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Pre-UNCTAD XII Civil Society Forum in Asia
March 06-07, 2008, Hanoi, Vietnam

On the occasion of the forthcoming quadrennial meeting of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD XII) to be held in Accra, Ghana on 20-25 April 2008, the CUTS Centre for International Trade, Economics & Environment (CUTS CITEE) organises a two-day international conference in Hanoi, Vietnam, during 6-7 March 2008, within the framework of its project on Linkages between Trade, Development and Poverty Reduction (TDP). The conference seeks to formulate a set of key messages to be fed into the Civil Society Forum, which will be held during the UNCTAD XII. Towards such objective, the conference will discuss the four sub-themes of the UNCTAD XII, which are:

• Enhancing coherence at all levels for sustainable economic development and poverty reduction in global policy making, including the contribution of regional approaches;

• Key trade and development issues and the new realities in the geography of the world economy;

• Enhancing the enabling environment at all levels to strengthen productive capacity, trade and investment: mobilising resources and harnessing knowledge for development; and

• Strengthening UNCTAD – enhancing its development role, impact, and institutional effectiveness.

Participants will include civil society organisations, business associations, media, academics, government officials, representatives from international and inter-governmental organisations and the donor community from around the Asian region, with special priority given to developing and least developed economies. This is in continuation of another similar event, to be organised in Gaborone, Botswana during 21-22 February 2008 for Africa.

The venue of the conference is the Fortuna Hotel, 6B Lang Ha Street, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi, Vietnam.

Co-organiser of the same is the newly-established office of CUTS in Vietnam – the CUTS Hanoi Resource Centre.

Asian Civil Society's Recommendations to UNCTAD XII>>

Feedback Report>>

• Backgrounder
• Agenda
• List of Participants
• Report
• Presentations:

• Comments On Strengthening UNCTAD
  – By Atiur Rahman

• Pre-UNCTAD XII Civil Society Forum Conference
  – By Bhoj Raj Khanal

• Key Trade & Development Issues: New Realities in the Geography of the World Economy
  – By Dushni Weerakoon

• Key Trade and Development Issues and the New Realities in the Geography of the World Economy: An Asian-Pacific Perspective
  – By Marc Proksch

• Changing Viet Nam-New Phase of Development
  – By Putu-Viet Nam and GMS

• Policy Coherence, poverty reduction and sustainable development
  – By Veena Jha

• Conform to the Globalization Trend, Promote Economic and Social Development in Asian Developing Countries
  – By Zhu Zhenming