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UNIDO Workshop
LAC – Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) - BRICS countries
STRENGTHENING INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCES IN THE
GLOBAL MARKET, Quito, 14-17 July 2015
Time
09:00
Mo. 13 July
10:00
Arrival experts from
BRICS, EEU
and UNIDO
10:20
Tu. 14 July
Arrival from
Latin American
and Caribbean
participants
11:00
11:30
13:00
14:00
15:30
16:00
18:15
19:00
Welcome
Cocktail
Reception
Participants
local authorities
and Diplomatic
Corpus
We. 15 July
Opening session
Representative UNIDO; Head of Delegation BRICS; Head of Delegation
EEU; Representative SELA; Government of Ecuador
Introduction to the Workshop
Mr. Carlos Chanduvi-Suarez, Chief LAC Bureau, UNIDO
Overview of regulations, technical regulations and requirements to product certification in the Eurasian Economic Commission:
Dr. Eugenia Soboleva, International Expert, UNIDO
Coffee Break
Round Table EAEU Part 1 “CONFORM”
1. Aleg Yermalovich, Head of the Department of Economic Cooperation,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Belarus;
2. Konstantin Karamyshev, Head Department Analyses equivalent principles for export of livestock production , Federal Agency for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Control, Russian Federation;
3. Ksenia Bokovaya , Chief Expert of Division, WTO and OECD cooperation division, Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights
Protection and Human Well-being, Russian Federation;
Moderation: Dr. Eugenia Soboleva (UNIDO)
Lunch
Round Table EAEU Part 2 “CONNECT”
1. Azamat Yesdauletov, Expert of the bilateral cooperation division, Department of External Economic Cooperation of the Ministry for Investment and Development, Kazakhstan;
2. Rustam Mametov, Secretary of the Department for International Associations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kyrgyzstan;
3. Maxim Vagin, Trade in Goods Unit, Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, Russian Federation;
Moderation: Dr. Eugenia Soboleva (UNIDO)
Coffee Break
Round Table BRICS
Overview of regulations, technical regulations and requirements to Product certification, opportunities and challenges for promotion of trade,
Recommendations and potential actions
1. Irina Sorokina, Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Russian Federation;
2. Li Li, Associated Professor, China;
3. Manuela Lima, Business Intelligence Analyst and Corporate Strategy
Unit, Brazil;
Moderation: Mr. Aleg Sepelev (UNIDO)
Free time
Cultural activity organized by the Ministry of Foreign Trade of Ecuador
National Ballet of Ecuador
Saloon FGH
Time
Th. 16 July
09:00
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6.
10:15
10:45
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2.
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13:00
14:00
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14:00
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19:00
Round Table CARICOM
Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica
“Potential areas for export to EEU/BRICS”
Main Challenges
Jacqueline Yearwood, Director Enterprise Development, Antigua and Barbuda;
Lejia Gideon, General Manager of the Enterprise & Innovation Division at BELTRAIDE, Belize;
Cletus Joseph, Executive Director, National Development Foundation, Dominica;
Kwesi Roberts, Business Development Specialist, Grenada;
Uchenna Gibson, Senior Export Promotion Officer, Guyana;
Diane Edwards, JAMPRO President, Jamaica
Moderation: Mr. Román Mayorga (SELA)
Coffee Break
Round Table CARICOM
St. Lucia, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Dominican Republic, Cuba
“Potential areas for export to EEU/BRICS”
Main Challenges
Jacqueline Emmanuel-Flood, Chief Executive Officer Saint Lucia Trade and Export Promotion Agency,
Saint Lucia;
Imro San A Jong, Deputy Director Investment and Development Corporation Suriname NV, Suriname;
Dwight Brown, Chief Executive Officer at exporTT Limited, Trinidad and Tobago;
Anyelín Montero, Deputy to the CEO CEI-RD, Dominican Republic;
Roberto Siro Verrier Castro, Director CEPEC, Cuba;
Moderation: Mr. Román Mayorga (SELA)
Lunch
Round Table CAN
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador
“Potential areas for Export to EEU/BRICS and challenges”
Main Challenges
Iván Cahuaya, Director PROMUEVE BOLIVIA, Bolivia;
Adriana María Gutiérrez Cadavid, Director Office PROCOLOMBIA Ecuador, Colombia;
Víctor Jurado Carriel, Executive Director, PRO ECUADOR, Ecuador;
Moderation: Mr. Santiago Segovia (CAN)
Round Table SIECA
(Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador) + Mexico
“Potential areas for Export to EEU/BRICS and challenges”
Main challenges
Albán Sánchez Cabezas, Director of International Trade Strengthening, Ministry of Foreign Trade, Costa Rica;
Aida Fernández, Manager Manufacture Division AGEXPORT, Guatemala;
Vilma Sierra, Executive President FIDE, Honduras;
Sidhartha Marín, Ambassador of Nicaragua in Ecuador, Nicaragua;
Alejandrina Barrera, Vice Minister of Trade and Industry at the Ministry of Economy, El Salvador;
Norberto Amador Islas, Official ProMexico Commercial Advisor in Colombia, Mexico;
Moderation: Diego Caicedo, Expert, (ECUADOR)
Cultural activity organized by the Ministry of Foreign Trade of Ecuador
Night City Tour
Time
Fr. 17 July
9:00
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
10:00
10:30
12:00
12:15
13:00
Round Table MERCOSUR
(Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela) and Chile
“Potential areas for export to EEU/BRICS and challenges”
Main challenges
Fernando Núñez, Manager of Institutional Relations at ExportAR, Argentina;
Manuela Lima, Business Intelligence Analyst and Corporate Strategy Unit, Brazil;
Nikolaus Osiw, Business Intelligence Director, Export and Investment Network
(REDIEX), Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Paraguay;
Mariana Ferreira, Division Manager of Competitive Intelligence, Uruguay;
Deborah Mendoza, Bancoex Executive Vicepresident, Venezuela;
Roberto Paiva, Executive Director ProChile, Chile;
Moderation: Carlos Chanduvi-Suarez (UNIDO)
Coffee Break
Plenary Working Group
BRICS - EEU –LAC
Opportunities and challenges for promotion of trade
recommendations on potential actions
Moderation: Silvana Vallejo, Vice Minister of Trade Policies and Services (ECUADOR) and Mr. Carlos Chanduvi-Suarez, Chief LAC Bureau UNIDO
Break
Final remarks
&
Conclusions
Silvana Vallejo, Vice Minister of Trade Policies and Services (ECUADOR) and Mr.
Carlos Chanduvi-Suarez, Chief LAC Bureau UNIDO
Certificates and closure of the Workshop
Lunch
Departure of LAC participants
Sa. 18 Jul
Departure EEU and
BRICS participants