North American Forum on Integration

The North American Forum on Integration (NAFI), created in 2002, describes itself as "a non-profit organization devoted to developing North American dialogue and networks." 

NAFI states that it "aims to build awareness on issues raised by North American integration and to focus the attention of decision-makers on the importance of the challenges at hand. In this perspective, NAFI intends to periodically bring together principal decision-makers from political, private, labor and academic sectors from Canada, the United States and Mexico." 

NAFI Conferences
According to the NAFI website :
 * First NAFI conference 2003: Beyond Free Trade: Strengthening North America, held in Montreal, March 27-28, 2003; attended by 280 people.
 * Second NAFI conference 2004: Forging North American Energy Security, held in Monterrey, Mexico, April 1-2, 2004; "focused on the theme of North American energy resources: oil, natural gas and electricity."
 * Triumvirate 2005: First North American Model Parliament, held in Ottawa, Canada, May 23-27, 2005; "Seventy university students from Canada, Mexico and the United States from 10 different universities participated in this one-of-a-kind event."
 * Triumvirate 2006: Second North American Model Parliament, held in the Mexican Senate, May 22-26, 2006; about 15 universities were invited to attend "a parliamentary meeting between Canadian, Mexican and American national and sub-national parliamentarians. Each participant will have to represent a country other than their own, and adopt resolutions regarding real issues faced by the NAFTA partners."
 * Triumvirate 2007: Third North American Model Parliament to be held in the United States, May 20-25, 2007, "themes will tackle notably the creation of a customs union, environmental issues and telecommunications."

Conference Reports

 * "The north americain trade corridors," North American Forum on Integration, 2006.
 * Matthew Pattinson. Tyson Sadler, Brian Yaeck, Lindsay Zibrik, "2006 Triumvirate North American Forum on Integration Mexico City, Mexico." Submitted to the Student International Mobility Fund, June 9, 2006.

Board of Directors
Biographical profiles are available on the NAFI website here.


 * Ambassadeur Andrés Rozental (Mexico), Chairman; President of Rozental & Associates, Chair of the Mexican Council on Foreign Relations
 * Stephen Blank, Ph.D. (United States); Director, Center for International Business Development, Lubin School of Business, Pace University (New York)
 * François Duchesneau, Ph.D. (Canada); Vice-Rector, Planning and International Relations, Université de Montréal
 * Françoise Faverjon-Fortin, Regional vice-president, Quebec, Export Development Canada
 * Victor López, Ph.D. (Mexique); Director, Center for North American Studies, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Montrerrey
 * Tarcisio Navarrete Montes de Oca, Ph.D. (Mexico); Minister, Permanent Mission of Mexico to the Organization of American States
 * Dr. Robert A. Pastor, Ph.D. (United States); Vice-president of International Affairs, Professor and Director of the Center for North American Studies, American University
 * Christine Fréchette (Canada); President and founder of NAFI
 * Vicky Trépanier (Canada); Secretary of NAFI; Lawyer, Brouillette Charpentier Fortin GP

Contact Information
4519 Saint - Denis Montreal (Quebec) Canada H2J 2L4 Phone: 1 514 844-8030 FAX: 1 514 844-2030 Email: info AT fina-nafi.org Website: http://www.fina-nafi.org/

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 * Also see North American Union and deep integration.