Auditing the debt

Case studies of 4 countries :
Ecuador, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mali, the Philippines

Some documents are available in English in the report (followed by EN), click here

Date : Friday October 19 and Saturday October 20 from 9.30am to 5.30pm
Venue : Congress room of the Belgian Senate, 21 rue de Louvain in Brussels

Provisional programme Friday 19 October :

Presentation of the Belgian Senate’s resolution on auditing the debt, by Senator Olga Zrihen

Ecuador sets an example in the field of debt auditing

 Panel with Ricardo Patino, Ecuador minister for debt auditing;

 Hugo Arias Palacios, spokesman for the External Debt Audit commission in Ecuador;

 Maria Isabel Altamirano, CADTM Ecuador;

 Eric Toussaint, CADTM Belgium, member of the audit commission, particularly with respect to debts to the World Bank

For full debt auditing in the Democratic Républic of the Congo, by Victor Nzuzi (NAD) and Luc Mukendi (CADTM Lubumbashi)

Provisional programme Saturday 20 October :

 Auditing the debt in DRCongo, continued

 Beginnings of debt auditing in Mali, by Temo Tamboura (CAD Mali)

 The case of the Philippines, by Rebecca Malay, Freedom from Debt / Jubilee South Coalition (Philippines)

Conclusion

Languages: French/English/Spanish

The number of participants is limited

Compulsory registration prior to September 30 with :
christine at cadtm.org or myriam at cadtm.org

Participation cost for the two days: North: 16.00 Euros (or 8.00 Euros per day and per person). Students/ unemployed: 50% reduction. South: free participation.

This includes the simultaneous translation, a sandwich at lunch and coffee/tea. This does not include accommodation. Free accommodation with local people can be considered, depending on availability.
Contact: christine at cadtm.org and virginie at cadtm.org