The participants to the European Citizen’ Seminar of March 2009 have deliberately left open to the public debate the issue of the concrete criteria and indicators of a socio-economically and environmentally sustainable agriculture. Give your ideas and suggestions below!

(Executive Summary of the conclusions of the European Citizens’ Seminar held in Erfurt, Germany, 28-31 March 2009). This policy is intended to allow the development of socio-economic & environmentally sustainable agricultural systems. This will allow the present generation to meet its needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. Labelling could [...]

The philosophy of the World Trade Organization (WTO) is to implement a liberal world regime on trade. This aim goes beyond the national frontiers and has several effects on the legal system established by the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS), especially concerning the Intellectual Property Rights territorial principle. In the TRIPS [...]

Trade marks and geographical indications are intellectual property rights, they are trade distintctive signs, but there are several differences between them, especially concerning the legal regime and juridical nature. They share the same principles that are common to all intellectual property rights, but with some specialities. Geographical indications and trade marks are two very interesting [...]

(Executive Summary of the conclusions of the European Citizens’ Seminar held in Erfurt, Germany, 15-18 March 2008). With globalization, the world is becoming more and more complex and interconnected. In business, this complexity and interdependence are reflected through the increasing pressure of different stakeholders, internal and external to the firm. We believe diversity can promote [...]

Enhancing stakeholder diversity in the Board room. Today, the major decisions in economic life are taken by people having followed the same academic and professional curriculum, and sharing the same interests and ideology, with a risk of dwindling legitimacy and of collective mistakes. What diversity and whose stakeholders’ interests should be represented in the Board [...]