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COMMENTS

Bhairon Singh Shekhawat

R. Desikan

Jyoti Parikh

Jagdish Bhagwati

Arvind Panagariya

Surendra U. Kanstiya

Anders Ahnlid

Ajay Kumar

R.L. Tiwari

John Burton

Jagat S. Mehta

Ashok Mehta

James X. Zhan

Jairam Ramesh

Indranil Banerjie

Pamela W.S. CHAN

Rahul Bajaj

Subir Gokarn

Number of Offices & Space

  • In 1983-4, CUTS began operations out of a garage with about 150sq.ft at Jaipur and had one programme – consumer protection.
  • In 1991-2, CUTS had three offices- 700sq.ft. at its head office and that of the Centre for Consumer Action, Research & Training (CART) in Jaipur, 500sq.ft. for the Centre for International Trade, Economics & Environment (CITEE) in Calcutta, and 300sq.ft. for the Centre for Human Development (CHD) in Chittorgarh.
  • In 2001-2, CUTS occupies 3,500sq.ft. at its head office in Jaipur, including that of CITEE and C-CIER, 1,000sq.ft. for CART, 2,000sq.ft. for CHD, 1,200sq.ft. for the Centre for Sustainable Production and Consumption (C-SPAC) in Calcutta, 800sq.ft. for the Africa in Lusaka, Zambia – a growthof 47 percent per annum in a decade. Now, we have five programme centres, a resource centre in Africa forSouth-South civil society cooperation, and representative offices in in Nairobi, Kenya, and in London, UK. Both will soon become full fledged offices in 2003.

Staff

  • In 1983-4, we had few volunteers and no staff.
  • In 1991-2, we had 10 staff with 20 percent women.
  • In 2001-2, we have 100 staff, with 40 percent women – a growth of 70 percent per annum.

Budget

  • In 1983-4, our budget was Rs.3000.
  • In 1991-2, our budget was Rs.1,173,000.
  • In 2001-2, our budget is Rs.42,268,000 – a growth of 350% per annum.

CUTS CONCLAVE 2003 NEWSLETTER #4 December, 02

Consumer Unity & Trust Society (CUTS) is organising a Partnership Conclave to celebrate its 20th Anniversary from 12-14 March, 2003 at New Delhi. The theme of the Conclave is ‘Governance and its Relationship with Poverty Reduction’.

The purpose of the Conclave is to look at rights-based approach on issues of governance, which affect development, in particular poverty reduction, by showcasing instances of successes and non-successes from around the world.

More on Conclave at www.cuts-international.org/CUTS-Anniversary.htm

Case study sessions to learn from successes and non-successes, and panel discussions on major policy debates, have been planned to bring experience and expertise of participants to the table.

Wednesday, 12 March Thursday, 13 March Friday,14 March
Morning Session Countdown to 2015 Accountability & Transparency of Voluntary Sector What Type of Economic Liberalisation?
Case study Breakout Groups Case study Breakout Groups Consumer Rights & Responsibilities
Afternoon Session Case study Breakout Groups Case study Breakout Groups Closing
Beyond Johannesburg From Doha to Cancun

Among others few interesting case studies to be presented at the Conclave are:

  • From confrontation to collaboration: civil society-government-World Bank relations, Brazil -John Garrison, World Bank
  • Destruction caused to natural wealth through economic development, Soloman Islands -John Roughan, School of General Studies
  • Compartmentalisation Pilot Project relating to Food Action Plan, Bangladesh
    -Rizwana Hassan, BELA
  • Water Privatisation in Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea
  • For Terms of Reference and other details on case study presentations visit www.cuts-international.org/CUTS-Anniversary.htm
Among others speakers who are likely to debate on various socio-economic issues are:

  • Jagdish Bhagawti, Professor of Economics and Political Science, Columbia University, New York
  • Pascal Lamy, Commissioner for Trade, European Commission, Belgium
  • Martin Wolf, Associate Editor & Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times, London
  • Yolanda Kakabadse, President of IUCN, Ecuador
  • Kumi Naidoo, Secretary General & CEO, CIVICUS, Washington DC
  • Erna Witoelar, Earth Charter Commissioner, Indonesia
  • R. Shyam Khemani, Adviser, World Bank, Washington DC
  • R K Pachauri, Director General, TERI, New Delhi
  • Zafrullah Chowdhury, Gonoshashthaya Kendra, Bangladesh
  • Rhoda Karpatkin, Former President, Consumer Union of US Inc.
  • Eveline Herfkens, Executive Co-ordinator, Millenium Development Goals Campaign, UNDP
Other Expected Speakers

  • Supachai Panitchpakdi, Director General of the WTO
  • Nitin Desai, Under Secretary General for Economic & Social Affairs in the United Nations
  • Rubens Ricupero, Secretary General, UNCTAD
  • Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister, Andhra Pradesh, India

Comprehensive list of Speakers at www.cuts-international.org/CUTS-Anniversary.htm

What others say about us!

A small contribution of Rs Twenty Thousand (you must be wishing, it should have been Fiftieth anniversary) on the occasion is enclosed.

“I have attended various programmes on consumer protection organised by different consumer organisations but those organised by CUTS are certainly the ‘cut above the rest’. Whereas other organisations gave me education, CUTS gave me training; the other organisations gave me knowledge, CUTS gave me the wisdom.”

Surendra U Kanstiya,
Immediate Past Chairman, Consumer Guidance Society of India

“CUTS is one of the very few consumer organisations in the country working from the grass root to international level. It has brought a number of issues concerning consumer’s interest to limelight.”

Bhairon Singh Shekhawat,
Vice President of India

“CUTS has developed from a modest NGO, addressing mainly domestic consumer issues, to a pre-eminent position as an international NGO, dealing with issues relating to the world trading system and related issues. Under Pradeep’s remarkable leadership, and with the assistance of his brilliant and dedicated young associates, CUTS now is now on the frontline of research and advocacy on global trade issues.

Jagdish Bhagwati,
University Professor, Columbia University, USA

For participation please download the conclave registration form at www.cuts-international.org/Conclave-reg.htm and send to Conclave
Co-ordinator at 20thAnniversary@cuts.org

About ‘CUTS Conclave 2003 Newsletter’

This is a strictly non-commercial service for non-profit organisations and interested individuals. For participation at the event and other details, please write to:

Mr. Apurva Dayal/ Ms. Mukta Shrimali

CUTS CONCLAVE 2003 NEWSLETTER #3 September, 02

Consumer Unity & Trust Society (CUTS) is organizing a Partnership Conclave to celebrate its 20th Anniversary from 12-15 March, 2003 at Taj Palace Hotel, New Delhi. The theme of this event is ‘Governance and its Relationship with Poverty Reduction’.

About CUTS

Established in 1983, Consumer Unity and Trust Society is a non-profit, non-partisan and non-government organization working in the areas of consumer protection, international trade, investment and competition, sustainable consumption and rural development in particular on women’s empowerment through research, training and advocacy. Today, CUTS has five programme centres in India: two at Jaipur, one each at Chittorgarh, Delhi and Calcutta. CUTS is one of the first NGO in India to have international presence with its African resource centre in Lusaka, Zambia; one sub centre in Nairobi, Kenya and a representative office in London, UK.

CUTS is accredited to the UNCTAD, UNEP, UNCSD, and is affiliated with several national, regional and international organisations such as Consumers’ International, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics & Environment, Environment Liaison Centre International, CIVICUS and Consumer Co-ordination Council of India.
More about CUTS: https://www.cuts-international.org/about cuts-April-2005.pdf

Conclave Agenda

Plenary, case study sessions to learn from successes and non-successes, and panel discussions on major policy debates, have been planned to bring experience and expertise of participants to the table.

Case Studies:

The case studies will focus on existing institutions, which are a result of the unique initiatives taken and the possible new ones for making governance more transparent and accountable towards peoples’ need. This will enable them to appreciate opportunities and challenges of globalisation. The Conclave aims at showcasing instances of successes and non-successes in various governance areas where rights-based advocacy groups, that include consumer organisations, have made efforts in the following areas:

  • Economic policy and legal issues
  • Consumer-citizen action and legal issues
  • People’s empowerment and mobilisation

Visit www.cuts-international.org/casestudies.htm for more details on identified Case Studies.

The last date for receiving case studies for initial review is 15 October, 2002. For Terms of Reference and other details on case study presentations visit www.cuts-international.org/CUTS-Anniversary.htm

Plenary Sessions

The plenary sessions scheduled for the Conclave are conceived to debate and discuss the possible issues necessary to consider for poverty reduction strategy:

  • Countdown to 2015: Development, Governance and Strategies to achieve the Millennium
    Development Targets
  • Beyond Johannesburg: Challenges for a Sustainable World and the outcomes of the
    recently concluded Johannesburg Summit.
  • Women: Growth, Equity & Security- Strategies for a better future.
  • The Essentials of Life: Healthcare for All and Sustainable Livelihood.
  • From Doha to Cancun: The WTO Doha ‘Development’ Agenda and Developing
    Countries
  • Transparency and Accountability of the Voluntary Sector
  • The Blue Gold: Water related issues which also became a focus area at the Johannesburg
    Summit.
  • What Type of Economic Liberalisation: Privatisation, Liberalisation Globalisation, issues
    of prime concern particularly for developing nations.
  • Consumer Rights and Responsibilities: Where Next?

For detailed agenda please log onto: www.cuts-international.org/CUTS-Anniversary.htm

Speakers

Jagdish Bhagawti, Professor of Economics and Political Science, Columbia University, New York
Eveline Herfkens, Executive Co-ordinator, Millenium Development Goals Campaign, UNDP
Karl Sauvant, Director, UNCTAD, Geneva
Pascal Lamy, Commissioner for Trade, European Commission
Martin Wolf, Financial Times
Kamal Hossain, Eminent lawyer of Bangladesh
Kaushik Basu, Carl Marks Professor of International Studies, Cornell University
Yolanda Kakabadse, President of IUCN
Kumi Naidoo, Secretary General & CEO, CIVICUS
Erna Witoelar, Earth Charter Commissioner, Indonesia
Arun Jaitley, Member of Parliament, India
R. Shyam Khemani, Adviser, World Bank
Suman Bery, Director General, NCAER
Quamrul Islam Chowdhury, Secretary General, World Water Forum of Journalists
Zafrullah Chowdhury, Gonoshashthaya Kendra
Rhoda Karpatkin, Former President, Consumer Union of US Inc.
Usha Jumani, Jumani Foundation, India
Philippe Brusick, Chief, Competition and Consumer Protection Branch, UNCTAD
James Love, Director, Consumer Project on Technology, Washington, DC

Other Expected Speakers

Ernesto Zedillo, Former President, Mexico
Jeffrey Sachs, Director, Columbia Earth Institute
Supachai Panitchpakdi, Director General of the WTO
Nitin Desai, Under Secretary General For Economic & Social Affairs in the United Nations

For participation please send your expression of interest to Conclave Coordinator at 20thAnniversary@cuts-international.org

About ‘CUTS Conclave 2003 Newsletter’
This is a strictly non-commercial service for non-profit organisations and interested individuals. For participation at the event and other details, please write to:

Mr. Apurva Dayal/ Mr. Sachin Joshi

CUTS CONCLAVE 2003 NEWSLETTER #2, July, 02

Consumer Unity & Trust Society (CUTS) is organising a Partnership Conclave to celebrate its 20th Anniversary from 12-15 March 2003, at New Delhi. The theme of the Conclave is “Governance and its Relationship with Poverty Reduction”.

About CUTS
CUTS is a non-profit, non-governmental research and advocacy group, with headquarters in Jaipur, India, pursuing “economic equity and social justice within and across borders”.

It has four programme centres in India: two at Jaipur, one each at Chittorgarh, and Calcutta; the Africa Resource Centre in Lusaka, Zambia; one sub-centre in Nairobi, Kenya; and a representative office in London, UK. A team of over 75 people spread across these centres puts in efforts to address concerns of a common man.

The organisation is engaged in issues related to consumer protection; international trade, investment and competition; sustainable consumption and rural development, in particular on women’s empowerment. It is accredited to the UNCTAD, UNEP, UNCSD, and is affiliated with several national, regional and international organisations such as Consumers International, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics & Environment, Environment Liaison Centre International, CIVICUS, and Consumer Co-ordination Council, India.
For more: www.cuts-international.org.

Conclave Structure
The Conclave is designed to be a forum for civil society, media, academia, policy makers, businesses, and other stakeholders across the world. The Conclave mosaic includes debates around major development issues affecting people such as the Agenda 21, WTO, Investment, Regulation & Competition, Governance & Development, Women’s Issues, Healthcare, Food, and Water. Identified experts and policy makers will discuss the same in the context of governance and poverty reduction. 15 March 2003, the last date of the Conclave, and also observed, as World Consumer Rights Day will be dedicated to consumers and their role in governance and poverty reduction.

The Conclave provides for parallel sessions to will showcase case studies of successes and non-successes in the area of social change from three different spheres: civil society, state intervention, and international co-operation. The case studies will also identify conditions that appropriate rights-based approach to governance and poverty reduction. These case studies will be documented and presented as a complete volume much before the event, while the Conclave Proceedings and Recommendations will also be documented and serve as a Policy Handbook for policy makers, civil society and the international community.

The last date for accepting case studies for initial review is 15 August 2002. For more details please visit www.cuts-international.org/CUTS-Anniversary.htm

As concrete outcomes, the Conclave will result in a better-informed civil society, a more sensitised bureaucracy, and an enabled international community, to adopt and advocate similar cogent approaches in their future agendae of action. It would challenge the notions of sceptics and anti-globalisers, and present a positive view of the changes taking place.

For participation please send your expression of interest to Mr Apurva Dayal

About ‘CUTS Conclave 2003 Newsletter’
This is a strictly non-commercial service for non-profit organisations and interested individuals. For participation at the event and other details, please write to:

Mr. Apurva Dayal/ Mr. Sachin Joshi

CUTS CONCLAVE 2003 NEWSLETTER #1, MAY, 02

Consumer Unity & Trust Society (CUTS) is organising a Partnership Conclave to celebrate its 20th Anniversary on 12-15 March 2003 at New Delhi. The theme is “Governance and Its Relationship with Poverty Reduction”.
This e-bulletin, containing information about the Conclave, will be sent out on a monthly basis. We will appreciate comments and suggestions for making this event memorable.

About CUTS
A non-profit, non-governmental research and advocacy group, with headquarters in Jaipur, India, pursuing “Economic equity and social justice within and across borders”.
It has four Programme Centres in India; two at Jaipur, one each at Chittorgarh, and Calcutta; the Africa Resource Centre in Lusaka, Zambia; one sub-centre in Nairobi, Kenya; and a representative office in London, UK. A team of over 75 spread across these centres puts in efforts to address concerns of a common man.
The organisation is engaged in issues relating to: consumer protection; international trade, investment and competition; sustainable consumption and rural development, in particular on women’s empowerment. It is accredited to the UNCTAD, UNEP, UNCSD, and is affiliated with several national, regional and international organisations such as Consumers International, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics & Environment, Environment Liaison Centre International, CIVICUS, and Consumer Co-ordination Council, India. For more: www.cuts-international.org

Curtain Raiser
The anniversary event has been planned as a platform for civil society representatives, policy makers, media, academia, and other stakeholders from all over the world to present their work on “ Rights-based approaches on critical issues of governance” through:

  • People’s participation,
  • State intervention, and
  • International co-operation.

Keynote addresses and case study sessions will look into issues of governance and its with relationship poverty reduction under the following group.

  • Economic policy and legal issues,
  • Consumer-citizen action and legal issues, and
  • People’s empowerment.

In each of these sessions, there will be presentation of cases under the sub-themes and groups, from all over the world, in particular Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. For more: www.cuts.org/CUTS-Anniversary.htm

The following are example of cases on economic policy and legal issues under all categories of intervention, such as people’s participation, state intervention and international cooperation to be presented.

People’s participation
Vietnam has been under a communist rule for long, where laws were not the order but the local commissariat provided dispute settlement. As Vietnam starting liberalisation, laws began to be enacted.
However the poor rural folk were quite ignorant as to how to use the laws to protect their rights, fight corruption, and navigate complex judicial system, until Mr. Pham The Hanh came onto the scene designing and running legal literacy programmes. The dedication of Mr. Hanh has now shown the way to ordinary citizens to get redress easily.

State intervention
Bhutan, a small country, with very little production base imports 90 percent of its goods from India. Being a small market, the Indian companies would appoint only one distributor.

Realising that such a monopoly could lead to consumer exploitation, Bhutan asked all Indian companies to appoint parallel distributors.

Hindustan Lever Ltd resisted the order, until their distributor was threatened. HLL gave in, and appointed another dealer. Lo and behold, the competition ensured that HLL’s goods started moving into the market much more than before. Now both HLL and its consumers are happy.

International cooperation
Realising the portentous potential of ozone depletion on ecosystems and people due to use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), the international community entered into an international agreement: the Montreal Protocol.

This accord, through a proper transfer of financial resources and technology to the South will phase-out ozone depleting substances over a fixed time period.

About ‘CUTS Conclave 2003 Newsletter’
This is a strictly non-commercial service for non-profit organisations and interested individuals. For participation at the event and other details, please write to:

Mr. Apurva Dayal/ Mr. Sachin Joshi.

MEMBERS OF STEERING COMMITTEE

Chairman

Prof. Muchkund Dubey, Former Foreign Secretary, President, Council for Social Development (CSD)

Members

  • Dr. Suman K.Bery, Director General, National Council of Applied Economic & Research (NCAER)
  • Dr. Omkar Goswami, Chief Economist, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
  • Mr. Tejendra Khanna, Chairman Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd., Former Commerce Secretary,
    Government of India
  • Mr. Amit Mitra, Secretary General, Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FICCI)
  • Dr. P.L.Sanjeeva Reddy, Vice-Chairman, Centre of Corporate Governance
  • Dr. Leena Srivastava, Director (Regulatory Affairs), Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI)
  • Mr. Udayan Namboodiri, Special Correspondent, The Hindustan Times
  • Dr. Sanjaya Baru, Editor, The Financial Express
  • Prof. V.R. Mehta, Former Vice-Chancellor, Delhi University
  • Mr. Rajendera S Pawar, Chairman, NIIT Ltd
  • Mr. Jairam Ramesh, Economist, Secretary, Economic Affairs Dept. of the Congress Party.
  • Mr. Ajay S Mehta, Executive Director, National Foundation of India (NFI)
  • Mr. Subir Gokarn, Chief Economist, Credit Rating Information Services of India Ltd.(CRISIL)
  • Mr. K.B.Singh, European Commission
  • Dr. Suman Sahai, Convenor, Gene Campaign
  • Dr. Veena Jha, Project-Coordinator, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
  • Dr. Gautam Vohra, President, The NGO Club.
  • Mr. K.S.Mehta, Chartered Accountant, S.S.Kothari & Co.
  • Mr. Naresh Mathur, Advocate, Supreme Court of India
  • Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Advocate

Book

For Better Governance Efforts Do Matter

Our Partners

National Council for Applied Economic Research, New Delhi, India Tata EnergyResearch Institute, New Delhi, India South Asia Watch onTrade, Economics & Environment, Kathmandu, India Confederation of Indian Industries, New Delhi, India International Centrefor Trade & Sustainable Development, Geneva, India Oxfam GB in India

CUTS’ work today is divided into five operational areas:

  • Consumer protection, which includes accountability, and regulatory reforms,
  • Trade and development,
  • Competition, investment and economic regulation,
  • Sustainable production and consumption, including consumer safety, and
  • Rural consumers and women’s empowerment.

The CUTS was born in 1983 (and registered in 1984) out of a need to provide protection to the exploited consumer in Rajasthan, where there was no organisation for this purpose at that time. It began by operating out of a garage on a zero budget. Today, CUTS has five Centres in India, two at Jaipur, one each at New Delhi, Chittorgarh and Calcutta, and one in Africa in Lusaka, Zambia. It also has representatives in Nairobi, Kenya and London, UK. The organisation’s budget today is nearly US$1mn, and its staff strength is nearly 100.

CUTS is accredited to the UNCTAD, and to the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development, and works with several international organisations such as Consumers International; International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development; South Asia Economics & Environment; Environment Liaison Centre International, and Consumer Coordination Council in India.

Partnership Conclave -“Governance and its Relationship with Poverty Reduction”, 12-14 March, 2003, New Delhi

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Financial assistance

In spite of attempts to raise financial support for participation, if you do not succeed, you may apply for support from CUTS. Therefore, please send a written request for funding, from your organisation, along with your registration form, to CUTS. Limited resources will be available to participants from developing and less developed countries to help cover travel, accommodation and registration. All funding applications must be received by 31 January 2003; responses will be sent at the earliest possible.

CONCLAVE AGENDA

GOVERNANCE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO POVERTY REDUCTION

PARTNERSHIP CONCLAVE

New Delhi, India, 12-14 March, 2003

Day 1 – Wednesday, 12 March, 2003

0900-0930 Opening Session
Speakers Arun Jaitley, Minister for Commerce & Industry and Law & Justice, India
Chair Muchkund Dubey, Former Foreign Secretary of India
Pradeep S. Mehta, Secretary General, CUTS
0930-1100 Plenary I: Countdown to 2015
How far has the world progressed in achieving the Millennium Development Goals?
Chair Muchkund Dubey, Former Foreign Secretary of India
Speakers Eveline Herfkens, UN Secretary General’s Executive Coordinator for the Millennium Development Goals Campaign
Charlotte Seymour-Smith, Head of the India Office of Department for International Development, UK

Kaushik Basu, Professor of Economics, Cornell University, USA

Moderator David Kalete, Programmes Director, CIVICUS
Inaugural address by I. K. Gujral, Former Prime Minister of India
1100-1130 Tea/Coffee
1130-1300 Workshops
Workshop I: Integrating Sustainability into Development Planning
Facilitator: Kaushik Basu, Professor of Economics, Cornell University, USA

Destruction caused to natural wealth through economic development, Solomon Islands
John Roughan, Solomon Islands Development Trust

Model for Millennium Development Goals, Paraguay
Cesar Cabello, Co-ordinator, Instituto Desarollo

Cross-border issues affecting poverty reduction in Southern Africa
Richard Humphries, Southern African Regional Poverty Network

Workshop II: Privatisation of Public Goods
Facilitator: Usha Jumani, Managing Trustee, Jumani Foundation, India

Water privatisation in West Africa: Lessons from three countries
Douglas Korsah Brown, Executive Director, Centre for Environmental Law and Development, Ghana

Privatisation of the power sector, Orissa, India
D. K. Roy, Former Chairman of Orissa Electricity Regulatory Commission

Towards Universalisation of Primary Education in India- The experience of ‘Pratham’
Rajan, ‘Pratham’

Workshop III: Promoting Health for the Poor
Facilitator: James Love, Director, Consumer Project on Technology, USA

Community-based health insurance scheme, Gujarat, India
Akash Acharya, Community-based Health Insurance Project

Politics of Essential Drugs in Bangladesh
Zafrullah Chowdhury, Gonoshasthaya Kendra

Traditional System of Medicine
Rama Baru, Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

1300-1430 Lunch
1430-1600 Workshops
Workshop IV: Reaching the Masses
Facilitator: David Kalete, Programmes Director, CIVICUS

Antyodaya: An approach for poverty alleviation, India
M. L. Mehta, Former Chief Secretary, Govt. of Rajasthan, India

Flood Action Plan in Bangladesh
Rizwana Hassan, Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association

Gram Phone in Andhra Pradesh, India
Madan Mohan Rao, Rural Telecom Foundation

Workshop V: Livelihood Security- What are the Issues?
Facilitator: Bipul Chatterjee, Director, CUTS

Code 95: Revision of Housing Laws in Kenya
David Kuria, Intermediate Technology Development Group

Protecting interests of the fishing community in India
Thomas Kocherry, World Forum of Fisheries People

Direction for possible interventions in poverty alleviation: A case study of Srilankan Tea Sector
Anura Herath, Economics Research Unit, Dept. of Export Agriculture, Srilanka

Workshop VI: Oxfam’s Make Trade Fair Campaign

Biranchi Upadhyaya, Country Representative, Oxfam GB in India

About the Campaign: Anand K Das, Oxfam GB in India

1600-1630 Tea/Coffee
1630-1830 Plenary II: Beyond Johannesburg
How can both the rich and the poor work towards sustainable development?
Speakers Erna Witoelar, Commissioner of the Earth Charter and Former Minister of Human Settlement and Regional Development, Indonesia
Kirit Parikh, Professor Emeritus, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, India
Discussants Heba Farida Fathy, Professor of Statistics, Cairo University, Egypt.
Douglas Korsah Brown, Executive Director, Centre for Environmental Law and Development, Ghana
Moderator Leena Srivastava, Director of Regulatory Studies & Governance Division, Tata Energy Research
Institute, India

Day 2 – Thursday, 13 March, 2003

0900-1100 Plenary III: Critical Issues Faced by the Poor
What progress has the world made in fulfilling the basic needs of the poor?
Speakers James Love, Director, Consumer Project on Technology, USA

Zafrullah Chowdhury, Director, Gonoshashthaya Kendra, Bangladesh

Malcolm Damon, Economic Justice Network of FOCCISA, South Africa

Moderator Subhashish Gangopadhyay, Director, India Development Foundation
1100-1130 Tea/Coffee
1130-1300 Workshops
Workshop VII: Promoting Effective Governance
Facilitator: Shubhashish Gangopadhyay, Director, India Development Foundation

Taking administration to the villages, Rajasthan, India
Suraj Mal Meena, Spceial Secretary, Dept. of Revenue,Government of Rajasthan

The Dynamics of Corruption in the Indian Administrative Service: A study of Uttar Pradesh
Raju Sharma, National Authority for Chemical Weapon Convention

Economic PolicyResearch to Promote Effective Governance in Southern Africa
Dirk Hansohm, Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit

Workshop VIII: Rethinking Investment for Development
Facilitator: Suman Bery, Director, National Council of Applied Economic Research, India

Laveesh Bhandari, Indicus Analytics, New Delhi, India Indicus Analytics, New Delhi, India

Atiqur Rahman, Associate Professor and Chairman, Dept. of Economics, North South University,
Bangladesh

Workshop IX: Trade and Labour Linkages
Facilitator: T. N. Srinivasan, Professor of Economics, Yale University, USA

P. Haridasan, Director, ICFTU-APRO, New Delhi

Gautam Mody, Centre for Workers Management, India

Allistair Smith, National Labour Economic Development Institute, South Africa*

Workshop X: Farmers’ Rights: Options Before Mountain Communities
Facilitator: Ratnakar Adhikari, Executive Director, South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics and
Environment, Nepal

Nabin Sen, University of Calcutta, India

Ghayur Alam, Centre for Sustainable Development, India

1300-1430 Lunch
1430-1600 Workshops
Workshop XI: Making Markets Work for the Poor
Facilitator: Allan Asher, Director of Campaign and Corporate Communications, Consumers Association, UK.

Hindustan Lever Ltd. and Bhutan Government conflict on marketing issues
Suresh Moktan, Ministry of Trade and Industry

Bank mergers in Canada
R. Shyam Khemani, Adviser, Competition Policy, The World Bank

Workshop VIII (Contd.): Rethinking Investment for Development
Facilitator: Suman Bery, Director, National Council of Applied Economic Research, India

Speakers Sanjib Pohit, NCAER, India
Shalini Subramanyam, NCAER, India
Discussants David Ongolo, Adviser, CUTS-Centre for International Trade Economics & Environment*
Flora Kessey, Research Fellow, The Economic & Social Research Foundation, Tanzania

Workshop XII: Trade and Environment Linkages
Facilitator: Veena Jha, Coordinator, UNCTAD

Ricardo Melendez Ortiz, Executive Director, ICTSD, Switzerland

Meeta Mehra, Fellow, Policy Analysis Division, TERI, India

Thiery de Oliveira, Programme Officer, UNEP

Workshop X (Contd.): Farmers’ Rights: Options Before Mountain Communities
Facilitator: Ratnakar Adhikari, Executive Director, South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics and Environment, Nepal

Ashish Ghosh, Centre for Environment and Development, Kolkata, India

Biswajit Dhar, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade*

1600-1630 Tea/Coffee
1630-1830 Plenary IV: From Doha to Cancun
What should be the strategies for achieving an equitable and sustainable world trading system with global welfare as its goal?
Speakers Pascal Lamy, Commissioner for Trade, European Commission
S. N. Menon, Additional Secretary, Department of India

T. N. Srinivasan, Professor of Economics, Yale University, USA

Discussants T. K. Bhaumick, Senior Policy Adviser, Confederation of India Industry
Moderator Martin Wolf, Associate Editor & Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times, London
1900-2200 Dinner

Day 3 – Friday, 14 March, 2003

0900-1100 Plenary V: What Type of Economic Liberalisation
Are regulatory policies meeting their objectives and targets?
Speakers Abul Ahsan, Former Secretary General, SAARC, Bangladesh*

Gesner Jose de Oliveira, Ex-Chairman, CADE Competition Bureau, Brazil

R. Shyam Khemani, Adviser, Competition Policy, The World Bank

Discussants Peter Muchoki Njoroge, Commissioner, Monopolies and Prices Commission, Kenya

Veena Jha, Coordinator, UNCTAD

Moderator Suman Bery, Director, National Council of Applied Economic Research, India
1100-1130 Tea/Coffee
1130-1330 Plenary VI: Consumer Rights and Responsibilities
What should be the consumer policy approaches on GMOs?
Speakers Wajahat Habibullah, Secretary, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, India

Rhoda Karpatkin, President Emeritus, Consumer Union, USA

Suman Sahai, Convenor, Gene Campaign, India

Discussants Muyunda Ililonga, Executive Director, Zambia Consumers Association

Sriram Khanna, Managing Trustee, VOICE, India

Moderator Allan Asher, Director of Campaign and Corporate Communications, Consumers Association, UK
1330-1500 Lunch
1500-1700 Closing

Pradeep S Mehta, Secretary General, CUTS

Muchkund Dubey, Former Foreign Secretary of India

Tejendra Khanna, Chairman, Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited

V. S. Vyas, Member of Prime Minister of India’s Economic Advisory Council
Wajahat Habibullah, Secretary, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, India

Erna Witoelar, Commissioner of the Earth Charter and Former Minister of Human Settlement
and Regional Development, Indonesia.

Bipul Chatterjee, Director, CUTS

* TBC
For more information on the 20th Anniversary celebrations, please contact:
Mr. Apurva Dayal/ Mr. Vinayak Pandey

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