the seminar is going to be held in the Everest Hotel, New Baneshwor, Kathmandu. We hope this seminar opens the door of new possibilities for the upliftment of the silk business by searching for new buyers from around the globe. This may also help in building the good relationship between the Nepalese silk producers and the foreign buyers.
The three working days in Kathmandu were organised as follows:
OPENING SEMINAR
Thursday, 8th March 2007
HOTEL EVEREST *****
New Baneswor, Kathmandu, Nepal
Tel: (66-2) 6776240 to 5
3.30 pm Registration of participants
4.10 pm Welcome speech
Mr. Sahnker Prasad Pandeya
President of Silk Association Nepal (Partner 1)
4.30 pm Inauguration Ceremony
Mr. K.P. Sharma Oli
Deputy Prime Ministry
5.00 pm Welcome speech and presentation of Spanish visiting SMEs
Ms. Beatriz del Rey
Association Young Entrepreneurs of Zaragoza (Partner 3)
5.10 pm Welcome speech and presentation of Italian visiting SMEs
Ms. Ivana Capra
Co.Export S.c.c.ar.l. (Applicant)
5.20 pm Welcome speech and policy of European Union
Mr. Deuardo Lechuga Jimenez
Charge D. Affaires European Commission
5.30 pm Presentation of ASIA-INVEST programme
Mr. Giap Dang
Adviser of the Delegation of the European Commission to Nepal
5.40 pm Welcome speech
Mrs. Ambica Shrestha
Spanish Consulate
5.50 pm Welcome speech
Mr. Ravi Bhakta Shrestha
Italian Consulate
6.00 pm Welcome speech
Mr. K.P. Sharma Oli
Deputy Prime Ministry and Ministry of Foreign Affairs
6.10 pm End of Opening Seminar
B2B MEETINGS
Friday, 9th March 2007
9.00 am Start up - B2B meetings according to the participants’ agenda
6.00 pm End of B2B meetings according to the participants’ agenda
Saturday, 10th March 2007
9.00 am Start up - B2B meetings according to the participants’ agenda
6.00 pm End of B2B meetings according to the participants’ agenda
The afternoon was used to visit Nepalese hosting companies.
Sunday, 11th March 2007
The day was used to visit Nepalese hosting companies. 
