ANNEX V
CONFERENCE ON ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION IN EUROPE
I. Agenda
1. Formal opening. Address by a representative of the host country.
2. Statements by delegations of the participating States.
3. Contributions by the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) and the International
Chamber of Commerce (ICC).
4. Consideration of the following items:
A. Development and diversification of economic relations through practical
measures regarding:
(a) Business contacts
(b) Working conditions for businesspeople
(c) Economic and commercial information
(d) Role of small and medium-sized enterprises
(e) Marketing and product promotion.
B. Industrial co-operation:
Requirements for the establishment and operation, on a mutually advantageous basis, of joint ventures and other forms of industrial co-operation such as co-production, specialization and licensing:
(a) Economic conditions and legal and administrative aspects
(b) Investment-related matters.
C. Co-operation in specific areas:
(a) Energy and raw material saving techniques
(b) Equipment for environmental protection
(c) Techniques aimed at improving the quality of life
(d) Agro-industry and food processing, including natural food production
(e) Machinery for the production of durable and non-durable consumer goods (f) Urban development and town planning.
D. Monetary and financial aspects of commercial exchanges and industrial
co-operation, such as:
(a) Currency convertibility and pricing, and their effects on international
competition
(b) Financial instruments and other support facilities offered by the financial
services sector.
5. Concluding discussion and summing up.
6. Formal closure.
II. Organizational Framework and Other Modalities
1. The Conference will be attended by delegations, which may include businesspeople and representatives of relevant organizations and institutions, from the participating States. At the concluding Plenary meetings, in the fourth week, delegations may also include leading members of the business community and of relevant organizations and institutions. The Conference will open on 19 March 1990, at 3 p.m., in Bonn. It will close on 11 April 1990.
2. The ECE and the ICC are invited to attend the Conference.
3. All Plenary meetings will be open. Unless otherwise agreed, all meetings of Subsidiary Working Bodies will be open.
4. Agenda items 1, 5 and 6 will be dealt with in the Plenary. Agenda item 4 will be dealt with in the Plenary and in the Subsidiary Working Bodies (SWBs), in a balanced and structured way. Contributions under Agenda items 2 and 3 may be made both in the Plenary and in the SWBs.
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