South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics & Environment (SAWTEE), Nepal, in association with CUTS Centre for International Trade, Economics & Environment (CUTS-CITEE), India and Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Islamabad (SDPI), jointly organised the seminar: South Asian Regional Capacity Building Training Workshop on WTO in Islamabad, Pakistan, from December 11-13, 2004. The workshop was being organised under the project ‘Progressive Regional Action and Co-operation on Trade’ (PROACT), undertaken by SAWTEE. 

This was the first in a series of training workshops especially designed for young professionals from the South Asian Region working in various fields.  It aimed at developing capacities of the young professionals to comprehend World Trade Organisation (WTO) issues, its perspective and linkages with their work and the economy. The programme intended to empower them to take part in the public debate on opportunities and threats arising due to the WTO regime.