EVENTS
For a more comprehensive list of events in trade and sustainable development, please refer to ICTSD’s web calendar. If you would like to submit an event, please email us.
Coming Up: 14-20 July
18-20 July, Dakar, Senegal: FOURTH AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY ACT (AGOA) FORUM. This event will bring together governments of the US and the thirty-seven AGOA-eligible countries, as well as representatives from the private sector and civil society to discuss how AGOA can continue to be a vehicle to increase trade and investment between the United States and sub-Saharan Africa. Further information available at http://www.agoaforum.org.
18-21 July, Bangkok, Thailand: WORKSHOP ON THE SETTLEMENT OF INVESTMENT DISPUTES. This workshop offers a general and up-to-date review of International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) dispute settlement procedures. For further information contact Chitra Radhakishun, tel: (+41) 22 917 56 95; fax: (+ 41) 22 917 0247; email: chitra.radhakishun@unctad.org; Internet: http://www.unctad.org/Templates/meeting.asp?intItemID=1917&lang=1&m=10562.
18-22 July, Hammamet, Tunisia: FIRST MEETING OF THE CONTACT GROUP FOR THE DRAFTING OF THE STANDARD MATERIAL TRANSFER AGREEMENT. This meeting will build upon the work of an earlier expert group to outline the contract that will set the minimum standards for access to plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA) for the 64 crops covered by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation’s International Treaty on PGRFA. For further information contact José Esquinas-Alcázar, tel: (+39 06) 570 54986; fax: 570 53057; email: Jose.Esquinas@fao.org; Internet: http://www.fao.org/ag/cgrfa/cgmta1.htm.
19-22 July, Geneva, Switzerland: JOINT INTEGRATED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME (JITAP) HIGH-LEVEL WORKSHOP OF THE INTER-INSTITUTIONAL COMMITTEES IN PREPARATION FOR THE 6TH WTO MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE IN HONG KONG. The objective of this workshop is to assist the Inter Institutional Committees in the JITAP beneficiary countries in their preparation for the Hong Kong WTO Ministerial Conference. For further information contact Aime Murigande, email: aime.murigande@unctad.org; Internet: http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Meeting.asp?intItemID=2068&lang=1&m=10582&year=2005&month=7.
WTO
An updated list of forthcoming WTO meetings is posted at: http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/meets.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.
15 July: DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY
15 July: COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN GOODS
15 July: DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY - SPECIAL SESSION
18 July: SUB-COMMITTEE ON COTTON
18 - 22 July: NEGOTIATING GROUP ON MARKET ACCESS
19 July: COMMITTEE ON BALANCE-OF-PAYMENTS
20 July: DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY
Other Upcoming
4-5 August, Bangkok, Thailand: APEC WORKSHOP ON SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT OF AGRI-FOODS FOR BETTER MARKET ACCESS BY SMEs. This event is being hosted by the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. For further information contact APEC Secretariat, tel: (+65) 6775 6012; fax: (+65) 6775 6013, email: info@apec.org; Internet: http://www.apec.org.
10-13 August, Kottayam, India: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. Organised by St Berchmans College at Mahatma Gandhi University, this conference will be a forum for meaningful exchange of views and formulation of new ideas for interdisciplinary, multicultural, and multicriteria-based evaluation of the challenges of globalisation. For further information contact the General Coordinator, tel: (+91 481) 242-0025; fax: 240-1472; email: mail@conferencesbc.org; Internet: http://www.conferencesbc.org.