15:00  
Session IV
 

Open Regionalism

  Thursday 15 May

Chairperson:

Mr. Alexander SAFARIK-PSTROSZ, Chairman, UNECE Committee on Trade Industry and Enterprise Development

Rapporteur:

Ms. Michaela EGLIN, Consultant, International Trade

The UNECE experience in trade facilitation

Ms. Carol COSGROVE-SACKS, Director, Trade Development and Timber Division, Economic Commission for Europe (ECE)

The role of ESCWA in promoting trade facilitation

Mr. Nabil SAFWAT, Chief, Transport Section, Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)

Open Regionalism in Latin America: the impact on trade facilitation

Ms. Vivianne VENTURA DIAS, Director, International Trade and Integration Division, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)

Trade and Integration in the Andean Region

Mr. Carlos ZANNIER, Director, Integration Corporaci�n Andina de Fomento

The role of ESCAP in promoting trade facilitation and simplification of port procedures

Mr. Barry CABLE, Director, Transport and Tourism Division, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

The role of ECA in promoting trade facilitation

Mr. Cornelius MWALWANDA, Senior Economics Officer, Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)

Cancún- a golden opportunity for trade facilitation

Mr. David WAKEFORD, Chief Executive, Simpler Trade Procedures Board (SITPRO), United Kingdom