World Disability Day
December
03, 2012, Chittorgarh
World Disability
Day will be celebrated at CUTS CHD office on 3rd December
2012 jointly by CUTS and Mewar Viklang Sewa Sansthan. CUTS-CHD
is running “Community Bases Rehabilitation Program” in
Nimbahera and Chittorgarh blocks of Chittorgarh District
with the support of Sightsavers . Approximately 150 disabled
persons will participate in this function. District level
Government officials from concerned departments have also
been invited. In the program disabled persons will share
their views and success stories. Mewar Viklang Sewa Sansthan
will share their contribution and planning for the rights
and benefits of disabled persons. Government officials and
CUTS staff will tell how disabled persons can take benefit
of Government schemes.
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Capacity Building Programmes on Dynamics of Eco-labelling
and the Need for Compliance in the Textile Sector
December 14, 2012, Ludhiana
Agenda
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Backgrounder
Keeping in mind the growing
importance of eco-labels in T&C sector, the challenges posed by their
compliance/non-compliance and their possible impact on the export
interests of the sector, CUTS along with its knowledge partners the
Textile Committee of the Ministry of Textiles, Government of India and
Nimkar Tek Services Pvt Ltd are undertaking this programme for Indian T&C
firms in five major textile centres in India, viz. Delhi (national capital
region), Mumbai, Coimbatore, Ahmedabad and Ludhiana.
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Promoting Participatory Approaches for Removing Regional
Trade Barriers in South Asia
December 14, 2012, Chandigarh
Backgrounder
CUTS International in
partnership with support from The Asia Foundation is
organising a half-day Stakeholder Consultation on Promoting
Participatory Approaches for Removing Regional Trade
Barriers in South Asia in Chandigarh on December 14, 2012.
The objective of the mentioned
consultation is to elicit the views and concerns of business
community about non-tariff barriers (including procedural
NTBs) hindering intra-regional trade and how to overcome
them and prepare an advocacy agenda for the
removal/harmonisation of non-tariff barriers between South
Asian countries.
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