• Towards a Coherent Trade and Development Strategy of India
  New Delhi, 24-25 July 2008

• National Foreign Trade Policy of India: Why civil society’s involvement is required?
  India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, 1-2 July 2008

• National workshop on eco-labelling
  Country Inn, Jaipur, June 23-24, 2008

Events Archive

Towards a Coherent Trade and Development Strategy of India
New Delhi, 24-25 July 2008

This National Conference to be held at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi on 24-25 July 2008 aims to provide a forum for discussion on the dynamic relationship between international trade and poverty reduction, at the national as well as international levels. It will address the need for mainstreaming India’s national development strategy to make use of the beneficial role that international trade can play in enhancing development and reducing poverty.

The event is to discuss the following thematic issues:

• Regional Trade Openness Index, Income Disparity and Poverty

• The need for Mainstreaming International Trade into the National Development Strategy of India

• Responding to the Challenges of International Trade and Securing an Inclusive Path to Development

Participants will include civil society organisations, farmer associations, business associations, media, academics, government officials, representatives from international and inter-governmental organisations, the donor community, media persons, etc.
 

National Foreign Trade Policy of India: Why civil society’s involvement is required?
India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, 1-2 July 2008

The National Consultation on National Foreign Trade Policy of India: Why civil society’s involvement is required? to be held on July, 1-2, 2008 at Magnolia Hall, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi.

This National Conference aims to serve as a common platform for discussions and debate among the participants who will hail from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, elected representatives and Government officials from the states, Chambers of Commerce, Research Institutions, representatives of Trade Unions and CSOs and International Development Organisations. It will address the need for Civil Society's involvement in the implementation as well as formulation of NFTP and make recommendations to the policy makers to ensue pro-poor changes in the existing policy.

The event is to discuss the following thematic issues:

• National Foreign Trade Policy of India, 2004-2009 and Trade Sustainability Impact Assessment

• Why Civil Society’s Involvement is required in Formulating and Implementing National Foreign Trade Policy of India?

• Advocacy with Policy-makers and Politicians

• Panel Discussion on National Foreign Trade Policy of India and Indian Civil Society

National workshop on eco-labelling
Country Inn, Jaipur, June 23-24, 2008

Consumer Unity and Trust Society (CUTS) and the Confederation of Indian Textiles Industries (CITI), in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is organising this workshop. The event is the first occasion to introduce to national stakeholders the ‘Enabling developing countries to seize eco-label opportunities’ project. This 4-year project, funded by the European Union and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, is aiming at promoting eco-labelling in Brazil, China, India, Kenya, Mexico and South Africa. Through technical assistance and capacity building to a wide range of national stakeholders, the project would like to increase the number of key export products eco-labelled, in view of increasing international market access and at the same time contributing to more sustainable consumption and production patterns. In India it will particularly aim at supporting Indian industries in eco-labelling textiles products with the EU Eco-label.

Objectives:

• Create awareness among relevant stakeholders on the opportunities related to eco-labelling and to the increase of sustainability of the textile sector;

• Present the ‘Enabling developing countries to seize eco-label opportunities’ project and engage relevant stakeholders;

• Increase textile industry stakeholders’ knowledge of the EU Eco-label, its procedure, criteria and related market opportunities.

The national eco-labelling workshop will bring together relevant Government decision makers, textiles industry’s and industrial designers' representatives, as well as representatives from textile associations, national laboratories associated with the manufacturing of textiles, national representatives of the Ecomark scheme and standardization bodies, NGO’s and consumer organizations, representatives of the EU eco-label scheme, international eco-label and sustainable consumption experts, industry representatives that got their textiles successfully eco-labelled, as well as UNEP and the European Commission representatives.