Project Launch Meeting
WTO Doha Round & South Asia: Linking Civil Society with Trade Negotiations
Salon Orchid, Hotel Galadari, Colombo, Sri Lanka
9-10 March, 2005
Organized by:
- CUTS Centre for International Trade, Economics & Environment, Jaipur, India
- Institute of Policy Studies, Sri Lanka
- South Asia Watch on Trade Economics & Environment, Nepal
Agenda
Wednesday 9 March, 2005
0800 -0830Registration
0830 - 0930Inaugural Ceremony
Welcome:Saman Kelegama, Institute of Policy Studies, Sri Lanka
Inaugural Address by the Chief Guest:
H.E. Jeyaraj Fernadopulle, Minister for Trade, Commerce & Consumer Affairs,
Sri Lanka
Introduction:Prasad Ranade,CUTS Centre for International Trade, Economics & Environment, India
Address by the Guest of Honour:
Mohan Kumar, Deputy High Commissioner of India in Sri Lanka
0930 – 1000Tea/Coffee
1000 – 1230 Agriculture
Chair: Shoukat Ali Anwar Randhawa, Ministry of Commerce, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan
Speaker:Navin Dahal, South Asia Watch on Trade Environment & Economics, Nepal
Discussants:Purnima Purohit, CUTS Centre for International Trade, Economics & Environment, India
Parakrama Samaratunga, Institute of Policy Studies, Sri Lanka
1230 – 1400Lunch
1400 – 1530 Services
Chair:Ratnakar Adhikari, South Asia Watch on Trade Environment & Economics, Nepal
Speaker: Pranav Kumar, CUTS Centre for International Trade, Economics & Environment, India
Discussants:Upali Wickramasinghe, Sri Jayawardhanepura University, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Hemanta Kumar Dabadi, Executive Director of the FNCCI, Nepal
1530 – 1600 Tea/Coffee
1600 – 1730 Non-agricultural Market Access
Chair: Douglas Jayasekera, Institute of Policy Studies, Sri Lanka
Speaker: Ejaz Ghani, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Pakistan
Discussants: Manab Majumbdar, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry, India
Kailas Kartikeyan, UNCTAD,India
1900 Social Evening
Thursday, 10 March 2005
0900 – 1030 Trade Facilitation
Chair: Veena Jha, UNCTAD, India
Speaker: Sanath Jayanetti, Institute of Policy studies (IPS),Sri Lanka
Discussants:Huma Fakhar, Fakhar Law & Associates, Pakistan
Prabhash Ranjan, Centre for Trade and Development, An Oxfam GB initiative, India
1030 – 1100 Tea/Coffee
1100 – 1200 Development Dimensions
Chair: Prasad Ranade, CUTS Centre for International Trade, Economics & Environment, India
Speaker: Salma Chowdhury Zohir,Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, Bangladesh
Discussants:Mohammed Abu Eusuf, Department of Development Studies, Dhaka University,Bangladesh
Ratnakar Adhikari, South Asia Watch on Trade Environment & Economics, Nepal
1230 – 1330 Closing
Chair: Saman Kelegama, Institute of Policy Studies, Sri Lanka
Rapporteur’s note: Bharath Jairaj, Citizen Consumer & Civic Action Group, India
The Way Forward: Veena Jha, UNCTAD, India
Pradeep S Mehta, CUTS International, India
1330 – 1430 Lunch