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SDPI - UN-TIHP workshop: What comes after the quota went? Human development effects of the ATC expiry- November 21-22, 2005

Workshop Program

Day 1: November 21, 2005
   
  9:30 am Arrival and registration
10:00 am Welcome address by hostess (Saba Gul Khattak, Executive Director SDPI)
10:30 am Background and objectives of the workshop (Karin Astrid Siegmann, SDPI)
   
Session 1: What comes after the quota went – regional effects
Moderation: Karin Astrid Siegmann, Junior Research Fellow SDPI
11: 00 am Textile trade flows in South Asia (Yumiko Yamamoto, Trade and Gender Advisor UNDP Regional Centre Colombo)
1: 00 pm Lunch break
   
Session 2 Human development challenges of the quota expiry - country experiences Moderation Syed Qasim Ali Shah, National Project Manager UN-TIHP
2: 00 pm Gendered employment in the post-quota era: Pakistan after the quota expiry (Karin Astrid Siegmann, SDPI)
2: 30 pm Export scenario of Bangladesh in the post-MFA era (Asif Anwar, Research Associate Centre for Policy Dialogue)
3: 00 pm Tea break
   
Session 3 Mitigation and their effectiveness
Moderation: Abid Qaiyum Suleri, Assistant Executive Director SDPI
3: 30 pm Bangladesh in a Quota Free Regime: Opportunities and Challenges (Asif Anwar, Research Associate Centre for Policy Dialogue)
4: 00 pm Strategic skill development in Pakistan’s textile and clothing industry (Muhammad Mohsin, Deputy Textile Commissioner, Ministry of Industries&Production, Government of Pakistan)
7: 00 pm Joint dinner
   
Day 2: November 22, 2005
 
Session 4 Developing a South Asian Agenda –
Moderation: Karin Astrid Siegmann, SDPI
9: 30 am Development of a South Asian agenda I
11: 00 am Tea break
11: 30 am Development of a South Asian agenda II
1: 00 pm Lunch break
2: 00 pm Finalisation of the workshop statement
3: 00 pm Presentation of the workshop statement to the media
4: 00 pm Tea
   

 

 

 

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