Poverty, Solidarity and Sustainable Development

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2001 Annual Conference

Poverty, Solidarity and Sustainable Development

November 12 – 14, 2001

Campus of the Universidad Austral de Chile

Valdivia, Chile

The dynamics of globalizing markets have created a variety of challenges in the economic, social, cultural and political spheres. New opportunities have opened up with manifold winners and losers. Already existing gaps and divides have widened. Globalisation stimulates economic growth on the one hand but it has not brought sufficient solutions to the ever increasing challenge of poverty which had almost been “forgotten” in the recent years of economic optimism in the North. As a matter of fact, poverty in many aspects rather has aggravated and is constituting a growing threat to economic, social and political stability as well as to sustainable development. The Club of Rome - having had this topic permanently on its agenda - with this Conference wants to bring the challenge of poverty to the fore of the public. We are looking forward to a vivid debate creating inspiring ideas for the future work on this issue.

H.R.H. Prince El Hassan bin Talal        Manfred Max-Neef

President of the Club of  Rome                Member of the Executive Committee of the Club of Rome


Programme

Monday, November 12, 2001

17:00 – 17:20        Welcome Addresses         Manfred Max-Neef

                Rector of the University

                        Member of The Club of Rome

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José Antonio Ocampo

                Secretary General of ECLAC

17:20 – 17:40          Opening Statement                 H.R.H. Prince El Hassan bin Talal

                        President of The Club of Rome

17:45 – 18:30          Keynote Speech

        “Are Poverty and Unemployment         H.E. Ricardo Lagos

                here to stay?”         President of the Republic of Chile

18:40 – 19:00          Performance by the University Folkloric Ballet

20:00                 Reception hosted by the Chilean Government

Tuesday, November 13, 2001

 09:30 – 11:00        Plenary Session  

        “Poverty, Human Solidarity, Sustainability

- Perceptions and Challenges –“

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