About
Dhaka LDC Forum 2005
In connection with the
forthcoming WTO
Ministerial Meeting in
Hong Kong in December
2005 and as part of its
activism to promote and
advance the interests
and concerns of Least
Developed Countries (LDCs)
in the ongoing
negotiations under the
Doha Development Agenda,
the Centre for Policy
Dialogue (CPD),
Bangladesh organised a Civil
Society Forum in Dhaka,
Bangladesh titled
Pre-Hong Kong
International LDC
Civil Society Forum
during 3-5 October 2005.
The objectives of the
proposed Forum were:
-
to create an
opportunity to
advocate
stakeholders’
concerns and provide
a platform for
interaction on
issues of concern
among various civil
society
organisations,
networks, and
special interest and
advocacy groups from
various regions of
the globe;
-
to prepare a
Declaration on civil
society’s views, as
regards LDC
perspectives, on the
Hong Kong Agenda;
-
to prepare a list of
priority issues to
be considered by LDC
Trade Ministers.
civil society groups
as regards LDC
positions on those
issues and
proposals.
Co-organisers
- Action Aid
International
- Consumers
International
- International Centre
for Trade and
Sustainable Development
- Enda Tiers Monde
- EU-LDC Network
- Oxfam International
- South Asia Watch on
Trade, Economics and
Environment
- Southern and Eastern
African Trade
Information and
Negotiations Institute
National
Advisory Committee
(NAC)
A National Advisory Committee
(NAC) was
formed with the
participation from Bangladesh’s
27 leading non-government organisations,
business chambers,
trade unions,
gender groups and
environmental groups and
individuals having
demonstrated interest in
global trade issues.
List of
NAC Members
Programme
Speakers
The Forum
has been
addressed by Ministers,
leaders of civil society
think tanks, development organisations,
non-government
organizations, apex
bodies and academics,
and stakeholders from
home and abroad. Trade
experts and eminent
personalities chaired the
sessions on various
themes. Air Vice Marshal
(Retd) Altaf Hossain
Choudhury, Minister for Commerce,
Government of
Bangladesh, inaugurated the
Forum.
Contact
Dr. Fahmida
Khatun
Forum Coordinator
The Forum Secretariat
Dhaka LDC Forum 2005
Centre for Policy
Dialogue (CPD)
House 40/C, Road 11,
Dhanmondi
Dhaka 1209, Bangladesh
Tel: (880 2) 9141734;
9141703; 9145090
Fax: (880 2) 8130 951;
9135269
E-mail:
ldcforum@cpd-bangladesh.org
web:
www.cpd-bangladesh.org
Archive
Dhaka
Civil Society Forum 2003
CPD organised a
very successful
International Civil
Society Forum in May
2003 The Forum in 2003
was attended by about
150 participants from 13
countries and was co-organised
by five leading
international civil
society organisations
such as the Consumers
International,
Malaysia, EU-LDC
Network, the
Netherlands, Oxfam
International, South
Asia Watch on Trade,
Economics and
Environment (SAWTEE),
Nepal and Southern
and Eastern African
Trade Information and
Negotiations Institute (SEATINI),
Zimbabwe. The Civil
Society Declaration and
the proceedings of the
meeting generated
important inputs for
activities which took
place during the run up
to the Cancun
Ministerial.
Publication
“LDC Priorities and
Dhaka Declaration” of
the Civil Society Forum
2003
Letter
to LDC Trade Ministers
The Forum
extended its full
support for the LDC
agenda in Cancun. As a
follow up to this Forum,
the co-organisers sent
out a
letter to LDC Trade
Ministers before the Ministerial
urging them to take a
united position at the
meeting.
