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Southern Agenda Phase II: Regional Consultation on Trade and Environment in Northeast AsiaMunicipal Government Kuan'gou Guesthouse, Beijing, China: 25-26
October 2004 |
Description | Participants | Programme | Main Southern Agenda page
Programme / Agenda
24 October
19:30 Welcome Dinner
25 October
09:00 - 9:30 Registration
09:30 - 10:15
Introductory remarks (CAITEC)
Trade and Environment: Challenges and Opportunities
for Developing Economies
Mark Halle (IISD)
Environment in Trade Policy-making: A Sustainable Development
Perspective
Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz (ICTSD)
10:15 - 11:15 Discussion
11:15 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:30 Discussion
11:30 - 12:15 National Perspectives on Trade, Sustainability and Competitiveness
Ye Ruqiu, Advisor, State Environmental Protection Administration, China
Niven Huan, Secretary General, BCSD, Chinese Taipei
Rosanna Law, Assistant Director-General, Hong Kong
Mendbayar Badarch, Mongolian Nature and Environment Consortium, Mongolia
Marie Fe M. Alberto-Chau Huu, Permanent Mission of the Philippines in Geneva
Sang In Kang, Head of Global Environment Research Center, Korea Environment Institute
12:15 - 13:00 Discussion
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
Facilitator: Bernice Lee (ICTSD)
14:00 - 14:30 Trade and Environment: The Northeast
Asian Context (Konrad von Moltke, IISD, and Joy Aeree Kim, UNU/IAS)
14:30 - 15:30 Discussion
15:30 - 15:45 Introduction of methodology for group
sessions (Adil Najam, Tufts University)
15:45 - 17:00 Discussion (in working groups)
Participants will be asked to identify trade and environment issues
of interest to the region. Each group should organise the identified
issues into a prioritised list with the aim of identifying 3-4 key priorities.
Participants should focus on challenges AND opportunities for the region,
using specific examples from their countries or from the region. They
should also explain WHY they selected these as priorities.
17:00 - 18:00 Plenary discussion of working group results and conclusions
19:30 Dinner
26 October
Facilitator: Fulai Sheng (Conservation International)
09:00 - 09:30 Setting the Context: Trade and Environment
Priorities in other Regions (Adil Najam)
09:30 - 11:30 Discussion (in working groups)
Questions to be addressed by the working groups could include:
- What are the specific challenges AND opportunities for the region
regarding the trade and environment priority area(s)?
- How could the challenges be addressed and the opportunities exploited?
Where should this be done (eg WTO, other multilateral processes, regional,
national, private sector)?
- What innovative / imaginative options can be proposed to move the
current debate forward and advance Southern trade and environment
issues on the WTO's future agenda?
- What are the needs for further research and follow-up work on the identified priorities?
12:00 - 13:00 Plenary discussion of working group results
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
Facilitator: Ricardo Meléndez-Ortiz (ICTSD)
14:00 - 16:30 Prioritisation of working groups results and discussion on ways to move forward
16:30 - 17:00 Synthesis and Conclusions
© ICTSD 2004 - Last Update:
23-Jul-2007