WT/COMTD/W/273/Corr.1  
 
20 October 2023  
(23-7098) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Trade and Development  Original: English  
 
 
BIENNIAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING P LAN 2024 -2025  
Corrigendum  
It will be recalled that the CTD adopted the Biennial Technical Assistance and Training Plan 
2024- 2025 (WT/COMTD/W/273) at the 121st Regular Session held on 11 July 2023.  
The budgetary aspects of the Plan were subsequently considered by the Committee on Budget, 
Finance and Administration (CBFA) at its meeting of 21 September 2023. The CBFA approved the 
budgetary aspects of the  Plan, subject to the understanding that the term "donor" is to be read as 
referring to "contributor", and the term "country" is to be understood as referring to Member and/or 
Observer.  
Therefore, in paragraph  32, the first sentence should read:  
The WTO continues to make TA accessible to LDCs to ensure they can contribute to 
their respective participation in the WTO's work and trade negotiations.  
The note under Chart 2 should read:  
Other includes, among others, mobilization on trade assistance, nexus between trade,  
migration and work programme on small economies, Aid for Trade, trade and poverty 
related issues, trade policy instruments, trade finance.  
In paragraph  89, the last sentence should read:  
Expanding  the number of participants per Member and Observer  in regional and global 
courses was recommended by one respondent.  
In paragraph 93, the first sentence should read:  
With regards to making WTO TA more targeted and useful, most respondents indicated 
that the Secretariat should address Member and Observer  specific issues and also adopt 
a more flexible approach to what can be covered under TA.  
In paragraph 187, the first sentence should read:  
FIMIP interns are mid -level public officials from LDCs, other developing Members and 
Observers, and economies in transition placed in their Geneva -based mission for 
purposes of this internship.  
In paragraph 188, the third sentence should read:  
In addition, interns also work on coordination between the Secretariat and relevant 
government agencies in their respective c apitals regarding various WTO -related issues 
affecting them, including their notifications commitments under various WTO 
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  In paragraph 191, the second sentence should read:  
The main tasks of the interns include attending meetings of the relevant  WTO regional 
groups, of WTO committees and other institutional bodies, and the related work to 
facilitate the coordination required for their WTO regional group.  
In paragraph 245, the last sentence should read:  
Unearmarked and earmarked funds will continu e to play a central role in this regard, as 
they represent the main channel through which voluntary contributions support the TA 
provided by the WTO.  
In paragraph 246, the first sentence should read:  
While the TA resources available to the Secretariat to f inance WTO TA for developing 
Members and Observers have been relatively stable since 2016, there was a 40% 
diminution in the number of voluntary contributors over the last five years and a 
doubling of the share of earmarked contributions.  
 
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