A two-day regional training program of economic journalists from South Asian countries, jointly organized by South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics and Environment (SAWTEE), Kathmandu, and Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka (IPS), Colombo. The broad theme of the training program is “Trade, Climate Change and Food Security”.

Highlighting the objectives of the program, Dr Posh Raj Pandey, Executive Chairman, SAWTEE, hoped that the two-day training program would enable the journalists conduct proper analysis of the interlinkages between trade, climate change and food security issues and explain that to the masses in simple terms. He was of the view that most economic reporting tend to reflect pre-judgment of journalists in their analysis, and therefore, this training program would help the journalists get rid of that baggage of pre-judgment.