WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/GEN/797 
5 September 2007 
 (07-3744) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures  
  
 
SPS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES IN 2007 
 
Information from the Secretariat
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 The following information describes SPS t echnical assistance activities undertaken and 
planned by the WTO Secretariat for 2007 based on the "Technical Assistance and Training Plan 2007" (WT/COMTD/W/151).
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1. Regional Seminars 
 
Date Region Venue Organized by Other 
participating 
organizations 
20–23 February 2007 Africa (French) Mali WTO Codex, IPPC 
and OIE 
24–26 April 2007 South-East Asia India WTO Codex, IPPC 
and OIE 
31July–2 August 
2007 Caribbean Jamaica WTO – 
IDB/INTAL Codex, IPPC 
and OIE 
December 2007 Africa (English) TBC WTO Codex, IPPC 
and OIE 
 
 
2. National Seminars3 
 
Date Venue Organized by Other 
participating 
organizations 
12–17 February 2007 Mexico WTO - 
20–22 March 2007 Sri Lanka WTO - 
25–26 April 2007 Niger (SPS/TBT) WTO - 
                                                      
1 This document has been prepared under the Secret ariat's own responsibility and is without prejudice 
to the positions of Members and to their rights and obligations under the WTO. 
2 The venues and dates for planned activities are subject to changes.  Tables have been updated to 
reflect more recently available information.  Additional information, including programmes of the activities, are 
available at:  www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/tbt_e/tbt_tech_e.htm  
3 The delivery of national activities in 2007 depends on Members' requests, on the resources of the 
Secretariat to undertake them and on whether the request could be addressed through a regional activity. G/SPS/GEN/797 
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  Date Venue Organized by Other 
participating 
organizations 
6–8 June 2007 Ecuador (SPS/Agriculture) WTO - 
24–25 July 2007 Indonesia WTO - 
26–27 September El Salvador (SPS/TBT) WTO - 
November 2007 Nicaragua (SPS/TBT) WTO - 
TBC Costa Rica WTO - 
TBC Rwanda (SPS/TBT) WTO - 
TBC Yemen WTO - 
 
 3.  Geneva-based Specialized Courses  
Date Activity Venue Organized by 
21–22 June 2007 Follow-up 2nd Specialized Course 
on SPS (held in 2006) Geneva WTO 
22 Oct.–2 Nov. 2007 3rd  Specialized Course on SPS 
(French) Geneva WTO 
 
 
4. Geneva-based Topic-specific Symposium   
Date Activity Venue Organized by 
15-19 October 2007 Special SPS Meeting on Transparency 
held back-to-back with an SPS 
Committee Meeting Geneva WTO 
 
 5. Geneva-based Trade Policy Courses covering, inter alia,  the SPS Agreement 
 
Date Name of course (language) Organized by 
January-April 2007 39th Trade Policy Course (English) WTO (ITTC) 
January-April 2007 40th Trade Policy Course (English) WTO (ITTC) 
April-July 2007 41st Trade Policy Course (French) WTO (ITTC) 
Sept.-December 2007 42nd Trade Policy Course (English) WTO (ITTC) 
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  6.  Regional Trade Policy Courses covering, inter alia,  the SPS Agreement 
 
Date Region Venue Organized by 
March-June 2007 Asia and Pacific Singapore WTO (ITTC) 
June-August 2007 Africa (English) Namibia WTO (ITTC) 
Sept.-December 
2007 Latin America Chile WTO (ITTC) 
 
 
7. Geneva-based Introduction Courses covering, inter alia,  the SPS Agreement 
 
Date Activity Venue Organized by 
June 2007 11th Introduction course for Least-
Developed countries (French) Geneva WTO 
November 2007 12th Introduction course for Least-
Developed countries (English) Geneva WTO 
 
 
8. Regional and Sub-regional Short Trade Policy Courses 
 
Date Region Venue Organized by 
July 2007 Africa (French) Cameroon WTO (ITTC) 
 
 9. eTraining: Online Courses 
 
Date Name of course (language) Organized by 
November–
December 2007 
(TBC) Introduction to Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures 
(English) WTO (ITTC) 
 
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