Organised by Gernika Gogoratuz in collaboration with EhuGune, REAS Euskadi, Economistas sin Fronteras and the Coordinadora de ONGDS de Euskadi.
MAY 24TH, WEDNESDAY
Venue: Arriaga Auditorium in the Bizkaia Aretoa, UPV-EHU, Bilbao.
9:00-9:30
OPENING
• David Hoyos, Director EhuGune – UPV/EHU.
• Monika Hernando, Director of Human Rights, Victims and Diversity. GV-EJ
• Maria Oianguren, Director of Gernika Gogoratuz
9:30-10:15
PEACE ECONOMY IN THE DIGITAL AGE: New challenges and opportunities
• Euridice Cabañes, Co-director of Arsgames. PhD in Philosophy, and researcher in technology and cognitive sciences.
Presented by: Laura Ruiz, Economists without Borders.
10:15-11:15
ADVANCES IN HUMAN RIGHTS AND BUSINESS.
European taxonomy, non-financial information and human rights.
– Isabel María García, Professor of Financial Economics and Accounting at the University of Salamanca.
– Beatriz Aibar, Professor of Financial Economics and Accounting at the University of Santiago de Compostela.
Researchers at the Research Service of the General Council of Economists of Spain.
State of the art in Spain and Europe on binding legislation on corporate due diligence.
– Almudena Moreno, Coordinator of Local Sustainable Development of Alianza por la Solidaridad-ActionAid.
Presented by: Iker Atxa, Gernika Gogoratuz.
11:15-11:45
Break
11:45-12:45
BASQUE BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Progress of the Basque Business and Human Rights Plan.
• Nerea Magallón, Business and Human Rights Research Team. Globernance, Institute for Democratic Governance.
Lessons learned from the Catalan experience in business and human rights.
• Antoni Pigrau, Professor of International Public Law and Director of CEDAT. Rovira i Virgili University.
Presented by: Iker Atxa, Gernika Gogoratuz.
12:45-13:30
NEO-EXTRACTIVISM AND INSTITUTIONAL COUNTERWEIGHTS
Extractivism as a triple relationship: States, companies and civil society
• Alvaro Ramírez, PhD in Political Science and collaborator of Gernika Gogoratuz.
Monetisation of extractivism: digital data, geopolitics and human rights: a critical view.
• Gorka Mendizabal, PhD researcher at Mondragon Uniberstitatea (Business School)
Presented by: Jokin Alberdi, Gernika Gogoratuz.
13:30-15:00
HORIZONTAL DIALOGUES – Challenges and opportunities for Basque companies in the field of Human Rights.
Participative space to consider the scenario and contributions to the necessary transition from the institutional, business and social spheres.
Presented by: Iker Atxa, Gernika Gogoratuz.
Attendance is free of charge and registration is compulsory.
