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.
ICTSD Event
17-19 January 2005, Paris, France: TRADE IN CULTURAL GOODS, TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. ICTSD session at the Third Global Forum on Human Development (see below). Trade in cultural goods and the protection of traditional knowledge have become increasingly prominent issues during the last few years. The first is related to trade in collective expressions; the second is to the protection of knowledge, innovations and practices of indigenous and local communities, particularly with respect to biological diversity. This workshop will analyse the latest developments at the international and national levels regarding trade in cultural goods and the protection of traditional knowledge, and consider options for protecting, preserving and commercialising cultural goods and traditional knowledge in a sustainable manner. For more information, see http://www.iprsonline.org/unctadictsd/dialogue/2005-1-17/2005-1-17_desc.htm.
Coming up: 23 December 2004 - 19 January 2005
13-14 January 2005, London, United Kingdom: SENIOR LEVEL FORUM ON DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS IN FRAGILE STATES. Organised by the Development Cooperation Directorate of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD DAC), the European Commission, the United Nations Development Programme and the World Bank; hosted by the UK Department for International Development. Although there is broad agreement that aid for poverty reduction is more effective in countries with sound institutions and policies, a number of donors agree on the need to work with fragile states (i.e. countries that are not able or willing to provide basic social services to the poor in their populations) by promoting the goals of peace, security, respect for the rule of law, human rights, and social and economic development. The impact of weak and fragile states on global security, and the imperative to ensure the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), make it clear that development agencies must also find effective ways to remain engaged, even in the countries where doing so is most difficult. Participants at the meeting will include ministers, senior government officials, leading development practitioners and academics; their objective will be to help shape a consensus on how donors should be engaging in fragile states. For further information, see http://www.oecd.org/document/30/0,2340,en_2649_33721_33964254_1_1_1_1,00.html.
17-19 January 2005, Paris, France: THIRD GLOBAL FORUM ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT — CULTURAL IDENTITY, DEMOCRACY AND GLOBAL JUSTICE. Organised by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, United Nations Development Programme Human Development Report Office, Sciences-Po Paris, Institut du Développement Durable et des Relations Internationales (IDDRI). This session of the Forum will focus on two main themes: "cultural diversity and democracy" and "equity and human development." It will consider the conclusions of the 2004 edition of the United Nations Human Development Report entitled "Cultural Liberty in a Diverse World," as well as the current research surrounding the HDR 2005 entitled "Reshaping international cooperation: aid, trade and security in an unequal world." For further information, see http://hdr.undp.org/events/forum2005/contact.cfm.
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.
The next formal WTO meeting is scheduled for 17 January 2005.
17 January: TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY - JAMAICA
18-19 January: DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY - SPECIAL SESSION
19 January: TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY - JAMAICA