UN UNIVERSITY SEMINAR ‘GLOBAL FINANCE AND CIVIL SOCIETY AFTER PRAGUE’
TO BE HELD AT HEADQUARTERS 3 APRIL
NEW YORK, 12 March (UNU) -- The United Nations University (UNU) will host a seminar on "Global Finance and Civil Society after Prague:� issues, challenges, implications for the United Nations” on Tuesday, 3 April from 3 to 6 p.m. in the Dag Hammarskjold Library Auditorium at Headquarters.
The purpose of the seminar is to disseminate and discuss the findings of a United Nations University study assessing the repercussions of civil society engagement with global finance to date.� The study also suggests practical steps to maximize the benefits and minimize the shortcomings of civil society involvement in global finance.
Speakers include:� the coordinators of the project, Albercht Schnabel, United Nations University and Jan Aart Scholte, Centre for the Study of Globalization and Regionalization, University of Warwick; Gemma Adaba, International Confederation of Free Trade Unions; Alison Van Rooy, North-South Institute, Ottawa, Canada; Nodari Simonia, Director of the Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Moscow, Russian Federation; Barry Herman, Department of Economic and Social Affairs; and Inge Kaul, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Permanent missions, United Nations staff, the media and representatives from non-governmental organizations are invited.
Please register by email -- [email protected] (include your full name, title, department, telephone, fax and email address) with the UNU Office in New York.� For more information contact the UNU Office in New York at (212) 963-6387.
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