WT/COMTD/AFT/W/78  
 
26 November  2018 
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Committee on Trade and Development  
Aid for Trade   
 
 
AID FOR TRADE GLOBAL  REVIEW – 3-5 JULY 2 019 
SUPPORTING ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION AND EMPOWERMENT FOR INCL USIVE, SUSTAINABLE 
DEVELOPMENT THROUGH AID FOR TRADE  
Invitation to the 2019 Global Review and La unch of  the Monitoring  and Evaluation  Exercise  
 
 
The Global Review of Aid for Trade , on "Supporting Economic Di versification  and Empowerment  
for Inclusive, Sustainable Development Through Aid for Tra de", will be held at the WTO on  
3-5 July 2019. 
 
Attached is a letter signed by Director -General  Roberto Azevêdo inviting WTO Members, Observer 
Government s and Observer International Intergovernmental Organizations to the Global Review ; 
and, launching the Aid -for-Trade monitoring and evaluation  exercise  that underpin s the Review . 
Delegations are requested to transmit the invitation and monitoring formats  to their national 
authorities.  
 
In the annex to the letter, further information is provided concerning deadlines, links to relevant 
documents and online forms  for the monitoring and evaluation exercise . 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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2019 AID FOR TRADE GLOBAL REVIEW   
 
SUPPORTING ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION  AND EMPOWERMENT FOR  INCLUSIVE,  
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPM ENT THROUGH AID FOR TRADE  
 
26 November 2018  
 
Your Excellencies,  
 
I am writing to  invite you to the Aid for Trade Global Review that will take place at the WTO 
headquarters in Geneva on 3 -5 July  2019. Next year's event  is theme d: "Supporting Economic 
Diversification and Empowerment for  Inclusive, Sustainable Development Through Aid for Trade" .  
 
The Global Review is informed by a monitoring and evaluation  exercise  in which I also encourage 
you to participate . The M&E exercise will shed light on how Aid for Trade is contribut ing to 
economic diversification and empowerment.  Information harvested from your replies will be 
analysed in a joint publication by the Organisation for Economi c Co-operation and Development 
and the World Trade Organization  that will be  launched at the Global Review. Details on how to 
participate in the M&E exercise are included in the documentation accompanying this letter.   
 
Past Global Reviews have enjoyed excellent participation. I further encourage your participation in  
the organiza tion of side events. Information on how to submit this information is provided in the 
explanatory notes  and further information will be announced on the WTO website in due course .    
 
I thank you in advance for your participation in both the monitoring and  evaluation exercise and 
the Global Review of Aid for Trade . 
Yours sincerely,  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Roberto Azevêdo   
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  ANNEX  1 
MONITORING  AND EVALUATION  EXERCISE  
 
 
Background document exp laining the monitoring exercise  
PDF: WT/COMTD/AFT/W/ 77 
 
 
Partner Country Questionnaire  
Online  survey : https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/P19EN    
PDF: WT/COMTD/AFT/W/77/Add.1  
 
 
Regional Econom ic Community/Transport Corridor Questionnaire  
Online  survey : https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/R19EN      
PDF: WT/COMTD/AFT/W/ 77/Add.2  
 
 
Donor Questionnaire  
Online  survey : https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/D19EN   
PDF: WT/COMTD/AFT/W/ 77/Add. 3 
 
 
South -South Partner Questionnaire  
Online  survey : https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/S1 9EN  
PDF: WT/COMTD/AFT/W/ 77/Add.4  
 
The deadline for submitting responses is 31 December  2018.  
 
 
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ANNEX  2 
AID FOR TRADE GLOBAL REVIEW , 3-5 JULY 2019  
 
Requests  to organize side events  
The request form to organize side events at the Global Review can be downloaded here.     
 
The dead line for submitting completed request forms is 31 March 2019 . 
 
 
 
Participant registration  
The participant registration  form will be published at: https://www.wto.org/gr2019 . 
 
The deadline for participants to register for the Global Review event is 1 June 2019 . 
 
Please recall the need  to inform the Swiss au thorities of the participation of non -Geneva based 
representatives in good time to fulfil the necessary entry requirements for Switzerland . 
 
 
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