II Roundtable on trade and sustainable development challenges in a new context
24th February 2010 • Co-organised with ICTSD, Catedra Internacional OMC-IR
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II Roundtable on trade and sustainable development challenges in a new context
On 24 February, ICTSD received for the second time international students and researchers from the Masters programme on International Economic and Law Policy (IELPO) of the University of Barcelona. ICTSD staff presented ICTSD’s work in different and discussed, in a round table format, issues related to the main trade and sustainable development challenges. Students learned about ICTSD’s work in different areas such as climate change, dispute settlement, regionalism and periodicals. Students were able to interact with staff during an interesting Q&A session in the end. They all took home copies of ICTSD’s periodicals and relevant publications to their studies.
Agenda
4:00 – 4:10 Empowering stakeholders trough knowledge and dialogue: the role of ICTSD, Andrew Crosby, Managing Director for Operations and Strategy
4:10 – 4:20 The Doha Round, Sustainable Development: Trineesh Biswas, Adviser to the Chief Executive
4:20 – 4:30 Addressing the linkages between trade and climate change: Joachim Monkelbaan, Global Platform Programme Officer
4:30 – 4:40
ICTSD Dispute Settlement - China - Publications and Audiovisual Products and Article XX: Ben Cote, Research Assistant - Dispute Settlement Programme
4:40 – 4:50 ICTSD Periodicals: empowering stakeholders in different regions, Adriana Verdier, Managing Director Pontes and Perla Buenrostro, Editor Puentes
4:50 – 5:00 China program: Shuaihua Cheng, Strategic Analysis and China Programme Officer
5:00 – 5:30 Questions and answers
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