SEDI
AGENDA
OPENING CEREMONY
Opening remarks on recent trends on Aid for Trade, the Regional Dialogue and expectations
Chair: Dr. Joan Neil, OAS National Representative, Jamaica
• Hon. Audley Shaw, Minister of Finance and Public Service, Jamaica
Remarks
• Amb. Albert Ramdin, Assistant Secretary General, Organization of
American States (OAS)
Remarks
(external link)
• Miguel Rodriguez Mendoza, Senior Fellow, International Centre for
Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)
Remarks
SESSION I : AID FOR TRADE: SCOPE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
The role of institutional bodies in Aid for Trade
Session Chair: Miguel Rodriguez Mendoza, Senior Fellow, ICTSD
• Mrs. Valentine S Rugwabiza , Deputy Director General, World Trade
Organization (WTO)
• Dr. Richard Bernal, Director General, Caribbean Regional Negotiating
Machinery (CRNM)
CRNM DG SPEAKS ON THE ROLE OF INSTITUTIONS IN AID FOR TRADE (external
link)
• Mr. Marcelo Giugale, Director for Poverty Reduction and Economic
Management (PREM), World Bank
From Quantity to Quality: AID FOR TRADE in Latin-America and the Caribbean
• Carolyn Robert, Senior International Trade Specialist, Inter-American
Development Bank (IDB)
The Role of
Institutional Bodies in Aid for Trade
SESSION II : EXAMINING THE 2008 WTO ROADMAP
The main topics for discussion in this session include:
• The experience of developing countries in Aid for Trade
• Increasing developing countries ownership of Aid for Trade
• The thematic shift of emphasis from monitoring to Implementation
• Launching of work programmes geared towards developing performance
indicators and strengthening self evaluation
Session Chair: Patricia Francis, Executive Director, International Trade
Centre
• Luca Monge-Roffarello, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Aid for
trade: from monitoring to Implementation
• Pamela Coke-Hamilton, Director, Trade and Tourism, Organization of
American States (OAS)
Aid for Trade- Making it a Reality Adjusting the Roadmap
for the Caribbean
• Regine Qualmann, Project Manager Trade Policy, Promotion of Trade and
Investment, German Agency for Technical Cooperation
SESSION III: AID FOR TRADE AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL: THE EXPERIENCE OF THE
CARIBBEAN
Session Chair: Maryse Robert, Trade Section Chief, Department of Trade
and Tourism, OAS
• Dame Billie Miller, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign
Trade, Barbados and Lead Ministerial Negotiator for CARIFORUM in the
EPAs
Remarks
• Amb. Irwin LaRocque, Assistant Secretary General, Caribbean Community
and Common Market (CARICOM)
THE CARIBBEAN’S EXPERIENCE WITH AID FOR TRADE
• Frans Lammersen, Development Co-operation Directorate, Organization
for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Global Aid for Trade flows go mainly to
Asia and Africa …less to LAC
SESSION IV:
AID FOR TRADE AND THE CARIBBEAN PRIVATE SECTOR
Session Chair: Henry Gill, Senior Director, CRNM
• Marjory Kennedy, President, Jamaica Exporters Association
ITC
Panel on AID for Trade and the Caribbean Private Sector trategic Paper
• Denis Noel, Managing Director, Noelville Ltd. St Andrew’s, Grenada
BUSINESS TESTIMONIAL
• Dav-Ernan Kowlessar, Business Development Consultant, DYKON
Developments
A4T and the Caribbean Private Sector
TUESDAY JUNE 17, 2008
SESSION V : AID FOR
TRADE AND THE ACP-EU ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT (EPA)
Session Chair: Dame Billie Miller
• Rico Zampetti, EC Coordinator for EPA negotiation with CARIFORUM
Countries, European Commission
• Kathleen van Hove, Senior Program Officer, European Centre for
Development Policy (ECPDM)
Aid for trade or EPA development support; Effective implementation is what
matters!
• Amb. Federico Cuello, Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to the
European Union
• Patricia Kabuleeta, Senior Programme Officer, ICTSD
A4T MAKING
IT A REALITY
SESSION VI: AID FOR TRADE SPECIFIC SECTORAL
CHALLENGES
Session Chair: Dr. Riyad Insanally, OAS Resident Representative,
Trinidad and Tobago
• Stephen Bell – Managing Director, Caribbean Shipping Association
Remarks
• Larry Placide, Director, International Trade Negotiations Unit,
Trinidad and Tobago
AID FOR TRADE & SERVICES DEVELOPMENT ISSUES
• Karl James, President, Sugar Association of the Caribbean
THE CARIBBEAN SUGAR
CANE INDUSTRY
SESSION VII: A PLAN OF ACTION FOR
THE CARIBBEAN
Discussion will focus on the establishment of a regional aid for trade
network for the Caribbean in keeping with the 2008 WTO Roadmap. Further
discussion will be given to the possible strategic options available to
the Caribbean region.
Session Chair: Pamela Coke-Hamilton, Director Trade and Tourism,
Organization of American States (OAS)
• Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Assistant Secretary General, Caribbean
Community and Common Market (CARICOM)
• Ambassador Federico Cuello, Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to
the European Union
SESSION VIII: THE WAY
FORWARD
Session Chair: Amb. Albert, Ramdin, Assistant Secretary General,
Organization of American States (OAS)
Concluding Remarks
• Dr. Richard Bernal, Director General, Caribbean Regional Negotiating
Machinery (CRNM)
• Frans Lammersen, Development Co-operation Directorate, Organization
for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
• Mr. Marcelo Giugale, Director for Poverty Reduction and Economic
Management, World Bank
• Miguel Rodriguez Mendoza, Senior Fellow, ICTSD