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Delivering
on Sustainable Development in the
Environmental Goods and Services Negotiations
An ICTSD informal Roundtable
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Organised
by ICTSD
Venue:
Salle C-1, World Meteorological Organisation
Geneva, Switzerland, 12-13 October 2006
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Description
| Programme | Documentation | Participants
Programme
Also
available in pdf.
12
October
SESSION
1: Trade Dynamics and Policy Considerations
9h00-9h15:
Welcoming Remarks by the Organisers
9h15-9h55: Trade Flows and Market Dynamics in EGS
Environmental
Goods
Alexey Vikhlyaev, UNCTAD
Environmental Services
Jim Hight, Environment Business International
9h55-10h35:
Domestic Considerations underlying Trade policy in EGS
Environmental
Goods
Edmundo Claro, Recursos e Investigacion para el Desarrollo Sustentable
(RIDES), Chile
Environmental Services
Mario Marconini, Diálogo Serviços, Brazil
10h35-11h05:
Discussants
Alistair
Fulton, Environmental Resource Management (ERM),U.K.
Jaime Garcia, University of Lima, Peru
Aparna Sawhney, Management Development
Institute (MDI), India
11h05-11h20:
Coffee Break
11h20-12h30:
Open Discussion
12h30-14h00:
Lunch Break
SESSION
2: Clearing the Fog: Addressing Key Negotiating Challenges in
Environmental Goods and Services
14h00-15h00:
Is
a clear categorization of environmental goods based on end-use
possible?
Alistair Fulton, Environmental Resource Management (ERM), UK
Non-tariff
Barriers to Environmental Goods Exports: Illustrations from Select
Sectors in Asia
Rokiah Alavi, International Islamic University of Malaysia
Domestic
Regulation and its Relevance to Environmental Services Negotiations
Massimo Gelosso Grosso, OECD, Paris
15h00-15h15:
Coffee Break
15h15-15h45:
Discussants
R.S. Sidhu,
Permanent Mission of India
Guilherme Patriota, Permanent Mission of Brazil
15h45-17h00:
Open Discussion
13
October 2006
SESSION
3: Assessing the Economic, Social and Environmental Impacts of EGS
Liberalisation: Some Empirical Evidence
9h30-10h30:
Towards
Commercial Liberalisation of Environmental Goods in South America:
The Expected Impact on Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
Mauricio Lopez Dardaine, Estudio Mauricio López Dardaine,
International Trade Consultant, Argentina
Trade
and Access to Essential Services in Asia: the Case of Water and
Sanitation
Syed Ayub Qutab, Pakistan Institute for Environment-Development
Action Research PIEDAR, Pakistan
Environmental,
socio-economic impacts of EGS liberalization
Sitanon Jesdapipat, WWF Greater Mekong Programme
10h30-10h45:
Coffee Break
10h45-11h15:
Discussants:
Adel Shafei
Osman, Ministry of Environment, Egypt
Enrique Lendo, Consultants in Environmental Strategy and Negotiation,
Mexico
11h15-12h30:
Open Discussion
12h30-14h00:
Lunch Break
SESSION
4 : Options for a Negotiating Strategy
14h00-14h40: Building a Negotiating Strategy on EGS
Environmental
Goods
Mahesh Sugathan, ICTSD
Environmental Services
Mario Marconini, Diálogo Serviços, Brazil
14h40-15h20:
Panel Discussion
Panelists:
Luis Pablo
Niscovolos, Ministry of External Relations, International Commerce
and Culture, Argentina
Arick Chang, Permanent Mission of Chinese Taipei
Nicolas Torres, Permanent Mission of Colombia
15h20-15h35:
Coffee Break
15h35-16h05:Discussants:
Raul Garrido,
Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, Cuba
Naftalie Ndugire, National Environmental Management Authority,
Kenya
16h05-17h15:
Open Discussion
17h15-17h30:
Way Forward and Concluding Remarks
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