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# 16
March
2004
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FORTHCOMING
EVENTS
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Afro-Asian Civil Society
Seminar
From
Over 150 participants from
Plenary
Sessions
Day One,
1700-1900: Inaugural
Day
Two, 0900-1100, Plenary I: Assuring developmental gains
from international trading system and trade
negotiations
1430-1630, Plenary II: Does the international trading system
promote the interests of the poor?
Day
Three, 0900-1100, Plenary III: Building and strengthening capacity in
trade policy
1130-1330, Plenary IV: The role of UNCTAD in assisting national
trade and development strategies
Watch this
space for more news on the seminar!
World Health Day 2004: Road Safety is No
Accident
Kolkata
& Jaipur,
World Health Day 2004 is
dedicated to road safety; it will focus on road injuries and preventive
measures. CUTS will celebrate the day with a panel discussion on road
safety at both Jaipur and Kolkata. The objective of this panel discussion is to
work out some concrete recommendations that can feed into policy.
EVENTS
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CUTS-CART Workshop on Long-Term Management and Supply of
Water
Jaipur,
Proper management of water
resources and community partnership can solve the water crisis in a desert state
like Rajasthan. These and other recommendations for the conservation and supply
of water were the outcomes of the workshop organised jointly by CUTS Centre for
Consumer Action, Research & Training and World Bank South Asia Water and
Cleanliness Programme.
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CUTS-CART Workshop on Power
Reforms
Jaipur,
The two-day workshop, organised by CUTS-CART and German political foundation, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) evaluated a 2-year programme of increasing consumer participation in power sector reforms. It focussed on issues linked to making power sector reforms more consumer friendly, increasing public participation and accelerating the process.
More on http://cuts-international.org/cart-fes-eventrep04.htm
CUTS IN
MEDIA
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Organisations join hands to solve water woes
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Stress on removing consumer apathy
The Hindu,
More on http://www.cuts-international.org/cutsinmedia2004.htm#CIM13_2004
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Consumer body finds faults with Small
The Hindu,
More on http://www.cuts-international.org/cutsinmedia2004.htm#CIM12_2004
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Furthering Gandhi's vision on village
republics
The Hindu,
More on http://www.cuts-international.org/cutsinmedia2004.htm#CIM11_2004
PUBLICATIONS
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Books
Is It Really Safe?
A compendium of articles on the safety of commonly used
products and services, it contains valuable comments and suggestions received
from different consumer organisations.
Alakh
Jaga Hai Gaon-Gaon Mein (in
Hindi)
This
book identifies factors responsible for the scarcity of water and devises
strategies for overcoming the severe water crisis in
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Discussion Paper
Capacity
Building
This document is intended to
kick-start debate among stakeholders – Government, regulatory bodies and civil
society – to catalyse an appropriate regulatory environment in
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Quarterly
Newsletters
Investment
for Development (June-Sept
2003)
Last in the series of quarterly
newsletters on the project Investment for Development, the issue focuses on
Economiquity
(Oct-Dec
2003)
The current
issue of the quarterly newsletter highlights the collapse of the Cancun
Ministerial.
Reguletter
(Oct-Dec
2003)
This quarter, the newsletter highlights the need to adopt
new initiatives for competition law and policy.
Policy
Watch (Oct-Dec
2003)
In this quarter, the newsletter covers Indian Ministry of
Labour initiated labour reforms.
CUTS in Action (Oct-Dec
2003)
This issue of the quarterly newsletter
highlights road safety issues and the work of CUTS in this area in
PRESS
RELEASE
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Playing With Toys or Life?
A toy is a child's best friend. Be it a doll, a stuffed animal or a WWF warrior; children and their playthings are inseparable. But unfortunately toys are not without their hazards. CUTS is working on recommendations with a view to use as advocacy tools to persuade Bureau of Indian Standards in making standards for toys mandatory.
More on http://www.cuts-international.org/news-cuts1.htm#press2004-03
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