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TCDPAP & FIDIC/ASPAC International Conference 2009, Kathmandu, Nepal
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PLENARY SESSION
Summary Of The Confereance
Mr. Keshab Man Amatya
President/SCAEF
Dr. John Boyd, the President FIDIC,
Mr. Akihito Hirotani, the Chairman, ASPAC,
Mr. Gregs Thomopolus, President-Elect, FIDIC,
The Representatives of funding agencies: the Word Bank, the Asian Development Bank, JICA, DFID, GTZ,
NORDIC, FINNIDA, KOICA,
High Officials of the Government of Nepal,
Presidents and Chairmen of various Organisations,
Distinguished foreign and national delegates from the TCDPAP member countries and the FIDIC ASPAC
regions,
Distinguished guests and dignitaries,
SCAEF member firms,
Fellow colleagues and friends, ladies and gentlemen,
At the outset I would like to summaries the achievements of the two and half days we have spent
together and the in-depth deliberations made during the Conference. The formal inaugural session
addressed by three top cabinate ministers of the Government of Nepal, namely the Right Honorable
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachand”, Honorable Finance Minister Mr. Baburam Bhattarai and
Honorable Minister of Physical Planning and Works Mr. Bijaya Kumar Gachadar was a remarkable event
in the history of TCDPAP and SCAEF. The vision kept forward by the highly respected dignitaries will
serve as directives for us and will be highly valuable for further strengthening of TCDPAP objectives. The
second session was characteristically represented with the achievements and challenges of consultancy
sector in respective countries. It was another brilliant land mark in itself. The third session was another
important that focused on opportunities of the consultancy business in Nepal and was an open invitation
to the world community to join hands in the development of Nepal. The fourth session comprised of
representation of the theme papers and raised various issues of globalization and capacity building of
the consulting business. The role of various stakeholders were highlighted that will pave way for more
meaningful enthusiasm and developing partnership for the business promotion.
Ladies and Gentlemen! The deliberation in next one hour will present the summary of each session and
will be presented by the respective session chairs. I am very much impressed by the hard work done by
all paper presenters, session chairs and co-chairs, rapportuers, session coordinators and the volunteers.
I am very much thankful to all of them. With these words, I would like to hand over the floor to the Chair
of the Plenary Session Mr. John Boyd, the President of FIDIC.
Making Globalization Work: The Role of Consultants