Over the Atlantic

Programme

Thursday, 18th November 2021 - Forlì

h 14.30
Welcome speeches and introduction to the conference by Giuliana Laschi, University of Bologna

I Panel:
The institutionalization and normalization of paradiplomacy in foreign policy in Latin America

Chair: Mario Torres Jarrín, Institute of European Studies and Human Rights at the Pontifical University of Salamanca (Spain)

h 14.50
Noé Cornago, University of País Vasco (España), Foreign policy transformation and normalization of paradiplomacy: distinctive features of the Latin American case

h 15.10
Gian Luca Gardini, University of Udine (Italy), A conceptual framework for EU-LAC diplomatic relations

h 15.30
Nahuel Oddone, Head of promotion and exchange in Social Policies, Instituto Social del Mercosur (Paraguay), Paradiplomacia transfronteriza en América Latina: oportunidades y desafíos frente a la reapertura de fronteras y la recuperación económica post-COVID

h 15.50
Paulina Astroza, European Studies Program, University of Concepción (Chile), La institucionalización de la paradiplomacia en un Estado unitario y centralizado: el caso de Chile

h 16.10-16.30
Comments and questions

II Panel:
Agenda 2030 and paradiplomacy

Chair: Nahuel Oddone, Head of promotion and exchange in Social Policies, Instituto Social del Mercosur (Paraguay)

h 16.50
Mariano Alvarez, Red de Expertos sobre Paradiplomacia e Internacionalización Territorial (REPIT), Localización de ODS e internacionalización territorial: una relación de doble beneficio

h 17.10
Verónica Delgado, Law, Environment and Climate Change Program (DACC), University of Concepción (Chile), El rol de los territorios en los ODS y el cambio climático, a la luz del proceso constitucional de Chile y su proyecto de ley de Cambio Climático

h 17.30
Javier Sánchez Cano, Head of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, DG Development Cooperation, Generalitat de Catalunya (España-Barcelona), Paradiplomacia en tiempos de covid: Agenda 2030 y “actorness” global

h 17.50
Florencia Rubiolo, CONICET / University Blas Pascal (Argentina), Paradiplomacia y cooperación Sur Sur: aportes teóricos y prácticas para el desarrollo regional en América Latina

h 18.10-18.45
Comments and questions

Friday 19th November 2021 – Bertinoro

h 15.00
Panel:
Beyond traditional state diplomacy: Cities and Parliaments as international diplomatic actors

Chair: Paulina Astroza, European Studies Program, University of Concepción (Chile)

h 15.05
Martin Martín Guillermo Ramírez, Secretary General of the Association of European Border Regions (AEBR) (Alemania), Cross-Border Paradiplomacy in the European Union and Latin America: Conceptualization and Comparative Experiences

h 15.25
Shaun Riordan, European Institute of International Studies (Salamanca - Spain), Paradiplomacy of cities: Bilbao and Barcelona cases studies

h 15.45
Mónica Velasco Pufleau, European Institute of International Studies (Stockholm - Sweden), Diplomacia parlamentaria: El rol del Parlamento Europeo y sus miembros en la promoción de los derechos humanos en México (Caso Ayotzinapa)

h 16.25
Mario Torres Jarrín, Institute of European Studies and Human Rights at the Pontifical University of Salamanca (Spain), La diplomacia de las ciudades. Caso Suecia: "Smart City Stockholm"

h 16.45
Fernando Adolfo Iglesias, Direttore Cattedra Altiero Spinelli del Consorzio Interuniversitario Italiano per l'Argentina – CUIA (Argentina), Fallimento della strategia di integrazione economica in America Latina: ragioni e alternative

h 17.05 – 18.00
General discussion