Trade in Services in Egypt: A Case Study on Maritime Transport and Related Logistics Services

1st July 2007 • Co-organised with ICTSD; Egyptian Centre for Economic Studies ECES

Description

The National Meeting is intended to provide a forum where the findings of a case study on services trade in Egypt commissioned by ICTSD will be presented. The case study, which focuses on maritime transport and related logistics services, seeks to analyse the relevance of the services sector in advancing the sustainable development goals of Egypt, the opportunities and risks appurtenant to liberalising trade in selected services sectors or modes of supply and possible options regarding the corollary regulatory reform and other flanking measures that may be needed to achieve these goals. The National Meeting shall likewise aim to facilitate consideration from a medium- or long-term perspective the advisability of the recommended options for market and regulatory reform. Specifically, the meeting aims in the context of maritime transport and logistics services to:

    Strengthen the capacities of engaged actors to better understand and integrate the policy issues at the interface of trade in services and sustainability,
    Facilitate the exchange of views among a variety of stakeholders engaged in services trade-policy making in Egypt,
    Help identify commonalities and differences in the government’s and the different stakeholders’ priorities and approaches to trade in services policy-making at various levels of decision-making.

The National Meeting, though targeted primarily at relevant policy-makers, should also be useful for other relevant stakeholders influencing the policy-process such as academia, civil society groups, researchers and the media.

Programme

8:30-9:00 COFFEE AND REGISTRATION

9:00-9:30 OPENING SESSION: Introductory Remarks
Hanaa Kheir-El-Din (ECES) and Johannes Bernabe (ICTSD)

9.30-10:30 SESSION 1: LIBERALIZATION OF TRADE IN SERVICES: EGYPT’S NEGOTIATING APPROACH
Speakers: Abdel Rahman Fawzy,Walid El Nozahy (Ministry of Trade and Industry - MOTI)
Discussant: Magda Shahin (TRAC- American Chamber of Commerce)

10:30-11:00 COFFEE

11:00-1:30 SESSION 2: MARITIME TRANSPORT AND RELATED LOGISTICS SERVICES IN EGYPT: A CASE STUDY
Speakers: Ahmed F. Ghoneim (Cairo University) and Omneia A. Helmy (ECES)
Discussants: Ismail Mubarak ( AMIRAL)
Johannes Bernabe (ICTSD)
General Discussions and Concluding Remarks

Participants

ICTSD:

-Johannes Bernabe
International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, ICTSD.
Programme Coordinator - Trade in Services
7, ch. de Balexert, 1219 Geneva, Switzerland
tel: general +41 22 917 8492; direct +41 22 917 8826; fax: +41 22 917 8093;
www.ictsd.org

ECES:

-Hanaa Kheir-El-Din
Executive Director and Director of Research
The Egyptian Center for Economic Studies, ECES.

-Naglaa El Ehwany
Deputy Director and Lead Economist
The Egyptian Center for Economic Studies, ECES.

-Omneia Helmy
Lead Economist, The Egyptian Center for Economic Studies, ECES.

-Nihal Magdy
Senior Economist, The Egyptian Center for Economic Studies, ECES.

-Reem Abdel Halim
Economist, The Egyptian Center for Economic Studies, ECES.

-Sarah Al-Nashar
Research Analyst, The Egyptian Center for Economic Studies, ECES.

-Amr Samir
Research Analyst, The Egyptian Center for Economic Studies, ECES.

-Maha Abdel Fattah Youssef
Research Analyst, The Egyptian Center for Economic Studies, ECES.

MOTI:

-Samiha Fawzy
Deputy Minister
Ministry of Trade and Industry
Tel.: 27921188
Fax: 27955025
Mob.: 012-2137273

-Abdel-Rahman Fawzy
Head of Trade Agreements and Foreign Trade Sectors,
Ministry of Trade and Industry
Tel.: Dir.: 23421944 - Off.: 23421951/50
Fax.: 23421946
Mob.: 010-6097100

-Walid El Nozahy
Head of the Central Department for World Trade Organization
Ministry of Trade and Industry
Mob.: 010-1421841
Fax.: 23421768

-Mona El Garf
Associate Professor of Economics,
Cairo University
Tel.: 7609331
Fax: 3355880
Mob.: 010-1771395

-Maamoun Abdel Fattah
Former Chief Negotiator at the Uruguay Round
Mob.: 012-3413485

-Dina Mahmoud Mohamed
Head of General Department for Trade in Services,
Ministry of Trade and Industry
Tel.: 23421951/50
Fax.: 23421768

-Eman Abdel Kader Hussein
Head of Department for Business Services and Communications
Fax.: 23421768

-Shereen Hussein
Economic Researcher
Technical Office of the Minister of Trade and Industry
Tel.: 27921188

-Sherif Mukhtar
Economic Researcher
Technical Office of the Minister of Trade and Industry
Tel.: 27921188

Ministry of Transportation:

-Eng. Khaled Mady
Research & Consultancy Center for Maritime Transport
Researcher
Tel.: 03-5573327
Fax: 03-5408374

-Eng./ Mohamed Loutfy Mansour
Minister of Transport
Ministry of Transportation
Tel.: 22602800 / 22602900
Fax: 24040900 /260510

-Rear Admiral/ Mokhtar Abd El-Wahid Ammar
Head of Maritime Transport Sector
Tel.: 03-4843631
Fax: 03-4842041 / 096

-Mohamed Yehia
Economic Expert
Head, Egyptian Maritime Data Bank (EMDB)
Tel.: 03-4869451 / 03-4869836
Fax: 03-4874674

Maritime Related Companies, Chambers, and Holding Companies:

-Ghada Hamouda
Expert of Transport Engineering
Dorneir Consulting
Mobile: +2010 2404602
Email: ghamouda@mot.gov.eg

-Admiral/Mahmoud Hatim ElKady
Chairman, Arab Federation of Chambers of Shipping
Tel.: 03-4860689 / 03-4832832
Fax: 03-4848326

-Admiral/ Mohamed Galal Yassin,
Head, Port Said Company for Container and Cargo Handling
Tel.: 066-3237151
Fax: 066-3220419

-Admiral / Mohammed Youssef
Holding Company for Maritime and Inland Transport
Tel.: 03-4868576 / 4868891
Fax: 03-4844020

-Hussam Leheta
Managing Director
Egytrans Co.
Tel.: 03-5914696
Fax: 03-5900193

-Captain/ Osama El-Sherif
Chairman
Amiral Co.
Tel.: 24149944
Fax: 24149944

-Dr. Ismail Mubarak
Advisor to the Chairman & CEO
Amiral Co.
Tel.: 24149944
Fax: 24149944

-Nabil Dwidar
General Manager of Investment & Privatization Dept.
The Holding Company
Tel.: 010- 3454458
Fax: 03-4872647

-Shawki Younes
Chairman & Managing Director
National Navigation Co.
Tel.: 24526186 / 24525575
Fax: 24526183

Heads of Port Authorities and Suez Canal Authority:

-Admiral / Hesham ElSersawy
Head of Red Sea Port Authority
Fax: 062-3331120 / 17

-Admiral / Ibrahim Youssef Ibrahim
Alexandria Port Authority
Tel.: 03-4874322
Fax: 03-4800866

-Rear Admiral/ Ahmed Fadel
Suez Canal Authority (Ismailia)
Tel.: 25788350
Fax: 064-3914784 / 5

-Rear Admiral/ Sherine Hassan
Port Said Port Authority
Tel.: 066-3348251
Fax: 066-348262

-Rear Admiral/ Tawfik Abu Jenidah
Damietta Port Authority
Tel.: 057-290005
Fax: 057-290930 / 057-290957

Customs Administration

-Magdy Abdel Aziz
Mob.: 012-2181950

Private Sector:

-Ahmed Bahgat
ECES Board Member and
Bahgat Group
Tel.: 8553200
Fax: 855 3240

-Akrum Bastawi
Deputy Project Coordinator- EC jointly with the Ministry of Finance
Mob.: 012-3951776
Email: akrumbastawi@hotmail.com

-Magda Shahin
Ambassador at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
Director of Trade Related Assistance Center (TRAC), The American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt
Tel.: 3381050 ext. 0902
Fax: 7491528

-Mohamed F. Khamis
ECES Board Member and
Chairman, Oriental Weavers Group
Tel.: 015-366666
Fax: 015-364498

-Mounir Abdel Nour
ECES Board of Directors and
Hero Nutritional Food Industries, Chairman
Tel.: 5701615 / 5701618
Fax: 570 2187

-Taher Helmy
Helmy, Hamza and Partners (Baker & McKenzie)
Tel.: 24619301
Fax: 24619302

EU Delegation in Egypt

-Barbara Stacher
Trade Counsellor
Tel.: 7494680
Fax: 7495357

-Diego Mellado
Head of Modernization of Economic Sector
Tel.: 7494680
Fax: 7495357

-Thomas Viot
Senior Expert, Trade, Economy and Finance
European Commission Delegation
Tel.: 7494680
Fax: 7495357

World Bank:

-Emmanuel Mbi
Director Egypt, Yemen and Djibouti
World Bank
Tel.: 25741670
Fax: 25741676

-Sahar Nasr
Tel.: 25741670
Fax: 25741676
World Bank

USAID:

-Joseph S. Ryan,
Associate Mission Director for Policy and Private Sector
USAID Mission
Tel.: 25226601
Fax: 25164589

Academics

-Atef Hassan Maroni
Vice Dean
The Institute of International Transport & Logistics
Tel.: 03-5565429
Fax: 03-5482517

-Dr. Gamal Mokhtar
President, Arab Academy for Science & Technology and Maritime Transport
Tel.: 03-5481163
Fax: 03-5487786 / 5497882

-Dr. Hussein Ramzi Kazem
Previous Governor of El-Sharkya Governorate, and
Professor at the Maritime Transport Academy
Tel./Fax: 24179292 / 9393

-Prof. Fathy Sakr
Chair of Economics Department,
Faculty of Economics and Political Science,
Cairo University
Mob.: 012-218 1591 / 012-211 4053

-Dr. Adlaa Ragab
Associate Professor of Economics
Faculty of Economics and Political Science,
Cairo University
Fax: 22904562

-Ahmed Ghoneim
Associate Professor of Economics,
Cairo University
Mob.: 010-5376376
Fax: aghoneim@gmx.de

-Hala Sakr
Lecturer
Faculty of Economics and Political Science,
Cairo University
Mob.: 010-1663136
Email: sakrhala@yahoo.com

Research Centers

-Ahmed Galal
Managing Director of the Economic Research Forum (ERF)
Tel.: 7485553 / 7602882
Fax: 7616042

-Aliaa El Mahdy
Professor of Economics and
Director of the Center for Economic and Financial Research (CEFRS)
Faculty of Economics and Political Science,
Cairo University
Fax: 5689910

-Amr Essawy
Economic Researcher
Tel.: 012- 3272629

-Susan Joekes
Senior Program Specialist - Economics Program & Partnership
IDRC
Tel.: 3367051 /2 /3 Ext.: 114
Fax: 3367056

Journalists:

-Ahmed Gheith
Chief Editor
MENA
Tel.: 23933000
Fax: 23935055
Mob.: 012-2392533

-Essam Refaat
Al Ahram Al Iktisadi
Tel.: 012-2137436

-Ingy Tawkol
Akhbar El Youm
Mob.: 010-5004668
Fax: 25782510 /20

-Mahmoud Salem
Al-Akhbar Newspaper
Tel.: 6355009
Fax: 2578 2510
Mob.: 010- 461 6182

-Mohamed El Sheik
Al Alam El Youm
Mob.: 012-3593145
Fax: 7620139
Email: m_elsheikh2000@hotmail.com

Mohamed Khairy
Journalist
Al-Raie Newspaper
Tel.: 27951818
Fax: 27944811
Mob.: 012-5114182

-Mohamed Negm
October Magazine
Tel.: 577 7688 / 5777077
Fax: 2574 4999
Mob.: 012-314 8080

-Nabil Sedik
Assistant Editor in Chief
Sabah El Kheir Magazine and Rozalyoussef
Mob.: 012-2226536
Fax: 27923509

-Omaima Kamal Mohamed
Head of Economic Section
Akhbar El Youm
Mob.: 010-1521206
Fax: 25782510 / 520

-Salma Hussein
Al Ahram Hebdo
Tel.: 012-3118939
email.: salmahussein71@yahoo.com

-Shereen Abdel Razek
Al Ahram Weekly
Mob.: 012-3581354
Fax: 578 6089

-Waffa El Baradei
Al Ahram Newspaper
Mob.: 012-328 0207
Fax: 25793165 / 3045050