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Harnessing Regional Integration for Trade, Investment & Growth in Southern Africa Details:
Category	Economic Diplomacy Programme
Where:	Jan Smuts House - Johannesburg
Date:	Thursday 02 Jun 2011 -Thursday 02 Jun 2011
Time:	09:00 -14:00

Event description:
The South African Institute of International Affairs cordially invites you to a workshop on “Harnessing Regional Integration for Trade, Investment & Growth in Southern Africa”. Thursday, 2 June 2011, 0900 – 13:15 Jan Smuts House, East Campus, Braamfontein, Wits University Conference Documents: Report: Harnessing Regional Integration for Trade, Investment & Growth in Southern Africa [Download.pdf] Harnessing Regional Integration for Trade & Growth in Southern Africa (Presentation by Ian Gillson and Nora Carina Dihel) [Download.pdf] Business Environment Issues in Trade & Market Integration in SADC: A Regional Investment Climate Assessment (Presentation by Taye Mengistae) [Download.pdf] Why Trade Facilitation Matters? - Cargo delays in African ports (Presentation by Barbara Rippel) [Download.pdf] Agenda 09:00 Registration 09:30 Welcome and opening remarks Marco Scuriatti, Senior Operations Officer, World Bank Peter Draper, Senior Research Fellow SAIIA Lolette Kritzinger van Niekerk 09:50 Harnessing Regional Integration for Trade & Growth in Southern Africa Ian Gillson (Trade Economist); Nora Carina Dihel (Trade Specialist) Business Environment Issues in Trade & Market Integration in SADC: A Regional Investment Climate Assessment Taye Mengistae (Senior Economist) Why Trade Facilitation Matters? - Cargo delays in African ports Barbara Rippel (Senior Trade Economist); Tshepo Kgare (Transport Specialist) 10:50 Tea Break 11:00 South Africa Perspective Brendan Vickers, Chief Director Research and Policy International Trade and Economic Development, Department of Trade and Industry Catherine Grant, Programme Head: Economic Diplomacy, SAIIA Cynthia Chikura, Senior Manager Trade Policy Business Unity South Africa 12:00 Q& A Moderator Sandeep Mahajan, Lead Country Economist, The World Bank 13:00 Summary Remarks and Closure Marco Scuriatti, Senior Operations Officer, The World Bank 13:15 Dialogue adjourns