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High-Level Expert Meeting on Reducing Poverty by Promoting Industrial Development through Trade Facilitation
Date
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6–7 December 2007 |
Venue
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Vientiane, Lao PDR |
Organizers
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UNESCAP Trade and Investment Division
Ministry of Industry and Commerce of Lao PDR |
Objective
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To develop recommendations for tackling obstacles related to
trade transactions and promoting regional cooperation on trade facilitation. |
Documentation
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Opening remarks
 Mr. Xuan Zengpei, Director, Trade and Investment
Division, UNESCAP
Welcome address
H.E. Pengsangouan Chounlamany, Permanent
Secretary, Ministry of Industry and Commerce,
Lao PDR
Conclusion and recommendations
Presentation:
Session 1: Importance of trade facilitation to industrial
development and poverty reduction
Promoting Industrial Development through Trade
Facilitation
Swoyambhu Man Amatya, Member Secretary,
National Planning Commission Secretariat, Nepal
Importance of Trade Facilitation to Industrial
Development and Poverty Reduction
Gomi Tharaka Senadhira, Director of Commerce,
Department of Commerce, Sri Lanka
Poverty reduction & trade facilitation: a regional
perspective in Asia
Peng Bin, UNESCAP
Session 2: Challenges and opportunities of trade
facilitation in Asia
Challenges and Opportunities of Trade Facilitation
in South Asia
Prachanda Man Shrestha, Joint Secretary,
Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies,
Nepal
Trade Facilitation Challenges: the Need for Trade
Information
Sarah Mueller, UNESCAP
Session 3: Implementation of trade facilitation
measures in Asia
Customs and Trade Facilitation
Takashi Matsumoto, Head, WCO Asia and Pacific
Regional Office for Capacity Building
ASEAN Single Window Initiative and Thailand’s Case
Experience for Trade Facilitation Enhancement
Somnuk Keretho, Director, Institute for IT
Innovation, Thailand
Session 4: Strengthening regional cooperation on trade
facilitation
Strengthening regional cooperation on trade
facilitation
Sorajak Kasemsuvan, International Institute for
Trade and Development, Thailand
How to Strengthen Regional Cooperation on Trade
Facilitation
Abdul Wassay Haqiqi, Advisor to the Minister of
Commerce & Industry, Kabul, Afghanistan
Session 5: Round table discussion on establishment of
Asia Pacific Forum for Efficient Trade
A regional network: Asia Pacific Forum for
Efficient Trade (AFET)
Peng Bin, UNESCAP
Background papers:
Promoting Industrial Development through Trade
Facilitation
Swoyambhu Man Amatya
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Participants
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Programme
Provisional list of participants |
Contact
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Mr. Peng Bin
Economic Affairs Officer
Trade Efficiency and Facilitation Section
Trade and Investment Division
UNESCAP
Tel: (66-2) 288 2456
Fax: (66-2) 288 1027, 288 3066
Email: pengb@un.org
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Last updated: 18 December 2007 |
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