WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/GEN/26 
22 December 2005 
 
 (05-6239) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  
 
  
TBT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES IN 2005 AND PLANNED FOR 2006
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Information from the Secretariat2 
 
 
I. GENEVA-BASED EVENTS 
Date Activity Participants Venue Organized by 
2005 
21 March 2005 TBT Workshop on 
Supplier's Declaration of 
Conformity (SDoC) All Members Geneva WTO 
2006 
16-17 March 
2006 TBT Workshop on Different 
Approaches to Conformity 
Assessment All Members Geneva WTO 
 
II. REGIONAL WORKSHOPS 
Date Region Venue Organized by Other 
participating 
organizations 
2005 
18–19 January 
2005 Asia and Pacific Taipei, 
Chinese 
Taipei WTO UNIDO 
18-20 October 
2005 Africa (Southern) Windhoek, 
Namibia  WTO IEC, ISO, 
SADC 
30 November – 
2 December 2005 Caribbean Port of Spain, 
Trinidad and 
Tobago WTO  CARICOM, 
CROSQ, IEC, 
ISO 
2006 
TBC  South America TBC WTO IADB/INTAL 
TBC  Pacific Islands TBC WTO PIFS 
TBC  West Africa TBC WTO CODEX, ISO 
                                                      
1 The venues and dates for planned activities may change. 
2 This document has been prepared under the Secretaria t's own responsibility and is without prejudice to the 
positions of Members and to their rights and obligations under the WTO. G/TBT/GEN/26 
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III. MEMBER WORKSHOPS * 
Date Venue Organized by Other 
participating 
organizations 
2005 
20 January 2005 Taipei, Chinese Taipei WTO - 
6-7 December 2005 Lima, Peru WTO UNIDO 
2006 
24-25 January 2006 San José, Costa Rica WTO - 
*The delivery of other national activities in 2006 will depend on Members' requests. 
 
IV. PARTICIPATION IN ACTIVITIES ORGANIZED BY OTHER AGENCIES 
Date Activity Venue Organized by 
2005 
6–7 April 2005 Training course for Arab 
Countries Stockholm, Sweden SIDA / SWEDAC 
25-26 May 2005 Regional Seminar on TBT and 
SPS for Azerbaijan, 
Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and the 
Kyrgyz Republic Baku, Azerbaijan Islamic Development Bank 
(IsDB) 
30 May – 1 June 
2005 Sub-regional workshop for 
English speaking JITAP African 
countries Lilongwe, Malawi ITC (JITAP) 
22-24 June 2005 Workshop on influencing and 
meeting international standards Geneva, 
Switzerland ITC / COMSEC 
8-11 November 
2005 Sub-regional workshop for 
French speaking JITAP African 
countries Bamako, Mali ITC (JITAP) 
 
V. TRADE POLICY COURSES COVERING, INTER ALIA,  THE TBT AGREEMENT 
A. G ENEVA -BASED  
 
Date Name of course (language) Organized by 
2005 
Jan. – Apr. 2005 31st and 32nd Trade Policy Course (English) WTO (ITTC) 
May – Jul. 2005 33rd  Trade Policy Course (French) WTO (ITTC) 
Sep. – Dec. 2005 34th Trade Policy Course (English) WTO (ITTC) 
2006 
Jan. –Apr. 2006 35th and 36th Trade Policy Course (English) WTO (ITTC) 
May –Jul. 2006 37th Trade Policy Course (Spanish) WTO (ITTC)  G/TBT/GEN/26 
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Date Name of course (language) Organized by 
Sept. – Dec. 2006 38th Trade Policy Course (English) WTO (ITTC) 
 
B. R EGIONAL  
 
Date Region Venue Organized by 
2005  
15 February 2005 Caribbean Jamaica WTO (ITTC) 
14 June 2005 Asia / Pacific Hong Kong, China WTO (ITTC) 
14-15 July 2005 Africa (English 
speaking) Namibia WTO (ITTC) 
5 August 2005 Africa (French 
speaking) Morocco WTO (ITTC) 
10 October 2005 Latin America Chile WTO (ITTC) 
2006 
Jan – April 2006 WTO (ITTC) 
April –July 2006 WTO (ITTC) 
May –July 2006 WTO (ITTC) 
June –Aug 2006 WTO (ITTC) 
Autumn 2006 Caribbean 
Asia / Pacific 
Africa (French speaking) 
Africa (English speaking) 
Latin America WTO (ITTC) 
  
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