International Seminar on Federalism and Democracy in an Era of Emergencies

A Fundação Getulio Vargas, a Unifesp e a Freie Universität Berlin organizam o seminário internacional “Federalism and Democracy in an Era of Emergencies”. Renomados pesquisadores de vários países e estudiosos brasileiros discutem os desafios atuais do federalismo em temas como democracia, relações intergovernamentais e descentralização. O evento é um espaço de reflexão sobre o papel dos governos na coordenação federativa.

Seminar program (Brazilian time in all sessions) - 24/07

08:30 – 09:00 – Reception

09:00 – 10:00: Opening ceremony 

FGV’s dean

Unifesp’s dean

Ministry of Institutional Relations of Brazilian Government

Forum of Federations

10:00 – 10:30 – Federalism and federations: challenges in an era of emergencies – Alan Fenna (Curtin University - Australia)

10:30 – 11:00 – Coffee break

11:00 – 11:30 – The Brazilian perspective by Marta Arretche (DCP – University of São Paulo)

11:30 – 11:45 – Discussion

11:45 – 12:15 – Federalism and Social Policy in Times of Crisis – Daniel Bèland (McGill University - Canada)

12:15 – 12:30 – Discussion

12:30 – 13:30 – Lunch

13:30 – 14:00 – Presentation of the Forum of Federations – Rupak Chattopadhyay (Canada)

14:00 – 14:30 – Federalism and democracy: connections and challenges - Jared Sonnicksen (Technical University of Darmstadt - Germany)

14:30 – 15:00 – The Brazilian perspective by Fernando Abrucio (Fundação Getulio Vargas)

15:00 – 15:15 – Discussion

15:15 – 15:45 – Coffee break

15:45 – 16:15 – Federalism and democratic innovations - Elizabeth Alber (Institute for Comparative Federalism - Italy)

16:15 – 16h45 – The Brazilian perspective by Catarina Segatto (DCP – University of São Paulo)

16:45 – 17:00 – Discussion

17:00 – Closure

Seminar program (Brazilian time in all sessions) - 25/07

08:30 – 09:00 – Federalism, decentralization, and responses to diversity in Africa: autonomy and coordination – Zemelak Ayele (Addis Ababa University - Ethiopia)

09:00 - 09:30 – The Brazilian perspective by Rogerio Schlegel (UNIFESP)

09:30 – 09:45 – Discussion

09:45 – 10:15 – Coffee break

10:15 – 10:45 – Federalism and recentralization: new trend in intergovernmental relations? Juan Olmeda (Mexico College - Mexico).

10:45 – 11:15 – The Brazilian perspective by Daniel Vazquez (UNIFESP)

11:15 – 11:30 – Discussion

11:30 – 12:00 – Federalism in the time of crises – Yvonne Hegele (ZHAW School of Management and Law - Switzerland)

12:00 – 12h15 – Discussion

12:15 – 13:30 – Lunch

13:30 – 14:00 – The proposal of the Council of Federation in Brazil – Ministry of Institutional Relations

14:00 – 14:30 – Discussion

14:30 – 15:00 – Managing interdependencies in federal systems – Johanna Schnabel (Freie Universitat - Germany)

15:00 – 15:30 – The Brazilian perspective by Eduardo Grin (Fundação Getulio Vargas)

15:30 – 15:45 – Discussion

15:45 – 16:00 – Coffee break

16:00 – 16:30 – The role of Upper Houses in federations: a comparative approach – Antonios Souris (Freie Universitat - Germany)

16:30 – 17:00 – The Brazilian perspective by Claudio Couto (Fundação Getulio Vargas)

17:00 – 17:15 – Discussion

17:00 – Closure 

*The event will be broadcast live on FGV's YouTube channel