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Expert
Group Meeting on Enhancing Access
to Information Sources for Negotiations
under the Doha Development Agenda
Date
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23-25 June 2004 |
Venue
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Bangkok, Thailand |
Organizer
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UNESCAP Trade and Investment Division
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Objective
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To assess trade information and knowledge management system in
least developed countries, and identify institutional capacity building needs to
strengthen LDCs' effective participation in trade negotiations. |
Documentation
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Final
programme
Opening remarks
Background document:
 Least developed countries in trade negotiations:
Policy process and information needs
Presentations:
Session 1 - Introductory Remarks: Overview of Programme
and Objectives
Ravi Ratnayake, Director
Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP
Session 2 - Least Developed Countries, Doha Development
Agenda and access to information
(a) Least Developed Countries in trade negotiations:
Policy process and information needs
Debapriya Bhattacharya, UNESCAP Consultant,
Executive Director, Centre for Policy Dialogue,
Dhaka, Bangladesh
(c) Map of information and knowledge resources for
negotiations under the Doha Development Agenda
Shan Ling Pan, UNESCAP Consultant,
Professor of Information Systems, Coordinator of
Knowledge Management Laboratory, Department of
Information Systems, School of Computing,
National University of Singapore
Session 3 - Trade information and knowledge management systems
Country presentations:
- Bhutan
- Cambodia
- Myanmar
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Nepal
- Timor-Leste
Session 4 - Regional experiences on trade information and
knowledge management
UNDP Asia Trade Initiative
Mr. Pedro Ortega, Professional Officer, UNDP Asia
Trade Initiative, Viet Nam
Regional Dimensions of Information for Trade Negotiations
Marianne Debefve, Information Network Officer,
Trade Efficiency and Facilitation Section, Trade and
Investment Division, UNESCAP
Session 5 - Trade Information and Knowledge Systems:
Elements for Good Practices
Shan Ling Pan, Assistant Professor of Information
Systems, Coordinator of Knowledge Management
Laboratory, Department of Information Systems,
Schools of Computing, National University of Singapore
Session 6 - Opportunities and challenges for TIKS in LDCs:
Institutional and capacity-building requirements
Report and recommendations
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Participants
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Information note for participants
Background note for participants
Questionnaire for participants
List of participants
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Contact
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Ms. Marianne Debefve
Information Network Officer
Trade Efficiency and Facilitation Section
Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP
Email: debefve.unescap@un.org
Ms. Dolores Infante-Cañibano
Associate Information Network Officer
Trade Efficiency and Facilitation Section
Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP
Email: infante-canibano@un.org |
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Last updated: 19 November 2004 |
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