G/TBT/GEN/171  
 
11 July 2014  
(14-3999)  Page: 1/3  
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade    
 
 TBT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES IN 2014 - 20151 
This document, circulated by the Secretariat, contains information on TBT Technical Assistance 
Activities. 
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1  TBT SPECIFIC TA ACTIVITIES 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 
AMF2 AMF 
15-17 July 2014 CEECAC3 Vienna, 
Austria WTO JVI4 
15-17 
September 2014 Latin 
American 
Countries Rio de 
Janeiro, 
Brazil WTO 
IADB5  
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 (TBT and SPS) WTO 
18-19 September 2014 Brazil WTO 
22-24 September 2014 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (TBT and SPS) WTO 
8-9 October 2014 Ecuador WTO 
                                               
1 The listing of scheduled future activi ties is pending and subject to change. 
2 Arab Monetary Fund. 
3 Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Cauc asus countries. 
4 Joint Vienna Institute. 
5 Inter-American Development Bank. G/TBT/GEN/171 
 
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  Date Venue Organized by 
November 2014 (dates tbc) Chile WTO 
December 2014 (dates tbc) Burkina Faso WTO 
January 2015 (dates tbc) Israel WTO 
2015 (dates tbc) Qatar WTO 
Dates tbc El Salvador (TBT and SPS) WTO 
Dates tbc The Gambia (TBT and SPS) WTO 
Dates tbc Peru WTO 
Dates tbc Chinese Taipei WTO 
Dates tbc Uruguay WTO 
1.3  Geneva-based activities 
Date Region, Venue Organized by 
17 June 2014 TBT NSS lunchtime training (English) WTO (ITTC) 
March 2015 (dates tbc) Advanced Course on the TBT Agreement WTO (ITTC)  
2  GENERAL WTO TA ACTIVITIES WITH A TBT MODULE6 
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 Polic y 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) 
1 October 2014 Advanced Trade Policy Course (English) WTO (ITTC) 
                                               
6 These dates correspond to the TBT modules only. G/TBT/GEN/171 
 
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  2.2  Regional Trade Policy Courses  
Date Region, Venue 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) 
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.7 
 
 
 
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7 While the WTO E-Learning material is freely availa ble on the WTO E-Learning website, participants 
have to register and submit a nominati on form in order 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/ .