CUTS-Africa Resource Centre (CUTS-ARC) organised the seminar on 25-26, March 2002, at Lusaka, Zambia. The seminar served as a follow up of the Doha Ministerial Conference of the WTO. The objective was to make an assessment of the Work Programme adopted at Doha from the regional perspective and also devise strategies for future research and advocacy. Representatives from government, inter governmental organizations, consumer and research organizations, business, media and academia from the Southern and Eastern African countries participated in this seminar.