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.
Upcoming : 27 September - 3 October
27-28 September, Yaoundé, Cameroon: OECD REGIONAL FORUM: MAXIMISING THE DEVELOPMENTAL BENEFITS OF TRADE FACILITATION. Organised by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The purpose of the event is to exchange lessons learned from practical national and regional experiences with trade facilitation reforms and donor assistance in support of them; to foster a national and regional dialogue around core policy and operational issues related to the WTO negotiations; and to discuss completed and ongoing OECD trade facilitation work with non-members. For further information contact, Caroline Lesser, tel: +33 1 45 24 90 46; fax: +33 1 44 30 62 31; email: caroline.lesser@oecd.org; internet: http://www.oecd.org/document/0/0,2340,en_2649_201185_37212928_1_1_1_1,00.html.
27-28 September, Washington DC: INCREASING THE PACE OF TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AND APPLICATION: ENABLING CLIMATE CHANGE SOLUTIONS. Organised by the International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association (IPIECA), this workshop will bring together experts from academia, business, governments, policymakers and international and non-governmental organisations to improve understanding of how to increase the pace of technology innovation and application. It will focus on: energy outlooks and the pace of technological progress; technology portfolio strategies to increase the pace of innovation and application; opportunities and barriers to technology innovation and diffusion; innovation and technology options for efficiency, transport, methane, carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and geologic storage and energy supply. For further information contact Luke Warren, tel: +44 (0) 20 7633 2388; email: luke.warren@ipieca.org; internet: http://www.ipieca.org/downloads/climate_change/washington2006/workshop.html.
27 September-2 October, Geneva, Switzerland: 53rd SESSION OF THE TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD, UN CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT (UNCTAD). For further information, contact the UNCTAD Secretariat, Intergovernmental Affairs and Outreach Service, Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10; fax: + 41 22 917 02 14; email: correspondence@unctad.org; internet: http://www.unctad.org/Templates/meeting.asp?intItemID=2068&lang=1&m=11826&info=not
2 October, Copenhagen, Denmark: TRADE AND PUBLIC HEALTH: PATENTS, MEDICAL SERVICES AND ACCESS TO MEDICINES. Organised by the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) and the Research Network on Governance, Economic Policy and Public Administration (GEPPA). This seminar concerns the consequences of globalisation and international regulation for the organisation of pharmaceutical industry and public health in general and in developing countries. No registration is required. For more information, please see http://www.diis.dk/sw28064.asp.
2-6 October, Geneva, Switzerland: THE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA (CITES) STANDING COMMITTEE MEETING. The standing committee provides policy guidance to the Secretariat concerning the implementation of the Convention and oversees the management of the Secretariat’s budget. For further information, contact the CITES Secretariat, tel: +41 22 917 8139; fax: +41 22 797 3417; email: info@cites.org; internet: http://www.cites.org/eng/news/meetings/sc54.shtml.
3-10 October 2006, Geneva, Switzerland: UN CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT (UNCTAD) BOARD, MID-TERM REVIEW. The purpose of the mid-term review is not only to review the implementation of the São Paulo Consensus, but also to take into account major events and consider the direction UNCTAD should take in its work for the next two years. The theme of the dialogue is "UNCTAD, development, and the way forward." For further information, contact the UNCTAD Secretariat, Intergovernmental Affairs and Outreach Service, Palais des Nation, CH-1211 Geneva 10; fax: + 41 22 917 02 14; email: correspondence@unctad.org; internet http://www.unctad.org/Templates/meeting.asp?intItemID=2068&lang=1&m=12032&info=highlights.
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.
27-29 September: Trade Policy Review Body - Congo
Other Upcoming
16-17 November, Terrassa, Spain: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABILITY MEASUREMENT AND MODELLING. The Sustainable Development paradigm, as well as its measurement and modelling, has been evolving from its very first conception to our present days through an integrated process of all dimensions of the notion, namely, the economic environmental social and institutional. For this reason, modelling and measuring are crucial deeds in order to build societies more equitable, fair and shared in common. Hence, it is required to develop clear methodologies and instruments to measure, model and evaluate Sustainable Development. In this logic the 1st International Conference on Sustainability Measurement and Modelling — ICSMM 2006 — is to become an interacting forum for those organizations, institutions, and experts interested in Sustainability Measurement, Modelling and Evaluating issues. For further information contact the Conference Secretariat (CIMNE), tel: +34 934 017 441; fax: +34 934 016 517; email: icsmm@cimne.upc.edu; internet: http://congress.cimne.upc.es/icsmm06/frontal/.