Francis,
Ik zal er vrijdag niet zijn. Kun je me excuseren bij Laetitia.
Dirk
Francis Heylighen wrote:
Please distribute...
You are hereby invited to our seventeenth "Evolution, Complexity and
Cognition (ECCO)" <http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/ECCO/> seminar of 2005:
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*The Precautionary Principle -*
*Towards Sustainable Multidimensional Governance?*
by
Laetitia De Jaegher <http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be:8000/ECCO-web/13>
(ECCO) <http://www.bioacademy.gr/EN.htm>
*Place:* room 3C204 (building C, 3rd floor), VUB campus Oefenplein
*Time:* Friday, June 3, at 17:30 h.
*Abstract:*
The precautionary principle has emerged not only as one of the most
controversial principles of environmental law bu as one of the most
remarkable legal developments of the last decade. Its introduction in
the European Treaty brought a lot of discussion on its interpretation
and use as a decision-making tool. I will briefly introduce the global
context for its appearance, its meaning in the light of the
communication of the European Commission and the jurisprudence of the
European Court of Justice.
The precautionary principle is at the intersection of two fundamental
questions for the European Union's policy: sustainable development and
competitive innovation. The EU aims to introduce an integrated model
combining these apparently contradictory ambitions, under pressure to
find news ways of articulation. The question is whether the
precautionary principle allied with the latest developments in
information technology could incarnate the emergence of that new
articulation: a new type of regulatory process or collective
decision-making that would allow an integrated vision of the EU, not
only in risk management but as a guiding principle for sustainable
governance. If so, the principle's articulation could leas us to
interpret the regulatory rule not as an idealized rule of right or
wrong, but as the expression of a reality here and now which is open
to discussion, change and evolution.
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*ECCO seminar programme coming weeks*
*10 Jun*: Francis Heylighen: Foundations for an anticipation-control
theory of mind
*17 Jun*: Bertin Martens (?): the cognitive mechanics of economic and
institutional development
*24 Jun*: Tom Erez: Postext: a cognitively-apt formalism for knowledge
management
ECCO seminars normally take place each Friday at 17h30 in room 3C204
of the VUB Campus Etterbeek. Everyone interested is welcome. The
seminars are very interactive, with small groups (about 8-10 people).
The intention is to discuss in depth the research being proposed, and
to look for interdisciplinary connections with other ECCO-related
themes. Seminars last about two hours, after which the remaining
participants go to take a drink or a snack in the Opinio Café on the
campus, to continue the discussion in a more relaxed setting.
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Francis Heylighen
"Evolution, Complexity and Cognition" research group
Free University of Brussels
http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/HEYL.html
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Dirk Bollen,
Evolution, Complexity and Cognition (ECCO) group
Free University of Brussels
http://users.telenet.be/dirkbollen
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