science • http://www.oxfam.org.uk/resources/policy/climate_change/suffering-science-climate-change.html • Halving Hunger: Still Possible? • http://www.oxfam.org.uk/resources/policy/debt_aid/halving-hunger-rescue-package-mdgs.html • Empty Promises • http://www.oxfam.org.uk/resources/policy/trade/empty-promises-doha-round.html

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