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ANNEXURE B

Phase-I Culmination Meeting

7-Up Project

7-8th September, Goa, India

Agenda

Friday, September 7, 2001

0900-0930 hrs                                                             Opening Session

·        Pradeep S. Mehta, Secretary General, CUTS

·        Rakesh Basant, IIM, Ahmedabad, India

·        Nitya Nanda, CUTS

0930-1100 hrs                                                             Session One: Country Presentations                                                             Chair: George Lipimile, Executive Director, Zambia                                                            Competition Commission, Zambia

·        Kenya: David Ongolo, Institute of Economic Affairs, Kenya 

·        South Africa: Garth le Pere, Executive Director, Institute for Global Dialogue, South Africa

Response from the floor (35 min)

1100-1130 hrs                                                             Tea Break

1130-1245 hrs                                                             Country presentations continued

                                                            Chair: Taimoon Stewart, Research Fellow, University of

                                                            West Indies, Trinidad & Tobago

·        Tanzania: Flora Musonda, Senior Research Fellow, Economic & Social Research Foundation, Tanzania 

·        Zambia: George Lipimile

Response from the floor

1245-1400 hrs                                                             Lunch

1400-1530 hrs                                                             Country Presentations continued

(20 min each)                                       Chair: Phil Evans, Senior Policy Advisor,Consumers

                                                            Association, London

·        Sri Lanka: Pubudini Wickramaratne, Law & Society Trust, Sri Lanka  

·        Pakistan: Sajid Kazmi, Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan  

·        India: Pradeep Srivastava, Chief Economist, National Council of Applied Economic Research, India

Response from the floor (30 min)

1530-1600 hrs                                                             Tea Break

1600-1730 hrs                                 Session Two: Summing Up

Chair: Phil Evans, Consumers Association, London

·        Synthesis of Country Reports: Rakesh Basant, IIM, India

Comments:

·        Peter Holmes, Jean Monnet Reader in Economics, University of Sussex, Brighton

·        Shyam Khemani, LECG, Paris

·        Pradeep S. Mehta, CUTS

Saturday, September 8, 2001

0830-1030 hrs                         Session Four: Panel Discussion

                                                Chair: Frederic Jenny, France

                                                Panel:

·        Dealing with International Mergers: Ross Jones, Commissioner, Australian Competition & Consumer Commission

·        Impact of International Cartels on Developing Countries: Shyam Khemani

·        Anti-competitive practices in a regional context: EU region: Stefan Amarasinha, European Commission

·        Anti-competitive practices in a regional context: CARICOM region: Taimoon Stewart

·        Anti-competitive practices in a regional context: MERCOSUR region: Bruno Werneck, Professor of Economic Law, Centro Universitario De Brasilia

1030-1045 hrs                         Tea Break

1045-1245 hrs                         Session Five: Panel discussion (continued)

Chair: Cezley Sampson,Lead Advisor, Presidential Parastatal

Sector Reform Commission, Dar Es Salaam

·        Co-operation on Competition Issues: Bernard Phillips, Head of Division, Competition & Consumer Policy, OECD

·        Possible Inputs to WTO Trade & Competition discussions- What the 7-Up Project can do: Frederic Jenny

·        Possible Inputs to WTO Trade & Competition discussions: A View from India: V. S. Seshadri, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, India

·        UNCTAD’s future agenda on competition policy and the role of the 7-Up Project: Philippe Brusick, Chief, Competition and Consumer Policies Branch, UNCTAD

·        Cross border anti competitive practices: Rajan Dhanjee, UNCTAD

 1245-1330 hrs                                    Lunch

1330-1700 hrs                         Post Lunch Discussion: Phase II Issues

(Partners, Researchers and Advisors)

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