– N EWSLETTER – J ULY 2008 – The Geneva Office of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung(FES) presents its newsletter, designed to inform you of, recent and upcoming events and developments at the Geneva-based international organizations and new publications. If you do not want to receive this newsletter please Unsubscribe. Das Genfer Büro der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung(FES) freut sich, Ihnen unseren jüngsten Newsletter vorzustellen. Dieser enthält Informationen über unsere Veranstaltungen und Neuerscheinungen und bringt Sie auf den neuesten Stand von Entwicklungen in Genfer internationalen Organisationen. Sollten Sie diesen Newsletter nicht erhalten wollen, dann können Sie Ihn hier abbestellen. I NDEX |Upcoming Events| Recent Events| Publications| Subscribe| ******************************************************************************* U PCOMING E VENTS Please note that participation in all events is by invitation only. 19 AUGUST 2008, GENEVA| FES PARALLEL EVENT AND BOOK LAUNCH AT THE 9 TH SESSION OF THE WORKING GROUP(WG) ON THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT(RTD) The political debate around the legal standing of the Right to Development divides political actors from North and South. An expert meeting hosted by FES in January looked at the issue from a rather neutral, scholarly perspective. The different ideas and concepts as to possible legal frameworks of the RTD that emerged from this meeting are now available in print. We will launch the new publication Implementing the right to development – the role of international law, edited by Stephen P. Marks at this parallel event during the WG session on the RTD, which will feature a panel discussion with the editors. 25 SEPTEMBER 2008, GENEVA| FES/ CUTS INTERNATIONAL/ EVIAN GROUP SESSION AT THE PUBLIC FORUM OF THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION(WTO) FES Geneva, CUTS International and the Evian Group will co-organize a session at the WTO Public Forum on the subject of“What Future for Global Economic Governance – Potential Role of the WTO?” Panelists will include Bangladesh Ambassador Debapriya Bhattacharya, Evian Group Member Simon Evenett, International Trade Union Confederation(ITUC) representative James Howard and Winfried Veit, Director of FES Geneva, who will present the foundation’s scenario-building project on“Global Economic Governance 2020.” 3-5 OCTOBER 2008, LAUSANNE| FES/ EVIAN GROUP MULTI-STAKEHOLDER DIALOGUE V For the 5th year, FES and the Evian Group are joining hands to convene a Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue with expert networks from trade and environment – government, business, academia, non-governmental organizations(NGOs) and trade unions. The subject of this year’s meeting is “TRADE AND CLIMATE CHANGE: CONFRONTATION OR COLLABORATION?” ******************************************************************************* ▲ R ECENT E VENTS