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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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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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 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
discuss
the preliminary findings of a WHO-commissioned Centad study on the use
of
INNs, discussed a wide range of issues on the subject with a variety of
stakeholders.
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