EVENTS
For a more comprehensive list of events in trade and sustainable development, please refer to ICTSD’s web calendar at: http://www.ictsd.org/cal/index.htm. If you would like to submit an event, please email events@ictsd.ch.
Coming Up: 1-7 March
1-2 March, Geneva, Switzerland: DISCIPLINING FISHERIES SUBSIDIES - INCORPORATION SUSTAINABILITY AT THE WTO AND BEYOND. Organised by WWF and the UN Environmental Programme (UNEP). Developing new disciplines on fisheries subsidies that present sustainability concerns is a priority for achieving sustainable management of the world’s fisheries resources. After several years of work on subsidies reform at UNEP and WWF, the remaining question is how "sustainability" can be incorporated into appropriate and workable conditions on fisheries subsidies at the WTO and beyond, including national and regional level fisheries policy. Answering this question is the aim of this symposium. For more information, contact Anja von Moltke (anja.moltke@unep.ch) or Aimee Gonzales (agonzales@wwfint.org) internet: http://www.unep.ch/etb/events/2007fish_symposium.php.
2-3 March, New Haven, US. FINANCING OF FOREST CONSERVATION: PAYMENTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES IN THE TROPICS: Organised by the International Society of Tropical Foresters and the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, this conference will serve as a forum to discuss the various types of payment for environmental services, the issues associated with each type, and the successes and failures to date. The discussion will be driven by questions such as: Can payment for environmental services mechanisms lead to conservation? Can such mechanisms be as economically viable as other uses? How can these methods be better integrated into conservation and management plans? What are the potential negative consequences from the standpoints of conservation, local livelihoods, and economic optimization? How can active trading markets for ecosystem services be developed? And, are payments for avoided deforestation and reduced carbon emissions feasible? For more information contact, mailto:istf@yale.edu; internet: http://www.yale.edu/istf/
8-9 March, Bangkok, Thailand. OECD/UNDESA/UNESCAP WORKSHOP ON DEVELOPING SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGIES IN ASIA. This workshop, jointly organized by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the UN Division for Sustainable Development (UNDESA), and the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), will review national sustainable development and poverty reduction strategies in Asian and Pacific countries and the options for better integration of these policies. internet: http://www.oecd.org/document/49/0,2340,en_2649_201185_32618737_1_1_1_1,00.html
WTO
An updated list of forthcoming WTO meetings is posted at: http://www.wto.org/meets_public/meets_e.pdf. Please bear in mind that dates and times of WTO meetings are often changed, and that the WTO does not always announce the important informal meetings of the different bodies. Unless otherwise indicated, all WTO meetings are held at the WTO, Centre William Rappard, rue de Lausanne 154, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland, and are open to WTO Members and accredited observers only.
1 March: COMMITTEE ON SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY MEASURES
1-2 March: COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND ENVIRONMENT- SPECIAL SESSION
1 March: COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN SERVICES
1 March: COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN SERVICES- SECOND REVIEW OF AIR TRANSPORT UNDER THE ANNEX ON AIR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES
2 March: IPC ROUNDTABLE/SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY MEASURES
2 March: COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN SERVICES - SPECIAL SESSION
5 & 7 March: TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY - AUSTRALIA
6 March: COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT
Other Upcoming
12-13 March, New Delhi, India. SAVING DOHA AND DELIVERING ON DEVELOPMENT. Organised by the Government of India, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Oxfam International, the National Council for Applied Economic Research, and the Consumer Unity and Trust Society International (CUTS), participants at this seminar will discuss progress, or the lack thereof, in the Doha round and how it can be redirected to benefit developing nations. For more information, contact Tpapanicolas@carnegieendowment.org.
15-16 March, Nairobi, Kenya. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LINKAGES BETWEEN TRADE, DEVELOPMENT, AND POVERTY REDUCTION. The Consumer Unity and Trust Society International (CUTS) has organized this conference to bring together project partners from 15 countries across South-East Asia, Southern Africa, and Europe with representatives from inter-governmental agencies, civil society, and research organizations to discuss the involvement of civil society in implementing aid for trade programmes. internet: http://www.cuts-citee.org/events/htm.
28- 30 March, Oslo, Norway. THE OSLO CONFERENCE ON GOOD GOVERNANCE, SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY. The Oslo Conference aims to take the ongoing debate about business and sustainability beyond corporate social responsibility by providing a platform for an integrated approach comprised of key players from government, business, academia, trade-unions and non-governmental organisations (NGOs). The conference is hosted by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in cooperation with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the Norwegian Ministry of the Environment and the City of Oslo. internet: http://www.csr-oslo.org/