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| 09h00 -10h00— Registration | ||
| 10h00-11h00 | INAUGURAL SESSION | |
| Chair: Mr. Enrique Lendo Fuentes,Co-chair of the OECD Joint
Working Party on Trade and Environment |
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| Welcome Remarks: Dr.Nagesh Kumar, Director General, RIS, India | ||
| Remarks : Jean-Marie Metzger, Director, OECD Trade Directorate | ||
| Inaugural Address : Shri K.C.Pant, Chairman, RIS and Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Government of India. | ||
| Keynote Address:
Dr.Jurgen Wiemann, Deputy Director of the German
Development Institute on "Environmental measures and market access: impacts and opportunities ". |
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| Vote of Thanks : Mr.S.N.Menon,Additional Secretary,Ministry of Commerce,Government of India | ||
| 11h00-11h30 | Tea Break | |
| 11h30-13h00 | SESSION 1: MARKET ACCESS EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES: DEVELOPING-COUNTRY AND OECD-COUNTRY ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY EXPERIENCE RESULTS OF THE OECD CASE STUDIES: PART 1 | |
| Chair: Shri S.T.Devare, Vice Chairman, RIS, India | ||
| Lead presenters : Mr. Ronald Steenblik (OECD Trade Directorate) and Dr.Veena Jha (UNCTAD) | ||
| Discussants :Max Valverde Soto (Fundación Ambio, Costa Rica); Larsey Mensah (Ministry of Environment and Science, Ghana); Mr. Manoj Joshi, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, Government of India | ||
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National regulations | |
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Government regulations translating internationally agreed standards, e.g. through MEAs | |
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Voluntary standards,including eco-labels | |
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Private — industry and NGO — initiatives | |
| Discussion | ||
| 13h00-14h00 | Luncheon | |
| 14h00-16h00 | SESSION 2: ORGANICS TRADE:REALISING THE MARKET OPPORTUNITIES — EU, US AND JAPANESE SCHEMES | |
| RESULTS OF THE OECD CASE STUDIES: PART 2 | ||
| Chair: Mr.A.K.Thakur,Joint Secretary,Ministry of Commerce,Government of India | ||
| Lead presenter: Diane Bowen,International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movement (IFOAM) | ||
| Discussants: Samuel Nyanzi (Rural Community in Development,Uganda);representative of Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry -Japan;representative of the European Commission (tbc); Francesco Bertolini (Università Bocconi, Italy);Dr.Sachin Chaturvedi, RIS, New Delhi;representative of the FAO (to be confirmed). | ||
| 16h00-16h30 | Tea Break | |
| 16h30-18h00 | SESSION 3: DEVELOPMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES | |
| Chair :Andrea Watson,Mission of Brazil to the WTO | ||
| Discussions will be organised on the following topics | ||
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Mechanisms for assessing the impacts of new environmental measures on developing country export markets: Evolving practices in OECD countries. | |
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Pre-implementation consultations with developing countries: NGO and exporter experiences. | |
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International standards as a starting point for national regulations:Relevance and developing country participation. | |
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The role of transparency: Developed and developing country experiences with WTO notifications. | |
| Lead speaker : Tony Clark,Environment Ministry,Sweden and Laurence Graff (DG Environment, European Commission) | ||
| Discussants : Carlos Murillo Rodríguez (Centro Internacional de Política Económica para el Desarrollo Sostenible, Costa Rica);Cameron Griffith (Consumer ’s Choice Council,USA);Ulf Jaeckel (Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety,Germany);Tom Jones (OECD Environment Directorate) | ||
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| 20h00 | Reception and Dinner hosted by the Minister of State for Commerce and Industry at Hotel Ashok, India. | |
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| 09h30 -11h00 | SESSION 4: PRINCIPAL ISSUES (PART 2): TRADE ISSUES AND DEVELOPING COUNTRY RESPONSES | |
| Chair: Lars-Henrik Knutrud, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway | ||
| Discussants will be asked to address the following questions: | ||
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What difficulties have environmental measures caused for developing country exporters? | |
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Would other ways of implementing the measures have made a difference? | |
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How have developing-country exporters responded to environmental measures (or to its notification, if notified to the WTO)?Where and under what circumstances have developing countries been best (and least)able to adapt? | |
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How critical have conformity assessment procedures been (including testing and certification)? | |
| Lead speaker: Ms.Shashi Sareen,Director General,Export Inspection Council,New Delhi,India | ||
| Discussants : Hussam M.al Rawahy (Environmental Engineering Consultants, Sultanate of Oman); Xia Youfu (China Research Center for Technical Barriers to Trade and SPS, University of International Business and Economics, China); Andrea Watson (Brazil Mission to WTO, Geneva); Robert Teh (WTO Secretariat); Dale Andrew (OECD Trade Directorate) | ||
| 11.00-11.30 | Tea break | |
11h30 -13h00 |
SESSION 5: RESPONSES TO CONCERNS RAISED BY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN THE CASE STUDIES. | |
| Chair: Robyn Whittaker (Canadian International Development Agency) | ||
| Selected participants from national regulators and international NGOs will be asked to discuss how they responded to concerns raised by developing countries,and participants from developing countries will discuss what differences these responses have made to their ability to export or meet the new environmental requirements,or both. Responses have included: | ||
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providing technical or market information; | |
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providing training; | |
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providing financial or in-kind assistance; | |
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providing longer phase-in periods; | |
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revising or adapting the measure. | |
| Lead presenter: Mr.R.Gopalan,Joint Secretary,Ministry of Commerce,Government of India | ||
| Discussants: Frank Ward (The Rum Refinery of Mount Gay Limited,Barbados);Samuel Nyanzi (Rural Community in Development,Uganda);Karim Dahou,(ENDA —Third World,Sénégal);Jake Werksman,UNDP | ||
| 13h00-14h00 | Luncheon | |
| 14h00 -15h30 | SESSION 6: CAPACITY BUILDING — ASSESSING DEVELOPING--COUNTRY NEEDS IN MEETING ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS TO IMPROVE MARKET ACCESS | |
| Chair: Carlos Murillo Rodriquez,Costa Rica | ||
| This session will hear reports on bilateral and multilateral donor experience with trade and environment programmes, including update from UNCTAD and WTO Secretariats on relevant trade-related capacity building activities.A paper (posted on workshop website)will also be presented by Tom Rotherham (International Institute for Sustainable Development)on technical assistance issues raised by Article 11 of the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade. | ||
| Lead presenter: Tom Rotherham (International Institute for Sustainable Development,London ) | ||
| Discussants: Remy Paris (OECD Development Co-operation Directorate);Dr.K.P.Nyati,Deputy Director, Confederation of Indian Industry,New Delhi;Mr.R.S.Ratna,Joint Director,Ministry of Commerce,Government of India;representative of UNIDO;Robert Teh (WTO) | ||
| 15h30 -15h45 | Tea Break | |
| 15h45 -17h30 | SESSION 7:FINAL SESSION: BRINGING THE STRANDS TOGETHER | |
| Co-Chairs :
Ms.Harriët Lapidaire-van Ree (Ministry of Economic Affairs,The Netherlands)
and Mr.Enrique Lendo (Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources,Mexico) |
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How can exporters,environmental agencies,aid agencies,NGOs,and IGOs contribute to meeting environmental objectives while minimizing trade impacts? | |
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What is the role of trade-related technical assistance? | |
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Are changes in trade policies needed? | |
| Lead speaker: Jane Early (Rapporteur) | ||
| Comments: Mr. S. N. Menon, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, Government of India; Dr.Nagesh Kumar, Director General, RIS, New Delhi; OECD environment agency; Robyn Whittaker (CIDA); NGO; Dr. Veena Jha (UNCTAD). | ||
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Final summing-up of Co-Chairs | |
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General discussion | |
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Valedictory Address by the Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, India | |
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