Seventh Sustainable Development Conference
8-10 December, 2004, Holiday Inn, Islamabad

Troubled Times: Sustainable Development and Governance in the Age of Extremes

Conference Programme Day Two

Day One l Day Two l Day Three

Thursday, December 9, 2004

Concurrent Session A-4	9:00 am – 10:45 am
Panel: Governmental Structural Adjustments for Better Governance Towards Environmental Protection and Pollution Control in South Asia
Chair	Parvez Hassan, NEQS Implementation Committee, Pakistan
Speakers	Title
Ram Charitra Sah, NGO FUWS, Nepal	Environmental Regulation and its Compliance Status in Nepal
Bharati Chaturvedi, CERAG, India	Pollution Control Through Planning for Waste Management: The Case of Delhi, India
Musharaf Ali Talpur, Sindh University, Pakistan	Monitoring Pollution under Asymmetric Information and Enforcing Environmental Regulation: Implication for NEQS Compliance Process in Pakistan
Himayat Ullah, NWFP Agricultural University, Pakistan	Poverty, Environment and Development: Exploring the Links between three Complex Issues with Specific Focus on the Pakistan Case
M.Irfan Khan, AIO University, Pakistan	Improving Governance for Increasing Water Use Efficiency in Pakistan
	Discussion
TEA	10:45 am – 11:15 am

Concurrent Session A-5	9:00 am – 10:45 am
The Experience of Democracy in the Subcontinent
Chair	Nasim A. Khan, AEDB, Pakistan
Speakers	Title
Swarna Rajagopalan, Writer, India	Epic Roots: Women, Democracy and Governance in the Valmiki Ramayana
Rehan Ansari, Beaconhouse National University, Pakistan	The Garrison State in Pakistan and India post 9/11
Mohammad Waseem, QAU, Pakistan	Democracy and Conflict in Pakistan
E. Sridharan, UPIASI, India	Democracy and Conflict: The Communal Dimension
Farzana Bari, QAU, Pakistan	Gender Quotas and Democracy
	Discussion
TEA	10:45 pm – 11:15 pm

Concurrent Session A-6	9:00 am – 10:45 am
Panel: Pakistan's Energy Future: Is Nuclear Energy the Answer?
Chair	Shamsul Mulk, SDPI, Pakistan
Discussant	Saeed A. Durrani
Speakers	Title
Pervez Tahir, Planning Commission, Pakistan	Energy Planning and Policy in Pakistan
A. H. Nayyar, SDPI, Pakistan	Economics of Nuclear Energy
Surendra Gadekar, Anumukti, India	The Human Cost of Nuclear Energy: Some gathered Evidences
	Discussion
TEA	10:45 am – 11:15 am

Concurrent Session B-4	11:15 am – 1:00 pm
Panel: Governmental Structural Adjustments for Better Governance Towards Environmental Protection and Pollution Control in South Asia
Chair	Ali Tauqeer Sheikh, LEAD, Pakistan
Speakers	Title
Mahmood A. Khwaja, SDPI, Pakistan	Introducing Extended Producers Responsibility (EPR) in Pakistan.
Cai Kui, Yunnan University, China	An Assessment of Development of Environment Linkage in Village Based Integrated Poverty Alleviation Project in Yunnan Province, P. R. China.
Ravi Agarwal, TL, India	Augmenting Environmental Regulation for Effective Environmental Governance in India.
Hemantha Withanage, CEJ, Sri Lanka	Environmental Mal-Governance in Depleting Environment – A case in Sri Lanka.
Saiful Islam, Rajshahi University, Bangladesh	Governance Related Issues of Environmental Policy Development and Implementation in Bangladesh
	Discussion
Lunch	1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Concurrent Session B-5	11:15 am – 1:00 pm
Panel: Human Trafficking in South Asia
Chair	Saifullah Chaudhary, ILO, Pakistan
Discussant	Waheed Chaudhary, QAU, Pakistan
Speakers	Title
Shahbaz Bokhari, Saba Khattak and Kiran Ahmed, SDPI, Pakistan	Rapid Assessment on Trafficking in Children for Labor and Sexual Exploitation in Pakistan
A. K. Masud Ali, INCIDIN, Bangladesh	Trafficking in Persons: Towards an Inclusive Paradigm
Tristan Burnett, IOM, Afghanistan	Trafficking in Persons: An Analysis of Afghanistan
	Discussion
LUNCH	1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Concurrent Session B-6	11:15 am – 1:00 pm
Panel: Women in Media: Problems and Prospects
Chair	Sherry Rahman, MNA, Pakistan
Discussant	Ayesha Haroon, The Nation, Pakistan
Speakers	Title
Tasneem Ahmer, Uks, Pakistan	Changing Trends: Women in Print Media
Beena Sarwar, GEO, Pakistan	Pakistan: Women in Media
	Discussion
LUNCH	1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Concurrent Session C-4	2:00 pm – 3:45 pm
Panel: Gender in the Multilateral Trading System
Chair	Karamat Ali, PILER, Pakistan
Discussant	Faiza Effendi, UNDP, Pakistan
Speakers	Title
Karin Astrid Siegmann, SDPI, Pakistan	Global Services Liberalization – In Service of Gender Equality?
Hiramani Ghimire, SAWTEE, Nepal	Gender Implications of Nepal's Accession to the WTO
Irfan Mufti, South Asia Partnership, Pakistan	Globalization and Rural Women in Pakistan
	Discussion
TEA	3:45 pm - 4:15 pm

Concurrent Session C-5	2:00 pm – 3:45 pm
Afghans Refugees/DPs in Pakistan: A Sustainable Solution?
Chair	Nasim Ashraf, National Commission on Human Development, Pakistan
Discussant	Nancy Dupree, ACBAR, Pakistan
Speakers	Title
Ewen Macleod, UNHCR, Pakistan	Afghan Refugees in Pakistan – Sustainable Solutions in an Era of Change
Afrasiab Khattak, HRCP, Pakistan	Afghan Refugees/DPs in Pakistan: A Sustainable Solution?
	Discussion
TEA	3:45 - 4:15 pm

Concurrent Session C-6	2:00 pm – 3:45 pm
Panel: Philanthropy and Law in South Asia (PALISA)
Chair	Mahomed J. Jaffer, ICI, Pakistan
Discussant	Salman Akram Raja, Raja Mohammad & Co, Pakistan
Speakers	Title
Shahnaz Wazir Ali, PCP, Pakistan	Background, APPC & Philanthropy and Law in Asia
Sumiyah Khair, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh	Bangladesh: Registration and Regulatory Law
Qadeer Baig, Deputy Director, NGO Resource Centre (NGORC), Pakistan	Pakistan: Legal Framework for Nonprofit Organizations
Zafar Ismail, Managing Director, Economic Advisory Services	South Asia: Comparative on Legal Frameworks for Nonprofit Organizations
	Discussion
TEA	3:45 pm - 4:15 pm

Concurrent Session D-4	4:15 pm – 6:00 pm
Ideology, Politics and Education
Chair	Inayatullah
Discussant	A. H. Nayyar, SDPI, Pakistan
Speakers	Title
Krishna Kumar, NCERT, India	The Role and Significance of Textbooks in South Asia
Azra Razzack, Central Institute of Education, India	The Indian and the Indonesian Educational Discourse: Accommodating Diversity?
Muntassir Mamoon, Dhaka University, Bangladesh	Curricula and Textbooks: Issues in South Asia
Yvette C. Rosser, University of Texas at Austin, USA	Cognitive Dissonance: Confusing Discourse in Pakistani Studies Textbooks
	Discussion
TEA	3:45 pm - 4:415 pm

Concurrent Session D-5 Session I: General Livelihoods	4:15 pm – 6:00 pm
Panel: Sustainable Livelihoods in South Asia
Chair	Abid Qaiyum Suleri, Oxfam GB/SDPI, Pakistan
Discussant
Speakers	Title
Stefan Schütte, Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, Germany	Exploring Urban Livelihoods in Afghanistan
Bernd Steimann, University of Zurich, Switzerland	Local Resource Use, Market Access and Livelihood Strategies in the Highland-Lowland Context of the NWFP, Pakistan
Sikander Brohi, Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum, Pakistan	Mega Development Sans Local Concerns: A Case Study of Gwadar Deep Sea Port
Tahira Sadaf and Karin Astrid Siegmann, SDPI, Pakistan	Gendered livelihood assets and workloads in Pakistan’s North-West Frontier Province (NWFP)
	Discussion
	3:45 pm – 4:15 pm

Concurrent Session D-6	4:15 pm – 6:00 pm
Panel: Resource Rights and their Governance Implications
Chair	Angelika Koester Lassack, HBF, Pakistan
Discussant	David Boyer, IISD, Canada
Speakers	Title
Adil Najam, Tufts University, USA	Resource Rights and Wrongs: The Governance Dimensions of Environmental Insecurity?
Patricia Moore, IUCN, Bangkok	Whose Rights? Who’s Right?: Customary and Statutory Law for Managing Natural Resources in the Northern Areas of Pakistan
Sultan-I-Rome, Government Degree College Matta, Pakistan	Governance of Forests in Swat in Historical Perspective
Urs Geiser, University of Zurich, Switzerland	State Laws and Rivaj Exist, but what about Enforcement – Debating Forest Institutions and their Structural Intentions in the North-West of Pakistan
Shaheen Rafi Khan, SDPI, Pakistan	The Impact of Deforestation on Local Communities and its Economic and Institutional Dynamics: Evidence from Pakistan
	Discussion
	3:45 pm – 4:15 pm

Day One l Day Two l Day Three