Part One: Session for civil society organisations

February 10, 1999

10:00 - 12:30 hrs. Registration for civil society participants

12:30 - 14:00 hrs. Welcome Lunch & Introduction to the Seminar
Welcome by Government of Zimbabwe official
Intro. to the Seminar - Mr. Ricardo Melendez (ICTSD)

14:00 - 15:00 hrs.
Panel 1: Trade and Environment in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Current View

Moderator:
Mr. Ricardo Melendez (Colombia)
International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)

Speakers:
Ms. Flora Musonda (Tanzania)
Economic & Social Research Foundation
Introduction to Sub-Saharan Economies

Mr. Hussein Abaza (Egypt)
Chief, Economics, Trade and Environment Unit, UNEP
Introduction to Sub-Saharan African Economies with respect to Trade and Environment

Mr. Peter Ngobese (South Africa)
Department of Trade and Industry
Overview of Multilateral Trade and Environment Agreements

Ms. Doaa Abdel Motaal (Egypt)
World Trade Organisation
The WTO, Historical Perspective, Mandate, Structures, Rules
15:00 - 15:15 hrs.Tea/Coffee Break

15:15 - 16:00 hrs. Discussant:
Mr. Nicholas Kitikiti (Zimbabwe)
Economica International Consultants
What are the issues for Sub-Saharan Africa?

16:00 - 17:00 hrs. Questions and Comments from Participants

18:30 - 20:00 hrs. Reception

Part Two: Session with representatives of
governments and civil society organisations

February 11, 1999

08:30 - 09:00 hrs. Registration of Government Participants

09:00 - 12:30 hrs. Moderator:
Minister Bernardo Pedro Ferraz (Mozambique)
Ministry for the Coordination of Environmental Affairs

09:00 - 10:00 hrs.
Panel 2: Trade and environment in the WTO: consensus and controversy

Speakers:
Ms. Sabrina Shaw
World Trade Organisation (W TO)

Dr. Yash Tandon (Uganda)
International South Group Network, Institute of Development Studies.

10:00 - 10:30 hrs. Questions and Comments from Participants

10:30 - 10:45 hrs. Tea/Coffee Break

10:45 - 12:30 hrs.
Roundtable: Consensus & Controversy: Addressing the Issues of Interest to Sub-Saharan Africa

* Trade liberalisation and the environment
* Environmental requirements and market access (SPS,TBT, labels, etc.)
* Subsidies
* The use of trade measures for env. purpose
* Transfer of technology/TRIPS

Speakers:
Mr. Rene Vossenaar, Chief, Trade, Environment and Development Section, UNCTAD
Environmental requirements and market access

Mr. Ojijo Odhiambo (Kenya)
Resource Management and Policy Analysis Institute
Trade liberalisation and the environment

Ms. Jagjit Plahe (Kenya)
Eco News Africa
Transfer of technology/TRIPs

Mr. Vincent Malunga (South Africa) Development Bank of Southern Africa
Subsidies

Dr. N. Kitikiti (Zimbabwe)
Economica International Consultants
The use of trade measures for environ. purposes

Dr. Grace Ongile (Kenya)
The African Capacity Building Foundation
Gender Perspective

12:30 - 13:00 hrs. Questions and Comments from Participants

13:00 - 14:30 hrs. Lunch

14:30 - 15:30 hrs.
Panel 3: Trade and Multilateral Environmental Agreements: What are the issues for Sub-Saharan Africa

Moderator:
Mr. Kennedy Mbekeani (Botswana)
Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis

Speakers:
Mr. Robert Lettington (Kenya)
ACTS
Biological Diversity and Indigenous Knowledge and TRIPs

Mr. Andrew Mushita (Zimbabwe)
COMMUTECH
Access, Benefit Sharing & Trade in Genetic Resources

Ms. Fannie Mutepfa (Zimbabwe)
ZERO
Trade and Desertification

Dr. Jon Hutton (UK)
Africa Resources Trust (ART)
Endangered Species / CITES

15:30 - 16:30 hrs. Questions and Comments from Participants

16:30 - 16:45 hrs. Tea/Coffee Break

16:45 - 17:45 hrs.
Panel 4: Sustainable Development and Regional Cooperation

Moderator:
Mr. Bhekumusa Maboyi (Zimbabwe)
ZERO

Speakers:
Mr. Charles Obol (Lesotho)
SADC Environment and Land Management, SADC - ELMS
Southern African Development Community

Mr. Pynee A. Chellapermal (Mauritius)
Centre for Documentation, Research and Training on the South
West Indian Ocean Islands (CEDREFI)
Regional Cooperation in the Indian Ocean

Mr. Bedrich Magas (Chile)
National Environmental Network of Chile
A view from Latin America

17:45 - 18:30 hrs. Questions and Comments from Participants

February 12, 1999

09:00 - 12:00 hrs.
Panel 5: Trade and Environment: Sectoral Issues. Real World Experiences

09:00 - 10:30 hrs. Topics:
Agriculture
Fisheries
Forestry
Wildlife
Industry

Moderator:
Mr. Rene Vossenaar
Chief, Trade, Environment and Development Section,
UNCTAD

Speakers:
Mr. Tawanda Mutasah (South Africa)
Regional Policy and Communication Coordinator, OXFAM
Trade, Poverty Alleviation and Allocation of Resources

Prof. C.S.L. Chachage (Tanzania)
Department of Sociology, University of Cape Town
Tourism and Mining

H.E. Mr. Abraham Iyambo (Namibia)
Minister of Fisheries & Marine Resources
Fisheries

Prof. Ratemo Michieka (Kenya)
Vice-Chancellor
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology.
Agriculture

Dr. Christopher Mupimpila (Zambia)
Department of Economics, University of Zambia
Forestry

10:30 - 10:45 hrs. Tea/Coffee Break

10:45 - 11:30 hrs. Mr. Ashish Bodasing (South Africa)
Traffic, East/Southern Africa
Wildlife

Dr. Fred Opio (Uganda)
Economic Policy Research Centre
Industry

11:30 - 12:45 hrs. Questions and Comments from Participants

12:45 - 14:30 hrs. Lunch

14:30 - 15:15 hrs.
Panel 6: The Contribution of Civil society.

Moderator:
Mr. Christophe Bellmann (Switzerland)
ICTSD

Speakers:
Ms. Jessica Wilson (South Africa)
Group for Environmental Monitoring - GEM
Why does the WTO Need Civil Society?

Ms. Beatrice Chaytor (Sierra Leone)
FIELD
Sierra Leone's participation in the CTE

Mr. Peter Pedersen (Switzerland)
World Trade Organisation (WTO)
Opportunities for Civil Society Participation in the Multilateral Trading System

15:15 - 15:45 hrs. Questions and Comments from Participants

15:45 - 16:00 hrs. Tea/Coffee Break

16:00 - 18:30 hrs.
Summary and recommendations: . T&E: Toward a Sub-Saharan Agenda.

Discussants:
Mr. Hussein Abaza (Egypt)
Chief, Economics, Trade and Environment Unit, UNEP
Introduction to Sub-Saharan African Economies with respect to Trade and Environment

Mr. Rene Vossenaar (Netherlands)
Chief, Trade, Environment and Development Section
UNCTAD

Dr. Yash Tandon (Uganda)
International South Group Network, Institute of Development Studies

Mr. Peter Ngobese (South Africa)
Department of Trade and Industry

Evaluation

18:30 - 21:00 hrs. Reception