Conference
on ‘Advocacy for Trade & Investment Facilitation
in the GMS Region’
Bangkok, Thailand, November 23-24,
2006
CUTS Centre for International Trade,
Economics & Environment (CUTS CITEE), Jaipur in association
with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
(SDC), and United Nations Economic and Social Commission
for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), Bangkok is organising
a conference on ‘Advocacy for Trade & Investment
Facilitation in the GMS Region’ at Bangkok, Thailand,
during November 23-24, 2006.
The objective of this event is to explore
the way forward for better economic cooperation on trade
and investment between countries in the Greater Mekong
Sub-region (GMS) by emphasising the role of China, India
and Thailand as facilitators.
Representatives of government officials
(from countries of GMS and India), representative of inter-governmental
organisations, business associations, research institutions,
media and civil society organisations (CSOs) will be attending
the conference.
Regional
Conference on Linkages Between Trade, Development and
Poverty Reduction (TDP) Bangkok, Thailand, November 24-25, 2006
CUTS Centre for International Trade,
Economics & Environment (CUTS CITEE), Jaipur is organising
the Regional Conference under the TDP project at Bangkok,
Thailand. This is the first of the regional conferences
under TDP project in Asia.
Representatives of project partners from
eight countries in South and South-East Asia viz.- Bangladesh,
Cambodia, China, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam
will be attending the conference apart from representatives
from inter-governmental agencies, governments, civil society,
and research organisations.
The objective of the event is to identify
various pro-poor trade policy initiatives that will alleviate
the conditions of the marginalised, poor population of
South and South-East Asia thereby promoting pro-poor development
in the region.
KIC-GRANITE
Rajasthan State level Roundtable Meeting Jaipur, India,
November 18, 2006
CUTS CITEE with support of Oxfam Novib,
The Netherlands will organize the KIC-GRANITE State level
Roundtable meeting on the 18 of November 2006 in Jaipur,
India. The objective of this meeting is to discuss the
case studies on advocacy practices with local level stakeholders
on issues relating to globalisation and trade in the State
of Rajasthan.
Interactive
Meeting on
‘Challenges and Opportunities from a Possible India-EU
FTA’
New Delhi, India, November 08, 2006
CUTS Centre for International Trade,
Economics & Environment (CUTS CITEE), Jaipur, is organising
a one-day Interactive Meeting on ‘Challenges and
Opportunities from a Possible India-EU FTA’ at the
India International Centre, New Delhi, on November 08,
2006. The consultation is part of the European Union (EU)
commissioned research project entitled, ‘A Qualitative
Analysis of a Potential Free Trade Agreement between the
European Union and India’ being jointly implemented
by CUTS CITEE and Centre for the Analysis of Regional
Integration at Sussex (CARIS), UK.
The meeting will inter alia, focus on:
Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS)
Measures
Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT)
Government Procurement (GP)
Investment and
Services.
The meeting would bring together
experts, practitioners and stakeholders from different
fields related to trade and investment in India. It
will focus on understanding the given key issues, which
may serve to impede trade and investment flows between
the EU and India. It will also provide a better understanding
of the key constraints to trade and investment between
the EU and India and hence shed light on areas that
are particularly important to address in the context
of a future possible agreement.
