For a more comprehensive list of events in trade and sustainable development, please refer to ICTSD’s web calendar.
Coming Up This Week
20-21 December, Dakar, Senegal: ECOWAS SUMMIT. Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States will assess progress made in the implementation of integration programmes and designate the definitive host countries for ECOWAS’ nascent parliament and court of justice. For further information contact ECOWAS Secretariat, Abuja, Nigeria; tel: (234) (9) 31 47 647-9; fax: 31 43 005, 31 47 646; email: info@ecowasmail.net; Internet: http://www.ecowas.int/.
24-25 December 2001, Jaipur, India: SEMINAR ON COMPETITION REGULATION AND INVESTMENT: ROLE IN ECONOMIC GROWTH. The event is organised by the CUTS Centre for International, Trade, Economics & Environment. Representatives of all the stakeholders, viz. policy makers, sectoral regulators (focusing on energy and telecoms sectors), experts on investment and competition issues, media and civil society will deliberate on the interface between investment policy, competition policy and regulatory design. For further information contact: Anjali Bansal/Sanjay Varma; tel: (91-14120) 7482; fax: 7486; email: cuts@cuts.org.
WTO
An updated list of forthcoming WTO meetings is posted at: http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/meets.doc. 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. For further information on WTO events contact: WTO Information and Media Relations Division, Geneva; tel: (41-22) 739- 5007; fax: 739-5458; email: enquiries@wto.org.
19+21 December, Geneva, Switzerland: WTO TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY - UGANDA.
21 December, Geneva, Switzerland: WTO DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY.
16+18 January 2002, Geneva, Switzerland: WTO TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY - GUATEMALA.
17 January 2002, Geneva, Switzerland: WTO COMMITTEE ON MARKET ACCESS.
22-23 January 2002, Geneva, Switzerland: WTO TEXTILES MONITORING BODY.
23-24 January 2002, Geneva, Switzerland: WTO WORKING PARTY ON THE ACCESSION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.
23+25 January 2002 Geneva, Switzerland: WTO TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY - PAKISTAN.
28 January 2002 Geneva, Switzerland: WTO COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS.
Other Forthcoming
January 2002, Helsinki, Finland: AD HOC WORKING GROUP ON THE INTERLINKAGES BETWEEN BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE. For more information contact: CBD Secretariat, Montreal, Canada: tel: (1-514) 288-2220; fax: 288-6588; email: secretariat@biodiv.org; Internet: http://www.biodiv.org. From IISD Linkages, http://www.iisd.ca.
28-29 January 2002, Nairobi, Kenya: REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY IN AFRICA. For more information contact: Anna Ogalo or Harrison Maganga, African Centre for Technology Studies, Nairobi, Kenya; tel: (254-2) 524-700/6; fax: 524-701; email: acts@cgiar.org or a.ogalo@cgiar.org; Internet: http://www.acts.or.ke. From IISD Linkages, http://www.iisd.ca.
28-29 January 2002, Midrand, South Africa: UNEP FI REGIONAL OUTREACH EVENT - AFRICA. Organised by the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiatives (UNEP FI). The conference aims to address the role of the African financial sector in the progression of sustainable development. The objective of the conference is to highlight and encourage the active participation of diverse African financial institutions within the dynamics of sustainability. The conference will adopt a double roundtable format, focusing on: Day 1: The Financial Sector in Africa: The Business Case for Sustainability Performance. Day 2: Foreign Direct Investment: Creating a Sustainability Dynamic. For further information contact Niamh O’ Sullivan, UNEP FI, Geneva; tel: (41 22) 917 81 78; fax: 917 80 76; email: niamh.o.Sullivan@unep.ch; Internet: http://www.unepfi.net/africa.
31 January - 4 February 2002, New York, USA: WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM ANNUAL MEETING 2002. For the first time in its 31-year history, the World Economic Forum will conduct its Annual Meeting outside of Davos, Switzerland. Experts, business and political leaders will gather for next year’s annual meeting to address key economic, political and societal issues. For more information contact: Charles McLean, Communications and Public Affairs; email: public.affairs@weforum.org; Internet: http://www.weforum.org/site/homepublic.nsf/Content/Annual+Meeting+2002. From IISD Linkages: http://www.iisd.ca/linkages/journal/.
4-7 February 2002, San José, Costa Rica: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE IMPACTS OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. Sponsored by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, the conference will bring together researchers and other professionals interested in documenting and measuring the impact of international agricultural research. Participants are expected to highlight experiences and case studies of impacts on agricultural productivity, equity, poverty, social health, and nutrition, the environment, as well as on institutions and human capital. For more information contact: email: impacts@cgiar.org; Internet: http://www.cimmyt.org/Research/Economics/impacts/index.htm. From IISD Linkages, http://www.iisd.ca.
8-26 April 2002, The Hague, the Netherlands: SIXTH CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION ON BIODIVERSITY/CARTAGENA PROTOCOL MOP-1. This gathering is also expected to serve as the First Meeting of the Parties (MOP-1) to the Cartagena Protocol. CBD Secretariat, Montreal, Canada: tel: (1-514) 288-2220; email: secretariat@biodiv.org; Internet: http://www.biodiv.org. From IISD Linkages, http://www.iisd.ca.
26-28 June 2002, Rome, Italy: SESSIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION: The Executive Committee of the Commission will convene its 50th session from 26-27 June 2003. For further information contact: Secretariat of the Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme; tel: (39-06) 5705-1; fax: 5705-4593; email: codex@fao.org. From IISD Linkages, http://www.iisd.ca.