Expected Date

9 and 10

March

2021

JM Atlantic Network 2.0 – Dialogues ✦ on Energy & Sustainability, Trade & Economy and Security & Inequality

Event Nr.: 1

Place: FGV YouTube Channel

Typology: Webinar

Duration: 2 days

Host country: BRAZIL

Timing: 10:00 to 13:40 (GMT-3)

The first webinar of the Jean Monnet Atlantic Network 2.0 – Dialogues on Energy & Sustainability, Trade & Economy and Security & Inequality – was convened by The International Intelligence Unit of the Getulio Vargas Foundation.

The event kicked-off debates around key topics in the Atlantic Basin. Energy & Sustainability, Trade & Economy and Security & Inequality were discussed in a broad perspective, which explored the possible roles of different players in the region; their difficulties and opportunities.

The webinar had policy as its main focus, in this vein, current issues akin to each themes, such as the covid-19 pandemic, the geopolitical tensions engendered in matters of trade and technology, and the news in the green energy market.

The key point of this first open event remains to foment and maintain a lively debate that gathers distinct perceptions of each institution, which will feed and enrich the Final Reports of the project represented by the Network.

The webinar was divided into three panels, each one with its own link that was broadcast live on the FGV YouTube channel:

Webinar | Panel 1 | Trade and Economic Co-operation in Times of US-China Tech War and Covid-19

Webinar | Panel 2 | A Transatlantic Vision of the Green Agenda for Post-Pandemic Recovery  (*Notes from coordinator on Energy and Sustainability)

Webinar | Panel 3 | Security and Inequality: Covid-19 and its Multilayer Impacts on the Society 

Presentations:

1. “EU-China: The Comprehensive Agreement on Investments (CAI) signed on December 30th, 2020: Bilateralism as a leverage for a new multilateralism” by Mario Telò – JMAN2 Dialogues – Panel 1
2. “Public perception and attitudes on migrants in the time of COVID-19: Mexican case” by Elena Montijano & Gerardo Maldonado – JMAN2 Dialogues – Panel 3
3. “Post pandemic recovery, an opportunity to address urban inequalities in the Atlantic region” by Eva Garcia Chueca – JMAN2 Dialogues – Panel 3