On the eve of a new round of trade negotiations between the EU and Colombia, that will take place in Brussels, May 5-8th, the MEPs

 Helmuth Markov, President of the International Trade Committee,

 Alain Lipietz, President of the Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community of Nations,

 Gabriella Cretu, Vice-president of the Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community of Nations

together with the organizations

FIDH, JUSTICE FOR COLOMBIA, FRIENDS OF THE EARTH-EUROPE, OIDHACO, GRUPO SUR, ALOP, RED EU-CAN, TRANSNATIONAL INSTITUTE, CBC

cordially invite you to the following debate :

TRADE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE EU AND COLOMBIA : What and for who is it negotiated ? With or without rights ?

 Introduction by the inviting MEPs

 Senator Jorge Robledo, PDA - Colombia : Analysis of the FTA EU-Colombia

 Representative from the European Commission (tbc) :

Approach and state of play of the negotiations with Colombia

 Steve Benedict, International Trade Union Confederation ITUC-CSI :

The Human Rights and Trade Union situation in Colombia

 Javier Sánchez, National Indigenous Organisation of Colombia - ONIC :

Traditional knowledge, mega-projects and indigenous rights

 Tarcisio Mora, Unitarian Confederation of Workers of Colombia- CUT :

The Colombian trade unions and the EU-Colombia trade negotiations

 Marc Maes, 11-11-11 : The need of policy space

 Debate - Conclusion

on Wednesday April 29th at 3:00pm - 5:30pm

in the European Parliament, Brussels, room ASP1G3, Spinelli entrance

(Interpretation : EN, ES, FR, DE)

For registration and access to the EP, please provide your name, country of residence, and date of birth before April 27th at this e-mail address : pdupret@europarl.eu.int.