ADB-ICRIER Regional Cooperation Training Program for Afghan Officials June 11 – 23, 2007 ICSSR Conference Room Aruna Asaf Ali Road, New Delhi, India |
June 11, 2007
8:30 –9:00 am Registration
9:00 -11:00 am Inaugural Session
9:00–9:10 am Welcome Remarks : T.C.A. Srinivasa Raghavan,
Course Coordinator, ICRIER
9:10-9:20 am Introduction : Dr. Gulshan Sachdeva,
Team Leader, ADB TA Project on Regional Cooperation,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Afghanistan
9:20- 9:30 am Remarks : H.E Dr Sayeed M Raheen
Ambassador of Afghanistan to India.
9:30 –11:00am Inaugural Lecture : Regional Cooperation in South Asian Perspective
Speaker: Shivshankar Menon, Foreign Secretary, Ministry of External
Affairs, Government of India.
11:00 -11:30 am Tea Break
11:30am–1:30 pm Session 2 : Shanghai Cooperation Organization
Speaker: Dr. Alka Acharya, Chairperson and Associate Professor, Centre
for East Asian Studies, J.N.U.
1:30-3:30 pm Lunch Break
3:30-5:30 pm Session 3 : Economic and Security Issues in Regional Integration
Speaker: Dr. Sanjaya Baru, Media Advisor, Prime Minister’s Office.
June 12, 2007
9:00-11:00am Session 4 : Regional Cooperation: West Asian Perspective
Speaker: Amb. Mohammad Hamid Ansari, Chairperson National Commission for Minorities.
11:00-11:30 am Tea Break
11.30 am-1.30 pm Session 5 : EU Experience
Speaker: T.C.A. Rangachari, Former Indian Ambassador to France and Germany
1.30–3.30 pm Lunch Break
3.30-5.30 pm Session 6: Some Local Economic Issues in Regional Cooperation
Speaker: K.T. Chacko, Director Indian Institute of Foreign Trade.
June 13, 2007
9:00 –11:00am Session 7 : Impact of Security on Regional Cooperation
Speaker: C. Uday Bhaskar, Former Director, Institute for Defense Studies and
Analysis (IDSA).
11:00 -11:30 am Tea Break
11:30am –1:30pm Session 8 : Energy Cooperation in South Asia
Speaker: Ambassador Talmiz Ahmed
Director General, Indian Council of World Affairs.
1:30-3.30 pm Lunch Break
3:30-5.30pm Session 9: Issues in Regional Energy Cooperation.
Speaker: Mr Siddharth Varadarajan,
Deputy Editor, The Hindu.
June 14, 2007
9:00-11:00am Session 10 : Regional Cooperation from Sri Lankan Perspective
Speaker: C. R. Jayasinghe,
High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to India.
11:00 -11:30 am Tea Break
11:30am-1:30pm Session 11 : Regional Cooperation from Nepal’s Perspective.
Speaker: Mr Tara P. Pokharal,
Chargé d’Affaires, Embassy of Nepal.
1:30–3:30pm Lunch Break
3:30-5:30pm Session 12: WTO and Regional Cooperation
Speaker: Prof Bibek Debroy
Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi.
730 pm Dinner, Hosted by Embassy of Afghanistan in Delhi.
June 15, 2007
9:00–11.00am Session 13 : Regional Cooperation in the Private Sector
Speaker: J. K. Bhuyan,
Head, India Brand Equity Foundation.
11:30am –1:30pm Session 14: Regional Cooperation: Some Issues of Private Investment.
Speaker: Mr Dilip Chenoy,
Managing Director, Society of Indian Auto Manufacturers.
1.30-3.30 pm Lunch Break
3.30-5.30pm Session 15: Interaction with Donor and Lending Institutions
Speaker: Dr Jaimini Bhagwati,
Additional Secretary, Eurasia Division,
Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India.
June 16, 2007
Agra Trip
June 18, 2007
Sunday
June 18, 2007
9:00-11:00am Session 16: European Union: Evolution, Institutions and Policy Framework
Speaker: Dr. Gulshan Sachdeva
Associate Professor, Centre for European Studies,
School of International Studies, JNU.
11:00 -11:30 am Tea Break
11:30am–1:30pm Session 17 : Security Issues in South Asia
Speaker: Mr. Virendra Gupta,
Deputy Director, Institute for Defense Studies & Analysis
1:30-3.30 pm Lunch Break
3.30-5.30pm Session 18 : Current Issues in SAARC
Speaker: Ms. Preeti Saran,
Joint Secretary SAARC, Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India.
June 19, 2007
9:00-11:00am Session 19 : CAREC/CSATTF
Speaker: Mr M. Raza Jawad,
Regional Cooperation Coordinator, CAREC,
Afghanistan Resident Mission, ADB
11:00 -11:30 am Tea Break
11.30 am-1.30 pm- Session 20 : Building Asian Security Architecture through
Regional Cooperation
Speaker: Prof Varun Sahni
Chairperson CIPOD, School of International Studies, JNU
1.30–3.30 pm Lunch
3.30-5.30 pm Session 21: Regional Migration Issues: Linkages with Trade & Development
Speaker: Prof Mahender P. Lama
School of International Studies J.N.U.
June 20, 2007
9:00-11:00am Session 22: SAFTA: Implications for Afghanistan.
Speaker: Prof I.N. Mukherji
Centre for South Asian Studies, J.N.U.
11:30am–1:30 pm Session 23: Regional Public Goods
Speakers: Ms Nisha Taneja, ICRIER,
Mr TCA Srinivasa Raghavan, ICRIER
1:30-3:30 pm Lunch Break
3.30-5.30 pm Session 24: ASEAN Experience
Speaker: Prof Baladas Ghoshal
Visiting Professor, Centre for Policy Research and
former Chairman, Centre for South & Southeast Asian Studies, JNU
June 21, 2007
9:00-11:00am Session 25: Political Issues in Regional Integration
Speaker: Amb. S. D. Muni
Executive Director (International) Observer Research Foundation
& Former Professor of South Asian Studies, JNU.
11:00-11:30am Tea Break
11:30am-1.30pm Session 26: Issues Concerning Data Collection &
Presentation in Regional Cooperation
Speaker: Dr Proneb Sen
Secretary, Department of Statistics, Government of India.
1:30–3:30 pm Lunch
3:30-5:30 pm Session 27: Regional Cooperation in Central Asia
Speaker: Dr Gulshan Sachdeva
Associate Professor, School of International Studies JNU.
June 22, 2007
9:00 am to 10:15 Session 28 : Regional Cooperation and Non Conventional Security Threats
Speaker: Vice Admiral Raman Puri
10.30 to 1130am Session 29 : Asian Regional Integration & Afghanistan
Speaker: Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Director & C.E. ICRIER.
1130am Valedictory Address : Dr Abdullah Abdullah,
Former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Afghanistan.
June 23, 2007
8.00 am -1.00pm Half Day Delhi Sight Seeing Tour.
1.00 pm Lunch at India Habitat Centre, Hosted by ICRIER.