Ekonomski razvoj i održivost – lekcije urugvajskog iskustva
Nastavljajući se na progresivnu prošlost, urugvajski Frente Amplio (Široki front), uspostavljen 1971. godine, na vlasti je od 2005. godine. Osim sijaseta progresivnih zakona (Zakon o skrbi, Zakon o transrodnim osobama, Zakon o istospolnom braku, voda i sanitacija kao ljudsko pravo, Zakon o pobačaju), skoro 40% sindikalne afilijacije, pola milijuna socijalno osiguranih poslova, rasta minimalne i realnih plaća, napredak se očituje i u tranziciji prema obnovljivim izvorima energije (prvenstveno vjetroenergiji), putem koncepcije javnog financiranja koje se temelji na aukcijama, umjesto subvencijama. Ekonomist Sebastián Torres, bivši državni direktor za industriju i bivši direktor agencije za državna istraživanja i inovacije na ovogodišnjoj je Zelenoj akademiji u Komiži govorio o pozitivnim elementima djelovanja ljevice u Urugvaju, ali i o njezinim problemima (neučinkovitost u planiranju i baratanju budžetskim sredstvima, manjak regionalne integracije, korupcija te izostanak strukturne promjene/ekstraktivizam). Snimke s proteklih izdanja Zelene akademije potražite na plejlisti.

Green Academy: Moving Beyond Fragments
Organized by: Institute for Political Ecology (IPE, Institut za političku ekologiju)
Location: Hotel Biševo, Komiža, Vis, Croatia
Date: 29th August 2018
Speaker: Sebastián Torres (economist, Uruguay)
Moderated by: Danijela Dolenec
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Economic Development and Sustainability – Lessons from the Uruguayan Experience
Sebastián Torres is an economist with over 15 years of experience in public policy, agro-industrial development strategies and prospective studies. He holds a Post-Doc from the Economic and Social Research Council (UK), a PhD from University of Leicester, an MA from the Institute of Social Studies (The Hague) and BA from University of the Republic of Uruguay. In addition, he has received professional training from Harvard, MIT, University of Cambridge. In the past decade he has served in two Latin American left governments, in Uruguay, between 2010 and 2015 he was National Director of Industry and Director of National Research and Innovation Agency (ANII). In Ecuador, between 2017 and 2018 he was Rector of the National Institute of Higher Studies (IAEN). He has also been a Visiting Research Fellow at LSE and at the Development Institute of Fudan University.