Wednesday,
12 May 2004 |
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09:30
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Results
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10:00 - 12:00 |
Session 3a
Integrating Regional Markets: Trade Facilitation
and ICT |
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Chair: |
Mr. Andrey Korotkov, Senior
Vice-President and Chief Information Officer,
Vneshtorgbank, Russian Federation |
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Rapporteur: |
Mr. Johan Robert van Kuik,
Counsellor, Ministry of Finance, Netherlands
and Vice-Chairperson, Committee for Trade,
Industry and Enterprise Development |
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Unifying the European
payments landscape |
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Mr.
Marc Temmerman, Executive Vice-President,
External Relations, Visa International,
Europe |
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ICT as a tool to support
competitiveness in countries with economies
in transition |
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Mr.
Francis McCosker, Senior Director for
Global Accounts, Microsoft |
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Simplifying access to
regional and international markets using
ICTS |
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Mr.
Recep Usalan, Foreign Trade Expert,
Undersecretariat for Foreign Trade, Turkey |
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New frontiers: new issues |
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Mr.
John Broadhurst, Vice-President, Innovative
Trade Network, Switzerland |
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Trade facilitation in
Central Asia |
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Mr.
Tolondu Toichubaev, Chairman, Corporate
Technologies Center, Kyrgyzstan |
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Reducing Technical Barriers
to Trade: Regulatory convergence and harmonization:
The case of the Telecommunication Industry |
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Mr.
Lars Dittmer, Director, Telecom Policies
and Regulations, Ericsson, Sweden |
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12:00 - 13:00 |
Discussion |
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This session will require
your active participation and will be an
occasion to put forward your views on the
topic of EU enlargement, and to share them
with other participants. The results of
this discussion, which will take place in
small groups, will be presented to the Forum,
will be reflected in the Forum proceedings
and will have a direct impact on the direction
of the work of the Committee for Trade,
Industry and Enterprise Development.. The
question participants will be asked to discuss
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In your personal opinion, what are the most
important steps that Governments, and/or
businesses should take to enable businesses
to compete effectively in the new trading
environment? |
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13:00 - 14:30 |
Lunch break |
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14:30 - 15:00 |
Results of the Discussion |
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15:00 - 16:30 |
Session 3b
Integrating Regional Markets: Promoting
Competitiveness, Sustainable Agriculture
and International Food Supply Chains |
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Chair: |
Mr. David Priester, Head,
Standardization Section, United States Department
of Agriculture |
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Rapporteur: |
Ms. Viera Baricicova, Head
of Special Crops Department, State Veterinary
and Food Administration of the Slovak Republic |
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Implications of enlargement
for agricultural trade |
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Prof.
Alan Matthews, Jean Monnet Professor
of European Agricultural Policy, Trinity
College, Dublin, Ireland |
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Building competitiveness
through the use of common agricultural standards:
a case study |
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Mr.
David Holliday, Chief, Horticulture
Marketing Inspector, Department for Environment,
Food & Rural Affairs, United Kingdom |
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Promoting trade in agriculture
through improved supply chais |
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Mr.
Bolivar Pereira, Business Development
Manager, EAN International, Belgium |
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Local suppliers: promoting
competitiveness and environmental sustainability |
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Mr.
Pierre Frisch, Director for Environmental
Affairs, Auchan S.A., France |
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Committee
for Trade, Industry and Enterprise Development
(CTIED) |
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17:00 - 18:00 |
Policy Segment
Towards Integrated Regional Markets |
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Chair: |
Mr. Alexander Safarik-Pstrosz,
President, Office for Standards, Metrology
and Testing, Ministry of Trade and Industry,
Czech Republic and Chairperson of the Committee
for Trade, Industry and Enterprise Development
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Panel Discussion of Forum
Rapporteurs |
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The rapporteurs for each of the sessions
during the first two days will discuss the
session conclusions and how the work of
the UNECE could support regional market
integrations. |
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