International Gender Policy Network (IGPN) and Women in Development Europe (WIDE) jointly organized a Conference entitled "Gender Equality, Trade and Development: Introduction to EU Trade and Development Policies and Its Implications for Gender Equality in 2010" at Prague, Czech Republic from March 22-23, 2010. Ms. Ranja Sengupta, Research Fellow from Centad was invited to give a presentation on gender differentiated impacts of the EU Free Trade Agreement with India to have different perspectives amongst participants.
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Mr. Linu Mathew Philip, Executive Director, Centad warmly welcomed all distinguished resource people and delegates attending the consultation. He began the introduction by stating the importance of platform technology as an inter-phase to access medicine, in a time when pathogens were getting more resilient and there are fewer technologies to take on these issues. Mr. Philip also mentioned about Centad’s dreams of access to medicines by taking on the policy issues effectively and aggressively. To make policies enable in such a way that people can have access to medicines and access to innovations, adding that technologies can find a good solution to these existing disease and the diseases that maybe coming in the course of time.
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The high level conference on Climate Change: Technology Development and Transfer were concluded on 22 October 2009 at New Delhi and it came in the backdrop of rumours that India was keen for a new deal and ready on a fresh slate.
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The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences- NUJS- (NUJS IPR Chair with IPTLS and Share) organised a conference on “Publicly Funded Patents and Technology Transfer: A Review of the Indian Bayh Dole” on the 12th of September 2009 at the NUJS Auditorium, Salt Lake, Kolkata.
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The Trade and Finance programme team members of Centad participated in a conference on the IMF reforms. This was an important step towards Centre’s networking and advocacy for reforms in the Bretton Woods institutions, which have assumed a renewed significance in the post economic crisis global scenario.
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Global warming will lead to “changes in all components of the freshwater system,” and “water and its availability and quality will be the main pressures on, and issues for, societies and the environment under climate change. Climate change also aggravates the water crisis increasingly felt in many places around the world. This situation requires a response that goes far beyond the targets of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
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Centre for WTO Studies at the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade organized a two day National Seminar on Geographical Indications (GIs) on the 24th and 25th of September, 2009. The theme of the national seminar “Geographical indications: where do the Indian interests lie?”, was primarily meant to evaluate the domestic and international protection of GIs in the Post TRIPS context.
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Briefing on the consultation meet, the Associate Fellow at Centad Mr. Yogesh Pai said that the suggestions put forth by the Committee on Price Negotiations for Patented Drugs and Medical Devices need to be discussed and considered. According to him, proposals intended to control the prices of patented medicines need close analysis and response.
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December 2009 is an important year for all the developing and developed countries including India, as climate change negotiations are scheduled to take place at Copenhagen, Denmark. India occupies a center position in the talks. India’s submissions to the UNFCCC included issues based on Shared Vision, Mitigation actions, Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation, Enhancing Action on Climate Change, Finance, Technology Transfer Mechanism, Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol, Land Use, Land Use Change & Forestry, Improvements to Emission Trading and Project Based Mechanism.
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During a discussion meeting on "EU Competition Commission's Report on the Pharmaceutical Sector: What Lessons for India?" held at Centad Conference Room, the main reasons behind delayed entry of generic medicines into the market and decrease in the quantity of the novel drugs in reaching the market were cited. According to reports, companies’ indulgence in extending commercial life of their products without generic entry and loopholes in the regulatory model are the key areas of concern.
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>The Centre for Trade and Development organised a lecture by Prof. Ajit Singh (Cambridge) on the 24th July, 2009. Titled “Global Economic Crisis: An Optimistic Scenario”, the lecture was the inaugural for the Trade and Finance Programme of Centad.
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Centre for Health and Social Justice (CHSJ), All India Drug Action Network (AIDAN), University of Edinburgh, and Centre for Trade and development (Centad) jointly organized a two day workshop on 'Universal Access and Rational Therapy- A Dissemination Workshop of Tracing Pharmaceuticals in South Asia (TPSA) Project' on the 8th and 9th of April, 2009 at India International Centre Annexe, New Delhi.
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Indian copyright law recognizes different types of limitations and exceptions keeping in mind the special needs of our society. Though in compliance with the international mandates, in the context of digital technology these provisions need careful study and critical examination. The national conference was designed to facilitate this.
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The NGOs meeting held between 12-15th May, 2009 at Copenhagen was attended by the leading climate activists from around the world. The workshop was divided into working groups and the plenary sessions.
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To commemorate World Fair Trade Day on May 9, 2009, CENTAD collaborated with Fair Trade Forum, India and hosted the event in Agra in close association with a local producers’ organisation named Pushpanjal. The theme of the seminar was “climate change, fair trade and its impact on human life.” Mr. Paul Myers, the President of WFTO graced the occasion as the chief guest of the day.
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Public Health Foundation of India along with Centad organized the 1st Briefing and Consultative Meeting on Select Agenda Items of the 62nd World Health Assembly, 2009 on the 13th of May this year. Participants included public interest organizations, researchers, academicians and pharmaceutical industry representatives. The meeting was held to discuss some of the contemporary health concerns in India as well as other developing and least developed countries in the wake of upcoming World Health Assembly (WHA) viz. the Global Strategy and Plan of Action on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property (GSPOA) and role and responsibilities of WHO on health research.
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In the wake of the global economic crisis and the urgent need for policymakers to rethink the nature and patterns of economic growth and investment in order to make the development paradigm more sustainable, economically as well as environmentally, more than seventy experts on Climate Change from twenty countries gathered in Bangkok on 30th April in a two day conference on Asia Regional Dialogue on Trade and Climate Change.
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An Expert workshop on the FTA negotiations between EU and India took place in Berlin, at the Heinrich Boll Foundation office, on 27th and 28th of April, 2009. The aim was to exchange information as well as add to a common understanding of the impact of this FTA, especially on India, from a development perspective.
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Centad organized a half day seminar to refocus on the issue of the food crisis in developing countries, which is a translation of the broader agricultural crisis.
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The National Consultation on Access to Treatment of HIV/AIDS was held on 26th Feb 2009 at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. About 40 people from various organizations across India participated in the consultation (list of participants attached).
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Centad participated in the civil society consultation meeting on the recently developed “World Bank South Asia Region Climate Change Draft Strategy”. This consultative meeting provided an opportunity to share civil society perspectives and ideas to the World Bank’s climate change strategies and action plans in South Asia.
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Centad was invited by Rajiv Gandhi School of International Law, IIT Karagpur for a five day Capacity Building Programme on Geographical Indicators.
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SMEs play an important role in Indian pharma sector. Around 5000 SMEs produce 40 per cent of Rs. 70000 crores worth medicines in India. They are the largest employer in pharma sector. For a long time, these SMEs have been playing an important role in providing cheapest medicines in abundance.
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The Climate Change Congress, organized by the International Association of Research Universities, took place at Copenhagen during the 10-12th March, 2009. The Congress was attended by over 1500 researchers and policymakers working on the various aspects of Climate Change.
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Financial meltdown has already started showing its impact on Indian Textile Industries. Many export orders are getting cancelled and labourers depending on this Industry are almost in the verge of loosing their livelihood.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Health Action International (HAI) have collaborated since 2001 on a successful and influential project to develop practical and scientifically sound approaches for measuring medicine prices.
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The 4th South Asia Conference, hosted by CENTAD, intends to focus on these areas and re-explore links between trade and development in the context of a rapidly evolving trade scenario. In the process of its own research, CENTAD has time and again felt the need to highlight these issues and has worked with its partners to continuously improve the understanding on the specific themes covered in this conference.
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The global economy is currently under pressure from a number of crises. All of them, though seemingly independent, are actually closely linked with one another. This also includes the environmental crisis, which, juxtaposed with the food and financial crises, poses serious threat to the global economy in general and to developing countries and LDCs in particular.
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Center for Trade and Development (CENTAD) hosted a seminar in collaboration with the School of International Relations and Politics, Mahatma Gandhi University, and Indira Gandhi Open University to discuss on the issue of global recession that the world is facing and its implications on our country and the world at large. The global financial crisis has caused panic everywhere and made world leaders to think as to from where did the problem start and where does the solution lie.
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Center for Trade and Development (CENTAD) along with National Law Institute University (NLIU) hosted a seminar on Friday to discuss on “ WTO negotiations and the way forward”. The Director of NLIU, Prof S S Singh, welcomed the initiative taken by CENTAD and the Center for WTO Studies, NLIU for developing the capacity in the area of global trade issues. He emphasized on understanding the WTO talks and their overall impact.
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In the context of high food prices playing havoc on the lives of millions of poor people across the globe, a Seminar titled “High Food Prices and Development Challenges in India” was organised by Oxfam India in collaboration with Centre for Trade and Development (Centad) and NACDOR on the eve of World Food Day at Magnolia Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
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To explore the possible definitions of “new chemical entities” (NCEs), Centad, in collaboration with WHO-SEARO, organised a workshop on 'Definition of New Chemical Entities: Implications for Flexibilities in Patent and Drug Regulatory Laws' on August 4-5, 2008, in New Delhi. A report…
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A report on the 'One-day National Consultation on Access to Medicines in India' that was organised on May 27, 2008, to obtain inputs from experts drawn from civil society, academia, policymakers and practitioners in public health in the form of commissioning background papers, identifying research gaps, carrying out new research based on secondary and primary data.
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The meeting, held on May 13, 2008 at Centad's office, was organised to update all attendees on events that had occurred at the 2008 WHO Intergovernmental Working Group on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property (IGWG) session and gave recommendations on important issues to be covered at the next round of IGWG negotiations.
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Against the backdrop of the upcoming IGWG meet, Centad organised a consultation to bring together key stakeholders across the areas of public health, intellectual property and innovation to reflect critically on the Draft Global Strategy and Plan of Action adopted at the Second Session of the IGWG. The consultation was held on April 17, 2008.
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Centad organised a one-day consultation on March 25, 2008, to discuss issues relating to UNCTAD XII meet and to look at the possibilities that are there and what should be the vision of UNCTAD.
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Centad held a consultation on the Draft Global Strategy and Plan of Action on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property that was adopted on December 14, 2007, by the IGWG on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property of the WHO on February 20, 2008, with an aim to help in aiding the Government of India to build a consensus on the Indian position on the IGWG Draft of December 14, 2007.
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Centad organised a series of workshops on ‘Pre-grant Opposition of Patent Applications’ in Mumbai, Hyderabad, Delhi and Bangalore to sensitise stakeholders by spreading awareness about the concept and importance of the pre-grant opposition mechanism.
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To develop an understanding among public interest groups and individuals to ensure a favourable legal and policy regime to enhance access to medicines in India, Centad organised a 3-day workshop on Trade and Access to Medicines, held from October 9, 2007, at the NALSAR University, Hyderabad, bringing together groups and individuals from across the country. A report.
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The two-day conference, held in New Delhi on the December 13-14, 2007, was organised to facilitate a detailed discussion on the technical and legal aspects of patent prosecution and drug development and discovery in India. A report.
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Centad in its third annual South Asian Conference on Trade and Development organised on 19–20 December 2007 has made an attempt to look at ways to harness gains from trade to make it more equitable for the developing and underdeveloped countries of South Asia.
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Commerce Minister Kamal Nath speaking at the Third South Asian Conference on Trade and Development empahsised on proper Restructuring of Agriculture sector to ensure a greater movement of the available workforce out of agriculture to manufacturing and service sector.
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A report on the papers and discussions presented at the International Conference on ‘Exploring New Regionalism: The EU, India and Beyond’ organised by Centre for Trade and Development (Centad) in association with Oxfam, Traidcraft, Third World Network and ActionAid, from October 30 to November 1, 2007, in New Delhi, India.
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Several interesting points, suggestions and issues emerged from deliberations during the symposium on climate change and how India should tackle it, organised by Oxfam and Centad on November 16, 2007, in New Delhi. A report.
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Report of the meeting organised by Centad in New Delhi on August 21, 2007, to examine the significance and challenges of the proposed Indo-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
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The Centre for Trade and Development (Centad), Centre for Economics and Social Studies (CESS) and Make Trade Fair (MTF) Oxfam International jointly organised a workshop on ‘Building Trade Safety Systems in Agricultural Systems in South Asia’, on March 26, 2007, in Hyderabad. A detailed report on the proceedings.
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A national consultation on ‘Consumer Drug Information in India: A Situational Analysis’ was organised by the Centre for Trade and Development (Centad) in collaboration with the Office of WHO Representative to India, in New Delhi on March 29, 2007. A report on the deliberations.
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A report on the interactive session organised by Centad and the PHD Chambers of Commerce and Industry, in New Delhi, to discuss the controversial Mashelkar Committee report on patent issues.
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Centad’s second annual South Asian Yearbook of Trade and Development, titled Multiculturalism at Cross-roads: Reaffirming Development Priorities, was released in New Delhi on March 14, 2007.
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The second South Asian Conference on Trade and Development organised by Centad in New Delhi on December 19-20, 2006 debated the issue of ‘Multilateralism at Cross-roads: Reaffirming Development Priorities’. More than 100 academics, civil society representatives and media persons from Pakistan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh attended the sessions chaired by eminent experts in the field.
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A report on the international seminar held in Kottayam, India, on August 2-4, 2006, organised by the School of International Relations and Politics, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, and Centad.
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A report on the proceedings of the symposium organised by Centad and Oxfam’s Make Trade Fair campaign in New Delhi on July 25, 2006.
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Leading South Asian trade experts, policy think tanks and civil society representatives deliberated on the implications of the ongoing WTO negotiations for South Asian countries during the regional consultation organised by Centad and UNDP-Colombo in New Delhi on April 20-21, 2006. A report.
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Centad and FICCI held a national consultation on March 20, 2006, in New Delhi, at which a variety of stakeholders expressed their views on how India should handle WTO negotiations in agriculture, NAMA and services.
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The Inter Law School Debate Competition organised by Centad and Oxfam’s Make Trade Fair campaign, in New Delhi, on March 3, 2006, threw up some interesting points of view.
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An international seminar on the present state of the Multi-Fibre Agreement and its impact on India and China was jointly organised by Nagpur University’s economics department, the Institute of Chinese Studies, the Vasantrao Naik State Agriculture and Management Training Institute, and Centad, in Nagpur on January 27-28, 2006.
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Centad and the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry jointly organised a symposium in New Delhi on January 6, 2006, to take stock of the outcome of the WTO Hong Kong Ministerial.
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Centad helped BBC Radio understand the ground realities of cotton subsidies and their impact on Indian farmers.
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The workshop organised by Centad on March 29, 2006, in New Delhi, to
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the preliminary findings of a WHO-commissioned Centad study on the use
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INNs, discussed a wide range of issues on the subject with a variety of
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