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Executive Forum on National Export Strategies

Business for Development: Implications for Strategy-Makers

Saturday, 6 September

 

07.00

 

 

Introductory Breakfast Meeting

 

Mayan Tour
 

17.00

 

 

 

Official Opening

J. Denis Bélisle

Executive Director, ITC

 

José Luis Romero Hicks

Director General, Bancomext

 

K.A.A. Rana

Deputy-Director-General, World Trade Organization

 

Hans Peter Egler

Head, Trade and Clean Technology Cooperation Development, seco

 

D.J. de Man

Head, Trade Promotion Section, CBI
 

18.00   Group Photo
 
18.30   Opening of Competitiveness Tools Fair
 
19.00   Reception
 

 

Sunday, 7 September

The Strategic Environment

(closed sessions)

 

09.00 –12.00

 

First Proposition:

Strategic Implications of the Doha Development Agenda

 

ITC Moderator:

R. Badrinath

 

ITC Commentators:

P. Naray

 

S. Meitzel

 

Team Commentators:

 

R. Makoond

Director, Joint Economic Council, Mauritius

 

E. Lacs

Technical Coordinator, Commission of International Commercial Trade, Guatemala

 

S. Islam

Director, The Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Bangladesh

 

B. Georgiev

Director, Bulgarian Industrial Association, Bulgaria

 

N. Waniala

Executive Director, Private Sector Foundation of Uganda, Uganda

 

Table Debate

Open Debate  

Summary and Conclusions
 

12.00 –15.00   Lunch Meeting for Adjudicating Panel of the World TPO Awards (closed session)

Lunch Meeting for Textiles and Clothing Sector Business Representatives

Competitiveness Tools Fair

15.00 –18.00

 

Second Proposition:

Ensuring a Competitive Response

 

ITC Moderator:

 

J. Smadja

 

ITC Commentators:

 

B. Barclay

 

F. von Kirchbach

 

Team Commentators:

 

M.S. Adeli

Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Affairs, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Iran

 

O. Boeh-Ocansey

Director General, Private Enterprise Foundation, Ghana

 

M. Kissling, Gerente General

Promotora del Comercio Exterior de Costa Rica (PROCOMER), Costa Rica

 

A.A. Memon

Chairman, Kings Group, Pakistan

 

Table Debate

Open Debate

Summary and Conclusions
 

 

Monday, 8 September

Re-Thinking the Approach to Strategy

(closed sessions)

 

09.00 –12.00

 

Third Proposition:

Ensuring a Focused Response

 

ITC Moderator:

 

P. Walters

 

ITC Commentators:

 

I. Sayers

 

A. Said

 

Team Commentators:  

P. Richter
Project Director, Private Sector Promotion, GTZ
INTEGRATION, Germany

I. Njoroge

AMC - ALMACO Management Consultants Ltd., Kenya

 

P. Francis
President,
Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), Jamaica

S. Juliano

Director, Department of Trade and Industry , Bureau of Export Promotion, Philippines

 

Table Debate

Open Debate  

Summary and Conclusions
 

12.00 –15.00   Competitiveness Tools Fair
 

15.00 –18.00

 

Fourth Proposition:

The Development Gear of Export Strategy - Cause or Consequence?

 

ITC Moderator:

 

H. Roelofsen

 

ITC Commentators:

 

A. Shah

 

F. Leclercq

 

   

Team Commentators:  

C. Kilindu
Chief Executive,
Confederation of Tanzania Industries, Tanzania

R. Estrada-Estrada