|
Informal
Meetings of Key Stakeholders under the FEATS Project
CUTS
Geneva Resource Centre is organizing informal
meetings with key stakeholders in the FEATS project
countries in collaboration with its local partners
in these countries. The meetings in Eastern African
countries – Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda - will be
held in the first half of March 2010, and in the
Southern African countries – Malawi and Zambia, in
the last week of March 2010.
FEATS
project has successfully completed the first phase
of implementation. The focus of research during this
phase was on inclusiveness of trade policy making
process and role of stakeholders. This research also
developed a new tool to measure the inclusiveness of
trade policy making titled “Inclusive Trade Policy
Making (ITPM) Index” which was then used to assess
the situation in the project countries. The ITPM
Index scores by various groups of stakeholders in
the project countries can provide helpful insights
to the relevant policy makers for improving the
inclusiveness of trade policy making.
Second
phase research under the project is on-going. The
focus of this research is on agriculture-related
issues. While this research is to be finalized later
in the year, the emerging findings of the research
need to be shared with key stakeholders in the
project countries to solicit their comments and
feedback.
This is
the context for the informal meetings with key
stakeholders. Accordingly, main objectives of the
meetings include:
-
Strengthening interaction with and among key
stakeholders (i.e. relevant government ministries,
key CSOs, select private sector umbrella
organizations)
-
Dissemination of the main findings of FEATS first
phase research, particularly the Inclusive Trade
Policy Making (ITPM) index score and
recommendations, and
-
Discussion
and feedback on the emerging findings of FEATS
second phase research on agriculture-related issues
so that the final research outputs are relevant,
particularly for policy makers.
Following
is the schedule of the meetings:
-
Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania, 3 March 2010, See
agenda
-
Nairobi,
Kenya, 8 March 2010, See
agenda
-
Kampala,
Uganda, 9 March 2010, See
agenda
-
Lusaka,
Zambia, 29 March 2010, See
agenda
-
Lilongwe, Malawi, 31 March 2010, See
agenda
For more information
on "Informal Stakeholder Meetings 2010"
Please
Click Here... |
