18 Dec, 2023
- Agenda
- Highlights
Capacity Building Workshop
on
“Gender Mainstreaming at India’s Land Ports”
Date: December 18-19, 2023, Venue: Marigold Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
| Day 1, 18th December, 2023 (Monday)
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| 11.00 am | Welcome Remarks by Nisha Taneja, Professor, ICRIER
Inaugural Remarks by Aditya Mishra, Chairman, LPAI |
| 11.15 am
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Context Setting with Focus on the Importance of Gender Mainstreaming in Trade Facilitation
Lead – Soo Hyun Kim, Economic Affairs Officer, Trade, Investment and Innovation Division, UNESCAP |
| 12.00 pm
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Session 1: Entry Points for Gender Lens Assessment of Land Ports in India
Presentation by Sanjana Joshi, Senior Fellow, ICRIER |
| 1.00 pm | Lunch |
| 2.00 pm | Session 2: Information and Port Amenities
Lead – Shravani Prakash, Consultant, ICRIER |
| 3.00 pm | Session 3: Safety Set-up
Lead – Sanjana Joshi, Senior Fellow, ICRIER |
| 4.00 pm | Tea/Coffee Break |
| 4.10 pm | Session 4: Cargo Processing – Mechanisation & Digitisation
Lead – Sudip Dey, Honorary Secretary, Federation of Freight Forwarders’ Associations in India (FFFAI) |
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Day 2, 19th December, 2023 (Tuesday)
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| 10.00 am | Session 5: Importance of a Gender Inclusive Workforce
Lead – Mitali Nikore, Consultant, World Bank |
| 11.00 am | Tea/Coffee Break |
| 11.15 am | Session 6: Interactive Session with Stakeholders on the Need for Gender Mainstreaming at Land Ports
Moderator – Nisha Taneja, Professor, ICRIER Panellists: · Sushma Morthania, Founder Director, SME Forum · Dolly Khonglah, Secretary, MEICC, Dawki · Suparna Banerjee, SCF International, Kolkata |
| 12.15 pm | Session 7: Perspectives from Sea Ports
Lead – Sharmila Amin, Managing Director, Bertling Logistics India Pvt. Ltd. |
| 1.15 pm | Lunch |
| 2.00 pm | Session 8: Global Experiences
Lead – Pamela Ugaz, Economic Affairs Officer, Trade Facilitation Section, UNCTAD |
| 3.00 pm | Session 9: Gender Mainstreaming through Financial Tools
Lead – Rekha Raikar Kumar, Member (Finance) LPAI |
| 3.45 pm | Tea/Coffee Break |
| 4.00 pm | Interactive Session with focus on learnings from the capacity building workshop
Moderated by – Nisha Taneja, Professor, ICRIER |
| 4.45 pm | Distribution of Certificates of Participation
Closing Remarks by Rekha Raikar Kumar, Member (Finance) LPAI Vote of Thanks by Nisha Taneja, Professor, ICRIER |
