IUF Global Sugar Conference: List of Documents

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Documents from the IUF/NGG Global Sugar Conference
19-21 May 2004
Oberjosbach, Germany

To receive a copy of the documents, please send a message to [email protected] All languages are: English (E), French (F), German (G), Spanish (Es), Portuguese (P)

Conference Proceedings

General

• Program of the Conference (All languages)


• Welcome / Introduction by Franz-Josef M�llenberg (NGG) (G)


• Dr Korn - German Sugar Association (G)


• Goals of the Conference and Work of the IUF in the Sugar Industry, Jorge Chull�n, IUF Sugar Coordinator (E)

International and European Sugar Market Issues

• Market Reforms, Restructuring and Trade in the International Sugar Industry: The perspective of the International Sugar Organisation (ISO), Dr. Peter Baron, ISO Executive Director (E)


• Renate K�nst - German Minister for Consumer protection, Food & Agriculture (G)


• Franz Fischler, EU Commissioner for Agriculture - The future of the sugar market regime: aspects of the on-going reform and consequences for sugar farmers, industry and workers in an enlarged Europe (G)

Trade union issues - National and regional presentations: working conditions and experiences of dealing with restructuring

• Brazil: Economic, environmental & social issues - Bruno Ribeiro, CONTAG (Es)


• India: Unionisation processes - Meena Patel, IUF South Asia Education Office (E)


• Germany: Working conditions and employment perspectives - Jorg Linder, NGG (G)


• Ukraine: Restructuring in a Transition Economy - Vladimir Chepur, AWU, Ukraine (E)


• Women in the sugar industry - Luna Cross, BITU, Jamaica


• European Union sectoral dialogue in the sugar sector - Harald Weidenhofer, EFFAT-IUF (G)


• Caribbean: Unions, Trade Agreements, Future of the Industry - Komal Chand, GAWU, Guyana

Panel on Trade Agreements in the Sugar Sector

• The Sugar Sector in Trade Agreements Jorge Chull�n - IUF Sugar Coordinator (E)


• Gerardo Iglesias, Regional secretary, IUF Latin America (E + Es)


• Hella Alikuru, Regional secretary, IUF Africa (E)


• Karsten Hinrichs, German Ministry of Economic Co-operation and Development (E)

Global trade, Global social standards - do they fit together?

• Johann Marihart, President, CEFS (European Sugar Manufacturers Committee)


• Dr. Theo Spettmann, S�dzucker


• Sue Longley, IUF Agricultural Co-ordinator (E)

Conclusions from the Conference (All languages)

Background documents

• Africa - Basic structure and statistics, Jorge Chull�n, IUF (E)


• Africa - Corporate developments, Jorge Chull�n, IUF (E)


• Africa - Trade Agreements, Jorge Chull�n, IUF (E)


• Brazil - Situacion de los Trabajadores Rurales del Sector Sucro-Alcoholero de Brasil, CONTAG (Es)


• Caribbean: The Sugar Industry in the Caribbean (E)


• European Sugar Sector - Social Corporate Responsibility, EFFAT. CEFS (E)


• India - Sugar Workers in Karnataka - IUF SAEO (E)


• India - Sugar Workers in Maharashtra - IUF SAEO (E)


• India - The problems in the Sugar Unit and Remedies, Karnataka Sugar Workers Federation (R) (E)


• Indonesia - Bitterness of Indonesian Sugar (DVD)(E)


• IUF Background paper on Sugar - Jorge Chull�n, IUF (All languages)


• Japan - Overview of the Sugar Industry (E + G)


• Slovak Rep. Sugar Industry - Peter Michalec, Trade Union of Food Workers (E)


• Sugar Worker/Trabajador Azucarero -Indexes 1999-2004, IUF (E-Es)


• Ukraine - Sugar Industry of Ukraine: Issues of Economic Restructuring and its Social Consequences, AgroIndustrial Workers Union (AIWU) (E)

See report on the IUF Global Sugar Conference.