SCOPE
The Hemispherical Student Summit of the Americas
shall be made up of three components:
•
A 5-day Hemispherical University Expose (Feb. 28-March4
2005)
• A 3-day Summit (March 2-4 2005)
• Stakeholder Roundtable dialogue (March 4
2005)
This
project will bring together twelve (12) international
delegate student leaders and sixteen (16) national
delegate student leaders from Trinidad to exchange
ideas and develop a position on the inevitable formation
of the Free Trade Area of the Americas.
Goals
The purpose of the Forum is to:
• Bring together stakeholders of the education
sector from the entire western hemisphere.
• Explore the impact the FTTA would have on
i) Access to Education and
ii) Quality of Education
• Showcase various universities and student
governments via a university expo village.
The Summit will:
I) Review key elements of the Free Trade Area of
the Americas
- Impact on access and quality of tertiary education;
- Impact on youth health e.g. HIV/AIDS;
- Impact on the environment;
- Sharing lessons learned and best practices.
II)
Provide networking opportunities
- Showcase partnerships that work;
- Showcase universities of the hemisphere
- Initiate a hemispherical student forum
Expected
Outcomes
-
Develop a Hemispheric Student Position Paper on
the formation of the FTAA;
- Develop an intensive Hemispherical Forum;
- Promote tertiary education opportunities from
universities within Hemisphere.
AGENDA
UNIVERSITY EXPOSÉ
Universities from across the hemisphere would be
afforded the opportunity to showcase their institution
to over 9000 secondary school students. Access to
education is paramount to the sustainable development
of our region, as such this forum provides the ideal
platform for the exchange of information with respect
to education opportunities for our nation’s
youth.
Dates:
February 28, 2005 – March 4, 2005
Venue: JFK Auditorium, University of the West Indies,
St. Augustine
Deadline: Registration ends February 18, 2005
Cost: Contribution for participation in USD$500
or TT$3000
SUMMIT
AGENDA
Date: 2-4 March 2005
Venue: Opening & Closing Ceremony will be held
at the University’s Indoor Sports Facility.
Workshops and plenary would be held at the Student
Activity Centre’s Meeting ` Rooms.
Speakers: Prof. Compton Bourne, President of CDB;
Mr. Richard Laydoo, UNDP; Mr.
Ozi Warwick, GTZ; Mr. Leroy Serapio, CAREC; FTAA
secretariat, Ambassador to the USA
Day
1 March 2nd 2005
8.00 a.m. - 10 a.m. Registration
10.00 a.m. - 12 p.m. Opening Ceremony
1.00 p.m. – 4.00 p.m. Plenary 1
CSME, ACS, FTAA, WTO: WHO ARE THEY?
6.00 p.m. – 10.30 p.m. Cultural Activities
Day
2 March 3rd 2005
8.30 a.m. – 9.30 a.m. Briefing/ Strategy Session
10.00 a.m. – 11.45 a.m. Workshop 1
Globalization of Education: The Impact of FTAA on
the access & quality of Education.
Workshop 2
Participation & Governance for sustainable socio-economic
development
12.00
p.m. – 2.00 p.m. Lunch
2.00 p.m. -3.45 p.m. Workshop 3
Education, Trade & the Environment
Workshop 4
Youth, Health and the FTAA: The Impact of Trade
on lifestyle.
6.30p.m. - 10.30 p.m. Cultural Activities
Day
3 March 4th 2005
8.30 a.m. – 9.30 a.m. Briefing/ Strategy Session
10.00 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. Plenary 2
Role of students in the Implementation of FTAA
12.30 p.m. – 2.00 p.m. Lunch
2.00 p.m. - 3.00 p.m. Plenary 3
Discussion and adoption of outcome documents
3.00 p.m. -4.30 p.m. Stakeholder roundtable dialogue
6.00 p.m. -8.00 p.m. Closing Ceremony
MULTI-STAKEHOLDER DIALOUGE
In order to ensure the sustainability of the hemispherical
process a multi-stakeholder round-table dialogue
will be held. This forum would be used to present
to the various stakeholders the outcome(s) of the
various workshops and plenary sessions so as to
agree on and develop strategies for the financing
of the initiatives coming out of this historic summit.
The areas that would be discuss include
1.
Students and the Environment
2. Students and HIV/AIDS
3. Students and Governance
4. Students and the World of Work
A
select group of stakeholders pertinent to the above
issues would be gathered to develop a framework
for the sustainability of this hemispherical student
movement.
