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24 October 2000
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Committee on Trade and Development
WTO PROGRAMME FOR TECHNICAL COOPERATION
Three-Year Plan (2001-2003)
Note by the Secretariat
Background
1. The Guidelines for WTO Technical Cooperation, adopted by the Committee on Trade and
Development on 15 October 1996, require that a Th ree-Year Plan for technical cooperation be
presented to the Committee on Trade and Development. In this context, the Secretariat has prepared
the  present document, which serves as a basis for further developing a work programme for 2001.
2. It is appropriate, at this juncture,  to recall concerns expressed by Members in the Committee
on Trade and Development at its last meetings and during the days of reflection, in relation to the
effectiveness and efficiency of the planning and programming processes for technical cooperation
activities. Furthermore, the need to improve substantially this process is increasingly pressing, in thelight of the serious human and financial resource constraints faced by the Secretariat.
3. In this regard, the Secretariat sent a questionnaire
1 to the Permanent Missions of developing
countries and of economies in transition in order to assist the relevant national institutions in
articulating their technical assistance needs for 2001. The objective of the questionnaire was to obtain
a more focused appreciation of each country's technical cooperation requirements in WTO-related
matters. Countries were also asked for a general assessment of an indicative nature of their needs fortechnical cooperation for 2002 and 2003.
4. The structure of the needs assessment questionnaire incorporates some core questions to be
asked yearly such as  the most pressing needs by sector and their objectives (e.g. implementation,
participation in the multilateral trading system, understanding of WTO Agreements and access toinformation on WTO issues). Annex I represents a compilation of requests received from countries for
technical cooperation activities as of 20 October 2000 ( although the deadline was 15 September) for
2001. It consists at this stage of a simple listing of needs expressed, bearing in mind that further
requests will  no doubt arise throughout next year. Ad hoc requests should be transmitted to the
Secretariat at least six weeks before the date on which an activity is intended to take place. This willbetter allow the Secretariat to take on board  urgent and ad hoc requests for technical cooperation.
Annex II represents an overview of technical assistance requirements for 2002 and 2003.
5. It is  intended in the second phase of this planning process to develop, in consultation with
WTO Divisions and with each country requesting technical assistance, a more detailed documentwhich will encompass, in addition to the subjects covered and their priorities, the specific objectives,
the modes of delivery, the dates of implementation and the success indicators of each activity.
                                                     
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6. The planning of activities to be undertaken on a regional basis will be discussed in
consultation with countries, WTO Divisions, sub-regional Secretariats and regional development
institutions. These regional and sub-regional  institutions have an important role to play in offering
advice to the Secretariat on the nature of activities most in need which are common to their members
and the suitable modes of delivery.
7. The priorities for technical assistance regarding Least-developed countries were based on an
earlier needs assessment, individual requests from LDCs as well as priorities identified in seminars
and courses organized for LDCs. Annex III contains a programme of trade-related technical assistance
for Least-developed countries for 2001. It consists of  an introduction to priorities for LDCs' multi-
year programme, activities related to the commitments of WTO in respect of the Integrated
Framework, and the programme for trade-related technical assistance for LDCs and activities plannedin the context of the JITAP.WT/COMTD/W/79
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ANNEX I
SUMMARY OF REQUESTS RECEIVED FROM COUNTRIES 2
for 2001
 Country Subject Priority
Albania
Understanding of  WTO Agreements and Access to Information
-  Specific WTO Agreements:
  Agriculture
  GATS( Transport and Financial services)  TRIPS (Geographical indications and appellation of 
origin)
  Dispute Settlement Understanding
  Government procurement
Training courses on specific WTO Agreements
Implementation
-  Rules of Origin, Customs Valuation and Import licensing procedures
-  Implementation of Article VI of the GATT 1994-  GATS-Financial  Services
-  GATS-Insurance Services
-  TRIPS
-  Notification requirements
Participation in the MTS
-  Negotiation skills on the WTO issues7
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4
3
1
32
5
4
Belarus
Understanding of  WTO Agreements and access to information
-  WTO and specific Agreements (e.g. Antidumping, Customs   Valuation)
-  Reference Centre
-  Documentation
Implementation
-  Specific WTO Agreements
-  Notification
-  Integrated Database
Participation in the MTS
-  Negotiation skills ( techniques, experience, etc.)1
2
3
1
3
2
1
                                                     
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-  Dispute Settlement  Understanding (DSU)
-  Special and Differential treatment (S&D)2
3
Cameroon
Understanding of  WTO Agreements and access to information
-  Establishment of WTO Reference Centre-  Seminars on WTO Agreements
-  Setting up of a training Centre
Implementation
-  Impact of the WTO Agreements on the economy of Cameroon
-  Adaptation of national legislation and regulations to international
   standards and quality control
Participation in the MTS
-  Negotiation procedures ( negotiation skills)1
2
4
1
1
Colombia
Understanding of WTO Agreements and access to information
-  Services
-  Simulation of trade negotiations
-  New issues
Implementation
-  Specific WTO Agreement s (Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures,
    Technical Barriers to Trade, Custom Valuation, Antidumping
    Investigations Safeguards, TRIPS, GATS)
-  Notification requirements
-  Integrated Data Base
Participation in the MTS
-  New round of negotiations
-  Market access negotiations
-  Dispute Settlement U nderstanding (DSU courses)WT/COMTD/W/79
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Georgia
Understanding of WTO Agreements and access to information
-  Specific Agreements (e.g. Customs Valuation, Antidumping,
   Technical Barriers to Trade, GATS, TRIPS )
-  WTO Reference Centre
-  Documentation
-  WTO handbooks and technical notes
Implementation
-  Specific WTO Agreements (e.g. Customs Valuation, TRIPS
   Antidumping and Subsidies)
-  Notification requirements
-  Integrated Database
-  Goods appellation of origin and geographical indications
Participation in the MTS
-  Negotiation skills
-  Dispute Settlement  Understanding (DSU)
-  Special and Differential treatment (S&D) for Economies in transition1
2
3
4
1
2
4
1
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Ghana
Understanding of WTO Agreements and access to information
-  WTO Reference Centre
-  Specific WTO Agreements( e.g. GATS, Antidumping, Subsidies,   Safeguards, Technical Barriers to Trade, Agriculture, Textiles,
   TRIPS, Customs Valuation)
-  Documentation
-  Competition issues and trade remedies legislation
Implementation
-  Adapting domestic laws and regulations to WTO Agreements
-  Integrated Database
-  Notification requirements
Participation in the MTS
-  Negotiation skills
-  Dispute Settlement U nderstanding (DSU courses)1
2
3
1
2
3
1
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Honduras
Understanding of WTO Agreements and access to information
-  Specific WTO Agreements ( Customs Valuation, Antidumping,
   Safeguards, DSU, GATS, TRIPS, Rules of origin, TBT)
-  Reference Centre
-  Information technology and WTO Agreements
Implementation
-Specific WTO Agreements (Customs Valuation)
   Countervailing and Antidumping Measures
   Safeguards
   GATS
   TRIPS
-  Notification requirements-  Integrated Database
Participation in the MTS
-  Negotiation skills and Trade Policy courses,
-  Electronic Commerce
-  Technical Standards
-  Dispute Settlement U nderstanding (DSU courses)
-  Trade Policy Review1
2
1
2
3
4
2
1
3
4
1
1
Indonesia
Understanding of WTO Agreements and access to information
-  GATS-  New issues (Trade and Investment and Trade and
   Environment -activities at regional level)
Implementation
-  Specific WTO Agreements ( TR IPS, Antidumping, Safeguards,
   Subsidies and Dispute Settlement Understanding )
-  Notification requirements
-  Integrated Database
Participation in the MTS
-  Negotiation skills
-  Dispute Settlement U nderstanding (DSU courses)
-  Special and Differential treatment (S&D)1
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Israel
Understanding of WTO Agreements and access to information
-  Specific WTO Agreements-  Documentation
-  WTO Reference Centre
Implementation
-  Specific WTO Agreements( Services )
-  Notification requirements ( Government Procurement )-  Integrated Database ( Supplying )
Participation in the MTS
-  Negotiation techniques ( Services, Agriculture, Government
    Procurement)
-  Dispute Settlement1
2
3
1
23
1
2
Jamaica
Understanding of WTO Agreements and access to information
-  Specific WTO Agreements ( Subsidies and Countervailing   Measures, GATS, Trade Remedies, Rules of Origin and Government
   Procurement)
-  GATS and Tourism
Implementation
-  Specific WTO Agreements ( Drafting legislation in relation with
   Antidumping, Safeguards, Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.
-  Attachments for officials in established institutions to address
   practical issues related to institutional capacity-building-  Training for relevant staff in implementing the Customs Valuation
   and other Agreements
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Jordan
Understanding of WTO Agreements and access to information
-  Specific Agreements (Antidum ping, Subsidies and Safeguards)
-  Training for Judges in TRIPS
-  Electronic Commerce
-  Trade and Environment
-  WTO Reference Centre
-  Documentation
Implementation
-  Specific WTO Agreements( Safeguards, Antidumping, Subsidies and
   Countervailing measures, SPS and TBT)
-  Integrated Database
Participation in the MTS
-  Negotiation skills
-  Dispute Settlement  Understanding (DSU)1
7
6
5
2
3
4
Kazakhstan
Understanding of WTO Agreements and access to information
-  Specific WTO Agreement (Agriculture, Antidumping, Safeguards,   Subsidies, Rules of origin, Customs Valuation, Technical Barriers to
   Trade, Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, TRIMs, TRIPS and
  GATS)-  WTO Reference Centre
-  Documentation
Implementation
-  Specific WTO Agreements
-  Notification requirements
-  Integrated Database
Participation in the MTS
-  Negotiation skills ( Trade negotiations simulations and practices )
-  Dispute Settlement Understanding  (DSU procedures and practices)1
3
2
1
3
2
1
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Kyrgyz
Rep. Understanding of WTO Agreements and access to information
-  Specific WTO Agreements ( Article XXIV of GATT 1994 )-  GATS
Implementation
-  Specific WTO Agreements ( Technical Barriers to Trade)
-  Integrated Database ( implementation and participation )
-  Consistency of obligations under WTO regional Trade rules
Participation in the MTS
-  Negotiation skills ( Article XXVIII and Article XXVIII- bis
   of GATT 1994)-  Negotiations on Agriculture1
2
2
1
1
2
Lithuania
Understanding of WTO Agreements and access to information
-  General understanding of trade policy issues and WTO   system - Introduction to WTO Agreements
-  Specific WTO Agreements (Agriculture, Customs Valuation,
   Antidumping, Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, Safeguards)
-  Documentation ( Access to WTO documentation)
-  Integrated Database
Implementation ( Understanding)
-  Specific WTO Agreements (C ustoms Valuation, GATS, Import
   licencing, Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, Agriculture and   Dispute Settlement)
-  Notification requirements (General understanding of notification
   procedures)
-  Integrated Database ( to use it and to work with)
Participation in the MTS
-  Negotiation skills ( On-going negotiations - Agriculture and
    Services), further liberalisation, market access
-  Rights and possibilities for Lithuania once it becomes WTO Member1
2
3
3
1
2
2
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Macau
Understanding of WTO Agreements and access to information
-  Specific WTO Agreements
Implementation
-  Specific WTO Agreements ( Cu stoms Valuation, TRIPS, etc.)
Participation in the MTS
-  Negotiation skills
-  Dispute Settlement Understanding  (DSU procedures and practices)4
1
2
3
Mauritius
Understanding of WTO Agreements and access to information
-  Specific WTO Agreements( Anti dumping, Safeguards, Subsidies,
   Countervailing, Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, Technical
   Barriers to Trade)
-  GATS
-  Training of officials implementing the Agreement on Customs
   Valuation-  Trade and Environment; Trade and Competition policy and other
   new issues
Implementation
-  Notification requirements
-  Integrated Database ( Implementation and participation )
-  Setting up of a database at Customs in the context of the
   implementation of the Customs Valuation Agreement
-  Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures and Technical Barriers to Trade   (Setting up/functioning of Enquiry points)
-  Setting up of administration structure for implementation of Trade
   remedy laws
Participation in the MTS
-  Negotiation skills
-  Dispute Settlement  Understanding (DSU)6
4
3
7
5
8
1
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Mongolia
Understanding of WTO Agreements and access to information
-  Specific WTO Agreements ( Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures,   GATS and financial services )
-  WTO Reference Centre ( further strengthening of WTO Reference
   Centre in Mongolia)
-  Round table on WTO-related issues for policy makers of Mongolia
Implementation
-  Notifications
-  Integrated Database
Participation in the MTS
-  Negotiations skills in the new Round of WTO negotiations
-  Special and differential provisions
-  Trade policy  and economic integration2
31
2
1
1
2
3
Nicaragua
Understanding of WTO Agreements and access to information
-  Specific WTO Agreements ( Government Procurement, Special and   Differential treatment, GATS, TRIMs, Technical Barriers to Trade,
   Agriculture and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures)
-  Trade policy courses
Implementation
-  Specific WTO Agreements:
   Government Procurement; Implementation of a classification system
   of goods and services; Implementation of Article VI of GATT 1994   (at Central America level); Customs valuation (at Central America
   level ); Technical Barriers to Trade; Rules of Origin.
Participation in the MTS
-  Negotiation skills
-  Dispute Settlement  Understanding (DSU)
-  Special and Differential treatment (S&D)WT/COMTD/W/79
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Oman
Understanding of WTO Agreements and access to information
-  Specific WTO Agreements ( An tidumping, Safeguards, Subsidies
   and Countervailing measures and GATS)
-  Creating public awareness on WTO Agreements
-  Reference Centre ( Ensuring access to trade-related information
   through Internet ) and on-line conference facility
-  Documentation
-  Electronic commerce
Implementation
-  Specific WTO Agreements
-  Notification requirements
-  Integrated Database ( Submitting data)
Participation in the MTS
-  Negotiation skills ( e.g. Services negotiations)
-  Dispute Settlement procedures-  Using Special and Differential  provisions2
1
3
3
1
2
1
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Panama
Understanding of WTO Agreements and access to information
-  Customs Valuation
Implementation
-  Specific WTO Agreements ( Agriculture )
-  Notification requirements in the context of the Agreement on
   Agriculture
Participation in the MTS
-  Dispute Settlement  Understanding (DSU)
-  Negotiation skills( negotiation techniques)3
1
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Papua New
Guinea Understanding of WTO Agreements and access to information
-  General overview of the MTS and the WTO Agreements-  Specific WTO Agreements
-  WTO Reference Centre
-  Documentation
Implementation
-  Specific WTO Agreements
-  Notification requirements
-  Integrated Database
Participation in the MTS
-  Negotiation skills
-  Dispute Settlement  Understanding (DSU)
-  Special and differential treatment (S&D)
-  Establishment of WTO National Committee1
6
10
9
6
2
5
3
8
7
4
Romania
Understanding of WTO Agreements and access to information
-  Specific WTO Agreements (Safeguards, Antidumping and   Subsidies)
Saudi
Arabia Understanding of WTO Agreem ents and access to information
-  Specific WTO Agreements ( Antidumping and SPS )
-  Making use of  WTO Reference Centre
-  Documentation and organisation of documentation in the Ministry of
   Commerce
Implementation
-  Specific WTO Agreements( SPS and Rules of origin
-  Notification requirements
-  Integrated Database
Participation in the MTS
-  Negotiation skills and negotiations on Agriculture and Services
-  Dispute Settlement  Understanding (DSU)1
3
2
2
1
3
1
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Sri Lanka
Understanding of WTO Agreements and access to information
-  Specific WTO Agreements (Agriculture, Sanitary and Phytosanitary   Measures, Technical Barriers to Trade)
-  WTO Reference Centre
-  Documentation
-  Electronic commerce
-  Trade and Environment
-  Trade and Competition
-  Trade and Investment
Implementation
-  Specific WTO Agreements( Adapting legislation and regulations to
   the Agreements on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures,   Safeguards and Antidumping)
-  Notification requirements
-  Integrated Database
-  Special and differential treatment (S&D)
Participation in the MTS
-  Negotiation skills
-  Dispute Settlement  Understanding (DSU)
-  Safeguards measures and trade remedies1
2
3
1
1
1
1
1
2
4
3
2
1
3
Taipei
Understanding of WTO Agreements and access to information
-  Training courses/workshops/seminars organised by Taipei
   (Participation of WTO experts )
Implementation
-  Risk assessment as in SPS Agreement
-  Notification requirements
-  Preparation, adoption and implementation of international standards
   in TBT and SPS Agreements
Participation in the MTS
-  Dispute Settlement  Understanding (DSU)
-  Negotiation skills1
2
1
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Turkey
Understanding of WTO Agreements and access to information
-  Specific WTO Agreements-  Regionalism and the WTO ( regional Seminars)
-  WTO Reference Centre
-  Documentation
Implementation
-  Specific WTO Agreements
-  Notification requirements
-  Integrated Database
Participation in the MTS
-  Negotiation skills
-  Dispute Settlement  Understanding (DSU)
-  Special and Differential treatment (S&D)1
2
3
1
3
2
2
1
Uzbekistan
Understanding of WTO Agreements and access to information
-  WTO Reference Centre ( Setting and Training )-  WTO Agreements and procedures
Implementation
-  Adapting national legislation to TRIPS Agreement
-  Integrated Database
Participation in the MTS
-  Dispute Settlement  Understanding (DSU)
-  Special and Differential treatment (S&D)1
1
1
2
2
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Venezuela
Understanding of WTO Agreements and access to information
-  Specific WTO Agreements and Special and Differential treatment   (Preshipment Inspection, TRIPS and Environment, TRIMs, Article
   XVII of GATT 1994 and State Trading)
-  Reference Centre
Implementation
-  Specific WTO Agreements ( Import Licensing, Technical Barriers to
   Trade, Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, TRIPS)
-  Evaluation of restructuration of national department of
   standardisation
-  Notification requirements
-  Integrated Database
Participation in the MTS
-  Negotiation skills ( Negotiations on Services and others)
-  Dispute Settlement  Understanding (DSU)
-  Special and Differential treatment (S&D)
-  Trade Policy Review5
7
21
6
4
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ANNEX II
INDICATIVE STATEMENT OF TECHNICAL COOPERATION RQUIREMENTS
for 2002-2003
Country Subject
Ghana
-  Further deepening of technical assistance indicated for 2001
-  Technical assistance in any new area(s) which may emerge in the on-going
   negotiations
Honduras
-  Trade negotiations
-  Electronic commerce
-  Antidumping
-  Trade and Environment
-  TRIPS (Patents, undisclosed information  )
Indonesia
-  Dispute Settlement ( cour se in Indonesia or Geneva)
-  Trade policy ( training course)
Jordan
-  Training officials implementing the WTO Agreements
-  Assist establishing a training programme for business community ( WTO
   issues)
Kazakhstan
-  Agriculture, Technical Barriers to Trade, Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures,
   GATS and Civil Aircraft, TRIPS, Government Procurement.
Kyrgyz Rep.
-  GATS, Government Procurement, Rules of Origin
Lithuania
-  WTO Membership and Trade policy issues( special training courses)
Macau
-  Implementation of GATS and Customs Valuation Agreement
Mauritius
-  Setting up an administrative structure for the implementation of trade remedy
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-  Conduct antidumping investigations and other investigations
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Mongolia
-  New round of negotiations
-  Dispute Settlement
-  Electronic commerce-  Regional trade Agreements
-  Negotiation skills
Nicaragua
-  Negotiation techniques
-  Enhancing the understanding of WTO Agreements and improving
   implementation
Oman
-  Specialised issues such as TBT, SPS and Dispute Settlement procedures and
   practices
-  New issues under discussion if a new round should be launched
Panama
-  Implementation of an integrated database for the Standard Information Centre
-  WTO Integrated Database( using and supplying)
P.N. Guinea
-  Specific WTO Agreements
-  Implementation of the year 2001 priorities
-  Possible establishment of P.N. Guinea's Trade Office to service WTO
Saudi Arabia
-  On-going negotiations on services and agriculture
-  Results of negotiations on services and agriculture
Sri Lanka
-  To forward Sri Lanka's conformity and adherence to WTO obligations
-  Dissemination of information
-  Resource and institutional constraints and developmental concerns with regard
   to the conformity to WTO obligations
Taipei
-  Dispute Settlement ( Training courses )
-  Negotiations techniques ( Training courses )
Turkey
-  Regional seminars on WTO issues
-  WTO Trade Policy courses ( participation )
-  National seminars on specific issues ( e.g. Dispute Settlement, etc.)
Venezuela
-  The objectives indicated for 2001 will continue to be valid for 2002
-  New needs assessment should take place at the end of 2001
-  To continue developing a dissemination process for national institutions
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ANNEX III (1)
INTRODUCTION TO PRIORITIES FOR LDCs' MULTI-YEAR  PROGRAMME
PRIORITY 1: General Information on the Multilateral Trading System
• Organization of general seminars for the public, private sectors, and academia;
• WTO outreach, participation in conferences, symposia and other events organized by ministries,
public agencies, local associations, Chambers of commerce and Academia;
• Media awareness and interaction with the Press;
• Information technology tools, establishing WTO Reference Centres, and improving the use of
existing WTO Reference Centres;
• WTO Non-residents (Genev a week and follow-up);
• Briefing for newly arrived LDCs Delegates;
• Accession support.
• Trade Policy Review Mechanism
PRIORITY  2:   Capacity-building on the Multilateral Trading System
• Building knowledge and improving understanding of WTO Agreements, with focus on
implementation;
• Training of Trainers and collaborated program and activities with Sub-regional Institutions (ECA,
ESCAP, SADC, COMESA, Forum Secretariat) or  at national level. Such courses can be
organized also in Geneva, along the lines of  the JITAP Training of Trainers Programme;
• LDCs-Plus trade-related capacity-building programs in collaboration with other development
partners; (for example: JITAP- ITC,UNCTAD,WTO; I.F.- ITC, IMF, UNCTAD, UNDP, WorldBank, WTO);
• Collaboration with Academia, providing training inputs for university curricula and developing
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PRIORITY  3:   Implementation of WTO Multilateral Trade Agreements
• Assistance in adapting domestic trade laws and regulations to WTO Agreements
• Effective implementation and exercise of Rights and Obligations on WTO Agreements, Sanitary
and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS), Textiles, Technical Barriers on Trade (TBT), TRIMs,
Customs Valuation, Preshipment Inspection (PSI), Rules of Origin, Import Licensing, Services,TRIPS, Accession, Dispute Settlement, Notifications;
• Outsourcing and collaborative activities in the areas of Intellectual Property Rights, Sanitary and
Phytosanitary Measures, Standards, Customs valuation, etc;
PRIORITY  4:  Improving LDCs' participation in the Multilateral Trading System
• Training on negotiation techniques, practical exercises in trade negotiation simulations;
• Training on access to documentation: Document Dissemination Facility - DDF; trade and tariff
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ANNEX III (2)
Integrated Framework (IF)
WTO Activities in the Integrated Responses
The activities listed below are the commitments3 of the WTO in the Integrated Responses
(WT/COMTD/IF/1 - 40) that have not yet been delivered. 4
Country Activities not delivered
Angola National Seminar
Assistance in Implementation of WTO Agreements
Bangladesh Assistance in Implementation of WTO Agreements
Bhutan National Seminar
Burundi Assistance in Implementation of WTO Agreements
Cape Verde National Seminar
Comoros National Seminar
Gambia Assistance in Implementation of WTO Agreements
Guinea Assistance in Implementation of WTO Agreements
Guinea Bissau National Seminar
Evaluation mission to examine specific needs
Haiti National Seminar: Textiles & Services
Lesotho Assistance in Implementation of WTO Agreements
Nepal Assistance on Accession
Samoa National Seminar
Solomon Islands Assistance in Implementation of WTO Agreements
Togo National Seminar
Technical mission for assistance in Implementation of WTO Agreements
Zambia Assistance in Implementation of WTO Agreements
                                                     
3  In this context, commitments refer to the acceptance by the Secretariat, in the joint inter-agency IF
process, to deliver trade-related technical assistance within its competence, to LDCs.
4 Activities may not have been delivered due to changes in the priorities of the LDC concerned or
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ANNEX III (3)
Specific Trade-Related Technical Assistance Plan
48 LDCs 29 LDCs Priority Topics
WTO Members
Afghanistan *
Angola Angola 2 Capacity building on the MTS
Bangladesh * Bangladesh First quarter 2001 Prog. - Trade Remedies Seminar
Bénin Bénin
Bhutan * 1 WTO and the Multilateral Trading System
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso 1 Reference Centre to be established
Burundi Burundi 1 First quarter 2001 Prog.
Cambodia * 1 Trade negotiations simulations
Cape Verde 1 First quarter 2001 - Outstanding request
C.Afr.Rep. C.Afr.Rep. CEMAC Seminar - Outstanding request
Chad Chad Outstanding request
Comoros 1 Establishment of a WTO Reference Centre
Congo DR Congo DR Outstanding request - First quarter 2001 Prog.
Djibouti Djibouti 3 Technical mission and working session with IGAD
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia 1 Follow-up of visit by DG (National Seminar)
Gambia Gambia Technical support for Domestic Legislation
Guinea Guinea 1 General information on the MTS
 Pending request on IF/RT
Guinea Bissau Guinea Bissau
Haiti + Haiti I.F. Follow-up
Kiribati * 2001 program for Pacific Islands
Laos P.D.R * 1 Update 7-11 January 2001 (see letter)
Lesotho Lesotho  Pending request on IF/RT
Liberia
Madagascar Madagascar 2 Ongoing commitment on Customs valuation
4 Overview MTS & Pending request on IF/RT & Wait for
TPR
Malawi Malawi
Maldives * Maldives First quarter 2001 Prog.
Mali Mali 2 TRIPs Capacity building
Pending request on IF/RT-First quarter 2001
Mauritania Mauritania 3 First quarter 2001 Prog.
Pending request on IF/RT
Mozambique Mozambique 4 2001 program - Wait for TPR
Myanmar * Myanmar First quarter 2001 Prog.
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Specific Trade-Related Technical Assistance Plan
48 LDCs 29 LDCs Priority Topics
WTO Members
Niger Niger 1 Reference Centre to be established
Rwanda Rwanda 1 First quarter 2001 Prog.
Samoa * 1 2001 program for Pacific Islands
Sao Tome &
Principe
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone
Solomon Islands * Solomon Islands 2001 program for Pacific Islands
Somalia
Sudan 1 Accession prog.2001
Tanzania U.R. Tanzania U.R.
Togo Togo
Tuvalu * 1 2001 program for Pacific Islands
Uganda Uganda
Vanuatu * 1 2001 program for Pacific Islands
Yemen & 1 Prog.2001 - Reference Centre establishment
Zambia Zambia Request for IF/RT and follow-up
Africa= 33 Africa= 24
Asia= 13 * Asia= 4 *
Caribbean= 1+ Caribbean= 1+
Middle East= 1&
Italics=Accessions
Total=48 Total=29
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ANNEX III (4)
Regional Seminar Series: Integrating LDCs into the Global economy
and Multilateral Trading System
Topics Cooperation with Dates
LDCs and the Mandated Negotiations on Trade in
ServicesServices Div.
LDCs and the Mandated Negotiations on Trade in
AgricultureAgriculture Div.
Status of LDCs'  Implementation, obligations, and
commitmentsMinisterial Sessions
Division
LDCs and Customs Valuation, guidelines for CustomsLegislationMarket Access Div. &
World Customs Org.
LDCs and Tariffs, Loose-Leaf Schedule, Integrated Data
Base (IDB), Updating HS for 2002 VersionMarket Access Div. &
World Customs Org.
LDCs and Non-Preferential Rules of Origin Market Access Div. &
World Customs Org.
LDCs and Information Technology: WTO ReferenceCentres and E-commerceServices Div.
Mainstreaming Trade into Country Development
Strategies: Perspectives of LDCs.Joint core Agencies: ITC
IMF, UNCTAD, UNDP ,
World Bank, WTO
LDCs and Trade Negotiation Simulations Inst. Managt. Dev. (IMD )
LDCs and Standards (TBT/SPS/…) Agriculture Div.
LDCs and Trade Remedies Rules Div.
LDCs and TRIPs TRIPs Div.
LDCs and promotion of sustainable development,
Committee on Trade and Environment (CTE)Environment Div.
LDCs & Trade Policy Reviews TPRD
Economics of WTO Rules
Annual LDCs Short Trade Policy Courses
 Annual Short Trade Policy Courses All WTO Divisions Geneva
Follow-up Oct. 1997 HLMWT/COMTD/W/79
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ANNEX III (5)
Joint Integrated Technical Assistance Programme (JITAP) *
Clusters Topics Countries
2 Assistance to WTO Focal points Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Tanzania
3 Customs Assistance Benin and Burkina (assistance mission)
Tanzania (Seminar in August)
Uganda (follow-up mission)
Tunisia, Kenya, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire (follow-up
missions)
4 Implementation of  WTO laws and regulations Benin, Burkina Faso, Tanzania (implementation
mission)
Regional Seminar in Kampala
Ghana, Kenya, Côte d'Ivoire
5 Reference Centres ITC/UNCTAD/WTO joint mission in West Africa
and East Africa
Tunisia: Reference Centre mission
7 Communication and Dissemination Facility
(CDF)On-going ITC/UNCTAD/WTO project
Web site support activities
8 Human resource development and improvement
of the knowledge of MTSTunisia (TRIPs Seminar)
*Eight countries are participating in the JITAP - Four LDCs: Benin, Burkina Faso, Tanzania and Uganda; and,
four other developing African countries:  Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, and Tunisia
Request for expansion of JITAP:
The Secretariat Working Group has received request from 19 countries to be included in the JITAP. These are:
Botswana, Cape Verde, Chad, Congo DR,
Djibouti, Ethiopia, Guinea, Haiti, Madagascar, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Senegal,Togo, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.WT/COMTD/W/79
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ANNEX IV
NEEDS ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE
The objective of this questionnaire is to obtain a focused appreciation of your Government's technical
cooperation requirements in WTO-related matters.  It will serve as an indicative framework to assist inpreparing the 2001-2003 Three-year Plan.  Please use the following headings to specify the content of your
technical cooperation requests.
CALENDAR YEAR 2001
I. IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES
(a) SUBJECT
Please identify the specific type of technical assistance required
e.g. adapting trade laws and regulations, submitting data to WTO
(notifications and Integrated Database, etc.)
1. Notifications
2. Integrated Database
3. Other
(b) SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
What are the specific objectives to be achieved for each subject
specified above?
_______________________
1 Please indicate your priorities for the year 2001 by ranking them as follows: Priority 1, Priority 2, Priority 3, etc. across a ll four
sections.  There should be only one Priority 1 for 2001.Your
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II. PARTICIPATION IN THE MULTILATERAL TRADING SYSTEM
(a) SUBJECT
Please identify the specific area for which technical assistance
is required.
1. Negotiations
2. Dispute Settlement Courses3. Other (e.g. using special and differential provisions etc.)
Please specify
(b)
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
1. What are the specific objectives to be achieved for
each subject specified above?
______________________
1 Please indicate your priorities for the year 2001 by ranking them as follows: Priority 1, Priority 2, Priority 3, etc. across a ll four
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III. UNDERSTANDING OF WTO AGREEMENTS AND ACCESS
TO INFORMATION ON WTO ISSUES
(a) S UBJECT
Please identify the specific area concerned.
1. Specific WTO Agreements (e.g. Anti-dumping,
Customs Valuation etc.)
2. WTO Reference Centres3. Documentation4. Other ( please specify)
(b) S
PECIFIC OBJECTIVES
1 What are the specific objectives to be achieved for each subject
specified above?
_______________________
1 Please indicate your priorities for the year 2001 by ranking them as follows: Priority 1, Priority 2,
Priority 3, etc. across all four sections.  There should be only one Priority 1 for 2001.Your
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IV. OTHER
Please add any request that could not be classified under
the above headings and specify the objectives to be achieved
CALENDAR YEAR 2002
If possible, identify in a general manner your requirements for technical assistance for 2002.
CALENDAR YEAR 2003
A general statement of an indicative nature would suffice.
_______________________
1 Please indicate your priorities for the year 2001 by ranking them as follows: Priority 1, Priority 2,
Priority 3, etc. across all four sections.  There should be only one Priority 1 for 2001.
__________Your
priorities1