Representatives from employers, unions, labour and business organisations, environmental groups, Indigenous organisations, and other interested civil society organisations are welcome to register for a meeting on the 18th and 19th of March 2025, of the Civil Society Forum on Trade and Sustainable Development established under the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).

Participants will have the chance to exchange with one another, and with officials of the Government of Canada and the European Commission, on matters related to the implementation of CETA’s Chapter 22 (Trade and Sustainable Development), Chapter 23 (Trade and Labour) and Chapter 24 (Trade and Environment), as well as the CETA recommendations on Trade and Gender, SMEs and Trade, Climate Action and the Paris Agreement.

The Civil Society Forum on Trade and Sustainable Development under CETA will be organised in a hybrid format with both virtual and in-person participation.

Canada and the European Union remain committed to this dialogue, acknowledging the important opportunity for civil society to better understand what Canada and the EU are doing to implement the labour, environment and sustainable development provisions of CETA, and to provide their perspectives on these issues.

• Date/time: 
  • 18 March 2025, 14:30-17:30 (Central European Time) 
  • 19 March 2025, 14:30-17:30 (Central European Time)
• Place: hybrid (virtual and in person)
• Programme will be published later
• Registration