[13.05.08] Bangladesh's Decisive Moments
The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, take great pleasure in inviting you to a half-day conference on:
Bangladesh’s Decisive Moments
– and Options Facing Norway
Since January 2007, the caretaker government of Bangladesh has introduced wide-ranging economic and political reforms, focused on fighting corruption and on improving the financial system, and the government aims to hold new elections by the end of 2008.
This Conference seeks to shed new light on challenges and prospects facing Bangladesh – political, economic and environmental, and in the regional context, as well as on the relations between Norway and Bangladesh.
Conference Programme 10.00–13.30 [Coffee and registration from 09.30]
Keynote Speakers
• Norwegian Minister of the Environment and International Development, Mr. Erik Solheim
• Mr. Farooq Sobhan, President of Bangladesh Enterprise Institute and former Ambassador and Foreign Secretary
Session I: Bangladesh – Political, Economic and Geopolitical Challenges (10.45–11.45)
Discussion with: Ms. Shaheen Anam, Executive Director i Manusher Jonno Foundation, Bangladesh; Mr. Jan Borgen, National Director, Transparency International; Professor Arild Engelsen Ruud, University of Oslo; and Ms. Betzy Ellingsen Tunold, Deputy Director General, Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Moderator: Stein S. Eriksen, NUPI
[11.45–12.15 lunch buffet ]
Session II: Business and Development Interaction: Bangladesh–Norway Relations (12.15–13.30)
Introduction: Arne Wiig, CMI
Discussion with Mr. Farooq Sobhan, Ms. Ingunn Klepsvik, Deputy Director NORAD, Ms. Elizabeth Lee Marinelli, Director of Investments, Funds and Financial Institutions, NORFUND; Mr. Arne Wiig, CMI and Mr. Ole Bjørn Sjulstad, Senior Vice President, Telenor
Moderator: Mr. Jan Egeland, Director of NUPI
13.30 – End of conference