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Workshop
Transnational Standards of Social Protection: Constrasting European and International Governance
WP 9 - Global Transnationalisation and Democratisation Compared
WP 9 events
Bremen, 23-24 November 2007
University of Bremen - Haus der Wissenschaft, Sandstrasse 4/5, 28195 Bremen
This is the second joint workshop of RECON WP 9 (Global Transnationalisation and Democratisation Compared) and the Collaborative Research Centre Transformations of the State (CRC 597) Project A 1 (Trade Liberalisation and Social Regulation in Transnational Structures).
This meeting is to complement the workshop 'Re-framing Transnational Governance' in Florence in March, which focused on 'social regulation' but could not deal with issues of social protections as originally envisaged. The aim with this second workshop is to fill this gap. As in the first workshop, one session (Saturday morning) is reserved for the discussion of the theoretical framework.
In addition, this meeting will serve two additional purposes:
Read more on the research objectives of WP 9 and on the overall research objectives of RECON.
List of invitees/participants
Claire O’Brien, EUI
Josef Falke, ZERP
Alexia Herwig, CRC 597
Thorsten Hüller, CRC 597
Christian Joerges, Bremen
Markus Krajewski, Universität Potsdam
Poul Kjaer, EUI
Karl-Heinz Ladeur, Hamburg
Leo Maier, CRC 597
Jürgen Neyer, Europa-Universität Viadrina
Florian Rödl, EUI/ZERP
Rachel Herp, Viadrina
Maria Weimer, EUI
Sarah Jastram, Universität Hamburg
Martin Heidenreich, Universität Oldenburg
Stephan Köppe, Universität Bremen
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Programme
Friday 23 November 2007
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09:30-09:45
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Welcome and coffee
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Morning Session on Free Services
Chair: Leo Maier, CRC 597 | |
09:45-10:15 |
Explaining the Regulation of Services: The EU and WTO Compared
Alexia Herwig, Bremen | 10:15-10:45
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Comments
Markus Krajewski, Potsdam | |
10:45-11:15
11:15-11:30 |
General discussion
Coffee break | |
Two Complements | 11:30-11:50
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Vertical Power Asymmetries in EU-WTO Relations
Rachel Herp Tausendfreund, Europa-Universität Viadrina | 11:50-12:10
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Governance as Analytical Perspective, Governance as Method, Governance and Law
Maria Weimer, European University Institute | |
12:10-13:00
13:00-14:30 |
General discussion
Lunch
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Afternoon Session on Labour Standards
Chair: Markus Krajewski, Universität Potsdam | |
14:30-15:00
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Collective Labour Agreements after Laval and Viking: How Significant are the Differences between the European Labour Constitution and the WTO?
Florian Rödl, Bremen | |
15:00-15:30
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WTO and ILO: Can Social Responsibility be Maintained in International Trade?
Josef Falke, Bremen | |
15:30-16:00
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Human Rights and Transnational Corporations: A Case for Global Regulation
Claire O’Brien, Florence
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16:00-16:15 |
Coffee break | |
General Discussion
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16:15-17:45
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General discussion
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17:45-17:55 |
Concluding remarks on day 1
Christian Joerges, Bremen | |
19:30 |
Dinner at Bremer Ratskeller, Am Markt , 28195 Bremen, Tel: 0049(0)421/321676 | |
Saturday 24 November 2007
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Session on the Legitimacy of Transnational Governance
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10:15-10:45
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Supranationality and Transnational Justice. Beyond the Debate on the Democratic Deficit of International Institutions
Jürgen Neyer, Europa-Unviersität Viadrina | |
10:45-11:15
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On the Normative Legitimacy of the WTO
Thorsten Hüller and Alexia Herwig, Bremen | |
11:45-12:00
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Comment
Karl-Heinz Ladeur, Hamburg | |
12:00-12:45
12:45-13:00 |
General discussion
Concluding remarks on day 2
Poul Kjaer, EUI | | 13:00-14:30 |
Lunch |
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The workshop is organised by the European University Institute, Florence and the University of Bremen. Contact: Christian Joerges (co-leader RECON WP 9) or Poul Fritz Kjaer.
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