UNITED NATIONS TD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Distr. GENERAL TD/B/COM.3/EM.27/INF.1 16 November 2006 ENGLISH/FRENCH/SPANISH ONLY UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD Expert Meeting on ICT Solutions to Facilitate Trade at Border Crossings and Ports Geneva, 16-18 October 2006 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS Note: The format and data of the entries in this list are as provided to the secretariat.
Page 2 EXPERTS AFGHANISTAN ALBANIE ALGERIE ANGOLA H.E. Mr. Assad OMER, Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Geneva Mr. Khalil NASRI, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Malyar JABARKHEL, Customs Department, Asycuda Director, Kabul Mr. Artan XHIKU, Customs IT Director, Durrës M. Boumediène MAHI, Secrétaire diplomatique, Mission permanente, Genève M. Abdelhamid BOUKAHNOUNE, Sous-directeur aux frontières, Direction générale du contrôle économique et de la répression des fraudes, Ministère du commerce, Alger M. Hacène DJIDEL, Sous-directeur de l'informatique et des technologies d'information et de communications, Direction des ressources humaines et des TIC, Ministère du commerce, Alger M. Mohand Saïd ABDICHE, Sous-directeur, Douanes, Alger M. Miguel HEITOR, Douanes, Maputo Mme Fernanda GOURGEI, Douanes, Maputo M. Rui LIVRAMENTO, Mission permanente, Genève ARABIE SAOUDITE Mr. Adel AL MUBARAK, Commercial Attaché, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Emad ADHAM, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva ARGENTINE Sr. Darío Cesar ALVAREZ CELAYA, Consejero, Misión Permanente, Ginebra BANGLADESH BARBADE H.E. Mr. Toufiq ALI, Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Geneva Mr. Motaher HUSSAIN, Economic Minister, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Andalib ELIAS, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Mustafa MOHIUDDIN, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, Dhaka Mr. Mohammad SHAFIQUR RAHMAN, Senior Systems Analyst, National Board of Revenue, Dhaka Ms. Corlita BABB-SCHAEFER, Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva
Page 3 BELGIQUE BENIN M. Gunther SLEEUWAGEN, Conseiller, Mission permanente, Genève M. Mathias BOGAERT, Premier secrétaire, Mission permanente, Genève M. Boukafi SALIFOU, Inspecteur des douanes, Direction générale des douanes et droits indirects, Cotonou BOSNIE-HERCEGOVINE BRESIL Mr. Nectad DERVISIC, Head of Development Section, Indirect Taxation Authority, Banja Luka Ms. Dusanka OSTOJIC, Support Unit Associate, Indirect Taxation Authority, Banja Luka Ms. Svjetlana PERKOVIC, Assistant of Director General, Indirect Taxation Authority, Banja Luka Mrs. Alda BARACHA FIGUEIRA, Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Brasilia Mr. Antonio MEIRELLES NETO, Stagiaire, Permanent Mission, Geneva CAMEROUN CHINE M. Andomo ELANGA, Chef de Division informatique, Direction générale des douanes, Douala M. Pierre Marie TSATCHOU, Analyste principal de l'informatique, Direction générale des douanes, Douala M. Francis NGANTCHA, Ministre conseiller, Mission permanente, Genève Mr. SUN Xuekun, Third Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva CÔTE D'IVOIRE M. Dominique THIA, Directeur de l'informatique, Douanes Ivoiriennes, Abidjan
Page 4 EQUATEUR ESPAGNE Sr. Paul GAVILANES, Ingeniero de Sistemas, Corporación Aduanera Ecuatoriana, Guayaquil Sra. Melania HAZ QUEVEDO, Economista, Corporación Aduanera Ecuatoriana, Guayaquil Sra.Angie DEL SALTO, Ingeniera, Corporación Aduanera Ecuatoriana, Guayaquil Sra. Maria Adelaida CEDENO TAIANO, Abogado, Corporación Aduanera Ecuatoriana, Guayaquil S.E. Sra. Eva GARCIA FABRE, Embajadora, Representante Permanente ante la OMC, Ginebra Sr. Pere MARZABAL, Consejero Comercial, Misión Permanente, Ginebra Srita. Rita Alexandra DA COSTA PIRES, Stagiaire, Misión Permanente, Ginebra FEDERATION DE RUSSIE FIDJI FRANCE GABON GHANA Mr. Igor ZAGORSKY, Head of Division, Agency of Information Technologies, Moscow Mr. I. CHTCHERBAKOV, Conseiller, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Dimitri GODUNOV, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Vadim ELISEEV, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Umesh CHANDRA, National Manager Information Technology, National Islands Revenue and Customs Authority, Suva M. Emmanuel FARCOT, Premier secrétaire, Mission permanente, Genève M. Jean MAVOUROULOU-MAVOUROULOU, Inspecteur principal des douanes, Directeur de l'informatique, des statistiques et des études, Libreville M. Darlus Gilles KIKI, Ingénieur informaticien, Libreville Mr. Matthew Cobbinah DATSOMOR, Deputy Chief Commercial Officer, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Accra Mr. Richard Patrick Kwaku YANUTSE, Chief Collector, National Customs, Excise and Preventive Service, Accra GUATEMALA Sr. Evelio Francisco ALVARADO ROMERO, Ministro Consejero, Misión Permanente, Ginebra
Page 5 GUINEE HAÏTI M. Moussa CAMARA, Ingénieur informatique, Chef de la division informatique et statistique, Direction nationale des douanes, Conakry M. Jean-Claude PIERRE, Chargé d'affaires, Mission permanente, Genève Mme Sanite L. DESIR, Conseiller, Direction des zones franches, Ministère du commerce et de l'industrie, Port-au-Prince M. Gino BONNET, Consultant, Bureau du Ministre du commerce et de l'industrie, Port-au-Prince M. Pierre Mary Guy ST AMOUR, Conseiller, Mission permanente, Genève IRAN (REPUBLIQUE ISLAMIQUE D') Mr. Masoud SHARIFI, Head of EDI Department, Port and Ship Organization, Teheran JAMAHIRIYA ARABE LYBIENNE JAMAÏQUE JORDANIE KENYA LIBAN Mr. Jamal AL SHARIF ALWELDA, General People's Committee (Ministry) for Economy, Trade and Investment, Tripoli Mr. Maysara IBRAHIM MANSOUR, Customer Department, General People's Committee (Ministry) for Finance, Tripoli Mr. Ramadan ALI MOHAMED, General People's Committee (Ministry) for Transportation and Communication, Tripoli Mr. Ramadan A. MOHAMED, Advisor, Maritime Transport and Ports Administration, Tripoli Mr. Jamal SH. WALDA, Investment General Manager, Misurata Free Zone, Commerce and Trade and Investment Ministry Ms. Cheryl SPENCER, Minister Counsellor, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Ali ALOMARI, Head, ASYCUDA Section, Amman Mr. Khaled AL-ZU BI, Director, ASYCUDA, Amman Mr. Charles MAHINDA, Chief, Industrial Development Officer, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Nairobi Mr. Rabson KISUYA, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mr. Salim BALAA, Advisor to the Minister of Finance, Beirut
Page 6 LITUANIE Mr. Tautvydas BANELIS, Deputy Director, Customs Information Systems Centre Mrs. Danute GRUZAITE, Head of ASYCUDA Functional Team, Lithuanian Customs Department Mr. Juozas RAGELIS, Deputy Head of Customs Procedures Control Division of Customs Department LUXEMBOURG S.E. M. Jean FEYDER, Ambassadeur, Représentant permanent, Genève Mme. Christiane DALEIDEN DISTEFANO, Représentant permanent adjoint auprès de l'omc et de l'ompi, Genève MADAGASCAR MALAWI MALI MEXIQUE MOLDOVA M. Julien RAKOTOMALALA, Directeur des statistiques et de la comptabilité douanière, Direction générale des douanes, Antananarivo M. Pierrot ANDRIAMIANDRISOA, Conseiller, Mission permanente, Genève Mr. Martin CHITIMBA, Systems Analyst, Department of Information Technology, Lilongwe M. Almamy TOURE, Chargé de mission, Cabinet du Ministre de l'économie et des finances, Bamako M. Kalilou DIAKITE, Chef Centre Informatique, Douanes, Bamako Sr. José Salvador DE LA MORA REAL, Director General de Informática, Secretaria de Economía, México DF Sr. Joel Armando COLIN PACHECO, Director de Estadística y Servicios de Información, México DF Sr. Jorge LOPEZ VALDEZ, Subdirector de Reglas de Origen y Procedimientos Aduaneros, México DF Sra. Lourdes ACUNA, Directora de Comercio Exterior, Ministerio de Economía, México DF Mr. Grigore VARANITA, Head of IT Department, Customs Service, Chisinau Mr. Simion HADIRCA, Head of Legal, International Relations and EU Integration Department, Customs Service, Chisinau
Page 7 PARAGUAY PHILIPPINES QATAR Mme Patrician FRUTOS, Primera Secretaria, Misión de Paraguay Mr. Miguel R. BAUTISTA, First Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva Ms. Ma. Victoria L. BARNES, Attaché, Permanent Mission, Geneva Mrs. Hemyan Mansour AL-KHATER, Customs and Ports General Authority, Doha Mr. Hamd Rashid AL-MANNAI, Customs and Ports General Authority, Doha REPUBLIQUE ARABE SYRIENNE Mr. Elias Al-HAKEEM, Deputy Manager, Directorate of Syrian Customs Mr. Khaled OSMAN, IT Manager, Directorate of Syrian Customs M. Abdulmonem ANNAN, Deuxième secrétaire, Mission permanente, Genève REPUBLIQUE CENTRAFRICAINE M. Yvon SONGUE, Directeur national du projet SYDONIA, Ministère des finances et du budget, Bangui M. Brice WINGUE YAKOUNENDJI, Chef du projet SYDONIA, Ministère des finances et du budget, Bangui M. Thierry Irénée YARAFA, Inspecteur des douanes, Bangui REPUBLIQUE DOMINICAINE Sr. Yoni Manuel MARTINEZ RODRIGUEZ, Dirección General de Aduanas, Santo Domingo Sr. César Augusto CHESTARO TORRES, Dirección General de Aduanas, Santo Domingo Sr. Fausto HERNANDEZ, Instituto de Telecomunicaciones, Santo Domingo REPUBLIQUE UNIE DE TANZANIE ROUMANIE Mr. Haji TUNGASHA, Senior Principal Officer, National Revenue Authority, Dar-Es- Salaam Mr. Isaac KAWMUNA, Senior Business Analyst, National Revenue Authority, Dar-Es- Salaam Mr. Razvan Daniel TUHAR, E-customs Department Manager, National Customs Authority, Bucharest Mr. Adrian Gheorghe COSTIN, ITC Director, National Customs Authority, Bucharest Mr. Nicolae Adrian RADU, Project Manager, National Customs Authority, Bucharest Mr. Ancuta Anda MACOVEI, IT Expert, National Customs Authority, Bucharest Mr. Sorin Gabriel SANDU, IT Expert, National Customs Authority, Bucharest
Page 8 SAMOA SERBIE SOUDAN SRI LANKA SUISSE Mr. Richard HEATHER, Assistant Chief Executive Officer, Ministry for Revenue, Apia Mr. Predrag KARAVDIC, Head of Department, IT Division, Customs Administration, Novi Beograd Mr. Abdul Hafeez SALIH ALI ABU ELHASSAN, Asycuda Project Technical Director, Khartoum SWAZILAND Mr. Pelendapathirage Ajantha DIAS, Director of Customs, Colombo M. Mukul KUMAR, Chargé de programme, SECO, Berne Mr. Caiphus MALULI, Senior Programme Analyst, Mbabane Mr. Lucky Nhlanhla GAMEDZE, Senior Customs Officer, Customs Service, Mbabane THAILANDE Ms. Supavadee CHOTIKAJAN, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission, Geneva TIMOR LESTE TOGO VANUATU M. Julien CHAMBELLE, Assistant, Mission permanente, Genève Mme. Christelle EYRAUD, Assistante économique, Mission permanente, Genève M. N'Danadjé KAMANA, Chef de la Division de la communication, Ministère des affaires étrangères et de l'intégration africaine, Lomé M. Amana AGBENDA, Inspecteur des douanes, Directeur de l'informatique, des statistiques, de la comptabilité et du budget, Lomé Mr. Ben Lishi WOTU, Director, Customs Department, Port Vila
Page 9 VIET NAM Mr. Binh NGUYEN CONG, Director, General Department of Customs, Hanoi ZIMBABWE Mr. Allen SARUCHERA, IT Manager, National Revenue Authority, Harare PALESTINE OBSERVERS Mr. Jawad NAJI HIRZZALLAH, Deputy Minister of National Economy Mr. Hani AMILE KORT, Member of Shippers' Council Mr. Youssef A.J. SHAATH, Regional Director Mr. Misyef MISYEF, ASYCUDA Programme Mr. Majdi AL-HAJ KHALIL, Director-General of the Council Mr. Mahmoud SULEIMAN, UNCTAD Programme Field Officer INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS COMMUNAUTE ECONOMIQUE DES ETATS DE L AFRIQUE DE L OUEST (CEDEAO) Mr. Gilles HOUNKPATIN, Director, Secretariat, Abuja Mr. Harouna OUEDRAOGO, Programme Officer, Lomé Mr. Jules GOGOUA, Programme Officer, Transports, Abuja M. Ali ABDOU, Chargé de programme principal des douanes, Secrétariat exécutif, Abuja Mr. Monisoye AFOLABI, Deputy Executive Secretary, Integration Programme, Abuja Mr. Osei Tutu AGYEMAN-DUAH, Technical Assistance and Training, Abuja MARCHE COMMUN D AFRIQUE ORIENTALE ET AUSTRALE Mr. Sherin SHOUKRY, Director Information and Networking Division, Lusaka ORGANISATION DE COOPERATION ET DE DEVELOPPEMENT ECONOMIQUES Ms. Charlotte Krogager WHITE, Chief Executive Officer ORGANISATION INTERNATIONALE POUR LES MIGRATIONS Mr. Bernardo MARIANO, Chief, Information Technology, Geneva ORGANISATION MONDIALE DES DOUANES Mr. Thomas MORAWIETZ, Technical Attaché, Brussels
Page 10 UNITED NATIONS CENTRE DU COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL Mr. R. SMITH-GILLESPIE, Chief, International Purchasing and Supply Management Section, Geneva Ms. Iva KRISTOVA, International Purchasing and Supply Management Section, Geneva Mr. Mondher MIMOUNI, Market Analysis Section, Geneva Ms. Carla VACA-EYZAGUIRRE, Market Analysis Section, Geneva Ms. Laurence ZAMDOMENIGUI, Market Analysis Section, Geneva COMMISSION ECONOMIQUE ET SOCIALE POUR L'ASIE OCCIDENTALE (CESAO) Ms. Naela HADDAD, Beirut, Lebanon Mr. Matthew PERKINS, Information Technology Officer COMMISSION ECONOMIQUE POUR L EUROPE Ms. Maria Rosaria CECCARELLI, Programme Management, Expert, Geneva Mr. Artur BOUTEN, Customs Expert, Geneva Mr. Markus PIKART, Project Leader E-Business, Geneva Ms. Azhar JAIMURZINA, Associate Economic Affairs Officer, Trade Development and Timber Division PROGRAMME DES NATIONS UNIES POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT Mr. Luca MONGE-ROFFARELLO, Trade Policy Specialist, Geneva Mrs. Sabrina VARMA, Trade and Development Specialist, Trade Human Development Unit, Geneva SPECIALIZED AGENCIES BANQUE MONDIALE Mr. Amir MUNIR, is Information Technology Specialist, World Bank, Pakistan ORGANISATION DES NATIONS UNIES POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT INDUSTRIEL Mr. Jean-Marc DEROY, Director, Geneva Mr. Joel TOWARA, Liaison Assistant, Geneva ORGANISATION MONDIALE DU COMMERCE Ms. Nora Neufeld, Legal Affairs Officer, Geneva
Page 11 NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS General Category CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE COMMERCE ET DE DEVELOPPEMENT DURABLE Mr. Johannes BERNABE, Programme Manager, Trade in Services, Geneva Ms. Heidi ULLRICH, Programme Officer, Trade in Services, Geneva CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE INTERNATIONALE Mr. Alex THIERMANN, President of the International Division, National Chamber of Commerce, Services and Tourism of Chile, Santiago CONFEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DES SYNDICATS LIBRES Ms. Esther BUSSER, Assistant, Geneva GLOBAL EXPRESS ASSOCIATION Ms. Caroline ALEXANDER, Brussels, Belgium Mr. Juan MEDINA, Brussels, Belgium ORGANISATION INTERNATIONALE DE NORMALISATION Mr. François ABRAM, Technical Programme Manager, Geneva OBSERVERS Ms. Emeline CHONG YOKE CHING, Dagang Net Technologies Sdn. Bhd, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Mr. Chris CLARK, International Federation of Inspection Agencies, London Mr. Sean DOHERTY, Logistics and Transport Industries, Global Leadership Fellow, World Economic Forum, Geneva Ms. Siti Rohana Binti HAJI MOHAMED AMIN, Dagang Net Technologies Sdn. Bhd, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Mr. Philippe ISLER, Product Manager, SGS, Trade Assurances Services, Geneva Mr. Michel LAGARDE, International Federation of Inspection Agencies, London Mr. Jerome NTIBAREKERWA, Secretary General, Port Management Association of Eastern and Southern Africa, Mombasa, Kenya Ms. Zenaida C. PALACIOS, Administrative Assistant, Legal Department, LAC Division, FedEx Express, Miami, United States of America Mr. David SPARKS, Consultant Mr. Gisela VARGAS, International Federation of Inspection Agencies, London
Page 12 PANELISTS Mlle. Katia ABERKANE, Entreprise portuaire, Bejaia Mr. Salim BALAA, Advisor to the Minister of Finance, Beirut Sr. Jean Paul BRICHAUX, Director Ejecutivo, Consejo de Usuarios del Transporte Internacional, (CUTRIGUA), Guatemala Sr. Pablo CUEVAS, Director Ejecutivo del Programa VUE, Ministerio de Industria y Comercio, Asunción Mr. John DeBenedette, INTTRA, Denmark Mr. Dragan DRAGOVIC, Adviser, Project Manager, Custom Service, Belgrade Mr. Eduardo Mário DIAS, University of São Paolo, Brazil Ms. Susan EVANS, SAVI Networks LLC, Italy Mr. Bruno FAVARO, ASYCUDA, UNCTAD Mr. Bruce LAMBERT, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, United States Mr. Miguel LLOP CHABRERA, Fundación Valenciaport, Spain Mr. John MEIN, Executive Coordinator, Procomex, Recife, Pe Mr. Henry James ROBINSON, Technical Director, Libra Terminais S.A., Santos, Sp Mr. Márcio RUTIGLIANO Bicudo de Lima Azevedo, R & D Manager, Seabox Technology, Santos, Brazil Ms. Angela STRACHAN, Commonwealth Secretariat, United Kingdom Mr. Arthur VONCHEK, Bolero, United Kingdom