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: 4-10 October
4-5 October: WTO’S 2007 PUBLIC FORUM: HOW THE WTO CAN HELP HARNESS GLOBALIZATION. The Forum is intended to provide civil society, academics and the public with a unique opportunity to debate with WTO Members how the WTO can best contribute to the management of globalization. Trade and global governance, the contribution of the WTO to the construction of a coherent multilateral system and the interaction between trade and sustainable development will be but a few of this year’s topics. Participants can come to Geneva or participate online. Internet: http://www.wto.org/english/forums_e/public_forum2007_e/programme_e.htm
8-9 October, Manila, Philippines. INCLUSIVE GROWTH AND POVERTY REDUCTION. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has been working on two poverty funds in order to meet its 1999 goals of poverty reduction. This meeting is to review the ADB’s experiences and propose the next steps and further develop its Long Term Strategic Framework. Internet: http://www.adb.org/Documents//2007/Inclusive-Growth-Poverty-Reduction/default.asp
8-9 October, Paris, France. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT EXPERTS : ANNUAL OECD MEETING. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss how to promote sustainable consumption and production, how to overcome obstacles to implementing national sustainable development strategies, and how to formulate sustainable and coherent development policies. Developing ways to further mainstream sustainable development perspectives in OECD studies and country reviews will also be discussed.
9-10 October, Brussels, Belgium. THE THIRD ANNUAL EUROPEAN ENERGY CONFERENCE 2007. This conference is built on the motivation to create a forum for honest ideas exchange between stakeholders from across the EU and beyond and policy-makers from member state and EU-level. Internet: http://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Summary.aspx?e=455c0ca8-3464-4a45-9181-2c24fb62ff74
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.
8 October: COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT
8 October: WORKING PARTY ON STATE TRADING ENTERPRISES
8 October: COMMITTEE ON IMPORT LICENSING
9 October: GENERAL COUNCIL.
Other Upcoming
15-16 October, Geneva, Switzerland. WORKSHOP ON TRANSPARENCY. The WTO Secretariat is organizing a special workshop on the transparency provisions of the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Agreement). The purpose of the workshop is to enhance the implementation of transparency obligations and to identify best practices for drawing benefits from a transparent system. Internet: http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/sps_e/wkshop_oct07_e.htm
19-20 October, Munich, Germany. SPECIAL WORKSHOP ON ENVIRONMENTAL FISCAL REFORM IN DEVELOPING, EMERGING AND TRANSITION ECONOMIES. WHO IS THIS ORGANISED BY? This workshop, hosted by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and GTZ and supported by the OECD, will build on the results of the OECD Environment-Development Ministerial Meeting in 2006 aimed to strengthen cooperation between the environmental and fiscal sectors. The aim of the workshop is to exchange experiences and lessons learned of the process of environmental fiscal reform, implementation in developing, emerging and transition economies and to assess future prospects. Internet: http://www.worldecotax.org/
21-25 October, Amman, Jordan. TRAINING WORKSHOP ON WTO ACCESSION ISSUES FOR IRAQ. In the context of its assistance to countries in the process of accession to the WTO, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) will organise a training workshop on WTO accession-related issues for Iraqi trade officials. UNCTAD will assist these government officials in the drafting of accession-related documents and the identification of national priorities in the negotiations. Internet: http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Meeting.asp?intItemID=2068&lang=1&m=14417&year=2007&month=10