In each country, a National Reference Group
will be created, having representatives from diverse stakeholders,
such as policy-makers, business community, civil society organisations,
consumer groups, media. National consultations will deliberate
on issues relating to economic cooperation between India and
the Greater Mekong Sub-region countries and will help in raising
awareness and capacity building.
The dates decided for holding the National
Consultations in partner countries are as follows:
The Final Consultation of the project is
being organised on October 26th – 27th 2005 in Bangkok
in association with Centre for Ecological Economics (CEE).
The objective of the Final Consultation
is to discuss the key findings of background research and
business perceptions on the present and future scope of
economic cooperation between India and GMS countries. It
intends to involve business bodies, policy-makers, research
institutions, civil society organisations and representatives
of international and inter-governmental organisations to
discuss issues for better economic cooperation between India
and GMS countries. A wide variety of participants from Cambodia,
India, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand have been invited to participate
at the consultation.
The interactive seminar will deliberate on the following
issues:
