 WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/COMTD/W/132 
17 August 2004  
 
(04-3442) 
Committee on Trade and Development     
   
 
2004 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES 
IMPLEMENTATION FOR THE SECOND QUARTER 
(1 APRIL TO 30 JUNE 2004) 
 
Note by the Secretariat
 
 
 1. This progress report on the implementation of the Technical Assistance and Training Plan 
(the Plan) provides an overview and broad assessmen t of all technical assistance (TA) and training 
activities undertaken in the second quarter of the y ear 2004.  All activities are listed in the table 
attached, which contains information on the topics cove red, the venue and dates of the activities, their 
nature, the participation of a partner agency in th e delivery of the activities, as well as the number of 
WTO staff members involved, the duration, and related costs.
1  The information is organized by 
subject and in alphabetical order, as in the Plan. 
2. There have been two more informal consultati ons with donors and beneficiaries, for which 
the Secretariat had prepared several informal di scussion papers, including one on Outreach activities 
and one on partnership arrangements.  The Secret ariat, in close cooperation with beneficiary 
countries, has prepared three more "pilot" Needs A ssessments (Namibia, Senega l, and Tanzania), and 
developed Draft Guidelines for conducting Need s Assessments for Technical Assistance and 
Training.  These guidelines aim at assisting countries  to conduct their own needs assessments, thus 
providing a tool for prioritizing na tional demands.  Discussions also addressed the issue of terms of 
reference to launch an external evaluation.  Finall y, a draft midterm review was presented, to be 
submitted to the Committee on Trade and Developm ent at its next session in September.  
3. During the second quarter, the Secretariat con tinued its efforts to approach beneficiary 
countries, encouraging them to submit their nationa l demands for TA activities in a timely manner.  
By the end of June, and since the beginning of the year, requests had been received from eighty-two 
countries, of which thirty-five were least-developed countries. 
4. The Secretariat has regularly met with several in ternational institutions and partners to discuss 
partnership arrangements and coope ration in the delivery of Trade-Related Technical Assistance 
(TRTA) as well as ways to ensure enhanced coopera tion in 2005.  Several in stitutions have already 
submitted their projects and planned activities for 2005 to the WTO Secretariat, thus enabling it to 
take them into account in the preparation of its TA Plan for 2005. 
                                                      
1 The costs indicated for each activ ity reflect the information availa ble as at 31 July 2004.  These 
activities may however include other related costs that have  not yet been reported.  Costs may therefore change 
as outstanding commitments (if any) are progressively liquidated. WT/COMTD/W/132 
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5. Cooperation with partners remains a key featur e of the delivery of activities in 2004.  More 
than fifty per cent of all activities in the second quart er were undertaken in collaboration with one or 
several partner institutions.  A few examples ar e provided as follows.  The implementation of the 
newly established Memorandum of Understandi ng (MoU) between the UNIDO and the WTO 
continued during the second quarter.  Three Short- Trade Policy Courses were undertaken in May and 
June, with different partne rs, in different regions; 
(a) Building on the long collaborative relati onship binding the UN Economic and Social 
Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) and the WTO in the delivery of 
TA in the Asia-Pacific region, a UNESC AP/WTO DDA Short Trade Policy Course 
for Central Asian Economies was organized for eight Eastern European and Central 
Asian countries in Armenia.  This course was funded by the UNESCAP, and the 
WTO contributed through the participati on of two resource pe rsons, who updated 
participants on the current state of play in the DDA Negotiations.   
(b) Another Short-Trade Policy Course was undertak en in Fiji, for thirty-two government 
officials from fourteen Pacific Islands.  This course was part of the on-going 
collaboration under the Memorandum of U nderstanding with the Pacific Islands 
Forum Secretariat (PIFS).  All logistical arrangements were done by the PIFS, while 
the WTO provided funding through the DD AGTF, as well as tw o resource persons 
who covered topics such as Agriculture, GATS, TRIPs, SPS/TBT, NAMA, and provided an update on the current state of play in the DDA Negotiations.   
(c) A third Short Trade Policy Course was held for Latin American countries in 
Washington, with the cooperation of the Or ganization of the American States (OAS).  
This course on "Multilateral and Regional Trad e Issues for the Americas:  the Doha 
Development Agenda and the FTAA process" brought together government officials 
from eighteen countries, was organized jointly by the OAS and the WTO, and funded by the DDAGTF. 
6. Another illustration of close cooperation with  partner agencies, as well as cumulative 
capacity-building relates to the implementation of the third Regional Trade Policy Course (RTPC) for 
English-speaking African countries, organized in Kenya from 13 April to 2 July.  Twenty-five government officials are trained over sixty days, co -lecturing is provided by WTO resource persons 
and regional lecturers for each topic of the course (some of the regional res ource persons involved in 
the course have also been associat ed to the research projects unde rtaken by the Economic Research 
and Statistics Division).  This form of field-b ased TA seeks to enlarge training opportunities for 
government officials, enhance institutional partne rships in the region, establish joint lecturing 
arrangements, again at the regional level, with  academics and specialists, and create academic 
networks with individuals and institutions.  The sa me concept was developed for the preparation and 
implementation of the first RTPC for Caribbean count ries, which was concluded at the end of April, 
and the first RTPC for Asian Countries, whic h started in Hong Kong on 7 June 2004. 
7. A more detailed quantitative a nd qualitative description of the implementation of TA and 
training activities during the second quarter shows a leve l similar to the same period in the previous 
year.  A total of 132 activities were undertaken, repr esenting 625 days of delivery.  This nevertheless 
represents a thirty per cent increase over the first quarter.  The evolution of the spread between 
national (thirty-eight per cent) and regional/globa l activities (forty-eight per cent) shows that the 
programming of national technical assistance missions usually depends more on external factors (such 
as the agreement on dates with the beneficiary coun try) than the implementation of regional/global 
activities, for which the WTO, along with its  regional partners, retain the initiative. 
8. Using the new indicator which was introduced at the beginning of the year (number of 
participant/days), statistics show that, in the sec ond quarter, forty-four activities organized by the  WT/COMTD/W/132 
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WTO (sometimes in close cooperation with partner institutions) at the regional or global level 
represented 10,047 participants/days of delivery.  They ran over 363 days in total.  These figures 
include the Geneva-based Courses, as well as the R TPCs in Kenya and in Hong Kong.  That means 
that from the beginning of the year, there had been  some 17,000 participant days of delivery (out of 
31,800 foreseen in the Plan). 
9. Other features of the activities undertaken in  the period under review are as follows: 
• A regional balance  of TA activities was maintained.  All regions benefited from 
activities, with Africa receiving over a th ird of all TA activities undertaken.   
Twenty-seven per cent of TA provided in th e second quarter was targeted at Asia and 
the Pacific, and twelve per cent at Latin America and the Caribbean.  The other regions, along with activities delivered at the global level, accounted for twenty-seven 
per cent of the delivery rate in the second quarter. 
• Subject areas covered
:  in the second quarter, as in th e first, a majority of activities 
were capacity-building activities.  Thr ee sub-regional seminars on Training of 
Trainers were organized at the initiative of Rexpaco (" projet de renforcement de 
l'expertise francophone en accords commerciaux" ), for Central African countries, 
French-speaking West Africa and Indian Ocean Islands.  Rexpaco is a programme 
administered by the Agence Intergouvernementale de la Francophonie.  Other 
capacity-building activities included WTO/UNI DO kick-off meetings in Egypt and 
Mauritania, a Trade Clinic in Angola,  several workshops for the academic 
community, as well as National Trade Polic y Courses and other seminars on the WTO 
Agreements.  They represented twenty-five  per cent of the delivery in the second 
quarter of 2004.  Specific subject areas such as Services, Trade-related Intellectual 
Property Rights, Agriculture, and Competition Policy were also addressed.  It should 
be noted that the WTO Secretariat partic ipated in a number of conferences and 
meetings, at the invitation of institutions and regional groupings, such as the African 
Union, NEPAD, and UNCTAD XI.  Finally, the first Geneva Week in 2004 was held in May, for non-resident dele gations and regional institutions. 
• Least-Developed Countries (LDCs)
 were directly associated with sixty-three activities 
(forty-eight per cent) in the second quarter.  Twenty-two activities were held in a LDC at the national level;  these focused on  matters such as WTO Reference Centres, 
Accessions, Services, and on-going negotia tions.  The forty-one regional and/or 
global activities with which LDCs were associated were organized in the field, as well as in Geneva.  Examples of WTO regiona l events in Least-Developed countries 
include the Regional Workshop on Trade in  Services Negotiations for Asia-Pacific 
Economies in Bangladesh, the Regional Work shop on Dispute Settlement Procedures 
and Practices and DSU Negotiations in Laos, and the IsDB/WTO Trade Policy 
Course for OIC Francophone member countries,  which started in Benin on 21 June.  
Also, seventeen LDCs pa rticipated in the 29
th Trade Policy Course in Geneva.  
Finally, Mozambique, Uganda, Rwanda, a nd Senegal respectively hosted conferences 
to which the WTO participated.   
• Geneva-based training activities  in the second quarter included two of the four Trade 
Policy Courses planned for 2004.  The 29th WTO Trade Policy Course (French), with 
participants from twenty-five beneficiary c ountries, ran from 26 April to 16 July.  The 
5th Introduction course for Least-Developed countries (French) took place from 
24 May to 11 June, and the 8th Specialized Course on Dispute Settlement Course,  
(Spanish) was held from 28 June to 2 July.  A Workshop for thirty-three Asian 
University Professors on WTO Matters was organized in Geneva in preparation for the Regional Trade Policy Course for Asian countries in Hong Kong. WT/COMTD/W/132 
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10. This report on the second quarter of 2004 show s an acceleration both in terms of the number 
of activities undertaken, and of the target audien ce reached.  More emphasis should be put on the 
delivery of national TA in the coming months.  The execution of the Plan nevertheless depends on 
maintaining the rate of implementation during the second semester.   WT/COMTD/W/132
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with/ 
partnership Number 
of WTO 
Officials Number of 
days 
(participant 
days) Costs 
10-May-
04 11-May-
04 Sudan Industrial Goods: Preparation of a 
List of Concessions for non-agricultural products National 
Workshop  1 2 4,223.00 
03-Jun-
04 04-Jun-
04 Bosnia and 
Herzegovina "Managing Globalisation, Trade 
Facilitation and WTO Accession" National 
Seminar Government of 
Bosnia and Herzegovina;  
UNECE;  
AITEC 1 2 1,612.00 Accession 
03-Jun-
04 04-Jun-
04 Kazakhstan OECD meeting on the economic 
and trade implications of the WTO 
Accession National 
Seminar OECD 1 2 4,410.00 
05-Apr-
04 06-Apr-
04 Italy FAO Consultations on WTO 
Negotiations on Agriculture Colloquium/ 
Meeting FAO 1 2 1,244.20 
26-Apr-
04 29-Apr-
04 Tunisia ECA Trade Tr aining for African 
countries on Agriculture Regional 
Training 
Course UNECA;  
UNCTAD 2 4 2,257.00 
28-Apr-
04 30-Apr-
04 Moldova International Trade in Agricultural 
Produce Regional 
Workshop UNECE 1 3 2,565.30 
24-May-
04 24-May-
04 Belgium First Workshop on ACP-EU 
agricultural trade-related analysis 
and negotiations (including fisheries) Regional 
Workshop FAO 1 1 No cost for 
WTO Agriculture 
17-Jun-
04 18-Jun-
04 Lebanon Agriculture Issues National 
Seminar  1 2 3,533.00 
Agriculture;  
Market Access;  Technical Barriers 
to Trade 21-Apr-
04 23-Apr-
04 Brazil Symposium on food safety for 
Mercosur – presentations on TBT and Market Access Regional 
Meeting Brazilian 
Society of Food Science and 
Technology 1 3 392.40 
Capacity-building 01-Apr-
04 04-Apr-
04 Cameroon Training of Trainers for Central 
African countries (Rexpaco project) Regional 
Training Course Agence de la 
Francophonie;  Université de 
Yaoundé II;  
Université Libre de Bruxelles 1 4 6,464.90  WT/COMTD/W/132 
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with/ 
partnership Number 
of WTO 
Officials Number of 
days 
(participant 
days) Costs 
06-Apr-
04 06-Apr-
04 Albania Identifying exports and imports 
interests:  measurement of services trade and quantitative methods – 
International Trade in Services 
Statistics National 
Seminar OECD 1 1 No cost for 
WTO 
15-Apr-
04 21-Apr-
04 Suriname Trade Policy Review of Suriname 
– Meetings with Government 
Officials National 
Technical 
Mission  3 7 18,429.65 
26-Apr-
04 28-Apr-
04 Lithuania The New Trade Agenda after EU 
Enlargement (WTO/JVI) Regional 
Seminar Joint Vienna 
Institute (JVI);  
Government of 
Lithuania 2 3 
(48) 24,499.90 
26-Apr-
04 29-Apr-
04 Cambodia WTO and the Private Sector National 
Seminar  2 4 10,853.55 
27-Apr-
04 29-Apr-
04 Zambia Presentation of Module I for 
English-speaking of JITAP partner 
countries – JITAP II Regional 
Workshop UNCTAD/ ITC 1 3 
(24) 6,562.30 
03-May-
04 05-May-
04 Austria Second WTO Workshop on WTO 
Matters for Central and Eastern 
European and Central Asian countries Regional 
Workshop Joint Vienna 
Institute (JVI) 2 3 
(66) 88,295.56 
05-May-
04 07-May-
04 France Agence de la Francophonie:  
Symposium sur l'accès au 
financement Regional 
Workshop Agence de la 
Francophonie 1 3 1,879.00 Capacity-building 
Cont'd... 
09-May-
04 11-May-
04 United Arab 
Emirates "Legal and Economic Aspects of 
WTO Agreements" – Overview of 
the WTO and the DDA, WTO 
Agreements and NAMA Negotiations Conference United Arab 
Emirates 
University 1 3 143.00   WT/COMTD/W/132
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with/ 
partnership Number 
of WTO 
Officials Number of 
days 
(participant 
days) Costs 
10-May-
04 14-May-
04 Senegal Training of Trainers for French-
speaking West African countries (Rexpaco project) Regional 
Training Course Université de 
Dakar;  Centre Etudes 
Internationales 
et Mondialisation 
Québec;  
Université Libre de Bruxelles;  
Agence de la 
Francophonie 1 5 
(45) 5,346.50 
10-May-
04 12-May-
04 Switzerland Geneva-based Workshop for Asian 
university professors on WTO 
matters – orientation and preparation discussions for the 
Asian Regional Trade Policy 
Course in Hong Kong, China Regional 
Workshop  0 3 
(99) 138,935.71 
12-May-
04 14-May-
04 Kenya Presentation of Module IV – 
JITAP II National 
Technical 
Mission UNCTAD/ ITC 1 3 4,968.00 
17-May-
04 19-May-
04 Senegal JITAP II Workshop National 
Workshop UNCTAD/ ITC 1 3 5,596.00 
17-May-
04 18-May-
04 Egypt WTO/UNIDO MoU Kick-off 
meeting National 
Seminar UNIDO 1 2 2,944.90 
17-May-
04 21-May-
04 Madagascar Training of Trainers for Indian 
Ocean Islands (Rexpaco project) Regional 
Training Course Agence de la 
Francophonie;  Centre Etudes 
Internationales 
et Mondialisation 
Québec; Institut 
Francophonie pour 
L'Entreprenariat;  
Université Libre de Bruxelles 1 5 
(20) 8,859.00 Capacity-building 
Cont'd... 
18-May-
04 19-May-
04 Congo, 
Republic of WTO Agreements National 
Seminar  1 2 7,981.50  WT/COMTD/W/132 
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with/ 
partnership Number 
of WTO 
Officials Number of 
days 
(participant 
days) Costs 
19-May-
04 19-May-
04 Madagascar Information and Training on On-
going negotiations for Government officials National 
Seminar  1 1 1,771.80 
25-May-
04 26-May-
04 United Arab 
Emirates Trade Policy and Multilateral 
Trading System (Abu Dhabi and Dubai) National 
Workshop  2 2 10,879.15 
26-May-
04 28-May-
04 Angola Trade Policy Clinic National 
Trade Clinic ITC 5 3 30,920.95 
03-Jun-
04 04-Jun-
04 Dominican 
Republic WTO Notifications National 
Seminar  1 2 4,148.84 
07-Jun-
04 09-Jun-
04 Mongolia TPR of Mongolia – Meetings with 
Government Officials National 
Technical 
Mission  2 3 10,930.00 
09-Jun-
04 10-Jun-
04 Mauritania WTO/UNIDO MoU Kick-off 
meeting National 
Seminar UNIDO 1 2 5,082.00 
14-Jun-
04 02-Jul-04 Tunisia IDLO International Trade Law 
Course for Francophone African 
countries Regional 
Training 
Course IDLO 2 15 
(345) 3,774.00 
14-Jun-
04 18-Jun-
04 Nicaragua WTO Negotiations National 
Training 
Course  2 5 Combined 
with the 
national 
seminar in 
the 
Dominican 
Republic 
21-Jun-04 09-Jul-04 Benin IsDB/WTO Trade Policy Course 
for OIC Francophone member 
countries Regional 
Training 
Course Islamic 
Development 
Bank (IsDB);  
UNEMOA;  Agence de la 
Francophonie;  
CEMAC;  IOC 10 19 
(210) 280,604.00 Capacity-building 
Cont'd... 
23-Jun-
04 25-Jun-
04 Ecuador WTO matters for Academics from 
the Andean and Central American 
community Regional 
Seminar IADB/ INTAL 2 3 
(78) 17,529.00   WT/COMTD/W/132
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with/ 
partnership Number 
of WTO 
Officials Number of 
days 
(participant 
days) Costs 
24-Jun-
04 25-Jun-
04 Thailand Asian Research on  Trade Network Colloquium/ 
Meeting Asian Research 
on Trade Network 
(ARTNET) 1 2 2,074.00 
24-Jun-
04 02-Jul-04 Viet Nam National Trade Policy Course – 
Follow-up to the Training of 
Trainers Seminar National 
Training 
Course  4 9 21,680.50 
28-Jun-
04 30-Jun-
04 Botswana Sub-regional Workshop to train 
Reference Centre and National Enquiry Point Managers on 
understanding and applying the 
toolkit for Module II (JITAP II) Regional 
Workshop UNCTAD/ ITC 6 3 
(168) 161,336.25 Capacity-building 
Cont'd... 
30-Jun-
04 01-Jul-04 Myanmar WTO Notifications National 
Seminar  1 2 4,220.00 
21-Apr-
04 21-Apr-
04 Former 
Yugoslav 
Rep. of 
Macedonia Identifying exports and imports 
interests:  measurement of services 
trade and quantitative methods – 
International Trade in Services 
Statistics National 
Seminar OECD 1 1 No cost for 
WTO 
27-Apr-
04 27-Apr-
04 Bulgaria Identifying exports and imports 
interests:  measurement of services 
trade and quantitative methods – 
International Trade in Services Statistics
 National Seminar OECD 1 1 No cost for 
WTO Capacity-building;  
Services 
04-Jun-
04 04-Jun-
04 Moldova Identifying exports and imports 
interests:  measurement of services 
trade and quantitative methods – International Trade in Services 
Statistics
 National Seminar OECD 1 1 No cost for 
WTO 
20-Apr-
04 23-Apr-
04 Venezuela Customs Valuation National 
Seminar IADB/ INTAL 1 4 6,243.30 Customs Valuation 
14-Jun-
04 17-Jun-
04 Rwanda Customs Valuation National 
Seminar   1 4 6,147.00 
Geneva-based 
Training 26-Apr-
04 16-Jul-04 Switzerland 29th Trade Policy Course (French) Regular 
Trade Policy 
Course  2 60 
(1,500) 490,000.00  WT/COMTD/W/132 
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with/ 
partnership Number 
of WTO 
Officials Number of 
days 
(participant 
days) Costs 
24-May-
04 11-Jun-
04 Switzerland 5th Introduction Course for Least-
Developed countries (French) Introduction 
Course ITC;  
UNCTAD;  WIPO;  World 
Bank 2 15 
(285) 140,000.00 
11-Jun-
04 11-Jun-
04 Switzerland 9th Introduction Day 
(trilingual) Introduction 
Day  1 1 No cost for 
WTO Geneva-based Training Cont'd... 
28-Jun-
04 02-Jul-04 Switzerland 8
th (Specialized) Dispute 
Settlement Course, (Spanish) Specialized 
Course  2 5 
(125) 62,000.00 
18-May-
04 20-May-
04 Philippines Workshop on Transparency in 
Government Procurement Regional 
Workshop  3 3 
(174) 195,829.95 
21-May-
04 21-May-
04 Philippines Government Procurement National 
Seminar  2 1 5,486.45 Government 
Procurement 
08-Jun-
04 10-Jun-
04 Ghana Workshop on Transparency in 
Government Procurement for 
Anglophone Africa Regional 
Workshop  3 3 
(126) 156,486.05 
12-Ma-
04 15-May-
04 Zambia Integrated Framework National 
Technical 
Mission UNCTAD/ ITC/ 
WB/ IMF/ 
UNDP 1 4 5,465.80 Integrated 
Framework/ LDCs 
12-May-
04 13-May-
04 Djibouti Integrated Framework – DTIS 
Validation Workshop National 
Workshop UNCTAD/ ITC/ 
WB/ IMF/ 
UNDP 1 2 8,584.90 
21-Apr-
04 21-Apr-
04 Nicaragua Trade, Debt and Finance National 
Seminar  1 1 3,949.75 Investment 
24-May-
04 25-May-
04 Malaysia Asia-Pacific Private Joint Forum:  
Trade and Investment between 
Asia and Africa;  preparation for 
the TICAD Conference on Trade and Investment Conference Government of 
Japan;  UNDP 1 2 4,386.70 
14-Apr-
04 16-Apr-
04 Democratic 
Republic of 
Congo Upgrading of the WTO Reference 
Centre (two days mission in 
Angola to complete the upgrading of the RFC started in January, on 
19-20 April) National 
Technical 
Mission  2 3 15,028.72 
04-May-
04 07-May-
04 Lao, 
People's Dem. Rep. Upgrading of WTO Reference 
Centre National 
Technical Mission  2 4 17,740.87 IT/ WTO 
Reference Centre 
09-Jun-
04 11-Jun-
04 Guinea Upgrading of WTO Reference 
Centre National 
Technical Mission  2 3 17,296.42   WT/COMTD/W/132
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with/ 
partnership Number 
of WTO 
Officials Number of 
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(participant 
days) Costs 
IT/WTO Reference 
Centre Cont'd... 23-Jun-
04 25-Jun-
04 Togo Upgrading of WTO Reference 
Centre National 
Technical Mission  2 3 17,816.71 
15-Apr-
04 18-Apr-
04 Mozambique NEPAD Africa Partnership Forum Colloquium/ 
Meeting NEPAD 1 4 6,433.50 
22-Apr-
04 28-Apr-
04 China, P.R. Sixtieth Session of ESCAP Colloquium/ 
Meeting UNESCAP 1 7 4,653.70 
27-Apr-
04 29-Apr-
04 Lebanon Second Arab Business Forum Colloquium/ 
Meeting UNESCWA 2 3 6,357.70 
29-Apr-
04 30-Apr-
04 Singapore Consultations with Government 
Officials Colloquium/ 
Meeting Government of 
Singapore 1 2 3,965.60 
30-Apr-
04 30-Apr-
04 Tunisia First Stakeholder Meeting of the 
African Trade Policy Centre – 
Inter-Agency coordination Conference UNECA 1 1 402.20 
04-May-
04 05-May-
04 Senegal LDCs Trade Ministers' Meeting Ministerial 
Meeting Government of 
Senegal 5 2 18,531.40 
07-May-
04 07-May-
04 Austria Board Meeting for the JVI Committee 
Meeting Joint Vienna 
Institute (JVI) 1 1 1,911.50 
10-May-
04 14-May-
04 Switzerland Geneva Week for Non-Residents Geneva 
Week  1 5 
(275) 258,000.00 
11-May-
04 13-May-
04 Turkey 20th Committee for Economic and 
Commercial Cooperation of the 
Organization of the Islamic 
Conference Conference Organization of 
the Islamic 
Conference 
(OIC) 1 3 2,804.80 Mainstreaming 
14-May-
04 14-May-
04 United 
States of 
America UN Experts Group for the 
Millennium Project Colloquium/ 
Meeting UNDP 1 1 5,010.50  WT/COMTD/W/132 
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with/ 
partnership Number 
of WTO 
Officials Number of 
days 
(participant 
days) Costs 
20-May-
04 22-May-
04 Uganda 37th Session of the Commission of 
African Minister s of Finance, 
Planning and Economic 
Development – Mainstreaming 
Trade Policy in National Development Strategies Conference UNECA 2 3 7,855.20 
24-May-
04 28-May-
04 Rwanda African Union 2nd Ordinary 
Session of the Ministers of Trade and Meetings with Government 
Officials and Parliamentarians – 
Post-Cancun and the Way Forward for the Implementation of the 
WTO DDA Conference African Union 4 5 27,320.00 
13-Jun-
04 18-Jun-
04 Brazil Eleventh Session of the United 
Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD XI) Conference UNCTAD 7 6 38,828.75 Mainstreaming 
Cont'd... 
14-Jun-
04 18-Jun-
04 Brazil UNCTAD XI – JITAP side-event Conference UNCTAD/ ITC 1 5 6,782.05 
25-May-
04 27-May-
04 Barbados Market Access Negotiations for 
the Caribbean Regional 
Workshop IADB/INTAL 2 3 
(90) 30,684.90 
22-Jun-
04 25-Jun-
04 Kenya Non-Agriculture Market Access National 
Workshop  2 4 8,480.25 Market Access 
28-Jun-
04 30-Jun-
04 Zimbabwe Use of the Integrated Database and 
Consolidated Tariff Schedule Database National 
Workshop  2 3 8,712.75 
28-Apr-
04 30-Apr-
04 New 
Zealand Workshop for Parliamentarians in 
the Pacific Regional 
Workshop Commonwealth 
Parliamentary 
Association 2 3 
(78) 83,947.70 Outreach 
27-May-
04 27-May-
04 Morocco Workshop for Parliamentarians in 
Francophone Africa Regional 
Workshop Agence de La 
Francophonie 2 1 12,865.05 
15-May-
04 16-May-
04 Iran Training Programme on Regional 
Dialogue on the role of 
regionalism and multilateralism in shaping the international trading 
system Regional 
Seminar Colombo Plan 
Secretariat 1 2 4,561.20 
Regional Trade 
Agreements 
23-Jun-
04 25-Jun-
04 Mauritius WTO rules on Regional Trade 
Agreements for Anglophone 
Africa Regional 
Seminar  3 3 
(78) 100,392.30   WT/COMTD/W/132
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partnership Number 
of WTO 
Officials Number of 
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(participant 
days) Costs 
13-Apr-
04 02-Jul-04 Kenya Regional Trade Policy Course for 
Anglophone Africa Regional 
Training Course University of 
Nairobi 20 60 
(1,500) 1,442,330.02 
Regional Trade 
Policy Course 
07-Jun-
04 27-Aug-
04 Hong Kong, 
China Regional Trade Policy Course for 
Asian Countries Regional 
Training Course University of 
Hong Kong 16 60 
(1,920) 1,469,620.45 
10-May-
04 12-May-
04 Colombia Reform of export subsidy 
programmes – SCM Agreement, 
export, subsidy compliance National 
Technical 
Mission  1 3 5,466.70 
20-May-
04 20-May-
04 Korea, Rep. 
of Trade Remedies:  Its Trends and 
Implications Conference Korea Trade 
Commission 
(KTC);  Korea 
International Trade 
Association 
(KITA) 1 1 No cost for 
WTO 
24-May-
04 27-May-
04 Philippines Anti-Dumping Investigation 
Procedures for Selected Asia and 
Pacific Economies Regional 
Workshop  3 4 
(96) 73,530.94 Rules 
28-May-
04 28-May-
04 Philippines Procedural aspects of anti-
dumping investigations National 
Workshop  2 1 5.600.85 
04-May-
04 06-May-
04 Lebanon Applied training in the SPS 
Agreement for Arab and Middle 
East countries Regional 
Workshop  3 3 
(120) 67,114.16 Sanitary and 
Phytosanitary 
Measures 
24-May-
04 28-May-
04 Senegal 21st General Assembly of the Inter-
African Phytosanitary Council Conference In ter-African 
Phytosanitary 
Council 
(IAPSC) 1 5 5,253.50 
05-Apr-
04 07-Apr-
04 Namibia Negotiations on Trade in Services 
for Anglophone African countries Regional 
Seminar  3 3 
(78) 80,210.79 
05-Apr-
04 06-Apr-
04 Mongolia Asia-Pacific Telecommunity sub-
regional Seminar on Trade and 
Telecommunication Regional 
Seminar Asia-Pacific 
Telecommunity 
(APT) 1 2 5,322.50 
19-Apr-
04 23-Apr-
04 United 
States of 
America World Bank Institute Services 
Trade and International 
Negotiations Course Specialized 
Course World Bank 1 5 No cost for 
WTO Services 
05-May-
04 07-May-
04 Cape Verde Trade in Serv ices:  Preparation of 
schedules of commitments National 
Seminar  2 3 7,405.50  WT/COMTD/W/132 
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with/ 
partnership Number 
of WTO 
Officials Number of 
days 
(participant 
days) Costs 
11-May-
04 13-May-
04 Cuba Trade in Services and GATS National 
Seminar  2 3 10,680.00 
11-May-
04 13-May-
04 Sudan Trade in Services:  Schedule of 
commitments National 
Seminar  2 3 16,064.00 
25-May-
04 27-May-
04 Bangladesh Trade in Services negotiations for 
Asia-Pacific Economies Regional 
Seminar UNESCAP 2 3 
(116) 99,187.46 Services Cont'd... 
07-Jun-
04 08-Jun-
04 Gambia Services National 
Seminar  1 2 5,435.60 
Services;  
Accession 27-Apr-
04 29-Apr-
04 Samoa Accession of Samoa - Services National 
Seminar  1 3 10,469.75 
10-May-
04 13-May-
04 Armenia ESCAP/ WTO DDA Short Trade 
Policy Course for Central Asian Economies Regional 
Training Course UNESCAP 2 4 
(104) 7,426.00 
24-May-
04 28-May-
04 Fiji WTO/ FORSEC Trade Policy 
Course on WTO Agreements and 
the DDA negotiations Regional 
Training 
Course FORSEC 
(Forum 
Secretariat) 2 5 
(140) 96,562.99 Short Trade Policy 
Course 
07-Jun-
04 18-Jun-
04 United 
States of 
America Multilateral and Regional Trade 
Issues for the Americas:  the Doha 
Development Agenda and the FTAA process Regional 
Training 
Course Organization of 
American States 
(OAS) 3 10 
(180) 101,150.13 
20-Apr-
04 22-Apr-
04 Zambia The Agreement on Technical 
Barriers to Trade (TBT) for 
COMESA Members and other East African countries Regional 
Workshop COMESA 3 3 
(189) 166,855.95 
04-May-
04 05-May-
04 Viet Nam The TBT Agreement and other 
selected TBT related issues for 12 
Asian Economies Regional 
Workshop  3 2 
(72) 125,782.55 
06-May-
04 07-May-
04 Viet Nam UNIDO Workshop on Technical 
Barriers to Trade National 
Workshop UNIDO 2 2 4,660.80 Technical Barriers 
to Trade 
14-Jun-
04 14-Jun-
04 Ukraine The Agreement on Technical 
Barriers to Trade:  implementation 
of international standards and conformity assessment procedures National 
Seminar ISO 1 1 2,272.00 
Textiles and 
Clothing 28-Apr-
04 28-Apr-
04 Switzerland High-level consultations on the 
follow-up to the DDA – The 
Cotton Issue Colloquium/ 
Meeting  2 1 2,988.00   WT/COMTD/W/132
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partnership Number 
of WTO 
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(participant 
days) Costs 
12-May-
04 14-May-
04 Guatemala Post-ATC Environment and DDA 
Market Access Outcomes for Central America and the 
Dominican Republic Regional 
Workshop IADB/ INTAL;  
SIECA 1 3 
(42) 32,165.78 
01-Jun-
04 01-Jun-
04 Switzerland High-level consultations on the 
follow-up to the DDA . The 
Cotton Issue Colloquium/ 
Meeting  2 1 2,988.00 
02-Jun-
04 04-Jun-
04 Uruguay Post-ATC Environment and DDA 
Market Access Outcomes for ALADI Regional 
Workshop ALADI 1 3 
(72) 44,406.90 Textiles and 
Clothing Cont'd... 
09-Jun-
04 11-Jun-
04 China, P.R. Workshop on International Trade 
and Textiles and Clothing, Post-
ATC Environment and DDA Market Access Outcomes Regional 
Workshop ADB (Asian 
Development 
Bank);  ASEAN;  
SAARC 3 3 
(69) 68,353.72 
27-Apr-
04 28-Apr-
04 
 Sudan UNCTAD – World Bank 
Workshop on Competition Law 
and Policy for Arab Members of 
Islamic countries Regional 
Workshop UNCTAD;  
World Bank 1 2 6,799.20 
03-May-
04 08-May-
04 Morocco Intensive Course on Trade and 
Competition Policy for 
Francophone Africa Regional 
Training 
Course UNCTAD 3 6 
(324) 263,370.80 
10-May-
04 12-May-
04 Tanzania UNCTAD – World Bank 
Workshop on Competition Policy, Competitiveness and Investment in 
a Global Economy Regional 
Workshop UNCTAD 1 3 4,566.40 
19-May-
04 21-May-
04 Sri Lanka World Bank regional conference 
on Competition Policy, Competitiveness and Investment:  
the Asian Experience Conference World Bank;  
European Commission 1 3 4,113.80 Trade and 
Competition Policy 
29-Jun-
04 30-Jun-
04 Yemen Competition Policy, Economic 
Development and the Doha Mandate National 
Workshop  2 2 10,525.00 
01-Apr-
04 02-Apr-
04 United 
States of 
America UN Committee for Development 
Policy:  Graduation of LDCs – 
WTO Perspective Colloquium/ 
Meeting United Nations 1 2 5,184.00 Trade and 
Development 
Issues 
29-Jun-
04 01-Jul-04 Indonesia Special and Differential 
Treatment, and Small Economies Regional 
Workshop UNESCAP 1 3 
(87) 50,036.25  WT/COMTD/W/132 
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of WTO 
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days) Costs 
Trade and Dispute 
Settlement 05-May-
04 09-May-
04 Lao, 
People's Dem. Rep. Workshop on DS procedures and 
practices and DSU negotiations Regional 
Workshop  3 5 
(116) 84,404.13 
02-Apr-
04 02-Apr-
04 Korea, Rep. 
of Trade and Environment National 
Workshop  2 1 10,857.15 
10-May-
04 11-May-
04 Viet Nam Workshop on Trade and 
Environment back-to-back with 
Workshop on the Implementation 
of the TBT Agreement Regional 
Workshop  3 2 
(116) 160,314.28 Trade and 
Environment 
25-May-
04 25-May-
04 Barbados Workshop on Trade and 
Environment back-to-back with 
Workshop on Market access 
Negotiations of the Caribbean Regional 
Workshop IADB/INTAL 1 1 
(30) 10,228.30 
26-Apr-
04 28-Apr-
04 Croatia Trade Facilitation for Central and 
Eastern Europe, Central Asia and 
Caucasus Regional 
Workshop Joint Vienna 
Institute (JVI);  
UNCTAD;  
World Customs 
Organization 
(WCO) 4 3 
(168) 145,823.81 Trade Facilitation 
01-Jun-
04 03-Jun-
04 Lebanon Trade Facilitation for Arab and 
Middle East countries Regional 
Workshop UNCTAD; 
World Customs 
Organization 
(WCO) 3 3 
(114) 56,714.69 
26-Apr-
04 30-Apr-
04 Mongolia Trade Negotiating Techniques Regional 
Training 
Course  2 5 
(145) 119,222.90 
17-May-
04 21-May-
04 Mali Trade Negotiation Skills National 
Training Course  1 5 5,754.35 Trade Negotiation 
Techniques 
14-Jun-
04 18-Jun-
04 Austria Trade Negotiating Techniques for 
Central and Eastern Europe, 
Central Asia and the Caucasus Regional 
Training 
Course Joint Vienna 
Institute (JVI) 2 5 
(115) 67,706.58 
Trade Related 
Intellectual 
Property Rights 07-Apr-
04 08-Apr-
04 India Research and Information System 
for the non-aligned and other 
developing countries – 
Biotechnology and Asian 
Development Conference RIS (Research 
and Information 
System) 1 2 526.05   WT/COMTD/W/132
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with/ 
partnership Number 
of WTO 
Officials Number of 
days 
(participant 
days) Costs 
20-Apr-
04 21-Apr-
04 China, P.R. OECD High-level Workshop on 
Intellectual Property Rights and Economic Development in China National 
Workshop OECD 1 2 664.30 
22-Apr-
04 23-Apr-
04 China, P.R. APEC-MOFCOM Seminar on 
Patent Protection and Drug Access National 
Seminar APEC 
Secretariat 1 2 664.30 
27-Apr-
04 29-Apr-
04 Malaysia TRIPS Agreement (e.g. 
geographical indications, TRIPS 
and Public Health, biotechnology/ 
traditional knowledge/ biodiversity) Regional 
Seminar WIPO 4 3 
(174) 140,159.75 
02-Jun-
04 04-Jun-
04 South Africa TRIPS Agreement (e.g. 
geographical indications, TRIPS 
and Public Health, biotechnology/ traditional knowledge/ 
biodiversity) for Anglophone 
Africa Regional 
Seminar WIPO;  WHO;  
Aripo 3 3 
(126) 128,933.93 
28-Jun-
04 09-Jul-04 Switzerland Training Seminar for University 
professors from developing 
countries on TRIPS issues Global 
Seminar WIPO 0 10 78,760.00 Trade Related 
Intellectual Property Rights 
Cont'd... 
28-Jun-
04 30-Jun-
04 Myanmar WIPO-WTO Joint Initiative for 
LDC's:  TRIPS National 
Seminar WIPO 1 3 6,343.50 
 
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