On the eve of a new round of trade negotiations between the EU and Colombia, that will take place in Brussels, May 5-8th, the MEPs

Helmuth Markov, President of the International Trade Committee,

Alain Lipietz, President of the Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community of Nations,

Gabriella Cretu, Vice-president of the Delegation for relations with the countries of the Andean Community of Nations

together with the organizations FIDH, Justice for Colombia, Friends of the Earth Europe, OIDHACO, Grupo Sur, ALOP, RED EU-CAN, Transnational Institute and CBC cordially invite you to the following debate:

Trade Negotiations between the EU and Colombia: What and for whom is it negotiated? With or without rights?

• Introduction by the inviting MEPs

• Senator Jorge Robledo, PDA - Colombia : Analysis of the FTA EU-Colombia

• Representative from the European Commission (tbc) : Approach and state of play of the negotiations with Colombia

• Steve Benedict, International Trade Union Confederation ITUC-CSI : The Human Rights and Trade Union situation in Colombia

• Javier Sánchez, National Indigenous Organisation of Colombia - ONIC : Traditional knowledge, mega-projects and indigenous rights

• Tarcisio Mora, Unitarian Confederation of Workers of Colombia- CUT : The Colombian trade unions and the EU-Colombia trade negotiations

• Marc Maes, 11-11-11: The need for policy space

• Debate - Conclusion

The event will take place on Wednesday April 29th at 3:00pm - 5:30pm in the European Parliament, Brussels, room ASP1G3, Spinelli entrance

(Interpretation: EN, ES, FR, DE)

For registration and access to the EP, please provide your name, country of residence, and date of birth before April 27th at this e-mail address: pdupret europarl.eu.int.