Roundtable on trade and sustainable development challenges in a new context
23rd February 2009 • Co-organised with ICTSD, Catedra Internacional OMC-IR
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Roundtable on trade and sustainable development challenges in a new context
On 24 February, ICTSD received 24 international students and researchers from the Masters programme on International Economic and Law Policy (IELPO) of the University of Barcelona and discussed, in a round table format, issues related to the main trade and sustainable development challenges in the Doha Round and other processes (i.e UNFCCC, WHO, WIPO, FAO), the linkages between trade and climate change, and Intellectual Property and development concerns.
Agenda
Chairman: Adriana Verdier, ICTSD
4:00 – 4:15: Empowering stakeholders trough knowledge and dialogue: the role of ICTSD, David Vivas.
4:15 – 4:30: The Doha Round, Sustainable Development, Trineesh Biswas, ICTSD
4:30 – 4:45 ICTSD Periodicals: empowering stakeholders in different regions, Adriana Verdier and Perla Buenrostro, ICTSD
4:45 – 5:00: Addressing the linkages between trade and climate change: the Global Platform on Climate Change, Marie Chamay, ICTSD
5:00 – 5:15 Intellectual property and development concerns, Ahmed Abdel Latif, ICTSD
5:30 – 6:00 Questions and answers
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