Enhancing Nepal’s Exports through WTO Compliance
SAWTEE, in association with the German International Cooperation (GIZ) and the Ministry of Commerce and Supplies (MoCS), Government of Nepal, implemented the programme “Supporting Nepal’s WTO Accession” in April 2011. The major objectives of the programme were to build capacity of national WTO focal points in order to enable them to undertake specific actions as per Nepal’s commitments at the WTO; create awareness among stakeholders in general about the WTO, and in particular on SPS, TBT, IPR, trade facilitation, and other relevant issues; and identify bottlenecks to export expansion of two products, namely medicinal plants and essential oils and silver jewellery, identified by Nepal Trade Integration Strategy (NTIS) 2010. The programme is supported by GIZ. The programme is supported by GIZ.
TV Programme (Artha ko Artha, NTV)
- The WTO and Nepal’s Membership, Mr. Jib Raj Koirala
- Regional and Bilateral Trade , Mr. Jagdish Agrawal and Mr. Kush Kumar Joshi
- Trade in Goods , Mr. Purushottam Ojha
- Trade in Services, Dr. Puskar Bajracharya
- Trade Remedy Measures , Mr. Bharat B. Karki
- Competition, Ms. Brinda Hada
- Intellectual Property Rights- Farmers’ Rights, Mr. Kamalesh Adhikari
- Intellectual Property Rights- Access to Medicine , Mr. Bhupendra Thapa
- Trade Facilitation, Dr. Puspa Raj Rajkarnikar and Mr. Shyam Dahal
- Supply-Side Constraints, Dr. Bishwambar Pyakurel