Madariaga - College of Europe Foundation

A Citizens' Controversy with Prof. Paul De Grauwe, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Dr Feng San, Economic Officer at the Chinese Mission to the EU and Mr Andrew Small, Transatlantic Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States. The debate will be moderated by Pierre Defraigne, Executive Director of the Madariaga - College of Europe Foundation.

Between 12:30 and 14:30 at the Conseil central de l'Economie: 17-21, avanue de la Joyeuse Entrée - 1040 Bruxelles (close to Rond Point Schuman)

The event will be held in English. 

Participation fee: 8€. Sandwiches and drinks will be provided. To register, please click here.

This event is organized with the support of the German Marshall Fund of the United States.

Monday 19 January 2009, from 4.00pm

A Seminar on "China's ability to cope with natural disasters: a global challenge - from rescue operations to rehabilitation policies: the Sichuan earthquake case" will be held at the premises of the European economic and Social committee in Brussels.

What if China, the third global economic power, on its way to be second to the US and the first in a foreseeable future, was vulnerable to natural disasters to a point that would impact the rest of the world? China’s extreme geographical conditions in most of its territory make development an extremely tough challenge and expose China to severe natural hazards or to man-made disasters which can lead to significant economic shocks with an impact on the rest of the world. In a global economy, China’s partners should develop an acute awareness of this peculiarity. 

 This is why the Madariaga-College of Europe Foundation in close cooperation with the Mission of the People’s Republic of China is organizing on January 19th 2009 - from 4.00 to 6.30 p.m. - a workshop devoted to this topic on the premises of the European Economic and Social Committee. The event introduced by Ambassador Song Zhe will be chaired by Jean-Luc Dehaene, President of the Administrative Council of the College of Europe while Javier Solana, High Representative for the European Common Foreign and Security Policy and President of the Madariaga - College of Europe Foundation, will draw the conclusions.

A reception will follow the workshop and a photographic exhibition on the Sichuan disaster and rescue operations will be organised by the Mission of the People’s Republic of China.  

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Nicolas Véron, Pierre Defraigne, Francis Wurtz

What are the implications of the European response to what is widely considered a turning point in the globalisation process? To what extent is the EU really able to propose an alternative model of global economic governance?

To answer these questions, the Madariaga – College of Europe Foundation held a Citizens’ Controversy on 12 November 2008 with Nicolas Véron, Research Fellow at Bruegel, and Francis Wurtz, Chairman of the Confederal Group of the European United Left/Nordic Green Left at the European Parliament.

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This event, held in Madrid on 23 October 2008, was a joint collaboration of the Madariaga - College of Europe Foundation, CITpax and the Crisis Management Initiative.  

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