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| Bangkok, Thailand |
1 December 2005 |
First Regional Meeting on Trade and Transport Facilitation
in the Landlocked and Transit Countries
Date
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10-11 October 2005 |
Venue
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Bangkok, Thailand |
Organizer
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UNESCAP |
Objective
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The objectives of the Meeting
that is being organized under the project are to: (a)
Discuss issues in trade and transport facilitation at
subregional, regional and international levels; (b)
Review the status of trade and transport facilitation
in the participating countries; (c) Initiate a network
of trade and transport coordinating agencies; (d) Review
the progress and workplan of the project and discuss
on further implementation of the project. |
Documentation
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Conclusions and recommendations
Presentations:
 Overview
of Trade and Transport Facilitation and
Work plan of
the Project “Institutional Capacity
Building for Facilitation
of International Trade and
Transport in Landlocked and
Transit Countries”
Ms. Geetha Karandawala, Chief, Transport
Facilitation Section, Transport and Tourism
Division, UNESCAP
Assessing
Trade Facilitation Needs and Priorities
with ESCAP Trade Facilitation Framework
Ms.
Marianne Debefve, Officer-in-Charge,
Trade Efficiency and Facilitation Section,
Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP
Introduction to ESCAP Mapping Framework
Mr. Vicky Mukhi, Consultant, GMSNet Pte
Ltd., Singapore
National Coordination Mechanisms for Trade and
Transport Facilitation in the UNESCAP Region
Mr. Perter Hodgkinson, Consultant, UNESCAP
Applications of UNESCAP Time/Cost-Distance
Model
Mr. Li Yuwei, Economic Affairs Officer,
Transport Facilitation Section, Transport and
Tourism Division, UNESCAP
Trade Facilitation in Landlocked Asia Pacific
Countries: ICT Component
Mr. Paul Kimberley, Consultant, UNESCAP
Preliminary
findings from the study on legal
regimes for international
land transport
Mr. Li Yuwei, Economic Affairs Officer,
Transport Facilitation Section, Transport and
Tourism Division, UNESCAP
Country Presentations:
Cambodia
Mr. Rithi Pich, Deputy Director General,
Ministry of Commerce, Phnom Penh
India
Mr. Sushant Kumar Mishra, Director, Road
Transport and Highways, Ministry of Shipping,
Road Transport and Highway, New Delhi
Kyrgyzstan
- Mr.
T.K. Niyazbekov, Ministry of Transport
and Communications, Kyrgyzstan
- National Coordination Mechanism for
Trade Facilitation, Kyrgyzstan
Lao
PDR
Mr. Lattanamany Khounnyvong, Director
General, Department of Transport, MCTPC,
Laos
Viet Nam
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Participants
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Programme
Information note
for participants
List of participants |
Contact
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Mr. Li Yuwei
Economic Affairs Officer
Transport Facilitation Section
Transport and Tourism Division, UNESCAP
Email: liy@un.org |
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