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International Conference
Fiscal Equalization and Economic Development
Policy within Federations
October 28-29, 2002
Charlottetown Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Delta Hotel
Program

Sunday Oct. 27
Welcome Reception
Founders Hall, Charlottetown, 6-8 pm.

October 28,
Day One- Morning

8.30 am Registration and morning coffee.

9.00 am Welcome

Hon. Pat Mella, PEI Provincial Treasurer

John Palmer, Director, PEI Treasury and conference organizer.

Forum of Federations

9.45 am Country experiences, Fiscal Arrangements and Economic Development.

European Economic Community
Paul Bernd Spahn. Goethe Universitat, Frankfurt am Main.

10.15 am Coffee Break

USA
William Fox, University of Tennessee.

11.30 am Discussant . Mario Albert, Quebec Finance.

12.15 pm Break for Lunch.

12.30 pm Lunch. Address by Ron Neumann, Manitoba Finance. The evolving South African fiscal situation.

Day One - Afternoon.

2.00 pm Country Experiences Continued

Australia
Malcolm Nicholas, Commonwealth Grants Commission.

Spain
Teresa Garcia- Mila, Universitat Pompeu Fabra.

3.30 pm Coffee Break

3.45 pm Discussant. Francois Delorme, Federal Finance, Ottawa.(TBC).

4.45 pm Day One Sessions finished.

7.00 pm Conference Dinner

Informal Address by Ronald L. Watts, Principal Emeritus, Queen's University Institute of Intergovernmental Relations. Comparing National Experiences.

October 29

Day Two-Morning

9.00 am Country Experiences Continued

Germany
Paul Bernd Spahn, Goethe University Frankfurt

Switzerland
Steve Perritaz, Bernard Dafflon, University of Fribourg

Canada
Francois Vaillancourt, University of Montreal

11.15 am Coffee Break

11.30 am Discussant. Paul Hobson, Acadia University.

12.15 pm Lunch Break

Day Two- Afternoon

2.00 pm

Summary Session. Chair John Palmer, assisted by Annette Ryan. Panel of Participants and Discussants. What can we learn?
Questions from the floor.

4.00 pm
Wrap Up.