Fairmont Hotel
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
11-12 May 2001
Friday, 11 May 2001
07:00 – 08:30 Breakfast
07:45 – 08:45 Registration
08:50 Delegates gather in the Wellington Ballroom
09:00 – 09:15 Keynote Introduction – Gil Remillard, Byers & Casgrain (TBC)
09:15 – 09:45 Keynote Address – Hon. Gary Doer, Premier of Manitoba
09:45 – 10:15 Plenary Presentation 1: An overview of constituent unit foreign relations in Canada, past, present and future – Douglas Brown, Queen’s University (TBC)
10:15-10:45 Plenary Presentation 2: Alberta’s experiences in global relations – Wayne Clifford, Assistant Deputy minister, International and Intergovernmental Relations, Alberta
10:45 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 11:30 Plenary Presentation 3: Québec’s experiences in global relations – Jean-Marc Blondeau, Ancien Délégué général du Québec en Allemagne, Québec
11:30 – 12:00 Plenary Presentation 4: Ontario’s experiences in global relations – Grahame Richards, Assistant Deputy Minister, Investment, Ontario (TBC)
12:00 – 13:00 Q & A from the floor and panel discussion
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 14:15 Delegates gather in the Wellington and West Ballrooms for afternoon workshops
14:15 – 17:00 Concurrent Workshop Sessions “A”: Preparation for negotiations, negotiation of international agreements, and the nature of sub-national participation
Including lead discussants on international agreements on trade, the environment and social policy sectors
17:15 – 18:15 Youth participants’ discussion group
19:30 – 22:30 Evening reception and informal networking activity
Saturday, 12 May 2001 07:30 – 09:00 Breakfast
09:10 Delegates gather in the Wellington and West Ballrooms for morning workshops
09:20 – 11:50 Concurrent Workshop Sessions “B”: Implementation and enforcement of international agreements at the sub-national level
Including lead discussants on international agreements on trade, the environment and social policy sectors
11:50 – 12:00 Break – delegates relocate to the Wellington Ballroom
12:00 – 12:30 Plenary Presentation 5: What are the roles of constituent governments in
international affairs and the occasions for domestic intergovernmental cooperation and conflict? – John Kincaid, Lafayette College, USA
12:30 – 13:00 Plenary Presentation 6: Intergovernmental relations and the foreign policy process in Brazil – Cesario Melantonio Neto, Director of Federal Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brazil
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:15 – 14:45 Plenary Presentation 7: The evolution of metropolitan governments in federal politics: Buenos Aires and the foreign policy process in Argentina – Marcelo Escolar, General Director, Political Reform Program, Argentina
14:45 – 15:15 Plenary Presentation 8: Scottish Parliament and the European Union: foreign policy in quasi-federal structures – Ailsa Henderson, University of Toronto, Canada
15:15 – 16:30 Q & A from the floor and panel discussion
16:30 – 16:45 Break
16:45 – 17:15 Rapporteurs’ report from workshops A1 & B1
17:15 – 17:30 Rapporteurs’ report from workshops A2 & B2
17:30 – 18:00 Rapporteur’s report from the youth delegation
18:00 – 18:45 Q & A from the floor and panel discussion
19:30 – 22:30 Closing banquet for core practitioners’ component
Evening social for youth delegates
FOREIGN RELATIONS OF CONSTITUENT UNITS
Young Professionals Program (YPP)
Fairmont Hotel
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
10 & 13 May 2001
Thursday, 10 May 2001
07:00 – 08:30 Breakfast
07:45 – 08:45 Morning registration
08:50 Youth delegates gather in the Wellington Ballroom
09:00 – 09:15 Keynote Introduction – Ralph Lysyshyn, President, Forum of Federations, Canada
09:15 – 10:00 Keynote Address on Federalism and Globalization – Hon. Robert Rae, Chairman of the Board, Forum of Federations, Canada
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 11:20 Roundtable 1: What is globalization and how does it impact on governance? –
George Mathew, Director, Institute for Social Sciences, India
11:20 – 12:30 Roundtable 2: How do advances in information and communication technologies affect the evolution of the status of sub-national governments in international affairs? – Colin Maclay, Harvard Center for International Development, USA (TBC)
12:30 – 13:50 Lunch
14:00 – 15:15 Roundtable 3: How does the emergence of city-regions create new questions for practitioners of federalism? – Nico Steytler, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
15:15 – 15:45 Break
15:45 – 17:00 Roundtable 4: How can effective mechanisms of intergovernmental relations alleviate some of the tensions that are inherent to federal systems of government? – Noé Cornago, University of the Basque Country, Spain (TBC)
18:00 – 22:00 Cocktail reception
Sunday, 13 May 2001
07:00 – 09:45 Breakfast
09:50 Youth delegates gather in the Wellington Ballroom
10:00 – 12:00 Roundtable 5: What are the lessons learned for youth participants and how can they acquire a greater voice in public policy debates? – Shane Levesque, Forum of Federations, Canada