WT/COMTD/AFT/W/90  
 
26 October 2021  
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Committee on Trade and Development  
Aid for Trade    
 
 
MONITORING AND EVALUATION EXERCISE : 
ONLINE REGIONAL OUTREACH  SESSIONS   
1 INTRODUCTION  
1.1.  This note provide s information on the online regional outreach  sessions to assist  Members in 
responding to the Monitoring and Evaluation  (M&E) questionnaire s. The Committee on Trade and 
Development Aid for Trade  approved the M&E exercise at its meeting on 8 October 2021 . A broad 
and active participation  by Member s, observers and observer organizations  is essential to ensuring 
the success o f the exercise . The responses to the self -assessment formats will be analysed in the 
next "Aid for Trade at a Glance" publication and inform discussion at the 2022 Global Review.  The 
deadline for the submission of completed self-assessment questionnaire s is 31 December 2021 .  
2 RATIONALE AND OUTLINE AGENDA FOR THE OUTREACH  SESSIONS  
2.1.  The online training sessions are intended to update  government officials on the rationale for 
the survey, the topics  covered, how to reply to it and to  provide answ ers to any questions that 
participants may have in relation to the M&E exercise. One important point to note is that the 
questionnaires may require inter-ministerial coordination and reference to national or regional policy 
documents .  
2.2.  Each outreach sessio n will begin with an introduction contextualis ing the M&E exercise within 
the 2020 -22 Aid -for-Trade Work Programme and forthcoming  Global Review  in 2022 . This will be 
followed by  an overview of the M&E exercise formats and  design (core themes, question typ es, 
terminology, context of Aid -for-Trade work, etc.). The overview will be followed by an in -depth 
examination of each of  the three sections : 1) Priorities for Aid for Trade; 2 ) Sustainable Development 
and Trade; and 3 ) Policies for Women's Economic Empow erment.  
2.3.  The overview will explore the specific areas and questions where more information is likely to 
be needed by respondents, it will provide them with guidance on where information can be f ound 
and how to deal with gaps. Towards the end of each sessio n, the discussion will bring together the 
most important points discussed and offer the opportunities for participants to ask questions.  Where 
possible, the overview will be supplemented by examples of possible responses and document s that 
may be consulted .   
3 SCHEDULE AND LINKS TO THE ONLINE OUTREACH  SESSIONS  
3.1.  Outreach activities have been  being scheduled to publicize the exercise and to assist 
respondents to complete the self -assessment formats. The following online  training sessions have 
been programmed (all schedules are in Geneva time):  
• 4 November 2021, 15:30 -17:00, Latin America and the Caribbean (in English and Spanish)  
• 9 November 2021, 09:30 -11:00, Africa (in English only)  
• 9 November 2021, 15:00 -16.30, Africa (in French only)  
• 10 November 2021, 9:00 -10.30, Asia (in English only)  WT/COMTD/AFT/W/ 90 
 
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  3.2.  All four sessions can be accessed using the single connection link below:  
Join the Zoom Meeting:  
https://worldtradeorganization.zoom.us/j/95301069082?pwd=dnN2UGFYL1dDRUQ4RlZ5MkpTd2
9oZz09  
 
Meeting ID : 953 0106 9082  
Meeting access code : 041121  
 
3.3.  The sessions are open to all Members. Each outreach session will focus on the partner country 
questionnaire to be completed by developing country and least developed country participants who 
receive Aid-for-Trade support. Respondents to other questionnaires (donor, south -south, regional) 
are encouraged to attend and questions will be answered on these formats too. Geneva delegations    
are invited to share this information with  officials in capital likely to b e requested to  complete  the 
self-assessment formats.  
3.4.  Members unable to participate in their dedicated regional outreach events  may attend the 
outreach session for another region. The sessions are being organized by region for reasons of 
language and time z ones.  Any M&E respondent who faces problems in respond ing to the 
questionnaires may also contact the Secretariat by email at aft.monitoring@wto.org  indicating 
"2022  M&E exercise" as a subject.  More information on Aid for Trade is available at 
www.wto.org/aidfortrade  and past M&E self -assessment questionnaires can be accessed at 
www.aid4trade.org  . 
 
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