Seminário Intern. Mercosul - Programação
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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE:
Fiscal Federalism in MERCOSUR: The Challenges of Regional Integration
Porto Alegre, Brazil
June 26-27, 2002
Preliminary Program
Wednesday, June 26
1:00-1:45 pm. Opening Remarks
Olivio Dutra, Governor of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
José Manuel de la Sota, Governor of the Province of Córdoba, Argentina
Céline Auclair, Vice-President, Forum of Federations
Juan Jose Taccone, Institute for the integration of Latin America and the Carribean, Inter-American Development Bank
1:45-2:15 pm. Keynote Address: Regional Integration and Federalism
Thomas Courchene, Queen’s University, Canada
2:15-2:30 pm. Break
1st Plenary Session
2:30-4:00 pm. The Challenges of Regional Integration for MERCOSUR countries: how do we prepare for it?
Session moderator: Hélio Vitor Ramos Filho, Brazil Ministry of Foreign Relations
Macroeconomic challenges: coordinating fiscal and monetary policies among economically integrating countries
Paul Bernd Spahn, Goethe Universität, Frankfurt
Jose Luis Machinea, Inter-American Development Bank
Challenges facing Brazil
Fernando Rezende, Brazil Federal Ministry of Industry and Trade, Brazil
Challenges facing Argentina
Carlos Kesman, Córdoba Catholic University, Argentina
Challenges for other MERCOSUR-FTAA countries
Juan Cristóbal Bonnefoy, CEPAL, Chile
4:00-4:30 pm. Discussion
4:30-5:00 pm. Break
2nd Plenary Session – Part 1
5:00-7:00 pm. Fiscal Federalism and Regional Integration: lessons from abroad
Session moderator: Juan José Taccone, Institute for the integration of Latin America and the Carribean, Inter-American Development Bank
Possible options for fiscal harmonization: coordination versus competition
François Vaillancourt, Université de Montréal
Philippe Cattoir, European Commission
Country experiences: the European Union
Spain – Teresa Garcia Milà , University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
Belgium - Philippe Cattoir, European Commission
Germany - Paul Bernd Spahn, Goethe Universität, Frankfurt
7:00-7:30 pm. Discussion
7:30-8:00 pm. Break
2nd Plenary Session – Part 2
8:00-9:00 pm Country experiences: North America (NAFTA-FTAA)
Canada - François Vaillancourt, Université de Montréal
USA - William Fox, University of Tennessee
Mexico - Rafael Gamboa, Banco de México
9:00-9:30 pm. Discussion
10:00 pm. Cocktail
Thursday, June 27
9:00-10:00 am. Round Table
Fiscal Harmonization: The future agenda for MERCOSUR countries
Introduction: Miguel Rosseto, Vice-Governor of the State of Rio Grande do Sul
Fiscal harmonization: a view from the states
Miguel Angel Asensio, Secretary of Finance of the Province of Santa Fé, Argentina
Ednilton Soarez, Minister of Finance, State of Ceara, Brazil
Arno Augustin, Minister of Finance, State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
3rd Plenary Session
Fiscal Reform in MERCOSUR Countries
Session moderator: Odir Alberto Pinheiro Tonollier, Deputy Minister of Finance, State of Rio Grande do Sul
10:00-11:00 am. Reforming Fiscal Federalism: centralization vs. decentralization
Anwar Shah, World Bank
Rémy Prud’homme, Université de Paris
11:00-11:15 am. Break
11:15-12:30 pm. Country Experiences
Brazil - José Roberto Afonso, BNDES
Argentina – Ernesto Rezk, University of Córdoba
Other MERCOSUR countries (TBC)
12:30-1:00 pm. Discussion
1:00-2:30 pm. Lunch
2:30-4:30 pm. Workshops
1 - Fiscal harmonization: competition vs. coordination in Mercosur countries
Luiz Villela, Integration, Trade and Hemispheric Issues Division, IDB
Hugo Gonzales Cano, University of Entre Rios, Argentina
2. How to enhance fiscal responsibility
José Roberto Afonso, BNDES, Brazil
Juan Argentino Vega, University of Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina
3. Regional income distribution and equalization
Eduardo Haddad, IDB
Osvaldo Kacef, IDB
4. Regional integration: institutional needs for coordination and conflict resolution
Maria Christina Boldorini, Argentina
Aspasia Camargo, Brazil
4:30-5:00 pm. Break
5:00-6:30 pm. Reports from workshops and comments by discussants
Anwar Shah, World Bank
Horacio Piffano, National University of La Plata
9:00 pm. Dinner