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MADHYAM

Workshop on India-EU FTA: For Whom?
February 8-9, 2012
Casuarina Hall, India Habitat Center (IHC), Lodi Road, New Delhi
Program Schedule
February 8, 2012

9:20-9:40 Registration

9:40-9:50 Welcome Remarks: Kavaljit Singh

9:50-11:00 Session I: Understanding FTAs

Chair: Biswajit Dhar

Indias Strategy towards FTAs: An Overview by Kavaljit Singh

Europes Strategy towards FTAs: An Overview by Sanya Reid-Smith

Current Status and Assessment of India-EU FTA by Ranja Sengupta

Q and A, comments and discussion

11:00-11:15 Tea Break

11:15-1:00 Session II: Agriculture, Dairy and Livelihood Issues

Chair: Axel Harneit Sievers

Agriculture: Ranja Sengupta (tbc)

Dairy, Poultry and Right to Food: Sagari Ramdas

Inputs by Farmers groups (K. Kannaiyan), Indian Dairy Associations, Sieta van Keimpema

Q&A, Discussions and Follow up on Agriculture

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1:00-1:45 Lunch

1:45-2:45 Session III: Agriculture, Investments and IPRs

Chair: Armin Paasch

Agricultural Land and Investments: Shefali Sharma and Nobokishore

Agriculture and IPRs: Shalini Bhutani

Q&A, Discussions

2:45-4:30 Session IV: Investments under India-EU FTA and BITs

Chair: Shalini Bhutani

Key Presentation by Burghard Ilge

Investment Agreements: An Indian Perspective by K.M Gopakumar

Inputs by Sanya Reid Smith and Chalapati Rao

Q and A, Discussions and Follow up on investments

4:30-4:45 Tea Break

4:45-6:00 Session V: Interaction with Officials

Chair: Kavaljit Singh

Representative, EC office, New Delhi,
Senior Official, Ministry of Commerce, Govt. of India
Former Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, Govt. of India
Q and A, followed by Discussions

February 9, 2012

9:30-11:00 Session I: Banking Services

Chair: Sanya Reid-Smith

Key Presentation by Myriam Vander Stichele

Banking Services: An Indian Perspective by Kavaljit Singh

Inputs on Banking Services by banking sector trade union representatives

Q and A, Discussions and Follow up on Financial Services

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11:00-11:15 Tea Break

11:15-1:00 Session II: Retail Services

Chair: K.P. Gopinath

Retail Services: An Indian Perspective by Dharmendra Kumar

Retail Services: An European Perspective by Armin Paasch

Inputs by Myriam Stichele

Q&A, Discussions on retail

1:00-1:45 Lunch

1:45-3:00 Session III: Public Procurement

Chair: Nitya Nand

Key Presentation by Burghard Ilge

Public Procurement: An Indian Perspective by Abhijit Das

Q&A, Discussions and Follow up on Public Procurement

3:00-3:15 Tea Break

3:15-4:00 Session IV: Opportunities, Challenges and Follow up Activities

Chair: Sagari Ramdas

This session is aimed at exploring avenues, spaces and points of leverage towards building
alliances, campaign activities, action programs and interventions on India-EU FTA with specific
emphasis on trade negotiators, lobby groups, media, parliamentarians, trade unions, civil society
and others.

4:00-5:20 A Panel discussion on India-EU FTA with key Indian Parliamentarians, trade unions leaders and
political parties, followed by open discussion.

Chair: Sumit Chakarvarty

5:20-5:30 Closing Remarks by KM Gopakumar