Bridges Weekly Trade News Digest • Volume 5 • Number 38 • 6th November 2001
ICTSD Activities In Doha
ICTSD Activities In Doha
As during the past three WTO Ministerial Conferences in Singapore, Geneva and Seattle (see http://www.ictsd.org/ministerial/index.htm), ICTSD will again aim to provide its audiences with tools for a better understanding of the issues at the crossroad between trade and sustainable development in the lead-up, duration, and aftermath of the WTO Ministerial. To this end, ICTSD will provide the following services:
BRIDGES Daily Coverage
Concerning the daily coverage of the Conference, printed and electronic BRIDGES daily updates will be delivered in English, Spanish, French and German. The updates will be distributed both on-site to governmental and NGO delegates, and electronically through the BRIDGES Weekly mailing lists. The briefings will also be posted on the ICTSD, Futuro Latinoamericano and GermanWatch websites as soon as they become available. Printed collections will later be distributed to libraries and research centres around the world.
BRIDGES Monthly Review
The current (October) Special Pre-Doha Ministerial Issue of BRIDGES Monthly has now been posted on the ICTSD website (see http://www.ictsd.org/monthly/bridges/BRIDGES5-8.pdf). The Post-Doha November edition will provide an in-depth analysis of the outcomes at the Ministerial Conference.
Dialogues
ICTSD will be convening dialogues/roundtables on trade and environment (as part of its Southern Agenda project) and on intellectual property rights (IPRs) and development. The organisation of these and other possible Dialogues will depend on human resources available, given the restricted number of ICTSD staff present at Doha.
Research Documentation and Support Services
Previous issues of BRIDGES Monthly and Weekly and other ICTSD printed material (IPRS and development; transparency and public participation series; all available at: http://www.ictsd.org/pubs/index.htm) will be distributed on-site.