WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
WT/COMTD/W/131 
1 June 2004  
 
(04-2297) 
Committee on Trade and Development  
 
 
2004 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES 
IMPLEMENTATION FOR THE FIRST QUARTER 
(1 JANUARY  TO 31 MARCH 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 first quarter of the year 20 04.  All activities are listed in the table attached, 
which contains information on the topics covered, th e venue and dates of the activities, their nature, 
the participation of a partner agency in the deliv ery 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. Moreover, following discussions at the Committe e on Trade and Development (COMTD), in 
November 2003, which resulted in the approval of the Plan, a process of regular informal consultations between donors and beneficiaries wa s initiated to discuss several outstanding issues 
with regard to the Plan.  The first of these info rmal consultations took place in January and the second 
in March.  These meetings are generally consider ed a good opportunity for exchanging views.  The 
Secretariat had agreed to prepare informal discu ssion papers for these meetings, and presented one 
such paper on Needs Assessment.  As a result of  the discussions, it was furthermore agreed to 
undertake "pilot" needs assessment studi es for several countries, so as to "test" a conceptual approach.  
Moreover, it was agreed to develop terms of re ference to launch an external evaluation.  
3. Before providing a broader description of the implementation of activities per se , by way of 
illustration, some approaches in the delivery of TA are highlighted.  The Secretariat has met at least 
once with each regional grouping, as well as with least-developed countries (LDCs), to present and 
discuss the TA Plan as well as to address the question of how beneficiaries could best be engaged in 
the delivery process.  Moreover, all beneficiaries have been encouraged to submit their national 
requests for TA activities.  To date, seventy-f our countries have subm itted their requests.  
Subsequently, contacts were established with delega tions to discuss how these requests could best be 
addressed.  This process was mainly geared towards enhancing engagement of all parties involved in 
the delivery of TA. 
4. Particular emphasis has been put on cooperation with partners.  Thus, partnership activities 
accounted for thirty-four activities in the first part  of the year.  While various examples could be 
provided, one relates to the im plementation of the newly establis hed Memorandum of Understanding 
(MoU) between the UNIDO and the WTO, which was signed at Cancún.  The purpose of this MoU, 
which establishes a strategic partnership between the two organizations, is to ensure that trade and 
industrial development enhance economic growth, a nd to assist the integration of beneficiary 
countries into the global economy and the multilateral trading system.  Following the design of a 
strategic approach, implementation was started on a p ilot basis at the beginning of 2004.  This initial 
phase includes an analysis of priority sectors as we ll as products with an important export potential 
                                                      
1 The costs indicated for each activity reflect the in formation available as at 30 April 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/131 
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addressing capacity-building weaknesses, and targets at this stage nine countries (Armenia, Bolivia, 
Cambodia, Cuba, Egypt, Ghana, Jordan, Kenya, a nd Mauritania).  It includes undertaking studies of 
supply-side constraints, conformity to market requirements, and standards and implementation of 
multilateral trade agreements.  Three "kick-off" seminars were jointly carried out by the two 
organizations and in cooperation with the host governments of Cambodia, Cuba, and Bolivia.  
Participants included high-level gove rnment officials from various mini stries and departments, as well 
as representatives from the private sector.  Each or ganization focuses on what it can best contribute in 
terms of capacity-building.  Following the initial stag e, which is due to be concluded in the summer, 
the second phase will be initiated, consisti ng of the implementation of activities. 
5. Another aspect of the delivery of TA consis ted in ensuring cumulative capacity-building, 
which is one of the primary objectives of TA and tr aining.  An illustration of how this was done is 
provided through the Intensive Training C ourse on Trade and Competition Policy for  
English-speaking African countries that was held in  Mauritius at the end of March.  This Course 
lasted six days instead of the average three days for the traditional workshops.  The need for this 
approach was identified by the participants in the series of shorter workshops and seminars that were 
organized in various regions in 2003.  Participants  in this six day Course were exposed to in-depth 
analysis of and training on the basic concepts of  competition law, and linkag es with and implications 
for the multilateral trading system.  The Course was most hands-on and interactive, with simulations 
and case studies, and with the direct assistance of highly qualified and experienced academic and external resource persons.  The feedback obtained on  this mission from participants and the TC Audit 
Unit was very encouraging.  Other such cour ses are planned in various regions in 2004. 
6. Turning now to a more detailed quantitative a nd qualitative description of the implementation 
of TA and training activities during the first quarter , a significant increase over the same period of the 
previous year can be reported.  A total of 101 activities were undertaken, representing 508 days of 
delivery.  This can be explained by several factor s:  the timely adoption of the TA Plan 2004, which 
enabled the WTO to schedule an early start of activities;  the temporary slow-down in the DDA 
negotiations, which provided more sc ope to make human resources av ailable in the delivery of TA 
and training;  and finally, the positive balance in the Global Trust Fund, with funds carried-over from 
2003, which allowed the Secretariat to initiate th e organization of several regional seminars and 
workshops, without delay.  TA was almost equally  spread between national (forty-six per cent) and 
regional/global activities (forty-two per cent).   
7. Also, it is important to note that these activities ar e very different in nature, in duration, and in 
resource intensity, both in terms of human and fina ncial implications.  This is not captured by the 
statistics per se .  Thus, a new indicator was introduced, which takes into account the number of 
participants invited and the number of days of de livery for all activities organized by the WTO at the 
regional or global level (activities for which the info rmation is readily available).  This indicator 
renders more justice to the more extensive deliv ery modes, including the three-month Geneva-based 
and regional trade policy courses (RTPCs), and other regional activities, which have a larger target 
audience and generally require a higher resource input .  For the first quarter, regional/global activities, 
which were organized by the WTO Secretariat, cove red 242 days in total, and were targeted at  
thirty-one participants on average;  they thus repr esented 7,530 participants/days of delivery.  These 
figures include the two Geneva-based Trade Polic y Courses, as well as the RTPC in Jamaica. 
8. Twenty-three activities were carried over from 2003.   This clearly demonstrates some of the 
limitations of planning and the flexibility that needs to be maintained when programming TA.  
Indeed, several external and internal factors may di srupt a carefully laid-out plan, as was pointed out 
in previous reports (cancellation by the beneficiary country often at the last minute, unavailability of a 
partner institution, security con cerns, and human resources constraints are among these factors).  In 
fact, these unanticipated delays and cancellations have  much wider implications than may appear at 
first view, given the careful balance observed by mo st Divisions in planning their activities, often 
combining regional and national activities back-to-back, and taking into account the regular  WT/COMTD/W/131 
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committee meetings, commitments to servicing other bodies, providing support and inputs into the 
negotiating process, conducting Geneva-based trai ning, not to mention the increasing support 
provided in the dispute settlement process, including panels.  All these factors combined seriously reduce the leverage most WTO Divisions have in r escheduling activities at short notice.  The natural 
implication is that it becomes increasingly difficult for the Secretariat to "make up" for activities that 
were unexpectedly aborted by the host country. 
9. Other features of the activities undertaken in  the period under review are as follows: 
 A regional balance of TA activities was ma intained.  All regions benefited from 
activities, with Africa receiving nearly a third of TA activities undertaken.   
Twenty-six per cent of TA provided in the first quarter was targeted at Asia and the Pacific, and nineteen per cent at Latin America and the Caribbean.  The other regions, 
along with activities delivered at the global level, accounted for twenty-six per cent of 
the delivery rate in the first quarter. 
 Subject areas covered:  all TA and training activities are aimed at human and 
institutional capacity-building.  General capacity-building activities include National 
Trade Policy Courses, seminars on the WTO Agreements, workshops for the academic community, as well as Trade Policy Review missions, and represented 
twenty-eight per cent of the delivery in th e first quarter of 2004.  Specific subject 
areas such as Services, Dispute Settleme nt, SPS, and the establishment or upgrading 
of WTO reference centres accounted for anot her twenty-eight per cent of activities in 
the first three months.  Other subjects  included Accessions, Trade Negotiations 
Techniques, Trade-related Intellectual Property Rights, and other WTO-related 
matters. 
 LDCs were directly associated with forty-three activities in the first quarter.   
Twenty-one activities were held in a LDC at the national level;  these focused on 
matters such as the upgrading of existing WT O Reference Centres or the installation 
of new ones, Trade Policies Review, Accessions, and TRIPS.  The twenty-two regional and/or global activities with which LD Cs were associated were organized in 
the field, as well as in Geneva.  Mozambique, Tanzania, and Cambodia respectively 
hosted WTO regional events on SPS, Trade Negotiations Skills, and Market Access 
Negotiations, and Benin was the venue of th e African Regional Workshop on Cotton.  
Sixteen LDCs participated in the 27
th and 28th Trade Policy Courses in Geneva.  
Forty-two LDCs were invited to attend the WTO Workshop on Domestic Regulation 
for capital-based Officials, that was organized in Geneva at the end of March. 
 Geneva-based training activities in the first quarter included two of the four Trade 
Policy Courses planned for 2004.  The 27th and 28th WTO Trade Policy Courses 
(English) ran simultaneously from 12 January  to 2 April.  They brought together 
participants from fifty-four beneficiary c ountries.  Initially scheduled in 2003, the  
8th Introduction Day took place on 28 January.  Finally, a Workshop for  
English-speaking African University Professors on WTO Matters was organized in preparation for the 3rd Trade Policy Course for English-speaking African countries in 
Nairobi.  These orientation and prepara tion discussions were held at the WTO 
headquarters, and more than thir ty co-lecturers were invited. 
10. While the implementation of the Plan seems to  be on track and at least another hundred 
activities have already been scheduled, it is of criti cal importance to maintain the implementation rate, 
in order to execute the Plan fully before the end of the year.  
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Page 4 Subject matter Dates Venue Topics Activity Cooperation 
with/partnership Number of 
WTO 
Officials Number  of days
(participant 
days) Costs 
Accession 
 18-Jan-04 
22-Jan-04 Saudi Arabia Working Party on the Accession of 
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the 
WTO - Participation in technical meetings with Saudi Officials National 
Technical 
Mission  1 5 6,333.30  
22-Jan-04 
02-Feb-04 Tonga Accessions issues National 
Technical 
Mission  1 10 11,787.75  
03-Feb-04 
16-Feb-04 Samoa Accessions issues: assistance in 
preparation of accession 
documentation National 
Technical 
Mission  1 10 13,598.60  
01-Mar-04 
05-Mar-04 Tonga Assistance in drawing up the formal 
documentation for adoption by the 
Working Party on the Accession of the Kingdom of Tonga to the WTO National 
Technical 
Mission  1 5 10,162.50  
18-Mar-04 
19-Mar-04 Lebanon Working Party on the Accession of 
the Lebanese Republic, and working 
sessions with Lebanese Officials 
 National 
Seminar  2 2 7,988.00  
Agriculture 26-Feb-04 
27-Feb-04 Malta Agriculture National 
Seminar  1 2 1,731.40  
Capacity-building 
 12-Jan-04 
16-Jan-04 Chinese 
Taipei Meeting with the Government of 
Chinese Taipei to develop a closer 
working relationship in the area of technical cooperation and  
capacity-building National 
Symposium Government of 
Chinese Taipei 2 5 No cost for 
WTO  
26-Jan-04 28-Jan-04 Cambodia WTO/UNIDO MoU kick-off Meeting National 
Seminar UNIDO 1 3 5,407.05  
26-Jan-04 
06-Feb-04 Gabon Elaborating and Reviewing Trade 
Policies, and the Role of Trade Regional 
Training 
Course CEMAC 6 10 42,502.35  
27-Jan-04 
28-Jan-04 Bangladesh Fourth Annual Trade Policy 
Appreciation workshop:  Introduction to the WTO; Special and Differential 
Treatment in the WTO Negotiations 
 National 
Workshop Centre for Policy 
Dialogue (CPD) 1 2 1,523.70  
03-Feb-04 
04-Feb-04 Congo, 
Republic of WTO Matters National 
Seminar ACP Secretariat 1 2 6,963.45    WT/COMTD/W/131
 Page 5Subject matter Dates Venue Topics Activity Cooperation 
with/partnership Number of 
WTO 
Officials Number  of days
(participant 
days) Costs 
Capacity-building 
(cont'd) 
 10-Feb-04 
11-Feb-04 Venezuela WTO Overview, Notification 
Requirements and University 
Programme  National 
Workshop  1 2 6,041.40  
10-Feb-04 
13-Feb-04 Cuba WTO/UNIDO MoU kick-off Meeting National 
Seminar UNIDO 1 4 6,172.70  
16-Feb-04 
17-Feb-04 Pakistan ESCAP/WTO High-level Seminar on 
the Doha Development Agenda 
 National 
Seminar UNESCAP 1 2 1,147.85  
16-Feb-04 
20-Feb-04 Rwanda Trade Policy Review Mission National 
Technical 
Mission  2 5 13,753.55  
16-Feb-04 
19-Feb-04 Myanmar Agriculture, NAMA, Services, 
Customs Valuation, Special and Differential, SPS National 
Seminar  2 4 10,076.90  
23-Feb-04 
24-Feb-04 Burkina Faso TPR Mission - Meetings with 
Government Officials National 
Technical Mission  3 2 11,614.50  
23-Feb-04 
28-Feb-04 Bhutan EC-Bhutan Trade Capacity 
Development Project  National 
Seminar ITC; European 
Commission 1 6 7,044.37  
24-Feb-04 
27-Feb-04 Chile Best Practices in WTO Capacity 
Building - Consultations with 
University of Chile, on the Regional Trade Policy Course Regional 
Workshop APEC Secretariat 1 4 6,074.80  
25-Feb-04 
27-Feb-04 Mali TPR Mission - Meetings with 
Government Officials National 
Technical Mission  3 3 11,696.50  
26-Feb-04 
27-Feb-04 Australia Research Collaboration:  joint 
research activities with academics 
from developing countries - Research 
project on "How Economies 
Participate in WTO" in collaboration with the Institute for International 
Business, Economics and Law, 
University of Adelaide, Australia,  26-27 February 2004;  Nairobi, 
Kenya, 1-2 April 2004 
 Colloquium 
/ Meeting  1 2 4,585.80   WT/COMTD/W/131 
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with/partnership Number of 
WTO 
Officials Number  of days
(participant 
days) Costs 
Capacity-building 
(cont'd) 
 01-Mar-04 
12-Mar-04 Viet Nam Training of Trainers National 
Training 
Course  3 10 17,777.25  
01-Mar-04 
03-Mar-04 Benin TPR Mission - Meetings with 
Government Officials National 
Technical 
Mission  2 3 7,021.00  
02-Mar-04 
04-Mar-04 Argentina Challenges and Opportunities of 
Multilateral Trade Negotiations for 
Trade Union Representatives from 
MERCOSUR Countries Regional 
Workshop IADB/INTAL; 
Federation of Trade 
Unions of the 
Southern Cone 1 3 6,302.00  
02-Mar-04 
03-Mar-04 France OECD-DAC/WTO Meeting on Trade 
Capacity Building, and Briefing on 
the STDF Colloquium 
/ Meeting OECD 6 2 8,327.00  
08-Mar-04 
09-Mar-04 Italy IDLO Course on Negotiations of 
International and Regional Trade 
Agreements - WTO Overview, 
Market Access, Trade in Goods and Services, Agricultu re, Textiles, SPS 
and Customs Matters Regional 
Training 
Course IDLO 1 2 200.00  
11-Mar-04 
11-Mar-04 France WTO Agreements for students at the 
Université de Dijon, France - DESS 
Programme Specialized 
Course Université de Dijon 1 1 451.60  
13-Mar-04 
13-Mar-04 Netherlands Training Programme for Developing 
Countries' Trade Negotiators and Administrators Conference European Institute 
of Public Administration 
(EIPA) 1 1 437.00  
14-Mar-04 
20-Mar-04 Belize TPR of Belize - Meetings with 
Government Officials National 
Technical 
Mission WTO 3 7 23,078.90  
15-Mar-04 
17-Mar-04 Tunisia Meeting with the President of the 
African Development Bank Colloquium 
/ Meeting  African 
Development Bank 
(AfDB) 3 3 6,622.50  
16-Mar-04 
18-Mar-04 Bolivia WTO/UNIDO MoU kick-off Meeting National 
Seminar UNIDO 1 3 7,508.00    WT/COMTD/W/131
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with/partnership Number of 
WTO 
Officials Number  of days
(participant 
days) Costs 
Capacity-building 
(cont'd) 
 24-Mar-04 
26-Mar-04 Switzerland Geneva-based Workshop for  
English-speaking African University 
Professors on WTO Matters:  Orientation and Preparation 
Discussions for the Third Trade 
Policy Course for Anglophone African Countries Regional 
Workshop University of 
Nairobi 1 3 
(96) 236,923.90  
 29-Mar-04 
31-Mar-04 Kenya ITC Business for Development Regional 
Meeting ITC 1 3 No cost for 
WTO 
 30-Mar-04 
01-Apr-04 Sierra Leone TPR of Sierra Leone - Meetings with 
Government Officials National 
Technical 
Mission  2 3 11,170.00  
Competition 
Policy 12-Feb-04 
13-Feb-04 France OECD Global Forum and Joint Trade 
Group - Competition Policy Colloquium 
/ Meeting OECD 1 2 No cost for 
WTO 
 18-Feb-04 
19-Feb-04 Ghana Competition Policy National 
Workshop  3 2 26,385.50  
 11-Mar-04 
12-Mar-04 Swaziland UNCTAD Workshop on Competition 
Policy 
 Regional 
Workshop UNCTAD 1 2 7,181.70  
29-Mar-04 
03-Apr-04 Mauritius Intensive Course on Trade and 
Competition Policy for Anglophone 
Africa  Regional 
Training 
Course UNCTAD 4 6 
(300) 382,263.52  
Development 
Issues 10-Mar-04 
10-Mar-04 Nepal SAARC Chamber of Commerce and 
Industry:  Interest of the Developing 
Countries in the WTO, and Special 
and Differential Treatment for 
Developing Countries Conference SAARC Chamber 
of Commerce and 
Industry 1 1 2,426.30  
11-Mar-04 
11-Mar-04 Bangladesh SAARC Chamber of Commerce and 
Industry:  Interest of the Developing 
Countries in the WTO, and Special 
and Differential Treatment for 
Developing Countries Conference SAARC Chamber 
of Commerce and 
Industry 1 1 2,415.30 
15-Mar-04 
15-Mar-04 Pakistan SAARC Chamber of Commerce and 
Industry:  Interest of the Developing 
Countries in the WTO, and Special and Differential Treatment for 
Developing Countries Conference SAARC Chamber 
of Commerce and 
Industry 1 1 2,315.30  WT/COMTD/W/131 
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with/partnership Number of 
WTO 
Officials Number  of days
(participant 
days) Costs 
Dispute Settlement 
 02-Feb-04 
06-Feb-04 Austria Special Training Course on Dispute 
Settlement Regional 
Workshop Joint Vienna 
Institute (JVI) 2 5 
(110) 61,977.35  
18-Feb-04 
20-Feb-04 Guatemala UNCTAD Course on Dispute 
Settlement in International Trade, 
Investment and Intellectual Property Regional 
Training 
Course UNCTAD 1 3 No cost for 
WTO 
23-Feb-04 
27-Feb-04 Peru Special Training Course on WTO 
Dispute Settlement and Ongoing 
Negotiations for Latin America Regional 
Workshop IADB/INTAL 2 5 
(190) 22,344.95  
26-Feb-04 
27-Feb-04 Ecuador UN Regional Fellowship Programme 
in International Law for Countries 
from Latin America - International Trade Law, WTO Dispute Settlement 
and the Multilateral Trading System 
 Regional 
Training 
Course UNITAR 1 2 
No cost for 
WTO 
15-Mar-04 
18-Mar-04 Egypt The WTO Dispute Settlement System 
and the DSU 
 Regional 
Workshop USAID 1 4 No cost for 
WTO 
22-Mar-04 
26-Mar-04 Saint Lucia Special Training Course on WTO 
Dispute Settlement for the Caribbean 
 Regional 
Workshop IADB/INTAL 2 5 
(140) 12,592.00 
Geneva-based Training 12-Jan-04 
02-Apr-04 Switzerland 27
th Trade Policy Course (English) Regular 
Trade 
Policy 
Course   1 60 
(1,680) 500,000.00 
12-Jan-04 
02-Apr-04 Switzerland 28th Trade Policy Course (English) Regular 
Trade Policy 
Course 
  1 60 
(1,560) 500,000.00 
28-Jan-04 28-Jan-04 Switzerland 8
th Introduction Day Introduction 
Day 
  5 1 No cost for 
WTO 
Government 
Procurement 19-Jan-04 
21-Jan-04 Cuba Government Procurement National 
Workshop  2 3 12,842.40  
 04-Mar-04 
05-Mar-04 Mauritius Transparency in Government 
Procurement - Implementation of a 2003 activity National 
Workshop  1 2 
4,814.50    WT/COMTD/W/131
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with/partnership Number of 
WTO 
Officials Number  of days
(participant 
days) Costs 
Integrated 
Framework / 
LDCs 12-Jan-04 
16-Jan-04 Benin Pre-DTIS Integrated Framework 
Mission National 
Technical 
Mission UNCTAD / ITC / 
WB / IMF / UNDP 1 5 7,176.30  
13-Jan-04 
15-Jan-04 Madagascar Integrated Framework Donors 
Meeting National 
Technical 
Mission UNCTAD / ITC / 
WB / IMF / UNDP 1 3 8,036.60  
IT / WTO 
Reference Centre 01-Jan-04 
31-Dec-04 Switzerland LDCs connection to the Internet via 
SITA SITA WTO n.a. n.a. 1,110.27 
 17-Feb-04 
18-Feb-04 Saudi Arabia Training on the WTO Reference 
Centre at the Islamic Development 
Bank, Jeddah National 
Technical 
Mission Islamic 
Development Bank 
(IsDB) 1 2 4,302.00  
22-Feb-04 
25-Feb-04 Angola Upgrading of the WTO Reference 
Centre National 
Technical 
Mission  2 6 41,429.98  
09-Mar-04 
12-Mar-04 Senegal Upgrading of the WTO Reference 
Centre National 
Technical 
Mission  2 4 18,555.61  
15-Mar-04 
19-Mar-04 Burundi Establishment of a WTO Reference 
Centre at the Ministry of Trade and Industry National 
Technical Mission  2 5 18,531.55  
22-Mar-04 
25-Mar-04 Bangladesh Establishment of a WTO Reference 
Centre National 
Technical 
Mission WTO 2 4 11,772.00  
Mainstreaming 09-Feb-04 
10-Feb-04 Belgium European Commission Workshop on 
Trade and Development Colloquium 
/ Meeting European 
Commission 1 2 398.60  
Market Access 22-Feb-04 
25-Feb-04 United Arab 
Emirates Market Access Negotiations for Arab 
and Middle East Countries Regional 
Workshop Arab Monetary 
Fund (AMF); IMF 3 4 
(144) 56,258.25 
 16-Mar-04 
17-Mar-04 Tunisia Use of IDB/CTS Databases and 
Preparation of IDB Submissions National 
Workshop  1 2 2,363.50   WT/COMTD/W/131 
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with/partnership Number of 
WTO 
Officials Number  of days
(participant 
days) Costs 
Market Access 
(cont'd)  29-Mar-04 
31-Mar-04 Cambodia Market Access Negotiations Regional 
Workshop Asian Development 
Bank (ADB); 
ASEAN; FORSEC (Forum Secretariat); 
SAARC 3 3 
(87) 112,372.94  
Outreach 09-Mar-04 
10-Mar-04 Lebanon Role of Parliamentarians in WTO 
Accession Regional 
Meeting Parliamentary 
Centre 1 2 344.00  
Regional Trade 
Agreements 04-Mar-04 
05-Mar-04 Hungary Stability Pact Working Group on 
Trade Liberalization and Facilitation - 
Establishment of Free Trade 
Agreements between Countries in the Balkans Colloquium 
/ Meeting Stability Pact 1 2 1,183.10  
17-Mar-04 
19-Mar-04 Chinese 
Taipei WTO Rules on Regional Trade 
Agreements for South and East Asia Regional 
Seminar  3 3 228,361.33  
Regional Trade 
Policy Course 02-Feb-04 
23-Apr-04 Jamaica Regional Trade Policy Course for the 
Caribbean Regional 
Training Course University of the 
West Indies (UWI) 23 60 
(1,860) 1,151,031.42 
Rules 08-Mar-04 
11-Mar-04 Argentina Advanced Anti-dumping 
Investigations National 
Workshop  2 4 17,709.00  
31-Mar-04 
02-Apr-04 Botswana Safeguards for Members of the SADC Regional 
Workshop  2 3 
(84) 98,820.69  
Sanitary and 
Phytosanitary 
Measures 10-Feb-04 
12-Feb-04 Mozambique Applied Training in the SPS 
Agreement for Anglophone African 
Countries  Regional 
Workshop  2 3 
(144) 123,265.04  
 13-Feb-04 
13-Feb-04 Mozambique The SPS Agreement National 
Seminar  1 1 2,975.75  
 08-Mar-04 
09-Mar-04 United States 
of America Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standards Colloquium 
/ Meeting World Bank 1 2 2,475.90  
09-Mar-04 
11-Mar-04 Chile Applied Training in the SPS 
Agreement for South American Countries Regional 
Workshop  2 3 
(96) 91,247.99    WT/COMTD/W/131
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with/partnership Number of 
WTO 
Officials Number  of days
(participant 
days) Costs 
Sanitary and 
Phytosanitary 
Measures (cont'd)  10-Mar-04 
11-Mar-04 United States 
of America STDF Working Group Colloquium 
/ Meeting World Bank 1 2 2,475.95  
09-Feb-04 
13-Feb-04 Mozambique Establishment of Enquiry Points and 
Training on SPS and TBT - JITAP II National 
Technical Mission WTO / UNCTAD / 
ITC 1 5 
14,325.60 
Services 19-Jan-04 
21-Jan-04 Jordan The GATS and Ongoing Negotiations 
including the Scheduling of Commitments 
 Regional 
Workshop  3 3 
(108) 55,474.84  
 26-Jan-04 
26-Jan-04 Colombia Specialized Services Seminar National 
Seminar Ministry of Trade, 
Industry and 
Tourism 1 1 5,435.25  
 24-Feb-04 
25-Feb-04 Maldives Asia-Pacific Telecommunity  
Sub-Regional Seminar on Trade and Telecommunication Regional 
Seminar Asia-Pacific 
Telecommunity (APT) 1 2 3,900.00  
 24-Feb-04 
26-Feb-04 Malaysia Financial Services National 
Seminar  1 3 4,514.00  
 01-Mar-04 
02-Mar-04 Indonesia Asia-Pacific Telecommunity  
Sub-regional Seminar on Trade and 
Telecommunication  Regional 
Seminar Asia-Pacific 
Telecommunity 
(APT) 1 2 4,256.40  
 02-Mar-04 
04-Mar-04 Morocco Services Agreement National 
Seminar  2 3 6,406.20  
 08-Mar-04 
08-Mar-04 Portugal UNCTAD High-level Meeting of 
Experts on Sustainable Tourism for 
Development 
 Colloquium 
/ Meeting UNCTAD 1 1 1,818.00  
 10-Mar-04 
12-Mar-04 Philippines Movement of Natural Persons under 
Mode 4 of the GATS National 
Workshop  2 3 10,972.00  
 18-Mar-04 
19-Mar-04 Australia Asia-Pacific Telecommunity  
Sub-regional Seminar on Trade and 
Telecommunication Regional 
Seminar Asia-Pacific 
Telecommunity 
(APT) 1 2 7,057.00  
 29-Mar-04 
30-Mar-04 Switzerland Services: WTO Workshop on 
Domestic Regulation for  
Capital-based Officials WTO 
Global 
Workshop  1 2 
(324) 817,418.00  
Short Trade Policy 
Course 08-Mar-04 
12-Mar-04 Thailand WTO/UNESCAP 7th Trade Policy 
Course on WTO Ag reements and the 
DDA Negotiations Regional 
Training 
Course UNESCAP 2 5 10,417.65   WT/COMTD/W/131 
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with/partnership Number of 
WTO 
Officials Number  of days
(participant 
days) Costs 
Technical Barriers 
to Trade 14-Feb-04 
15-Feb-04 Oman Enhancing the Participation of 
Developing Countries in Standard 
Setting Activities for Gulf  Cooperation Council (GCC)  
Countries Regional 
Workshop Gulf Cooperation 
Council (GCC) 3 2 
(24) 33,210.38  
Textiles and 
Clothing 23-Mar-04 
25-Mar-04 Benin African Regional Workshop on 
Cotton 
 Regional 
Workshop  10 3 247,663.10  
Trade and 
Environment 17-Feb-04 
19-Feb-04 Jordan Trade and Envi ronment for the Arab 
Region  Regional 
Workshop UNEP 3 3 
(108) 71,224.39  
23-Feb-04 
23-Feb-04 United Arab 
Emirates Workshop on Trade & Environment 
back-to-back with Workshop on Market Access Negotiations for Arab 
and Middle East Countries 
 Regional 
Workshop  1 1 
(36) 2,529.80   
27-Mar-04 
31-Mar-04 Korea, Rep. 
of Participation in UNEP  
Capacity-building Workshop  
(27-28 March) and UNEP Governing Council (29-31 March) Regional 
Workshop  1 5 4,171.75  
Trade 
Negotiations Skills 19-Jan-04 
23-Jan-04 Tanzania Trade Negotiations Skills for Selected 
African Countries Regional 
Workshop East-African 
Cooperation 
Secretariat; Gesellschaft für 
Technische 
Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) 4 5 
(150) 
46,616.09 
19-Jan-04 
23-Jan-04 Bahamas Trade Negotiations Skills National 
Workshop  3 5 19,102.80  
 11-Feb-04 
18-Feb-04 Guatemala Toolkit for Negotiators Regional 
Workshop IADB/INTAL 2 8 10,140.00  
 23-Feb-04 
27-Feb-04 Papua New 
Guinea Trade Negotiations Skills National 
Training 
Course  1 5 11,568.10  
 15-Mar-04 
17-Mar-04 Barbados Trade Negotiations for CARICOM 
Member Countries - Sub-regional 
Event  Regional 
Workshop IADB/INTAL 1 3 5,671.00    WT/COMTD/W/131
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with/partnership Number of 
WTO 
Officials Number  of days
(participant 
days) Costs 
Trade-related 
Intellectual 
Property Rights 09-Feb-04 
11-Feb-04 Djibouti WIPO Seminar on Copyright and 
Related Rights and WIPO/WTO 
Workshop on the TRIPS Agreement National 
Workshop  1 3 8,095.90  
 23-Feb-04 
25-Feb-04 Maldives The TRIPS Agreement National 
Workshop  2 3 9,162.50  
 17-Mar-04 
19-Mar-04 Senegal The TRIPS Agreement National 
Workshop WTO 1 3 6,228.50  
 23-Mar-04 
25-Mar-04 Mexico Meeting of Heads of Industrial and 
Copyright Offices in Latin America:  
Policy Aspects related to the 
Implementation of paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS 
Agreement and Public Health Regional 
Meeting WIPO 1 3 3,633.50  
 
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