Street Journal in Costa Rica in the negotiations for the Acuerdo de Asociación (Ada) between the European Union and Central American countries. What scheduled October 22 to 26 is the first of ten negotiation rounds: the next, already planned, will be held in December 2007, February, April and May 2008. The Ada should be ready for 2010.
Luis Guillermo Perez, secretary general of CIFCA (Copenhagen Initiative for Central America, a network of European NGOs established to carry out work on the lobby EU institutions on the relations between the EU and Central America and Mexico), analyzed the document that governs negotiations, signed by the parties in late July, pointing out the disadvantages for the countries of Central America than the Andean Community of Nations (CAN), although in mid-September and have started negotiating with a Acuerdo de Asociación Central America.
", explains Luis Guillermo is noted in a confidential document-the presence of the governments of Bolivia and Ecuador in the Can".
A first difference is the language of the negotiations: in the case of Can, the texts of the negotiations will be in two lignue (English and English) and during the meetings there will be a simultaneous translation, as regards Central America, "Marshall Negotiating Documents Be Drafted in Inglese. "
"That's languages \u200b\u200bis an important issue-Perez note-why governments should be able to consult their own civil society, and if the lyrics are in English only a small proportion will have adequate access information and groped to affect the negotiations. In addition, it is said that the negotiators have to be necessarily bilingual. The governments of Central America should strive for the same conditions granted to the Andean Community of Nations.
A second important aspect concerns the recognition of the asymmetries existing between the parties. As for the Can, the EU has granted "special treatment and different member countries of the Community, particularly in Bolivia and Ecuador, in relation to Central America there is no reference to this award. "
Finally, the document signed by the European Union and the countries of the Andean Community of Nations establishes 14 in negotiating sub-groups Group on trade liberalization. With Central America will be only 12. Skip just what will take care of "asymmetries and special and differential treatment."
Luis Guillermo Perez, secretary general of CIFCA (Copenhagen Initiative for Central America, a network of European NGOs established to carry out work on the lobby EU institutions on the relations between the EU and Central America and Mexico), analyzed the document that governs negotiations, signed by the parties in late July, pointing out the disadvantages for the countries of Central America than the Andean Community of Nations (CAN), although in mid-September and have started negotiating with a Acuerdo de Asociación Central America.
", explains Luis Guillermo is noted in a confidential document-the presence of the governments of Bolivia and Ecuador in the Can".
A first difference is the language of the negotiations: in the case of Can, the texts of the negotiations will be in two lignue (English and English) and during the meetings there will be a simultaneous translation, as regards Central America, "Marshall Negotiating Documents Be Drafted in Inglese. "
"That's languages \u200b\u200bis an important issue-Perez note-why governments should be able to consult their own civil society, and if the lyrics are in English only a small proportion will have adequate access information and groped to affect the negotiations. In addition, it is said that the negotiators have to be necessarily bilingual. The governments of Central America should strive for the same conditions granted to the Andean Community of Nations.
A second important aspect concerns the recognition of the asymmetries existing between the parties. As for the Can, the EU has granted "special treatment and different member countries of the Community, particularly in Bolivia and Ecuador, in relation to Central America there is no reference to this award. "
Finally, the document signed by the European Union and the countries of the Andean Community of Nations establishes 14 in negotiating sub-groups Group on trade liberalization. With Central America will be only 12. Skip just what will take care of "asymmetries and special and differential treatment."
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