WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/COMTD/W/126 
8 April 2004  
 
(04-1406) 
Committee on Trade and Development  
  
2003 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES 
IMPLEMENTATION FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER 
(1 OCTOBER  TO 31 DECEMBER 2003) 
 
Note by the Secretariat
 
  
1. This progress report on the implementation of the Technical Assistance Plan covers the 
technical assistance (TA) and training activities undert aken in the last quarter of the year 2003.  A 
table is attached, which contains information on the topics covered, the venue and dates of the 
activities, their nature, the participation of a partner agency in the 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 TA Plan 2003. 
2. The implementation of TA activities during the fourth quarter showed a significant increase 
over the previous period, with a total of 147 activiti es undertaken.  In the first three quarters of the 
year, 68, 131, and 105 TA activities were implemen ted respectively, thus bringing the number of 
technical assistance and training activities undertaken in  the year 2003, to a total of 451.  The Annual 
Report on Training and Technical Assistance will provide an assessment of activities undertaken 
during the year, in complement to the report of th e Director-General pursuant to paragraph 41 of the 
Doha Declaration (WT/MIN(03)/3, 14 August 2003).  More evaluative information is also provided in 
the Technical Cooperation Audit Report for 2003 (WT/COMTD/W/125). 
3. There was a sharp increase in th e delivery of TA in the last quarter of 2003, following the 
Ministerial Conference in Cancún.  (The prepar ation of the Ministerial Conference had made it 
necessary that priority be given to many Geneva-bas ed tasks requiring the presence of Secretariat staff 
at headquarters.)  Technical assistance and trai ning in the fourth quarter represented more than 
480 days of delivery. 
4. The activities undertaken in the period under review lead to a number of observations. 
• A regional spread  of TA activities was maintained.  All regions benefited from 
activities, with nearly a third taking place in Africa.  Asia and the Pacific received 
twenty-four per cent of TA provided in the last quarter of 2003, closing the gap that 
had occurred due to the outbreak of SARS in the first part of the year.  The other regions accounted for forty-six per cent of the delivery rate in the fourth quarter. 
• Subject areas covered
:  the period following the Ministerial Conference in Cancún led 
to a renewed interest in the field of ca pacity-building activities, which represented 
twenty-seven per cent of all areas covered.  These included National Trade Policy Courses, seminars on the WTO Agreements, workshops for the academic community, 
as well as Trade Policy Review missions.  Other subject areas covered in the fourth 
quarter included mainly Customs Valuati on, the establishment or upgrading of WTO 
Reference Centres, Market Access issues, and SPS, which, together with activities on 
Services and Singapore issues, represented 31 per cent of the delivery rate. 
                                                     
 
1 The costs indicated for each activity reflect the in formation available as at 5 March 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/126 
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• Least-developed countries
 (LDCs) were directly associated with fifty-nine activities 
in the fourth quarter, representing an increas e of over sixty per cent over the previous 
period under review (thirty-six activities in the third quarter).  Twenty-six activities 
were held at the national level, a nd included seven upgrades of existing WTO 
Reference Centres or installation of new on es.  The thirty-three regional and/or global 
activities with which LDCs were associated were organized in the field, as well as in 
Geneva.  The second Geneva Week was held  in November, and several LDCs were 
also invited to participate in the Geneva-based Special Courses on Services and Dispute Settlement. 
• Preferred mode of delivery
:  during the fourth quarter, the delivery of TA activities 
was equally spread between national and re gional activities.  Furthermore, the WTO 
Secretariat held preparatory meetings with  partner universities for the organization of 
the Regional Trade Policy Courses to be conduc ted in 2004.  It should be noted that 
the fifty regional activities undertaken betw een October and December included six 
Short Trade Policy Courses which could not be organized in the first part of the year, as well as the DDA Advanced Training Progr amme in China, which had been 
interrupted in March, due to the outbreak of SARS. 
• Geneva-based training activities
 in the fourth quarter included two specialized 
courses.  The 1st Specialized Course on Services was held over a two-week period in 
November, and the 7th Specialized Course on Dispute Settlement (French) in early 
December.  The 26th WTO Trade Policy Course in Spanish, which had started on 
22 September, ran until 12 December, concl uding the series of Geneva-based regular 
Trade Policy Courses for the year.  From the programme of Geneva-based training 
activities, only the 8th Introduction Day was postponed early 2004.   WT/COMTD/W/126
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with Number 
of staff Planned 
Yes/No Number 
of days Costs 
Accession 15-Dec-03 
17-Dec-03 Yemen Joint advisory mission on 
Accession, with UNCTAD 
 Technical 
mission UNCTAD 1 Yes 3 2,840.20 
Agriculture 25-Nov-03 
25-Nov-03 United Kingdom ISO conference on Sugar:  WTO - 
What next? Conference ISO 1 No 1 2,667.85 
02-Oct-03 
04-Oct-03 Burkina Faso Trade Policy Review Workshop Technical 
mission  2 Yes 3 5,689.10 
06-Oct-03 
10-Oct-03 Gambia Meetings with Government 
Officials for the preparation of the 
TPR of The Gambia Technical 
mission  2 No 5 10,978.85 
06-Oct-03 
10-Oct-03 Malaysia University Teaching Programme Regional 
workshop IAS; UN 
University 2 No 5 73,917.80 
06-Oct-03 
08-Oct-03 Benin Trade Policy Review Workshop National 
workshop  2 Yes 3 6,420.50 
07-Oct-03 
08-Oct-03 Belgium Cotonou and the WTO:  
Opportunities and conflicts for 
ACP countries Colloquium 
/ Meeting ACP Secretariat 2 No 2 3,174.00 
12-Oct-03 
13-Oct-03 Zambia Research Project on Regionalism:  
Cotonou and the WTO Colloquium 
/ Meeting  1 No 2 2,634.33 
13-Oct-03 
13-Oct-03 Singapore Presentation at the Institute of 
South East Asian Studies in 
Singapore Colloquium 
/ Meeting  1 No 1 6,158.00 
13-Oct-03 
18-Oct-03 Uruguay Policies and International Trade in 
Agricultural Products for 
Mercosur, Bolivia and Chile (combined with the Short Trade 
Policy Course for ALADI) Regional 
workshop ALADI; IADB; 
IICA 1 No 6 3,079.77 
14-Oct-03 
15-Oct-03 Botswana Research Project on Regionalism:  
Cotonou and the WTO Colloquium 
/ Meeting  2 No 2 3,603.33 
15-Oct-03 
15-Oct-03 Argentina WTO Agreements: presentation to 
University Students at the 
University of Bologna National 
Conference University of 
Bologna 1 No 1 2,226.06 
16-Oct-03 
17-Oct-03 South Africa Research Project on Regionalism:  
Cotonou and the WTO Colloquium 
/ Meeting  5 No 2 11,867.33 
27-Oct-03 
29-Oct-03 Argentina WTO matters for University 
Professors in Latin America Regional 
workshop IADB/INTAL 2 No 3 14,928.62 Capacity-building 
 
28-Oct-03 
30-Oct-03 Cambodia Market Access,  International Trade 
Statistics, Customs Matters, 
Services, and TRIPS  
 Technical 
mission  2 Yes 3 21,870.70  WT/COMTD/W/126 
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with Number 
of staff Planned 
Yes/No Number 
of days Costs 
29-Oct-03 
31-Oct-03 Rwanda Trade Policy Seminar on the 
Multilateral Trading System National 
seminar  2 No 3 11,797.80 
05-Nov-03 
05-Nov-03 France Presentation on the WTO for High-
Level Officials from developing countries at the Ecole Nationale 
d'Administration (ENA) Workshop Ecole Nationale 
d'Administration (ENA) 1 No 1 1,237.30 
05-Nov-03 
07-Nov-03 Switzerland 
(WTO HQ) Workshop for French-speaking 
African Academics Regional 
workshop  1 No 3 72,563.74 
10-Nov-03 
11-Nov-03 Namibia Doha Development Agenda Issues 
at Stake: Workshop for Ministers 
and Parliamentarians National 
workshop  2 Yes 2 12,749.40 
12-Nov-03 
14-Nov-03 Kenya Discussion with the University of 
Nairobi on the Regional Trade 
Policy Courses (venue, accounts, programme) Technical 
mission  2 No 3 10,200.80 
14-Nov-03 
14-Nov-03 Switzerland 
(WTO HQ) Regional Trade Agreements Workshop  10 Yes 1 62,520.06 
18-Nov-03 
19-Nov-03 Niger WTO and Globalization for 
Parliamentarians National 
seminar  1 No 2 3,580.70 
19-Nov-03 
19-Nov-03 Moldova Trade Policy and the WTO for 
Parliamentarians National 
seminar  1 No 1 3,781.40 
20-Nov-03 
20-Nov-03 Moldova National Trade Policy Course: 
Agriculture issues National 
training 
course  1 Yes 1 3,035.70 
21-Nov-03 
22-Nov-03 Niger WTO and Globalization for 
Government Officials National 
seminar  1 No 2 3,580.70 
27-Nov-03 
29-Nov-03 Barbados WTO matters for University 
Professors and Academics from the 
Caribbean Regional 
workshop University of the 
West Indies 5 No 3 45,814.13 
28-Nov-03 
29-Nov-03 Ghana Post-Cancún Meeting of African 
Trade Negotiators and Officials 
(Singapore Issues, NAMA, etc.) Colloquium 
/ Meeting UNECA 2 No 2 10,079.20 
30-Nov-03 
11-Dec-03 Qatar Trade Policy and Multilateral 
Trading system for Arab countries 
academics Regional 
workshop AMF (Arab 
Monetary Fund); 
Government of Qatar 8 Yes 10 139,309.85 Capacity-building 
(cont'd) 
 
01-Dec-03 
05-Dec-03 Singapore Management Development 
Programme on the Doha 
Development Agenda, Colombo 
Plan - DDA Negotiations 
 Regional 
seminar Colombo 
Secretariat 1 No 5 8,506.90   WT/COMTD/W/126
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with Number 
of staff Planned 
Yes/No Number 
of days Costs 
01-Dec-03 
02-Dec-03 Austria Meeting with UNIDO on the 
implementation of the MOU Colloquium 
/ Meeting UNIDO 1 No 2 967.60 
01-Dec-03 
04-Dec-03 Nigeria National Trade Policy Course 
(Post-Cancún, NAMA, Agriculture) National 
training course  1 Yes 4 8,764.52 
03-Dec-03 
05-Dec-03 Austria WTO matters for University 
Professors in Central and Eastern 
Europe and Central Asia Regional 
workshop Joint Vienna 
Institute (JVI) 3 Yes 3 79,772.04 
03-Dec-03 
05-Dec-03 Kenya Research Project Meeting and 
OECD Regional Workshop on 
Promoting Merchandise Trade Colloquium 
/ Meeting OECD 1 No 3 4,878.05 
07-Dec-03 
08-Dec-03 Algeria FES Expert Seminar on 
Agriculture, NAMA, Singapore 
Issues and Development National 
seminar Friedrich-Ebert 
Stiftung (FES) 1 No 2 No cost for 
WTO 
08-Dec-03 
11-Dec-03 United States of 
America WTO/UNITAR Workshop on the 
Main Elements of the Draft Cancún 
Ministerial Text, Status of the 
Doha Development Agenda 
Negotiations, and the Geneva 
process; Negotiating Techniques and Simulation exercises, and 
WTO Dispute Settlement Regional 
workshop UNITAR 2 No 4 12,389.50 
08-Dec-03 
19-Dec-03 Switzerland 
(WTO HQ) for Bhutan National Trade Policy Course:  
Orientation Course on WTO Agreements to Officials from the 
Royal Government of Bhutan 
 National 
training course  1 Yes 10 No cost for 
WTO 
09-Dec-03 
09-Dec-03 Austria UNIDO Workshop on WTO 
Principles, Agreements, and the 
WTO Website Video-
conference UNIDO 1 No 1 No cost for 
WTO 
10-Dec-03 11-Dec-03 Suriname Trade Policy Review of Suriname, 
including technical sessions, and 
the use of the TPR process to identify new future policy 
priorities, and technical assistance 
needs Technical 
mission  2 No 2 11,559.90 Capacity-building 
(cont'd) 
 
11-Dec-03 
12-Dec-03 France Training on Market, Policies and 
Negotiations at the Institut 
Agronomique Méditerranéen de 
Montpellier 
 Workshop Institut 
Agronomique 
Méditerannéen 
de Montpellier 1 No 2 No cost for 
WTO  WT/COMTD/W/126 
Page 6 Subject matter Dates Venue Topics Activity Co-operation 
with Number 
of staff Planned 
Yes/No Number 
of days Costs 
14-Dec-03 
18-Dec-03 Jordan National Trade Policy Course National 
training 
course  3 Yes 5 7,917.00 
15-Dec-03 
17-Dec-03 Belize Trade Policy Re view of Belize, 
including technical sessions, and 
the use of the TPR process to 
identify new future policy priorities, and technical assistance 
needs Technical 
mission  2 No 3 11,745.55 Capacity-building 
(cont'd) 
 
21-Dec-03 
22-Dec-03 China, P.R. Second International Forum of the 
Shenzhen WTO Affairs Center, and 
Annual Conference of the Advisory 
Board "WTO and Shenzhen":  State of DDA Negotiations Conference Shenzhen WTO 
Affairs Center 1 No 2 5,826.30 
04-Oct-03 
04-Oct-03 United Arab 
Emirates Customs Valuation and Trade 
Facilitation (combined with the 
Regional Workshop in Oman) National 
workshop  1 Yes 1 No cost for 
WTO 
05-Oct-03 08-Oct-03 Oman Practical Implementation of WTO 
Customs Valuation Agreement for 
Customs Officers, and Trade Facilitation for GCC Countries Regional 
workshop WCO 2 Yes 4 60,243.63 
14-Oct-03 
15-Oct-03 Yemen Rules of Origin and Customs 
Valuation National 
workshop  2 Yes 2 5,799.71 
18-Nov-03 
21-Nov-03 Cambodia Practical Implementation of WTO 
Customs Valuation Agreement for 
Customs Officers of selected Asian 
countries Regional 
workshop WCO; 2 Yes 4 75,853.25 
30-Nov-03 
03-Dec-03 Panama Customs Valuation 
 
 National 
seminar IADB/INTAL 1 Yes 4 3,650.90 
01-Dec-03 
05-Dec-03 Burkina Faso Practical Implementation of WTO 
Customs Valuation Agreement for 
Customs Officers of selected African countries 
 Regional 
workshop WCO 3 Yes 5 40,980.08 
03-Dec-03 
07-Dec-03 Honduras Customs Valuation - replacement 
mission for the Regional Seminar planned in Latin America National 
seminar IADB/INTAL 1 Yes 5 3,620.20 Customs Valuation 
 
08-Dec-03 
10-Dec-03 Burkina Faso Customs Valuation and Trade 
Facilitation  National 
workshop  1 Yes 3 9,934.55   WT/COMTD/W/126
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with Number 
of staff Planned 
Yes/No Number 
of days Costs 
Customs Valuation 
(cont'd) 09-Dec-03 
12-Dec-03 Saint Lucia Practical Implementation of WTO 
Customs Valuation Agreement for 
Customs Officers of selected 
Caribbean countries  Regional 
workshop CARICOM; 
IADB/INTAL; 
OECS 
Secretariat; WCO 2 Yes 4 68,195.26 
24-Nov-03 
28-Nov-03 Mexico Dispute Settlement for University 
professors  National 
seminar  3 No 5 15,093.65 
01-Dec-03 
05-Dec-03 Switzerland 
(WTO HQ) 7th Specialized Course on Dispute 
Settlement (French) Specialized 
course  1 Yes 5 49,448.66 
08-Dec-03 
12-Dec-03 Mexico Dispute Settlement for Arbitrators 
and Practitioners National 
workshop  2 No 5 12,188.00 Dispute Settlement 
 
15-Dec-03 
18-Dec-03 Lebanon WTO Dispute Settlement 
Procedures and Practices, and DSU Negotiations for Arab and Middle 
East Countries Regional 
workshop Arab Monetary 
Fund (AMF) 2 Yes 4 64,054.19 
Geneva-based 
Training Activities 10-Nov-03 
21-Nov-03 Switzerland 
(WTO HQ) First Specialized Course on 
Services Specialized 
course  1 Yes 10 129,973.12 
11-Oct-03 
12-Oct-03 Oman Implementation Issues on Import 
Licensing, Pre-shipment Inspection 
and Rules of Origin for the Gulf Cooperation Council countries Regional 
workshop  3 Yes 2 27,074.35 
24-Nov-03 
26-Nov-03 Namibia Implementation of WTO 
Agreements for the National WTO Committee -  training session for 
Trade Negotiators National 
workshop  2 Yes 3 No cost for 
WTO Implementation 
Issues 
 
25-Nov-03 
26-Nov-03 Fiji Rules of Origin for Pacific Islands 
(FORSEC) Regional 
workshop  1 Yes 2 45,609.55 
14-Oct-03 
17-Oct-03 Niger Upgrading of the WTO Reference 
Centre Technical 
mission  2 Yes 4 19,824.72 
04-Nov-03 
06-Nov-03 Sierra Leone Establishment of a WTO Reference 
Centre at the Ministry of Trade and 
Industry Technical 
mission  2 Yes 3 28,586.88 
07-Nov-03 
07-Nov-03 Switzerland Establishment of a WTO Reference 
Centre at the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Djibouti, Geneva 
 Technical 
mission  1 No 1 5,016.00 Information 
Technology / WTO 
Reference Centres  
18-Nov-03 
20-Nov-03 Central African 
Republic Upgrading of the WTO Reference 
Centre Technical 
mission 
 
  2 No 3 25,232.33  WT/COMTD/W/126 
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with Number 
of staff Planned 
Yes/No Number 
of days Costs 
19-Nov-03 
21-Nov-03 Bhutan Upgrading of the WTO Reference 
Centre Technical 
mission  2 Yes 3 11,828.33 
24-Nov-03 
26-Nov-03 Russian 
Federation Establishment of a WTO Reference 
Centre at the Ministry of Trade and Industry Technical 
mission  1 Yes 3 3,195.71 
24-Nov-03 
26-Nov-03 Nepal Upgrading of the WTO Reference 
Centre Technical 
mission  2 Yes 3 17,561.18 Information 
Technology / WTO 
Reference Centres 
(cont'd)  
25-Nov-03 
27-Nov-03 Ethiopia Upgrading of the WTO Reference 
Centre Technical 
mission  2 Yes 3 19,806.92 
31-Oct-03 
01-Nov-03 Guinea Finalisation and follow-up of the 
DTIS - National Validation Workshop Technical 
workshop UNCTAD / ITC / 
WB/ IMF / UNDP 1 Yes 2 4,863.80 
10-Nov-03 
11-Nov-03 Ethiopia Finalisation and follow-up of the 
DTIS Technical 
workshop UNCTAD / ITC / 
WB/ IMF / 
UNDP 1 Yes 2 5,306.30 
04-Dec-03 
05-Dec-03 Switzerland Integrated Framework Retreat Conference UNCTAD / ITC / 
WB/ IMF / 
UNDP 2 No 2 1,026.95 Integrated 
Framework / Least-developed countries 
 
18-Dec-03 
19-Dec-03 Burundi Finalisation and follow-up of the 
DTIS, jointly with TPR 
preparations Technical 
workshop UNCTAD / ITC / 
WB/ IMF / 
UNDP 1 Yes 2 5,938.50 
08-Oct-03 
09-Oct-03 China, P.R. Beijing International Development 
Forum Conference China Beijing 
International 
High-Tech 
Industries Week 1 No 2 405.30 
06-Nov-03 
07-Nov-03 China, P.R. China Business Summit - China's 
role as a new WTO Member Conference World Economic 
Forum 1 No 2 2,935.70 
07-Nov-03 
07-Nov-03 France Planning for 2004 - Meeting with 
the Agence de la Francophonie Colloquium 
/ Meeting Agence de la 
Francophonie; 
WTO 2 No 1 1,921.30 
10-Nov-03 
14-Nov-03 Switzerland 
(WTO HQ) Geneva Week for Non-Residents Geneva 
Week WTO 1 Yes 5 246,979.48 
10-Nov-03 
12-Nov-03 China, P.R. Government Seminar on the WTO National 
conference Government of 
China, P.R. 2 No 3 1,565.26 
13-Nov-03 
14-Nov-03 Mexico Fifth Plenary Meeting of the Latin 
American Trade Network - Special and Differential Treatment Symposium Latin American 
Trade Network 1 No 2 4,986.00 Mainstreaming 
 
20-Nov-03 
22-Nov-03 Mozambique SATRN Second Annual Trade 
Symposium - How to Enhance the Benefits for SADC countries in the 
Doha Round? Symposium Southern Africa 
Trade Research Network 
(SATRN) 1 No 3 5,467.20   WT/COMTD/W/126
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with Number 
of staff Planned 
Yes/No Number 
of days Costs 
Mainstreaming 
(cont'd) 20-Dec-03 
22-Dec-03 Egypt "Beyond Cancún 2003: The Trade 
Future of the Developing Countries 
at the Crossroads" Conference Cairo Regional 
Centre for 
International 
Commercial Arbitration; 
Egyptian 
Ministry of Foreign Trade 1 No 3 2,907.60 
01-Oct-03 
02-Oct-03 Ethiopia Ad-Hoc Expert Group Meeting on 
Maintaining the Government Fiscal Base in the Context of a Trade 
Liberalization Regime Colloquium 
/ Meeting  1 No 2 4,726.00 
13-Oct-03 
16-Oct-03 Zambia Market Access Negotiations and 
IDB/CTS databases for selected 
English-speaking African 
Countries Regional 
workshop  3 Yes 4 93,128.69 
20-Oct-03 
21-Oct-03 Tunisia Non-agricultural Market Access 
(NAMA) - JITAP Programme National 
workshop UNCTAD / ITC 1 No 2 1,797.60 
10-Nov-03 
13-Nov-03 Turkey Market Access Negotiations and 
IDB/CTS Databases Regional 
workshop WTO 5 Yes 4 122,593.99 
24-Nov-03 
27-Nov-03 Peru Market Access Negotiations and 
IDB/CTS Databases for Central 
and South America Regional 
workshop Andean 
Community; 
IADB 3 Yes 4 88,267.88 
28-Nov-03 
28-Nov-03 Peru Market Access and the IDB 
Database (combined with the 
Regional Workshop above) National 
seminar  2 No 1 5,815.55 Market Access 
 
01-Dec-03 
03-Dec-03 El Salvador Use of IDB/CTS Databases and 
preparation of IDB submissions 
 National 
workshop  1 Yes 3 3,650.80 
Outreach 09-Oct-03 
11-Oct-03 Bangladesh 49th Commonwealth Parliamentary 
Conference (4-12 October 2003) Conference Commonwealth 
Parliamentary 
Association 1 No 3 1,537.60 
02-Oct-03 
03-Oct-03 Hong Kong, 
China Preparatory Meeting with 
Hong Kong University Officials on the venue for the Regional Trade  
Policy Course for Asia in 2004 
 Colloquium 
/ Meeting Hong Kong 
University 2 No 2 7,556.20 
Regional Trade 
Policy Course (preparation) 
 
06-Oct-03 
07-Oct-03 Singapore Preparatory Meeting with 
Singapore University Officials on 
the venue for the Regional Trade  Policy Course for Asia in 2004 Colloquium 
/ Meeting Singapore 
University 2 No 2 7,833.05  WT/COMTD/W/126 
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with Number 
of staff Planned 
Yes/No Number 
of days Costs 
01-Dec-03 
01-Dec-03 Jamaica Meeting with the academic 
Coordinator for the Regional Trade 
Policy Course at the University of 
the West Indies Colloquium 
/ Meeting University of the 
West Indies 
(UWI) 1 No 1 4,914.65 
07-Dec-03 
09-Dec-03 Morocco Meeting with potential partner 
Institution in Rabat, on the 
organization of the Regional Trade Policy Course in 2004 Colloquium 
/ Meeting Université 
Mohammed V 
(Souissi) 2 No 3 9,883.45 Regional Trade 
Policy Course 
(preparation) 
(cont'd)  
 
11-Dec-03 
12-Dec-03 Senegal Meeting with potential partner 
Institution in Dakar, on the organization of the Regional Trade 
Policy Course in 2004 Colloquium 
/ Meeting  2 No 2 8,980.60 
03-Nov-03 
06-Nov-03 Turkey Advanced Anti-Dumping and 
Disciplines safeguards - Trade Remedies (Safeguards), Dispute 
Settlement, and Multilateral 
Subsidies Disciplines National 
workshop  2 Yes 4 5,703.30 
11-Nov-03 
13-Nov-03 Singapore Subsidy Disciplines for selected 
Asian Countries 
 Regional 
workshop Government of 
Singapore 2 Yes 3 16,622.40 
17-Nov-03 
19-Nov-03 Ecuador Subsidy Disciplines for Latin 
American Countries Regional 
workshop 
 IADB/INTAL 2 Yes 3 26,780.48 Rules 
 
08-Dec-03 
12-Dec-03 Indonesia Improving Skills in the area of 
Anti-dumping and Subsidy 
Disciplines National 
training 
course 
  2 Yes 5 12,446.85 
07-Oct-03 
09-Oct-03 Nigeria Application and Implementation of 
the SPS Agreement National 
workshop CODEX; IPPC; 
World 
Organization for Animal Health  
(OIE) 1 Yes 3 20,576.25 
14-Oct-03 
15-Oct-03 Bahrain Implementation of the SPS 
Agreement National 
workshop 
  1 Yes 2 5,237.60 Sanitary and 
Phytosanitary 
Measures  
27-Oct-03 
31-Oct-03 Switzerland 
(WTO HQ) Special Meeting of the SPS 
Committee on the Operation of 
Enquiry Points Symposium GTZ 
(Gesellschaft für 
Technische Zusammenarbeit) 1 No 5 59,953.91   WT/COMTD/W/126
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with Number 
of staff Planned 
Yes/No Number 
of days Costs 
11-Nov-03 
13-Nov-03 Uganda Application and Implementation of 
the SPS Agreement in selected East 
African Countries Regional 
workshop CODEX; IPPC; 
World 
Organization for 
Animal Health  (OIE) 2 Yes 3 59,402.04 
12-Nov-03 
13-Nov-03 Italy STDF Working Group meeting Committee 
Meeting World Bank 3 Yes 2 4,265.80 
01-Dec-03 
01-Dec-03 Algeria SPS National 
seminar CIRAD 1 No 1 130.00 Sanitary and 
Phytosanitary 
Measures (cont'd) 
 
09-Dec-03 
11-Dec-03 Sri Lanka Application and Implementation of 
the SPS Agreement in selected Southern Asian Countries Regional 
workshop CODEX; IPPC; 
World Organization for 
Animal Health  
(OIE) 2 Yes 3 61,898.84 
Sanitary and 
Phytosanitary 
Measures;Technical Barriers to Trade 01-Oct-03 
02-Oct-03 Gambia SPS and TBT Agreements National 
workshop  2 Yes 2 6,792.10 
15-Oct-03 
17-Oct-03 Nepal The GATS and on-going 
negotiations including the scheduling of commitments National 
workshop  2 Yes 3 9,410.55 
20-Oct-03 
24-Oct-03 China, P.R. General Assembly of the World 
Tourism Organization Conference World Tourism 
Organization 1 No 5 3,919.85 
21-Oct-03 
23-Oct-03 Lao, People's 
Dem. Rep. The GATS and on-going 
negotiations including the 
scheduling of commitments National 
workshop  2 Yes 3 14,357.25 
28-Oct-03 
30-Oct-03 Thailand WTO/ITU/ESCAP Seminar on 
WTO Agreements and Regulatory 
Reform of the Telecommunications 
Sector Regional 
seminar ITU; UNESCAP 1 Yes 3 20,134.24 
11-Nov-03 
13-Nov-03 Ghana ITU Forum for African Telecom 
Regulators - Services and 
Telecommunications Conference ITU 1 No 3 4,670.80 
19-Nov-03 
21-Nov-03 India The GATS and on-going 
negotiations including the 
scheduling of commitments National 
training 
course  2 Yes 3 6,534.65 Services 
 
11-Dec-03 
12-Dec-03 Lebanon Opportunities and Challenges of 
Tourism in ESCWA Member 
States 
  Regional 
seminar UNESCWA 1 No 2 3,703.00  WT/COMTD/W/126 
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with Number 
of staff Planned 
Yes/No Number 
of days Costs 
Services (cont'd) 16-Dec-03 
18-Dec-03 Argentina The GATS and on-going 
negotiations including the 
scheduling of commitments for 
Latin America Regional 
workshop IADB/INTAL 2 Yes 3 68,105.78 
06-Oct-03 
24-Oct-03 Australia Trade Law Course for Developing 
Countries in Asia and the Pacific 
region - Introduction to the WTO for LDCs and Countries in 
Accession; Introduction to the 
Multilateral Trading System; Market Access and Tariff 
Negotiations; Agreements on 
Agriculture and SPS; Trade in Services; and Dispute Settlement Regional 
training 
course IDLO 3 Yes 15 22,862.80 
13-Oct-03 
24-Oct-03 Ghana Second WTO/ECA/AfDB Trade 
Policy Course for Africa Regional 
training course AfDB; NEPAD; 
UNECA 17 Yes 10 478,177.48 
20-Oct-03 
31-Oct-03 Uruguay Trade Law Course for ALADI 
Countries Regional 
training 
course ALADI; 
IADB/INTAL 5 Yes 10 109,245.88 
27-Oct-03 
31-Oct-03 Kazakhstan ESCAP Training Course on WTO 
Agreements, Doha Development 
Agenda and Accession Issues Regional 
training 
course UNESCAP 2 Yes 5 10,178.65 
10-Nov-03 
24-Nov-03 Mexico Trade Law Course for Latin 
American Countries Regional 
training 
course IDLO 1 Yes 11 2,997.45 Short Trade Policy 
Courses 
 
10-Nov-03 
21-Nov-03 Philippines Sixth WTO/ESCAP Regional 
Training Course on WTO 
Agreements and the Doha 
Development Agenda Regional 
training 
course UNESCAP 3 Yes 10 95,757.85 
01-Oct-03 
03-Oct-03 Tunisia JITAP programme:  UNCTAD 
Training Course on Competition 
Policy National 
seminar UNCTAD / ITC 1 No 3 1,783.20 
06-Oct-03 
17-Oct-03 Peru UNCTAD Training Course on 
Trade and Investment for Latin 
American Countries Regional 
training 
course  UNCTAD 1 No 5 7,662.10 Singapore Issues 
 
21-Oct-03 
22-Oct-03 Yemen Trade and Investment National 
workshop 
 
  1 Yes 2 5,241.10   WT/COMTD/W/126
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with Number 
of staff Planned 
Yes/No Number 
of days Costs 
30-Oct-03 
30-Oct-03 China, P.R. Government Procurement National 
workshop  1 Yes 1 2,105.40 
05-Nov-03 
06-Nov-03 Venezuela Competition Policy National 
workshop  3 Yes 2 10,066.00 
01-Dec-03 
02-Dec-03 Tunisia JITAP Workshop on Investment 
and Geographical Indications National 
workshop UNCTAD / ITC 2 No 2 3,137.40 
08-Dec-03 
10-Dec-03 Costa Rica Strengthening Institutional and 
Capacity Building in the Area of Competition and Consumer Policy 
for the Central American Countries Regional 
seminar UNCTAD 1 No 3 5,525.30 Singapore Issues 
(cont'd) 
 
13-Dec-03 
14-Dec-03 Kuwait Competition Policy and Trade and 
Investment Issues National 
workshop  3 Yes 2 8,394.50 
21-Oct-03 
22-Oct-03 Switzerland 
(WTO HQ) Learning Event on Labelling (TBT) Workshop  1 Yes 2 226,860.81 
13-Nov-03 
14-Nov-03 Bangladesh TBT Agreement for the SAARC 
Region Regional 
workshop SAARC; UNIDO 2 Yes 2 7,384.10 
18-Nov-03 
19-Nov-03 India The TBT Agreement National 
workshop  2 Yes 2 6,458.90 Technical Barriers 
to Trade  
 
27-Nov-03 
28-Nov-03 Fiji TBT Agreement for Pacific Island 
Countries Regional 
workshop FORSEC (Forum 
Secretariat) 2 Yes 2 51,207.20 
09-Oct-03 
10-Oct-03 Viet Nam Implementation of the Textiles and 
Clothing Agreement for selected  South Asian and new Asian Textile 
exporting Countries Regional 
workshop  2 Yes 2 52,730.25 
27-Oct-03 
31-Oct-03 China, P.R. 2003 Annual Cotton Conference 
and Post-ATC Adjustment Conference Government of 
China, P.R.  1 No 5 3,952.00 
03-Nov-03 
04-Nov-03 India Textiles Summit Conference Confederation of 
Indian Industry  1 No 2 4,305.35 Textiles and 
Clothing  
18-Nov-03 
18-Nov-03 United States of 
America USA-ITA's 15th Annual Textiles 
and Apparel Importers, Trade and Transportation Conference Conference United States 
Association of Importers of 
Textiles and 
Apparel  1 No 1 4,400.90 
Trade and 
Environment 
 07-Oct-03 
09-Oct-03 Djibouti Trade and Environment for  
French-speaking African Countries 
and Haiti 
 
 Regional 
workshop  3 Yes 3 182,970.58  WT/COMTD/W/126 
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with Number 
of staff Planned 
Yes/No Number 
of days Costs 
25-Nov-03 
27-Nov-03 Jamaica Trade and Environment for 
Caribbean Countries Regional 
workshop UNCTAD; 
UNEP 2 Yes 3 40,277.55 
27-Nov-03 
28-Nov-03 Jamaica UNEP-UNCTAD CBTF Workshop 
on Trade and Environment (combined with the Regional 
Workshop on Trade and 
Environment for Caribbean Countries) Regional 
workshop UNCTAD; 
UNEP 2 No 2 4,914.65 Trade and 
Environment 
(cont'd) 
09-Dec-03 
11-Dec-03 Hungary Trade and Envi ronment for Eastern 
European Countries Regional 
workshop UNCTAD; 
UNEP 3 Yes 3 114,460.90 
06-Oct-03 
10-Oct-03 Kazakhstan Trade Negotiations Simulations 
(Agriculture, Industrial Goods and 
Services) National 
workshop  1 Yes 5 12,521.00 
08-Oct-03 
10-Oct-03 Peru Trade Negotiations Skills for 
selected Latin Am erican Countries Regional 
workshop IADB/INTAL 1 Yes 3 6,473.80 
27-Oct-03 
01-Nov-03 China, P.R. WTO/UNESCAP/MOFCOM/PKU  
Advanced Course for Asian and 
Pacific Senior Government 
Officials on the Doha Development 
Agenda Negotiations Regional 
training 
course Asian 
Development 
Bank 
(ADB);Beijing 
University 11 Yes 6 254,451.71 
03-Nov-03 
07-Nov-03 Argentina Workshop on the Toolkit for 
Negotiators for Mercosur Regional 
workshop IADB/INTAL 2 No 5 5,848.00 Trade Negotiation 
Skills 
 
15-Dec-03 
17-Dec-03 Kuwait Trade Negotiations Skills National 
workshop  2 Yes 3 4,701.10 
17-Nov-03 
17-Nov-03 Switzerland 
(WTO HQ) Joint WIPO/WTO Workshop on 
Intellectual Property Rights and 
Transfer of Technology for 
Geneva-based Delegates Symposium UNCTAD; 
WIPO 2 Yes 1 25,875.42 
06-Dec-03 
07-Dec-03 Bahrain The TRIPS Agreement National 
workshop  2 Yes 2 8,374.55 
08-Dec-03 
11-Dec-03 Jordan WHO Consultative Meeting on 
TRIPs and Public Health Colloquium 
/ Meeting WHO 1 No 4 4,219.45 Trade-related 
Intellectual Property 
Rights 
 
15-Dec-03 
17-Dec-03 Malaysia The TRIPS Agreement National 
workshop  2 Yes 3 9,541.40 
 
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