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International Conference on Strengthening Regional
Cooperation for Managing Globalization
Date
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28-30 September 2005 |
Venue
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Moscow, Russian Federation |
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UNESCAP Trade and Investment Division |
Objective
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To discuss and consolidate the key findings and recommendations of the project on "Capacity Building of ESCAP Member States for Managing Globalization" and identify specific areas for regional cooperation and follow-up activities in three areas: Macroeconomic Policy and Management, Trade Policy and Facilitation, and Investment Promotion and Facilitation. |
Documentation
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Opening statement
 Mr. Kim Hak-Su, Executive Secretary, UNESCAP
Presentations:
Plenary sessions
Session 1: Managing Globalization
Introduction to the Conference and Overview of
Issues
(UNESCAP)
Mr. Xuan Zengpei, Director, Trade and Investment
Division, UNESCAP
Asia-Pacific Perspective on Development through
Globalization
Mr. Kim Hak-Su, Executive Secretary, UNESCAP
Role of ICT in managing globalization at the
national
and regional levels
Mr. Shailendra K. Hajela, International
Telecommunication Union (ITU) and UNESCAP
Consultant
Role of ICT in managing globalization at the
national
and regional levels
[English | Russian]
Mr. Shailendra K. Hajela, International
Telecommunication Union (ITU) and UNESCAP
Consultant
Session 2: PanelDiscussion on Regional Cooperation for
Managing Globalization: Perspectives from Civil
Society, International Organizations and Private
Sector
View from civil society and academia and managing
globalization
Ms. Elena Butorina, Assistant Professor, Russian
State Humanitarian University
Infrastructural - Environmental Instruments of
Progress
Mr. Elgen Grigoriev, Leading Researcher, Institute of
Systems Analysis (ISA), Russian Academy
of
Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation
Session 4: Adoption of Conclusions and Recommendations
Conclusions and Recommendations
Working group sessions
Working Group on Macroeconomic Policy Issues
Economic liberalization as a driving force of
globalization: experiences of countries in North and
Central Asia
[English | Russian]
Mr. Victor Ognivtsev, Senior Economic Affairs
Officer, Trade Analysis Branch, Division on
International Trade and Commodities, UNCTAD
The impact of globalization on implementation of
macroeconomic reform policies in the countries of
North and Central Asia
Mr. Eugene Gherman, Poverty and Development
Division, UNESCAP
International Financial Integration of Countries in
North and Central Asia into the Global Financial System
Mr. Raj Kuman, Principal Officer, Office of the
Executive Secretary, UNESCAP
Working Group on Investment Promotion and
Facilitation
Agro-Industry Sector and Agro-Enterprise Cluster
Development in Selected Transition Economies
Mr. Choi Ji-Hyun, Korea Rural Economic Institute
Recent Developments in Improving the Investment/
Business Climate
in Selected Countries of Central Asia
Mr. Kubat Umurzakov, UNESCAP Consultant
ICT Development in Five Central Asian Economies:
A Policy Framework for Effective Investment
Promotion and Facilitation
Mr. John Ure, Director of the Telecommunications
Research Project,
University of Hong Kong
Good Governance in Investment Promotion and
Facilitation
Mr. Joong-Wan Cho, Trade and Investment Division,
UNESCAP
Trade Facilitation Issues at National and Regional
Levels for Countries with Economies in Transition and
Presentation of UNESCAP Trade Facilitation
Framework
Yow J. Lee, International Trade Institute of
Singapore (ITIS) and UNESCAP consultant
SMEs development based on clustering concept
Mr. Michele Clara, Industrial Development Officer,
UNIDO
Working Group on Trade Policy and Facilitation
Regional and bilateral trade agreements in Asia-Pacific
and Central Asia: An Evaluation
Mr. Marc Proksch, Trade and Investment Division,
UNESCAP
Strengthening Trade Finance Infrastructure in
Developing Countries and Economies in Transition
Mr. Carlo Cattani, Senior Adviser on Trade Finance,
International Trade Centre, UNCTAD/WTO (ITC)
The role of paperless trade (PT) in supporting regional
integration
[English | Russian]
Ms. Virginia Cram-Martos, Chief, Trade Policy and
Governmental Cooperation Branch, Trade
Development and Timber Division, UNECE
Papers:
Working group sessions
Working Group on Macroeconomic Policy Issues
Success
and Failures of Economic Transition of North
and Central Asian Countries in the Era of Globalization
[English | Russian]
Mr. Vladimir V. Popov, Professor, New Economic
School, Moscow, Russian Federation
Integrating North and Central Asia into the Global
Financial System
[English | Russian]
Mr. Shahid Ahmed, Consultant of Poverty and
Development Division, UNESCAP
Working Group on Investment Promotion and Facilitaton
Recent Developments in Improving the Investment/
Business Climate in Selected Countries of Central Asia
[English | Russian]
Mr. Kubat Umurzakov, UNESCAP Contultant
ICT Sector Development in Five Central Asian
Economies: A Policy Framework for Effective
Investment Promotion and Facilitation
Mr. John Ure, Director of the Telecoms Research
Project, University of Hong Kong
Investment Promotion in Agro-industry, SMEs and ICT
Messrs. Choi Ji-Hyun, Kubat Umurzakov, John Ure,
UNESCAP Sectoral Investment Consultants
Working Group on Trade Policy and Facilitation
Issues of Interest in the WTO/DDA for Countries with
Economies in Transition, Including Accession
Mr. Peter Naray, Trade Policy Expert and former
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Hungary
to WTO and United Nations Organizations in Geneva
Issues of Interest in the WTO for Countries with
Economies in Transition: Doha Development Agenda
[English | Russian]
Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP
Issues of Interest in the WTO for Countries with
Economies in Transition: Accession
[English | Russian]
Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP
Experiences with Regionalism and Bilateralism in Asia
and the Pacific with Focus on Central Asia
[English | Russian]
Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP
Trade Finance Infrastructure Development Handbook
for Economies in Transition
Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP
Outcome of the 3rd Executive Forum on Trade
Facilitation "Paperless Trade in International Supply
Chains: Enhancing Efficiency and Security"
United Nations Regional Commissions and The
United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and
Electronic Business
Trade Facilitator Toolkit and Document Forms Repository
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
UNECE Instruments to Address Trade Faciliation in the
WTO Doha Work Programme: Review of Articles V,
VIII and X OF the GATT 1994
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Final report of the Bishkek Conference on Information
Society and Regional Cooperation in Information and
Communication Technologies for Development
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Participants
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Information note for participants
Aide-mémoire [English
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Programme [English | Russian]
List of participants |
Contact
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Mr. Marc Proksch
Economic Affairs Officer, Trade Policy Section
Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP
Email: proksch.unescap@un.org
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Last updated: 28 October 2005 |
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