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Day One, 6th November 2006
OPENING CEREMONY [Summary]
H.E. Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Al-Thani, First Deputy Prime Minister; Minister of Foreign Affairs, State of Qatar
H.E. Dr. Ahmad Al-Mutawa, Secretary-General, GOIC [Bio]
Mr. Kiyotaka Akasaka, Deputy Secretary-General, OECD [Bio]
SESSION I: AID FOR TRADE – ANYTHING NEW? [Summary]
Co-Chairs: H.E. Dr. Mia Horn af Rantzien, Ambassador of Sweden to the WTO [Bio] and Mr Kiyotaka Akasaka, Deputy Secretary-General, OECD.
This session will set the stage by providing an overview of recent developments in the Aid for Trade agenda (including its scope) and key challenges ahead on terms of the economic, political and implementation aspects. Both donors and partner countries will present their views on the debate on Aid for Trade.
Achieving the Developmental Dimension of the WTO Doha Round
H.E. Mrs. Valentine Rugwabiza, Deputy Director General, World Trade Organisation [Bio]
Partner Country Perspectives: What benefits do they expect from Aid for Trade and how to get them.
H.E. Mr Ramakrishna Sithanen, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Finance and Economic Development, Mauritius [Bio]
H.E. Mr Prasidh Cham, Senior Minister of Commerce, Cambodia [Bio]
Donor Perspectives: What impact will Aid for Trade have on their strategies?
Mr Walter North, Deputy Assistant Administrator, USAID [Bio]
Mr John Panzer, Sector Manager, International Trade Deptartment, World Bank [Bio]
Business Perspectives: How can Aid for Trade promote private sector development in partner countries?
Mr Sarasin Viraphol, Executive VP, Charoen Pokphand Group Co. Ltd., Thailand [Bio]
SESSION II: CAPTURING THE BENEFITS OF TRADE – HOW CAN AID HELP? (PART 1)
Chair: Mrs Louka T. Katseli, Director, OECD Development Centre [Bio]
This session and the next will address the inter-linkages of Aid for Trade with structural adjustment, private sector development, building supply-side capacities, facilitating trade and the role of donors to address these challenges. Discussions will be based on the country experience from Mali, Mozambique, Tanzania, Senegal, Uganda, Zambia and Viet Nam, and other OECD work. The objective is to present per thematic area how donors and recipient countries have worked together to maximise the benefits from trade liberalisation and WTO agreements for development.
The Right Policy Environment [Summary]
Issues to consider include:
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What are the domestic policy factors that are critical to maximise the benefits from more open trade?
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Why are some countries performing better than others in facilitating and sustaining structural adjustment?
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How can aid best contribute to improving domestic policy environment?
Mr Yusuf Dodia, Chairman, Private Sector Development Association, Zambia [Bio]
Mr Hans Peter Lankes, IMF [Bio]
Mr Ablassé Ouedraogo , Regional Advisor for Africa, African Development Bank [Bio]
Eliminating Bottlenecks to Private Sector Development [Summary]
Chair: Mr Fabio Scacciavillani, Acting Director, Gulf Organisation for Industrial Consulting [Bio]
Issues to consider include:
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What needs to be done on a priority basis in addressing supply-side constraints?
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How can existing aid schemes best be utilised for private sector development?
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What can be learned from value-chain analysis?
Mr Tilman Altenberg, by Mr Tilman Antenberg, German Development Institute [Bio]
Mr Eric Hazard, ENDA Tiers Monde, Senegal [Bio]
Mr Ganeshan Wignaraja, Team Leader / Snr. Trade Economist, Asian Development Bank [Bio]
Day Two, 7th November 2006.
SESSION III: CAPTURING THE BENEFITS OF TRADE – HOW CAN AID HELP? (PART 2)
Aid for Trade Facilitation and Export Capacity Building [Summary]
Chair: Mr Dayaratna Silva, Minister, Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to WTO [Bio]
Issues to consider include:
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What are the benefits (and costs) of trade facilitation?
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How can trade facilitation help in promoting export diversification, notably in agriculture and agribusiness?
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How can donors best help?
Mr Andrew E. Temu, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania [Bio]
Mr Maros Ivanic, Senior Expert, GOIC [Bio]
Mr Mohammad Saeed, Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the WTO [Bio]
Designing Effective Aid for Trade Programmes [Summary]
Chair: Mr Jan-Peter Mout, Co-ordinator TRA, DG Trade, European Commission [Bio]
Issues to consider include:
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What are the most effective instruments to identify the binding constraints to trade?
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How best to maximise the impact of donor programmes?
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How to ensure effective monitoring and evaluating of results?
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What are the effective dialogue mechanisms at local and global levels to engage different stakeholders (including the private sector)?
Mr Dirk Jan Bruinsma, Deputy Secretary-General, UNCTAD [Bio]
Mrs Khemmani Pholsena, Director General, Foreign Trade Department, Ministry of Commerce, Laos [Bio]
Mr Yayé Seydou, Ministry of Economy and Finance of Niger [Bio in french]
SESSION IV : MOVING FROM PRINCIPLES TO PRACTICE
Co-Chairs: H.E. Dr Mia Horn af Rantzien, Ambassador of Sweden to the WTO and Mr Richard Carey, Deputy Director, DCD, OECD [Bio]
This session will address how to put the aid effectiveness principles into practice and, in particular, how to assess and monitor in practice the progress madein implementing the Aid for Trade framework.
New Partnership Framewok to Promote and Monitor Aid for Trade [Summary]
Issues to consider include:
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How can Aid for Trade be effectively delivered?
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How can we build an dshare knowledge?
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What role should the OECD play in this regard?
Mr Max von Bonsdorff, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland [Bio]
Mr Antoni Estevadeordal, Principal Advisor, Inter-American Development Bank [Bio]
Mr Miguel Rodriguez Mendoza, ICTSD [Bio]
Rapporteur's Wrap-up, by Mr Simon Evennet, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland [Bio]
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