newsitems OECD going 50 prepares Global Economic Governance building blocs among Jobs and Trade challenges
OECD going 50 prepares Global Economic Governance building blocs among Jobs and Trade challenges
While preparations (even Musical !) for tomorrow's OECD Summit to start by celebrating its 50th Anniversary went on tonight in its brand new Headquarters' buildings, the Paris-based Organization was also at the centre of speculations about 2011 G8/G20 Chairman Sarkozy to incite IMF, WB, OECD, UNDEP and other relevant nternational Organizations, to coordinate closer their actions as building blocks of a New Global Economic Governance, but, meanwhile, issues such as the post-Crisis Unemployment, and/or the reported threat for Doha WTC negotiations to definitively stop at a Deadlock, were cited among the most urgent Challenges.
- "High Unemployment has become a Global Concern and World Poverty is on the rise again. In 2009 alone, the number of "Working Poor" increasedd by about 100 Million", denounced from the outset OECD experienced Head, Angel Gurria.
- "The Current Political Upheaval in some of the Arab Countries is very much related to the Lack of Good Jobs and Development opportunities", Gurria estimated.
Symbolicaly preparing its 50th Summit inside a superbe Architectural Combination of its old "Castle" ("Chateau" in Paris' French), and its brand New, High-Tech Media/Conference Center, artfully united by a large Green Garden, OECD aims to focus mainly on "Skills" Next Year (2012), after "Innovation" back on 2010, and "Green Growth" this year (2011), he said.
But, meanwhile, urgent issues, such as f.ex. the Doha round of WTC Negotiations for a new Global Trade Agreement, risk to arrive at a Final Deadlock, ready for "an Imminent Failure" by "deficit of Political Leadership", the Final Report of a High Level Trade Experts Group, presented to Journalists, including "EuroFora", by the new British Minister of State for Trade and Investment, Lord Green, strongy denounced.
Speaking later to "EuroFora", the Head of World Trade High Level Experts made it, however, clear, that, in his mind, "EU has not to make more concessions on (one of the most contentious issues, that of) Agriculture, (the other being on Industry and Services).
- "EU has already done enough for an Agreement on Agriculure. It doesn't need to do more than what already is at the Negotiating Table", Sutherland told "EuroFora".
Meanwhile, at another Slow-Motion but still on-going Enlargement process, (partly due also to some Politically motivated "Vetos" by certain Member States, as f.ex. notoriously that of Turkey against Cyprus, despite EU's and COE's crystal clear Calls in Resolutions pushing Ankara to stop hindering OECD's official Mission to boost International Cooperation on Economic issues), Russia will be invited to join OECD's anti-Bribery Convention, in the framework of its Anti-Corruption activies, for which the Paris based Organization cooperates cosely with Strasbourg's CoE, of which Russia has become full Member since 1996...
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Speaking exclusively to "EuroFora", the New EU Parliament's President, former Polish Prime Minister, ChristianDemocrat/EPP MEP Jerzy Busek, welcomed proposals by EuroFora about innovative ways for EU Citizens to attend EU debates before important final decisions which affect people's lives.
- "We (EU Parliament) must be transparent", Buzek stressed from the outset. "We must have clear answers also for delicate questions. If we don't touch a problem, you must know why, and when shall we decide in the nearest future".. "Because "we (EU) must think about Europeans, first of all : They don't understand well what is going on in the EU. So, it's our duty to inform them, to make discussions here more interesting".
"EuroFora" congratulated President Buzek for the anouncement he made, from the 1st day of his election in Strasbourg (on Tuesday, 14 July 2009), on his intention to make transparent debates, exchanges of views, etc. before the final adoption of decisions in EU Parliament's Plenary, when issues are evolving inside Committees, (See earlier publication).
And we reminded, in this regard, that "EuroFora" has been advocating a project for EU Citizens' active involvement in pluralist EU debates before important EU decisions, since more than a Decade : 1997-2007+
- "Thank you. We (EU Parliament), indeed, have exciting debates", Buzek replied. But, in practice, "without a possibility for our Citizens to see them, not even by the Press, the Radio or TV, etc., because it is in Committees", he regreted.
- "But, they (i.e. Media, Citizens, etc) might interact with you, with MEPs, etc, May be we can imagine something", "EuroFora" proposed.
- "Yes, (but) it needs, a quite new idea", Buzed observed.
- "Why not through some innovations ?", "EuroFora" suggested.
- "Precisely, "EuroFora" has such a project, since more than a Decade (1997-2009), to use new technologies for public debates before major EU decisions are taken", we reminded.
- "If you have such proposals, please come to us, come to us. We must" do something, agreed the new EU Parliamen's President.
For that purpose, obviously information and debates are valuable, but purely instrumental, procedural means which can help focus on, and highlight a substantial content, attractive to EU Citizens, which needs to be determined by other, political, and not mediatic factors.
Buzek spoke about the urgent need to overcome the Global Economic Crisis, the struggle for Human and Civic Rights, Democracy, etc., the Eastern Partnership, links with Russia, strategic partnership with USA and emerging countries, etc.
But he also used (while speaking both to "EuroFora" and other Media) the expression : "The Europeans", for EU Citizens. This points right towards what several important EU leaders (including French President Sarkozy, German Chancellor Merkel, etc) have started to highlight particularly during the recent years : That there is a vital need, and an historic opportunity, for the development of a European Conscience, to stimulate e renaissance of a European Identity able to attract Popular support, for the EU to become a strong player in a Multopolar World : In other words, the revitalisation of a project for a "Political Europe".
By a coincidence, this was indirectly but surely reminded, earlier in Strasbourg, by another ... Busek (this time with a "s") :
Speaking to more than 650 participants from CoE's member countries, at the conclusion of the 2009 Summer University of its Political Schools, Erhard Busek, (with an "s"), former vice-Chancellor of Austria and EU Coordinator for South-Eastern Europe, pointed at the current need to revitalize Europe's "Identity", forged by Greek philosophy and Roman Law, Christian values and Enlightment's ideas, etc. through the ages.
- "We have almost the same name with Jerzy Buzek (EU Parliament's new President, who is a former Polish Prime Minister), because both our Families come ...from the same village, located at the Heart of Europe, which was often shared between Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic. But my family emmigrated a long time ago to Austria, while Jerzy Buzek's family remained in Poland", explained f. vice-Chancellor Erhard Busek to "EuroFora".
An astonishingly concrete and simple example of European Integration from the grassroots : Starting by EU Citizens, i.e. those "Europeans", that EU Parliament's new President, Jerzy Buzek (this time with a "z"), wants to bring alongside MEP's decision-making proces, (according to "EuroFora"'s main idea : Comp. supra)...