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UNCTAD15 Civil Society Forum
22 September 2021 @ 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
Free
High-level Opening | 14:30–14:55 (CEST) • 08:30–08:55 (AST)
Speakers:
- The Honorable Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados
- Ms. Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary-General of UNCTAD
- The Honorable Colin E. Jordan, Minister of Labour, Social Partnership Relations and the Third Sector, Barbados
Introduction and Workshop overview | 15:00–15:15 (CEST) • 09:00–09:15 (AST)
Speakers:
- Mr. Richard Jones, Caribbean Policy Development Centre, Barbados, UNCTAD 15 Host country Civil Society Organization for the Civil Society Forum
The crisis of multilateralism – Wither UNCTAD rediscovering its original mandate to confront key challenges of the global south | 15:20–17:35 (CEST) • 09:20–11:35 (AST)
Plenary speakers:
- Mr. Tetteh Hormeku-Ajei, Head of Programmes, Third World Network-Africa
- Ms. Diyana Yahaya, Gender and Trade Coalition
- Mr. Alvin Mosioma, Executive Director, Tax Justice Network Africa
- Ms. Kai-Ann Skeete, the University of the West Indies
- Ms. Anita Gurumurthy, Executive Director, IT for Change
- Mr. Daniel Bertossa, Assistant General Secretary, Public Services International
Access the sessions here: wtvglobal.6connex.eu/event/UNCTAD15-Barbados/login?return=Frangipani-Auditorium
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