United Nations Distr. GENERAL Conference on Trade and TD/B/COM.3/EM.26/INF.1 16 December 2005 Development ENGLISH/FRENCH/SPANISH ONLY
TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD Expert Meeting on Enhancing Productive Capacity of Developing Country Firms through Internationalization Geneva, 5 -7 December 2005
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
Note: The format and data of the entries in this list are as provided to the secretariat.
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MEMBERS
AFGHANISTAN
Mr. Assad OMER, Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Geneva
AFRIQUE DU SUD
Mr. Van WYK, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
ANGOLA
Mme Custodia DIAS DOS SANTOS PITRA, Assistante de l'assesseur économique de la Présidence de la République, Luanda M. Amadeu LEITÃO NUNES, Représentant commercial, Mission permanente, Genève
ARABIE SAUDITE
Mr. Adel AL MUBARAK, Attaché, Permanent Mission, Geneva
ARGENTINE
Sr. Dario CELAYA ALVAREZ, Consejero, Misión Permanente, Ginebra
CAMBODGE
M. Rithipol TITH, Premier secrétaire, Mission permanente, Genève
CHINE
Ms. LIN Xuan, Officer, Department of International Trade and Economic Affairs, Ministry of Commerce, Beijing Mr. WU Dezhong, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
COLOMBIE
Sr. Rafael QUINTERO CUBIDES, Segundo Secretario, Misión Permanente, Ginebra
CROATIE
Ms. Maja ADAMIC, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
EGYPTE
H.E. Mr. Sameh SHOUKRY, Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Geneva Mr. Amr AL JOWAILY, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
EL SALVADOR
Sra. Carmen Elena CASTILLO GALANDAT, Ministro Consejero, Misión Permanente, Ginebra
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ETHIOPIE
Mr. Aklilu SHIKETA, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
FEDERATION DE RUSSIE
Ms. S. YULBERDINA, Senior Expert, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, Moscow Mr. I. GORELIKOV, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. D. GODUNOV, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Ivan VASILIEV, Third Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Moscow
INDONESIE
Mr. Yusra KHAN, Economic Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Ms. Bianca SIMATUPANG, Attaché, Permanent Mission, Geneva
IRAN (REPUBLIQUE ISLAMIQUE D')
Mr. Mohammad Ali ZARIE ZARE, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
ITALIE
Mr. Luciano BARILLARO, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Ms. Azzurra CHIARINI, Stagiaire, Permanent Mission, Geneva
JORDANIE
Mr. Hussam AL HUSSEINI, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
MALAISIE
Ms. Kausalya GOPAL, Manager, Small and Medium Industries Development Corporation, (SMIDEC), Kuala Lumpur Mr. Azwa Affendi BAKHTIAR, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
MAROC
M. El Mostafa AIT AMOR, Premier secrétaire, Mission permanente, Genève
MEXIQUE
Sra. Crista Elsa GONZALEZ, Tercer Secretario, Misión Permanente, Ginebra
NEPAL
Mr. Binod Prasad ACHARYA, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission, Geneva
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NICARAGUA
Sr. Norman SOMARRIBA, Primer Secretario, Misión Permanente, Ginebra
PHILIPPINES
Ms. Ma. Victoria BARNES, Attaché, Permanent Mission, Geneva
POLOGNE
Mr. Riszard JAKOBY , Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
REPUBLIQUE ARABE SYRIENNE
Mr. Abdulmanem ANNAN, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
REPUBLIQUE DE COREE
Mr. KIM Jin-dong, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
SAINT-SIEGE
S.E. M. Silvano M. TOMASI, Nonce apostolique, Genève M. Jean TARDIEU, Expert, Mission permanente, Genève
SENEGAL
M. Ibrahima DIOUF, Directeur, Petites et moyennes entreprises, Dakar
SLOVENIE
Mrs. Martina LODRANT, Third Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
THAILANDE
H.E. Mr. Chaiyong SATJIPANON, Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Geneva Ms. Pannee CHENGSUTTHA, Director, Board of Investment, Paris, France Mrs. Chamaiporn VISEDMONGKOL, Director of Policy and Planning, Office of SMEs Promotion, Bangkok Ms. Isiriya NITITHANPRAPRAS, Policy and Plan Analyst, National Economic and Social Development Board, Bangkok Ms. Apirada CHINPRATEEP, Policy and Plan Analyst, National Economic and Social Development Board, Bangkok Ms. Supavadee CHOTIKAJAN, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva
TIMOR LESTE
Mrs. Elisa GAMBERONI, Assistant, Economic Section, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mrs. Martina BOZZOLA, Assistant, Economic Section, Permanent Mission, Geneva
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TURQUIE
Mr. Mustafa PULAT, Counsellor, Permanent Mission to the WTO, Geneva
UKRAINE
Mr. Andrii HRYSHKO, Permanent Mission, Geneva
ZAMBIE
Mr. Chibwe CHISALA, Economist, Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry, Lusaka
ZIMBABWE
Mr. Richard CHIBUWE, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
UNITED NATIONS
PROGRAMME DES NATIONS UNIES POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT
Ms. Sari LAAKSONEN, Programme Officer, Trade and Human Development Unit, Geneva
SPECIALIZED AGENCIES
BANQUE MONDIALE
Mr. Joseph INGRAM, Special Representative to the UN and the WTO, Geneva Mr. Patrick REICHENMILLER, Policy Officer, Geneva Mr. Joseph BATTAT, Investment Climate Department FIAS, USA
ORGANISATION DES NATIONS UNIES POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT INDUSTRIEL
Mr. Fernando RIQUELME LINDON, Director and Advisor to the Director General, Geneva Mr. Victor Manuel HINOJOSA BARRAGAN, Senior Liaison Officer, Geneva
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
Special Category
ASSOCIATION MONDIALE DES ANCIENS STAGIAIRES ET BOURSIERS DE L'ORGANISATION DES NATIONS UNIES
Mr. José Fernando RUIZ, Representative, Geneva
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CENTRE D'ECHANGES ET COOPERATION POUR L'AMERIQUE LATINE
Mr. Michel Aurelien CELI VEGAS, President, Geneva Ms. Marie RODUIT, Geneva
CONFEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DES SYNDICATS LIBRES
Ms. Esther BUSSER, Assistant, Geneva
PANELISTS
Opportunities and Challenges of Internationalisation for Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises
Mr. Bamanga TUKUR, Executive President, African Business Roundtable and Chairman, NEPAD Business Group Mr. D. MASSAWE, Assistant Director/Head of SME Section, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Tanzania Mr. Narayan PRASAD SANJEL, Under Secretary, Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies, Nepal Mr. Toru UENO, Principal Administrator, OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs and Local Development (CFE), Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) and Entrepreneurship Division, OECD Mr. Ozman ATAC, Director, Enterprise Management Development Section, International Trade Centre, Geneva
Internationalisation of Developing-Country Firms Through Outward FDI: Main Trends and Key Issues
Mr. John MATHEWS, Professor, Sydney, Australia Mr. Tariq SAYEED, Former President, Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Chairman G77 Trade Fair Authority and Former G77 Chairman, Islamabad Mr. Moon Yearn HWANG, Director, International Investment & Regional Cooperation Division, Ministry of Finance and Economy, Republic of Korea Mr. Charles OCICI, Executive Director, EMPRETEC, Enterprise Uganda, Kampala Mr. Rizar Idomo NAZAROEDIN, Director of Bilateral and Multilateral Cooperation, Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM), Jakarta, Indonesia Ms. Dilek AYKUT, Economist, International Finance Team, World Bank
Top Glove Corporation (Malaysia): An Internationalising Enterprise
Mr. LIM-WEE Chai, Founder and CEO, in Video-conference from Kuala Lumpur
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Regional and Global Players: What drives companies to invest abroad?
Mr. Michael MORTIMORE, Chief, Investment and Corporate Strategies, ECLAC, Santiago, Chile Mr. Peter BRIMBLE, President, Asia Policy Research Company Limited, ESCWA, Thailand Mr. Reginald RUMNEY, Director, Business Map Foundation, Johannesburg, South Africa Mr. Marjan SVETLICIC, Professor, Centre of International Relations, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Impact of Investing Abroad on Enterprise Competitiveness: Selected Cases an Indicators
Mr. MIAO Gengshu, Senior Economist, Former President of China Minmetals Corporation and Vice President of China Association of International Trade, Beijing Mr. Hussein K. SALEM, Founder and Chairman, HKS Group, Cairo, Egypt Mr. Jadranka LEMUT, Owner and Managing Director, Le Tehnika, Ljubljana, Slovenia Mr. Cesar CINI, Founder and CEO, Cinex, Brazil Mr. Samuel Joseph JEBARAI, EXIM Bank, London
Does OFDI increase competitiveness of firms and how could competitiveness from OFDI be measured?
Mr. Andrea GOLDSTEIN, Senior Economist, OECD Development Centre, Paris
Policy Issues and Programmes Supporting Developing Country Firms to Invest Abroad
Mr. Sherban LEONARDO CRETOIU, Programme Manager, Global Players, Fundaçao Dom Cabral, Brazil Mr. Yu HUA, Deputy Director General, China Investment Promotion Agency, Beijing, China Ms. Rohana RAMLY, Director, Small and Medium Industries Development Corporation, (SMIDEC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Mr. H. Ahmet KILICOGLU, General Manager, EXIM Bank, Turkey
INVITEES
M. Jean-Daniel CLAVEL, CLAVEL CONSULTING, Montreux, Suisse Ms. CONG Guoling, Businesswoman, MINMETALS Corporation Mr. John DUNNING, International Business, University of Reading, United Kingdom Mr. Ayman HAMDY, HKS-Group, Chairman's Assistant Mr. LI Guomin, Manager of President's Office, MINMETALS Corporation Mr. Hussein SALEM, HKS-Group, Chairman Mr. WANG Yansheng, Vice President, MINMETALS Corporation, Germany