Venue: The training workshop will be held at SDPI or in a local hotel in Islamabad.
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (daily) |
Introduction
For the last ten years, the environmentalists and the trade policy community have engaged in an intense debate over the environmental consequences of liberalized trade. It has been further intensified by the creation of the World Trade Organization and proposals for future rounds of trade negotiations. Free traders think that the argument about environmental protection by some economic stakeholders will be used as an excuse to gain protection for themselves against competition from abroad. Environmentalists feel that free trade would mean less importance to environmental goals and excessive priority to market-measured GDP. The situation becomes complicated for less developed countries and developing countries, including Pakistan, which perceive environmental issues as non-trade tariff barriers for their exports.The importance of establishing coherent relationships between the trade obligations set out in various bilateral/multilateral trade agreements and environmental policies of countries is increasingly being recognized. It is in this context, the training workshop will explore various dimensions of interrelationship between “WTO and Environment”.
Who should attend?
The workshop is designed to benefit the Pakistan Environment Program (PEP) partners, academia, students, commerce journalists, public and NGO sector organizations, ministries of trade and commerce, industries and production, and Export Promotion Bureau. This workshop will also be useful for senior and middle level managers of the export-oriented sectors involved in marketing and strategic planning.
Objectives
By the end of the workshop, participants will:
- To enable the participants to understand the interaction between WTO agreements and environment.
- This will be an interactive and participatory workshop comprising informal lectures, presentations, case studies, group work and discussions.
Training methodology
The training will be interactive and participatory, including lectures, Power Point presentations, informal discussions, group exercises and experience sharing.
Medium
of instructions
English will be the medium of instruction for the workshop. However, an effort will be made to conduct the workshop using a mixture of English and Urdu.
Workshop Contents
- WTO and Environment (An introduction)
- Kyoto Protocol and other international environmental agreements
- Standards and non-tariff barriers for international trade
- Agreement on Agriculture (Linkages of Trade, Environment and Livelihood)
- Dispute Settlement and some environmental disputes in WTO
- WTO, environment and what the future hold for us
Resource persons
Dr Abid Qaiyum Suleri, a research fellow at SDPI, earned his PhD in Food Security from the Natural Resources Institute (NRI), University of Greenwich, United Kingdom. He looks after SDPI’s Livelihoods and Globalization Program. He has conducted intensive research on “Globalization and its Impact on Livelihoods” in Pakistan. He is a member of South Asia Scientific Coordination of the WTO Watch Group; Board of Directors of Canada-South Center for Sustainable Development; and the Steering Committee of the UNDP’s Trade for Human Development Initiative.Dr. Suleri represents the civil society of Pakistan in various working groups, steering committees, and technical committees formed by the Government of Pakistan at the Planning Commission; Ministry of Commerce; Ministry of Food, Agriculture, and Livestock; Ministry of Environment; and Pakistan Agriculture Research Council. He also represented the Pakistani civil society at the Doha and Cancun Ministerial Conferences of WTO as well as World Food Summit. Dr. Suleri imparts trainings on “WTO and its agreements” to parliamentarians, academia, government officials, journalists, and development practitioners. His latest book, “Social Dimensions of Globalization? Case of Pakistan” has been declared as “Publication of the most Importance in the Year 2004” by NCCR Switzerland.
He will be assisted by other resource persons and guest speakers. Deadline for registration
Completed Registration forms should reach the Assistant Training Coordinator via fax or mail latest by 22 June 2005. The institute will confirm registration upon receipt of fee by a return fax. Please use a separate registration form for each nominee. Please note that seats are limited and applicants will be registered on a first come, first served basis. Registration will close if all the seats are taken up before the last date.
Registration fee
Fee per participant is Rs 4,000/-
Discount
25% discount is available to the following:
- SDPI members
- HRDN members on each nomination (HRDN members should send their nominations through HRDN secretariat)
- Students registering through their institutions
- Other organizations registering 2 or more persons
- SAAG – WTO Watch group partners on each nomination
50% discount is available for PEP partners on each nomination Withdrawal requests will be processed as under:
| 10 or more days before workshop |
Full refund |
| Nine to four days before workshop |
75 percent refund |
| Three days before workshop |
50 percent refund |
| Two or less days before workshop |
No refund |
Cancellation/postponement
SDPI reserves the right to cancel or postpone the workshop if circumstances require. In such an event, SDPI will ensure that registered participants are informed as soon as possible. SDPI will also refund registration fees according to our refund procedures.
Award of certificates
- Trainees successfully completing 85 percent of the instructional sessions will be awarded completion certificates.
- Trainees who for genuine reasons are unable of complete 85 percent attendance but attend 60 to 84 percent instructional sessions will be given partial attendance certificates.
- Trainees attending less than 60 percent of instructional sessions will be given letters specifying the sessions that they attended.
Further information
For further details, please contact Assistant Training Coordinator, Arshad Aziz ( aaziz@sdpi.org ) at tel. ++92-51-2278134 or fax: 92-51-2278135.
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