Amandine Orsini obtained a fellowship from action COST IS0802 on "Tranformation of Global Environmental Governance" to stay at the IHEID in Geneva from 15th september until 15th october. She will work in collaboration with Prof. Marc Hufty on the social and governance aspects of the REDD mechanism.
2010 has been proclaimed the International year of biodiversity. Though, the role played by firms in the negotiations of the international agreements on this topic is still unclear. In order to better understand such a role, this book analyses the influence of business lobbies in the past and current negotiations of two sub-agreements of the Convention on biological diversity. These two sub-agreements deal respectively with biotechnology applications and natural genetic resources. Have corporations been successful in imposing their preferences during the negotiations of both agreements? Have they dictated their rules or, to the contrary, have they been forced to comply to governmental decisions? A detailed empirical analysis of the industrial lobbying strategies developed in preparation to and during the negotiations helps answer to these questions.
The first edition of the REPI Workshop gathered several worldwide specialists of regime theory. It tackled a wide range of global issues such trade, climate changes, intellectual property, food security, refugees, peace building, maritime piracy, biodiversity, etc. On the picture, Dries Lesage (Gent), Oran Young (UCSB) and Amandine Bled (ULB)
Thematic section organized by REGIMEN for the 4th joint conference of the Associations Francophones de Science Politique which shall take place at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium on 20-22 April 2011.
This section is organized in three sessions :
- "Etre gouverné dans la gouvernance globale" with the participation of Prof. Bertrand Badie (Science Po Paris)
- "Les figues du "gouverné" dans la gouvernance : un au-delà de la démocratie ?" with the participation of Prof. Chantal Delsol (Marne-la-Vallée University)
- "Les Etats de la gouvernance : vers une remise en cause de la distinction gouvernant-gouverné ?" with the participation of Prof. Eric Montpetit (Montréal University)
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Organized by: REPI (All participants will have their transportation and hotel paid)