THE WEEK OF THE EUROPEAN SOCIAL FORUM
the Green/EFA Group of the European Parliament is coming to London to host a series of events on the theme
"ANOTHER CITY IS POSSIBLE"
In the week that the European Social Forum came to London, Jean Lambert as London representative of the Green/EFA Group in the European Parliament hosted a seminar on:
THE ECONOMICS OF ENERGY
11th October 2004 14.00 – 17.30
European Parliament UK Office, 2 Queen Anne's Gate, London, SW1H 9AA
MEPs and energy experts along with those holding an interest in the subject shared the experiences of other Member States and listened to those influencing EU policy during the new term. This was a unique opportunity to hear from Members of the new European Parliament and key players in the policy arena on the opportunities and hazards facing renewable energy in the current market.
Chair: JEAN LAMBERT, GREEN MEP FOR LONDON
Speakers:
CLAUDE TURMES MEP (LUXEMBOURG)
Vice-President of the Greens/EFA Group & Rapporteur on the “internal energy market” Directive
Hidden subsidies - how France can afford to dominate foreign markets
DAVID HAMMERSTEIN MINTZ MEP (SPAIN)
Member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
Let the sun shine in - the growth of renewables in Spain
KAI SCHLEGELMILCH (GERMANY)
Formerly Wuppertal Institute and working now for the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
Taking on nuclear– how to substitute by growth of savings, efficiency and renewables in Germany
CHRIS DUNHAM (UK)
Director of Sustainable Energy Action
The struggle for diversification– the UK and renewables
In the week that the European Social Forum came to London, Jean Lambert as London representative of the Green/EFA Group in the European Parliament hosted a seminar on
THE ROLE OF THE MARKET IN HEALTH PROVISION
12th October 2004 09.30 - 13.00
European Parliament UK Office, 2 Queen Anne's Gate, London, SW1H 9AA
MEPs, health experts and those with an interest shared the experience of other Member States and listened to those influencing EU policy during the new term. This was a unique opportunity to hear from Members of the new European Parliament and key players in the policy arena on the influence the EU is having over health services, the increasing role of the market and its impact in terms of social justice and universal provision.
Chair: ELISABETH SCHROEDTER MEP
Speakers:
Introduction: JENNY JONES AM
Former Deputy Mayor and Chair of the London Food Board
Healthy Cities
DAVID PRICE
Senior Research Fellow, Public Health Policy Unit, University College London
The Global context– GATS, liberalisation and implications for health provision
TIM CURRY
Policy Adviser, Royal College of Nursing
The UK Health Service: liberalisation and the services directive
DR DIDIER-CLAUDE ROD
Former Green Member of the European Parliament’s Environment and Public Health Committee, European specialist on access to the medication and former Vice President of the EU-ACP assembly
Changing the health service– the French experience
PENNY CLARKE
Policy Officer, European Federation of Pubic Services Unions
The European Services Directive-Should we be worried?
PUBLIC RALLY: TAMING THE CORPORATIONS
Mon 11th Oct, 19.30.
Hong Kong Theatre, London School of Economics, Clement House, Kingsway, London , WC2A 2AE
- 50 of the world's largest economies are Transnational Corporations (TNCs).
- The total income of the 10 largest TNCs is greater than that of the world's poorest 100 countries.
- About two-thirds of world trade is now accounted for by just 500 companies
Corporate power is on the rise, placing profits before people and planet. Big business and establishment politicians claim that codes of conduct and voluntary agreements are all that is needed to bring corporate action into blissful harmony with environmental sustainability and social justice. But it isn't working. This rally addressed the real solutions to Taming the Corporations.
Speakers included:
Nick Hildyard, campaigner on the Ilisu Dam and Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan pipeline,and member of the Cornerhouse research and solidarity group on social justice and the environment
Colin Hines, author of 'Localisation- A Global Manifesto' (Earthscan 2000) and an Associate of the International Forum on Globalisation
Tracy Worsester, writer, film maker and associate director of the International Society for Ecology and Culture
Caroline Lucas MEP anti-globalisation campaigner and Member of the European Parliament's Committee on International Trade
Alain Lipietz MEP, leading French economist, author of many books including Towards a New Economic Order (Oxford, 1992), and Member of European Parliament's Committee on International Trade
For further information please contact the office of Jean Lambert MEP
Email: jelambert@europarl.eu.int
or tel: 003222847507