. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/COMTD/W/139/Corr.1 
20 June 2005 
 (05-2586) 
Committee on Trade and Development  
  
 
ANNUAL REPORT ON TRAINING AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION 
(1 JANUARY TO 31 DECEMBER 2004) 
 
Note by the Secretariat
 
 
Corrigendum  
  Page 25, paragraphs 133 to 135 should read as follows:  
 "133. At the end of 2004, and following the finalisation of the 2005 TA Plan, the General 
Council adopted the recommended target amount of CHF 24 million for the DDAGTF in 2005 and the share of the regular budget to be dedicated to technical assistance and training 
(CHF 5.3 million).  The budgetary funding requi rements for the TA Plan 2005 thus remained 
approximately the same as for 2004.  Taking into account the  balance at the end of 2003 of CHF 16.1 million, and pledges received of CHF 11.5 million in 2004, the total amount of 
extra-budgetary funds available in 2004 corresponded to CHF 27.6 million. 
  134. The total expenditure in 2004, not in cluding commitments recorded for activities 
which would be undertaken in 2005, amounted to CHF 19.6 million from the DDAGTF and CHF 4.6 million from the regular budget, corresponding to a spending rate of 82 per cent of 
funds budgeted.  This resulted in a re maining positive balance in the DDAGTF of 
CHF 7.8 million which was carried over for the implementation of the TA Plan 2005. 
  135. This amount exceeds by 25 per cent th e 2005 target amount of actual contributions 
(i.e. CHF 6 million) that should be received in  the WTO bank account by 31 December 2004, 
according to the terms of reference of th e DDAGTF approved by the General Council on 
19 and 20 December 2001.  This has allowe d the Secretariat to immediately start 
implementing the 2005 Plan." 
In addition, the percentages in Table 2 on  page 26 have been updated (see overleaf). WT/COMTD/W/139/Corr.1 
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Table
 2 
 
Delivery of TRTA by subject matter and type of activity  
 
  National Regional/Global(1) Othe r (conferences, etc.) Total 
Accessions 11 92% 1 8%    12 
Agriculture 9 41% 9 41% 4 18% 22 
Capacity-building 74 57% 38 29% 18 14% 130 
Competition Policy; Singapore Issues 2 18% 7 64% 2 18% 11 
Customs Valuation 3 50% 3 50%   6 
Development Issues    5 45% 6 55% 11 
Dispute Settlement 5 36% 9 64%    14 
Environment 2 22% 7 78%    9 
Geneva-based Training      14 100% 14 
Government Procurement 3 37% 5 63%    8 
Integrated Framework / LDCs 7 88% 1 12%    8 
Investment 1 50%   1 50% 2 
IT / WTO Reference Centres 20 91%   2 9% 22 
Mainstreaming    2 6% 30 94% 32 
Market Access 12 67% 5 28% 1 5% 18 
Outreach 5 50% 4 40% 1 10% 10 
Regional Trade Agreements    7 88% 1 12% 8 
Regional Trade Policy Courses    4 100%    4 
Rules 9 53% 7 41% 1 6% 17 
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures 9 40% 7 30% 7 30% 23 
Services 26 60% 14 33% 3 7% 43 
Short Trade Policy Courses    6 100%    6 
Technical Barriers to Trade 3 27% 8 73%    11 
Textiles and Clothing 1 9% 6 55% 4 36% 11 
Trade Facilitation 2 33% 4 67%    6 
Trade Negotiations Techniques 8 50% 8 50%    16 
TRIPS 12 44% 10 37% 5 19% 27 
Total 224 45% 177 35% 100 20% 501 
 
(1) regional includes activities planned and organized by the WTO, as well as activities organized by other 
institutions, in which the WTO participated.   
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