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Seminar on Trade Logistics and CAREC Corridor Performance Monitoring

Baku, Azerbaijan: 23 April 2008

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Agenda, Papers and Presentations


Wednesday 23 April, 2008
9:00 - 9:05 Welcome Remarks

Shanin Bagirov
Head, Main Department for Organizing the Customs Supervision, State Customs Committee
   
Morning Seminar: Development of Trade Logistics in the CAREC Region
   
9:05 – 9:15 Opening Remarks:

Robert Y. Siy, Jr.
Director, Country Coordination and Regional Cooperation Division, CWRD

   
9:15 - 11:15 Consultant Report – Summary of Country Trade Logistics Studies Chair:

Ying Qian
Principal Economist (Financial Sector), Coordination Regional Coop., Governance, Finance & Trade Div., East Asia Regional Department (EARD) of ADB

Speakers: ADB Consultants (Mr. Max Ee Khong Kie, International Trade Institute of Singapore, and Prof. Mark Goh, National University of Singapore)
   
11:15 - 11:45 Open Floor Discussion – Questions, Comments and Answers
   
11:45 – 12:00 Concluding Remarks

Chair: Ying Qian
Principal Economist (Financial Sector), Coordination Regional Coop., Governance, Finance & Trade Div., EARD
   
Afternoon Seminar: Performance Measurement and Monitoring of CAREC Transport and Trade Corridors
   
14:00 - 14:15 Opening Remarks

Robert Y. Siy, Jr.
Director, Country Coordination and Regional Cooperation Division, CWRD
   
14:15 - 15:45 Consultant Presentation – Integrated Approach for Performance Measurement and Monitoring

Chair: Ying Qian
Principal Economist (Financial Sector), Coordination Regional Coop., Governance, Finance & Trade Div., EARD Speakers: ADB Consultants (Professor Lauri Ojala, Turku School of Economics, Finland, Ms. Loreli de Dios, Trade Facilitation Specialist)
   
15:45 - 16:15 Roles of Union of National Association of Forwarders and Carriers (UNAFC) in Promotion of Regional Trade (Chair: ADB)

Speaker:

Boris Mironchik
Head of Working Group of UNAFC
   
16:15 - 16:45 Open Floor Discussion – Questions, Comments and Answers
   
16:45 - 17:00 Concluding Remarks

Chair: Ying Qian
Principal Economist (Financial Sector), Coordination Regional Coop., Governance, Finance & Trade Div., EARD