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EVENT – MARCH 2008
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Bi-lateral FTAs,
RTAs and Unilateral Liberalisation: The
South Asian Trade Highways
Dhaka, Bangladesh, March 24, 2008
South Asian Network on Economic Modelling (SANEM)
with the assistance from Commonwealth
Secretariat, London and CUTS International,
India organised a Seminar
titled Bi-lateral FTAs, RTAs and Unilateral
Liberalisation: The South Asian Trade
Highways at BRAC Center Inn, Dhaka
Bangladesh on March 24, 2008. There were
three sessions:
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Bilateral FTAs in South Asia – Lessons for
SAFTA
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Trading with India: Bilateral or Regional
Arrangement?
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Key Issues of Bilateral FTAs, RTAs, and
Unilateral Liberalisation in South Asia
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Pre-UNCTAD XII
Civil Society Forum in Africa
Nairobi, Kenya, March 13-14, 2008
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 Nairobi, Kenya, on
March 13-14, 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:
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Enhancing coherence at all levels for
sustainable economic development and poverty
reduction in global policy making, including
the contribution of regional approaches;
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Key trade and development issues and the new
realities in the geography of the world
economy;
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Enhancing the enabling environment at all
levels to strengthen productive capacity,
trade and investment: mobilising resources
and harnessing knowledge for development;
and
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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.
UNCTAD
Secretary-General's Statement>>
African Civil Society's
Recommendations to UNCTAD XII>>
Feedback Report>>
Pre-UNCTAD XII Civil Society Forum in
Asia
Hanoi, Vietnam March 06-07, 2008
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:
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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>>
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