Hemispheric Social Alliance

Draft Agenda
Council Meeting

Toronto
4 & 5 November 1999

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Thurs., Nov.4 (Day1) - Plan of Action and Strategy
9:00 Introductions
9:30 Report from the coordinating committee
Report to include: review of the coordinating committee, its functioning from Costa Rica to Toronto, review of the activities of the HSA, accomplishments (from a political perspective).
10:00 General reflexions on strategy and priorities
11:00-6:00 (with Lunch and breaks)
  • review of Toronto events
  • FTAA - monitoring, negotiations
  • FTAA government civil society committee
  • 9 committee's and working groups of the FTAA
  • monitoring/technical team
  • Alternatives Document and Social Agenda
  • HSA role vis-à-vis WTO and Seattle round
  • Campaigns
  • Grito de Excluidos
  • Women's March 2000
  • Jubilee 2000
  • OAS: San Salvador Protocol, General Assembly 2000, others
  • European Union, APEC and Latin America discussions
Nov. 5 (Day 2) - Organization and Functioning
9:30 Report from Coordinating Committee
10:00 till end Functioning and organizing ourselves
  • HSA development
  • hemispheric council - regional and sectoral building
  • coordinating committee
  • Finance and Fundraising