Trade facilitation measures that support cross border trade by women
April 27-28, 2017
Hyatt Regency, New Delhi
Programme
Day 1 : 27th April: Knowledge Sharing Lessons Learned
09:00 am Registration
09:30 am Introductory Session
Opening Remarks by Nisha Taneja, Professor,ICRIER
Workshop overview from Kate Hayes, Adviser,DFAT
Guest Remarks by Bhupinder Singh Bhalla, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, Government of India
10:00 am Session 1 : Setting the Scene Facilitator: Jim Redden, Adviser, DFAT
Presentation by Nisha Taneja, Professor, ICRIER
Response from Practitioners Respondents: ?
Selim Raihan, Executive Director, South Asian Network on Economic Modelling, SANEM), Bangladesh
Reeta Simha, 2nd Vice President, Federation of Women Entrepreneurs Association of Nepal ?
Damchae Dem, Founder and CEO, Bhutan Association of Women Entrepreneurs Lead
discussant:
Posh Raj Pandey, Executive Chairman, SAWTEE, Nepal
Q & A and Open Discussion
11.30 am Tea/Coffee
11:45 am Session 2 – Trade Facilitation Barriers: Lessons from Cross-border Women Entrepreneurs Facilitator:
Hasina Kharbhih, Chair of Board, Impulse NGO Network and Managing Director, Impulse Social Enterprises, Shillong
Panellists:
Dolly Khonglah, General Secretary, Meghalaya Exporters Chamber of Commerce
Sita Adhikari, Executive Committee Member, Nepal Freight Forwarders Association
Jesmina Zeliang, Founder of Heirloom Naga and Cane Concepts; Convener, North East, Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH)
Q & A and Open Discussion
12:45 pm Lunch
01:45 pm Session 3 – Enabling Measures that Support Small-medium Women Entrepreneurs to Trade Across Borders Facilitator:
Mona Shrestha Adhikari, Associated Expert, Gender and Trade
Panellists:
Indrani Deb, Chairperson, FLO North East Chapter, Guwahati
Pramila Acharya Rijal, Head, South Asian Women Development Forum (SAWDF), Nepal
Selima Ahmad, President, Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BWCCI) Lead discussant:
Manab Majumdar, Deputy Secretary General, FICCI, New Delhi
Q & A and Open Discussion
03:15 pm Tea/Coffee
03:30 pm Session 4 : Policy and Programming Responses to the Needs of Cross-border Women Entrepreneurs and/or Barriers to Implementing Reforms
Facilitator: Carmine Soprano, Trade and Gender Specialist, World Bank
Panellists:
Fahmida Khatun, Executive Director, Centre for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh
Anice Joseph Chandra, Director, Ministry of Commerce, Government of India
Bina Pradhan, Adviser, Federation of Business & Professional Women, Nepal
K. N. Syiem, Village Headman and Member, Balat Border Haat Committee, Meghalaya
Q & A and Open Discussion
05:00 pm Wrap-up
07:00 pm Pre-dinner drinks in the Oval Room
07:30 pm Address by H.E. Ms. Harinder Sidhu, Australia’s High Commissioner to India
Followed by Dinner
Day 2 – 28th April: From Awareness to Action
09:30 am Session 5 – Highlighting the Opportunities, Accommodating Gender Differentiated Trade Facilitation Needs and Impacts Facilitators:
Kate Hayes & Gillian Brown, Advisers, DFAT Respondents
Mafruha Sultana, Vice Chairman and CEO, Export Promotion Bureau, Bangladesh
Krishna H. Pushkar, Minister (Economic), Embassy of Nepal, New Delhi
Swapna Debnath, Additional Director, Dept. of Commerce and Industry, Government of Tripura
10:00 am Activity: Table Groups Identify and Progress Areas for Action Table Groups: Indian Govt; India NGO; Nepal; Bangladesh & Bhutan; SARTFP; Donors/Academics Sourcing the ideas tabled to date and brainstorming their own each table group identifies areas for action that they can make happen ensuring that they detail:
What – frame the action and the difference it will make
Who – name the people who will take it forward
How & when – detail how it will be enacted and by when
11:15 am Tea/Coffee
11:30 am Session 6: Plenary Discussion and Prioritising Key Actions Facilitators:
Jim Redden and Mona Shrestha Adhikari Advisers, DFAT
12:45 pm Vote of thanks from ICRIER
Lunch