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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade    
 
  TBT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES IN 2014 - 20151 
Revision 
This document, circulated by the Secretariat, contains information on TBT Technical Assistance 
Activities. 
 
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1  TBT-SPECIFIC TA ACTIVITIES2 
 
1.1  Regional TBT Workshops 
 
Date Region Venue Organized by In 
partnership 
with 
4-6 March 2014 English 
Speaking 
African Countries  
Windhoek, Namibia WTO  
29-30 April 2014 Arab & Middle 
East Countries  
Abu Dhabi,  
UAE WTO 
AMF AMF3 
15-17 July 2014 CEECAC4  
Vienna,  
Austria WTO JVI5 
15-17 September 2014 Latin American 
Countries  
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  WTO 
IADB  
IADB6 
INMETRO7 
 
2015 (dates tbd) 
  
Asia /Pacific 
(TBT and SPS)   
Bangkok, Thailand  
WTO  
UNESCAP UNESCAP8 
 
2015 (dates tbd) 
  
Africa 
(TBT and SPS)  
Nairobi,  
Kenya WTO  IGAD9 
 
                                               
1 The listing of scheduled future activi ties is pending and subject to change. 
2 Some of these activities al so cover the SPS Agreement. 
3 Arab Monetary Fund. 
4 Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Cauc asus countries. 
5 Joint Vienna Institute. 
6 Inter-American Development Bank. 
7 National Institute of Metrology, Standardization and Industrial Quality (Brazil). 
8 Economic and Social Commission fo r Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP). 
9 Intergovernmental Authority on Development G/TBT/GEN/171/Rev.1 
 
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  1.2  Member/Observer TBT Workshops 
 
Date Venue Organized by 
22-23 January 2014 Lao, PDR WTO 
24-25 March 2014 Seychelles WTO 
22-24 July 2014 Tanzania WTO (TBT and SPS)  
18-19 September 2014 Brazil WTO 
23-25 September 2014 El Salvador WTO (TBT and SPS)  
7-8 October 2014 Ecuador WTO 
9-11 November 2014 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia WTO (TBT and SPS)  
18-19 November 2014 Chile WTO 
2-4 December 2014 Chinese Taipei WTO 
16-17 December 2014 Uruguay WTO 
20-21 January 2015  Israel WTO 
25-26 February 2015 Ukraine WTO 
 
2015 (dates tbd) 
 Gambia WTO (TBT and SPS)  
 
2015 (dates tbd) 
 Mexico WTO (TBT and SPS)  
 
2015 (dates tbd) 
 Myanmar WTO (TBT and SPS)  
 
2015 (dates tbd)  Trinidad and Tobago WTO (TBT and SPS)  
 
2015 (dates tbd) 
 Sudan WTO (TBT and SPS)  
 
2015 (dates tbd) 
 Burkina Faso WTO 
 
2015 (dates tbd) 
 Guatemala WTO  
 
2015 (dates tbd) 
 Peru WTO 
  
1.3  Geneva-based activities 
 
Date Region, Venue Organized by 
17 June 2014 TBT NSS lunchtime training WTO (ITTC) 
9-20 March 2015  Advanced Course on the TBT Agreement WTO (ITTC)  G/TBT/GEN/171/Rev.1 
 
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2  GENERAL WTO TA ACTIVITIES WITH A TBT MODULE10 
 
2.1  Geneva-based Trade Policy Courses  
 
Date Name of course (language) Organized by 
21 January 2014 Advanced Trade Policy Course   (English) WTO (ITTC) 
30-31 January 2014 Advanced Trade Policy Course   (English) WTO (ITTC) 
25 February 2014 LDC Introductory Course           (French) WTO (ITTC) 
6 March 2014 Advanced Trade Policy Course   (English) WTO (ITTC) 
6 May 2014 LDC Introductory Course           (English) WTO (ITTC) 
3 June 2014 Advanced Trade Policy Course   (Spanish) WTO (ITTC) 
11 June 2014 Advanced Trade Policy Course   (Spanish) WTO (ITTC) 
17 July 2014 Advanced Trade Policy Course   (Spanish) WTO (ITTC) 
16 September 2014 Advanced Trade Policy Course   (English) WTO (ITTC) 
25-26 September 2014 Advanced Trade Policy Course   (English) WTO (ITTC) 
 
2.2  Regional Trade Policy Courses  
Date Venue, Region Organized by 
4 April 2014 Tunis, Tunisia            (Africa, French)  WTO (ITTC) 
22-23 May 2014 Bridgetown, Jamaica  (Caribbean, English)  WTO (ITTC) 
13 June 2014 Gaborone, Botswana  (Africa, English)  WTO (ITTC) 
21-22 August 2014 Quito, Ecuador          (Latin America, Spanish)  WTO (ITTC) 
21-22 August 2014 Istanbul, Turkey        (CEECAC, English)  WTO (ITTC) 
25-26 September 2014 Delhi, India               (Asia-Pacific, English)  WTO (ITTC) 
11-13 November 2014  
Muscat, Oman           (Arab-Middle East, English) WTO (ITTC) 
 
                                               
10 These dates correspond to the TBT modules only. G/TBT/GEN/171/Rev.1 
 
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2.3  Other Geneva-based Activities 
Date Event Organized by 
30 September 2014 WTO-ICTSD-ACWL Africa 
Dialogue on Managing Trade Concerns: "Handling trade 
concerns in WTO TBT and SPS 
Committees"  
WTO ICTSD
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ACWL12 
9 October  Training Sessions on WTO 
Internet Resources for 
Netherlands Trainee 
Programme and Mission 
Internship Trainees: TBT 
module (English and French) WTO (ITTC) 
20 October 2014 Advanced Course on SPS 
(Spanish): TBT Agreement 
module WTO (ITTC) 
3  E-LEARNING: ONLINE COURSES 
The TBT-online course is addressed to government officials from developing country Members and 
Observers and covers all aspects of the TBT Ag reement. The TBT on-line course is available 
throughout the year in all three languages.13 
 
 
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11 International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development. 
12 Advisory Centre on WTO Law. 
13 While the WTO E-Learning material is freely available on the WTO E-Learning website, participants 
have to register and submit a nomination form in orde r to participate in a monitored course, access the module 
exams and obtain a WTO certificate.  More information can be obtained at: http://etraining.wto.org/ .