RESTRICTED  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/COMTD/M/66 
19 December 2007 
 
 (07-5651) 
Committee on Trade and Development 
Sixty-Sixth Session  
 
 
NOTE ON THE MEETIN G OF 14 NOVEMBER 2007 
 
Chairman:  H.E. Mr. Shree B.C. Servansing (Mauritius) 
 
 
A. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA .........................................................................................................1  
B. OBSERVERS ............................................................................................................................... ...1 
(i) Request for attendance of ad hoc observers ...............................................................................1  
(ii) Further consideration of the requests for observer status by the League of Arab 
States, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), the Gulf 
Organization for Industrial Consulting, the Organisation Internationale de la 
Francophonie, the Common Fund for Commodities, the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) and th e Groupe de la Banque Africaine de 
Développement.................................................................................................................. ..........2
 
C. TECHNICAL COOPERATION AND TRAINING ..................................................................................2  
- BIENNIAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING PLAN – 2008-2009  
(WT/COMTD /W/160) .....................................................................................................................2  
D. OTHER BUSINESS .........................................................................................................................7  
ANNEX .......................................................................................................................... .........................8  
 
 
A. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA  
1. The Chairman  said that the 66th Session of the Committee on Trade and Development (CTD) 
would focus on technical cooperation issues, and in particular the Biennial Technical Assistance and 
Training Plan (TA Plan) for 2008 and 2009.  He said that the draft agenda for the meeting was contained in document WTO/AIR/3111 issued on 2 November 2007.  
2. The agenda was adopted
. 
B. OBSERVERS  
(i) Request for attendance of ad hoc observers 
3. The Chairman  recalled that at previous sessions of th e CTD, Members had agreed to invite a 
number of intergovernmental organizations on an ad  hoc, meeting-by-meeting basis.  These included 
the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU), the Common Fund for Commodities (CFC), the Economic 
Community of West African States (ECOWAS), th e Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), the 
Inter-Arab Investment Guarantee Corporation, th e Islamic Development Bank (IDB), the African 
Union (AU), the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), the South Centre, the Pacific Islands Forum, the United Nations Environment Progra mme (UNEP), the West African Economic and WT/COMTD/M/66 
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  Monetary Union (WAEMU) and the World Intellectua l Property Organization (WIPO).  He said that, 
following the decision taken at the previous meeti ng of the Committee, the organizations had been 
invited to the present meeting.  He proposed that the organizations be invited to the next formal 
meeting of the CTD. 
4. It was so agreed
. 
(ii) Further consideration of the requests for observer status by the League of Arab States, the 
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), the Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting, the Organisation Int ernationale de la Francophonie, the Common 
Fund for Commodities, the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) and the Groupe de la Banque Africaine de Développement 
5. The Chairman
 said that at previous meetings, the Committee had had before it a number of 
requests for observer status.  He said that if there was no change in positions to extend observer status 
to any of those applicants, then the Committee would take note and would revert to those requests at 
the next meeting.   
6. It was so agreed . 
C. TECHNICAL COOPERATION AND TRAINING  
- BIENNIAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING PLAN – 2008-2009  
(WT/COMTD /W/160) 
7. The Chairman  invited the Deputy Director-General responsible for development issues to 
present the TA Plan for 2008 and 2009.  
8. The Deputy Director-General  recalled that the Secretariat had provided a short summary of 
the TA Plan at the 65th Session of the CTD on 8 October 2007.  She was now pleased to inform 
Members that the Plan had been  issued as document WT/COMTD/W/160 of 2 November 2007.  The 
Plan addressed a number of issues relating to supp ort in trade capacity building, including issues 
concerning predictability, stability in the design and implementation of technical assistance (TA) 
activities, and the provision of a sound financial basi s for the delivery of the activities.  The Plan built 
on experience and lessons learned from the im plementation of previous plans and on the 
recommendations made during the 2006 Strategic Re view of the WTO's trade-related technical 
assistance (TRTA) activities.  She said that in additi on to the challenge of e nhancing predictability in 
securing the necessary funding for the TRTA activities,  some of the other main challenges in the 
delivery of TA concerned the continued strengthening  of the synergies between training and technical 
cooperation;  improving the quality of the activities;  enhancing the training material and the course 
content;  consolidating needs assessments as a ba sis for the provision and delivery of TRTA;  the 
continued strengthening of strategic cooperation w ith partner agencies;  building on experiences with 
the use of e-Training;  and ensuring appropriate follow-up to the training events.   
9. She highlighted the usefulness of the e-Tr aining Programme, which allowed a maximum 
number of government officials from developing countri es to gain in-depth knowledge of WTO areas.  
The programme also allowed an improvement in  the selection process of participants for TA 
activities.  She informed the Committee that a ve ry positive response had been received from many 
developing countries to the e-Training Programme .  In particular, 1,915 participants from 
123 developing country Members and Observers had participated in 18 e-Training online courses in 
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  10. She said that the TA Plan contained some flex ibility to ensure that the programmes and the 
activities could be adjusted to take into account the evolving realities and developments in the 
multilateral trading system, as well as the evolving  needs of beneficiaries.  The key underlying 
objective of all the activities contained in the Plan  was to support developing countries' efforts to 
better integrate into the multilateral trading system , by providing them with the necessary knowledge, 
expertise and capacity to participate actively in  the Doha negotiations and to benefit from the 
opportunities provided by the system.  Priority w ould continue to be given to least-developed 
countries (LDCs), including through the Enhanced In tegrated Framework (EIF) and other specific 
programmes designed for them.  
11. She informed the Committee that a TRTA webpage  called 'Building Trade Capacity' had been 
designed and launched, and could be accessed th rough the WTO website.  The webpage contained 
specific information on activities, eligibility and how to participate.  It also provided more visibility to 
the extra-budgetary contributions used to finance TR TA programmes.  She said that while a biennial 
technical assistance plan required a biennial budget,  Members were free to make their contributions 
annually if they preferred.  Continued efforts were  being made to address the financial issues relating 
to the TA Plan from a systemic angle.  She expresse d her hope that the TA Pl an could be adopted at 
the present meeting, so as to leave sufficient tim e to submit it first to the Committee on Budget, 
Finance and Administration (CBFA) for budgetary appr oval, and then to the General Council.  This 
would permit the implementation of th e Plan to begin as of January 2008. 
12. The Chairman  invited a representative of the Budget a nd Control Section of the Secretariat's 
Administration and General Services Division to pr ovide some information of the budgetary aspects 
of the TA Plan  for 2008 and 2009. 
13. The representative of the Budget and Control Section  said that the cost estimates being 
presented at the present meeting followed the structure of the Products Matrix that could be found on 
pages 48 and 49 of the English version of the TA Plan  and the list of activities that started on page 50.  
She referred to document CRP(07)12.Rev.1, which su mmarized the financial implications of the TA 
Plan.1  Globally, the total estimated cost of the TA Plan was CHF 30.8 million and CHF 30.1 million 
for 2008 and 2009, respectively, to be financed  from the regular budget, the Doha Development 
Agenda Global Trust Fund (DDAGTF) and other trus t funds.  Technical assistance activities to be 
financed from the regular budget in each year of the biennium amounted to CHF 5.5 million.  The 
Geneva-based training activities incl uded in Chapter A were financed in most part out of the regular 
budget, which was also the case for slightly more than half of the national activities included in 
Chapter B.  She noted that the figures relating to th e parts of the regular budget allocated to TA were 
provisional, pending the examination of the budge t proposals by the CBFA and approval by the 
General Council.  
14. She said that the planned volume and scope of TA activities to be financed from the 
DDAGTF in the next biennium was approximately th e same as in 2007.  Consequently, the estimated 
cost of the activities contained in the TA Plan that required financing from the DDAGTF had been 
maintained at the same level of CHF 24 million.  Th is amount was identical to what had been asked of 
donors since 2003, with the main objective of trying to improve the value for money at the same cost.  In arriving at this total cost of CHF 24 million fo r the DDAGTF, the Secretariat had applied the same 
standard cost methodology as in previous years for calculating the cost of the regional, national and Geneva-based activities included in Chapters A, B, and C.  This methodology used the standard daily 
costs per person for the activities, which were upda ted annually based on the actual costs incurred in 
the preceding 12 months.  The daily standard cost was then multiplied by the number of persons to be 
invited to take part in the event and by the number of  days, in order to arrive at the total cost of a 
particular activity.  As the average rate of par ticipation was never 100 per cent, a no-show discount of 
                                                     
 
1 The document was circulated during the meeting, and is reproduced in the Annex to this Note. WT/COMTD/M/66 
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  25 per cent had been applied to the cost estimat es for 2008 and 2009.  The estimated costs of the 
three-month Regional Trade Policy Courses (RTPCs) included in Chapter A, on the other hand, had 
been based on actual costs incurred in the previous year.  She explained that the cost structure of these 
courses were different from the other regional ac tivities, whose costs were estimated using the 
standard cost methodology.  
15. Provisions had also been made for Reference Ce ntres and e-Training. The main component of 
the costs related to e-Training concerned human r esources, in other words the team running the online 
courses.  This cost element was included in Chapte r F, along with the L-Posts and other short-term 
positions created in order to give the Secretariat the additional human resour ces needed to implement 
the Doha Development Agenda.  Finally, the cost -sharing arrangements with some of the WTO's 
partners had been factored in, and the 13 per cent ov erhead charge had been added to arrive at the 
total projected cost of the activities to be fina nced from the DDAGTF.  With regard to trainee 
programmes and internships, she said it was exp ected that the existing Netherlands Trainee 
Programme and the internships for selected Members' missions in Geneva woul d continue at the same 
level as in the previous years.  These progra mmes appeared under the column heading entitled 
"Other".  
16. In providing an update of the financial situ ation of the DDAGTF, she said that, as of 
31 October 2007, funds in the DDAGTF amounted to  CHF 22.5 million.  Three more contributions 
totalling CHF 3.1 million were expected before the end of the year.  Once these contributions were 
received, the target amount of 24 million would be  reached and exceeded by a small margin.  She, 
however, drew Members' attention to the terms of reference of the DDAGTF, which required that 
100 per cent of the annual target amount be in the bank by the end of June.  She noted that this 
deadline had been missed in both 2006 and 2007, lead ing to disruptions in the implementation of the 
technical assistance plan in the first semester.  She we nt on to say that at the projected level of total 
expenditures for 2007 – assuming that the pledged c ontributions were received before the end of the 
year – funds remaining in the DDA GTF were expected to be approximately CHF 5 million.  Should 
the CTD and the CBFA approve the TA Plan and its proposed target maintained at CHF 24 million, 
she explained that CHF 5 million was less than the 25 per cent of the annual target amount for the following year that was required to be received by 31 December, according to the terms of reference 
of the DDAGTF.  
17. She recalled that, according to the General Council's decision on the operation of the 
DDAGTF, the CTD and the CBFA were to jointly supe rvise the Fund and be responsible for a process 
whereby:  (i) the CTD would consider and endorse the Plan;  (ii) the CTD and CBFA would jointly 
cost the Plan and recommend an annual target le vel for the DDAGTF to the General Council;  and 
(iii) the CTD and CBFA would jointly keep the execu tion of the Plan under periodic review.  In this 
regard, she said that she would report back to th e CBFA on the results of the discussions in the CTD. 
18. The Chairman
 opened the floor for questions and comments. 
19. The representative of Cuba  said that he sought some clarifi cation on paragraphs 240 to 242 of 
the TA Plan.  He noted in particular that a mention was made in paragraph 240 of the Plan to the possibility of transferring some of the activities from the DDAGTF to the regular budget.  In this regard, he inquired whether such a transfer would entail some changes in Members' contributions to 
the regular budget.  He also noted that paragraph 242 highlighted that one of the implications of such 
a transfer would be a loss of overhead revenues of 13 per cent of the amount that would be 
transferred.  He asked for some clar ification as to why this would occur. 
20. The representative of Uganda
, on behalf of the African Group, said that the WTO's TA 
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  for 2008 and 2009 and the continuation of technical assistance activities for developing countries and 
LDCs.  
21. The representative of Canada  said that his delegation supported the move to a biennial 
approach, as this would allow for the longer-term c onsideration of capacity building in beneficiary 
countries, as well as a more effective participati on of these countries at the multilateral level.  He 
expressed his appreciation for earlier discussions on the TA Plan that had been organized with the 
participation of representatives of the CBFA, and note d that the questions raised by Cuba had also 
been considered in those discussions.  His delegation was pleased to see references in the TA Plan to 
the Secretariat's intention to design realistic, measurable and achievable objectives, supported by 
performance indicators and targets.  
22. He said that his delegation was appreciative of the Secretariat's efforts to work with regional 
bodies.  More generally on the subject of coopera tion, he said that his delegation would welcome 
more details on how the Secretariat was coordina ting and harmonizing the delivery of its technical 
assistance with other intergovernmental organizations .  The WTO's participation in the Integrated 
Framework was particularly appreciated.  On the subject of outreach activities, he said that his 
delegation supported the Secretariat's efforts to reach out to parliamentarians and civil society.  He 
added that parliamentarians had a fundamental ro le to play in fostering understanding between 
citizens and government, and promoting greater transparency and engagement in multilateral 
institutions and in trade negotiations.  His delega tion recommended that consideration be given to 
enhancing the WTO's part nerships with institutions such as the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the 
Inter-Parliamentary Forum of the Americas, both of which were engaging in issues relating to trade 
negotiations.  Finally, he expressed support for the sp ecific inclusion of trade facilitation technical 
assistance and capacity-building projects.  His dele gation believed that this reflected the special 
recognition of the need for technical assistance  and capacity building as outlined in the trade 
facilitation negotiating modalities.  
23. The representative of Barbados  said that his delegation fully endorsed the TA Plan for 2008 
and 2009, and supported the biennial approach to  planning TA activities.  He welcomed the RTPC 
that would be held in the Caribbean region in 2008, as well as the two consolidation courses which 
would be held in 2009.  He expressed appreciation for the flexibility shown in reacting to the needs 
and priorities of the Caribbean region, which sh owed that the monitoring and evaluation of TA 
activities and the follow-up processes were working well.   He was also appreciative of the number of 
specialized courses that were planned in the Caribbe an region, but noted that the geographical areas 
for planned workshops on the General Agreemen t on Trade and Services (GATS) and the services 
negotiations had not yet been determined.  In this re gard, he indicated the interest of his delegation in 
having one such workshop in the Caribbean region.   He asked for some clarification on the points 
made in paragraphs 240 to  242 of the TA plan, in particular th rough responses to the questions raised 
by Cuba.  Finally, he expressed the appreciation of  his delegation for the su pport shown by Members 
for the e-Learning Programme.     
24. The representative of the European Communities  expressed appreciation for the large number 
of technical assistance activities being undertaken by  the WTO.  He said that his delegation attached 
particular importance to the e-Training Programme, which was a good way to reach more beneficiaries at less cost.  In this regard, he w ondered whether more training material could be placed 
on the WTO website.  He highlighted the im portance of having measurable objectives and 
performance indicators, and appreciated the efforts being made by the Secretariat.  He specifically 
wondered whether the Secretariat had any inform ation on the evaluation of the WTO Reference 
Centres, particularly in view of the increasing amount of information on the WTO that was now 
available on the internet.  He said that his delega tion also had some concerns with the Geneva-based 
courses and the RTPCs.  As these courses involved considerable amounts of financial and human 
resources, he called on beneficiary countries to show  engagement by limiting rotation and turnover in WT/COMTD/M/66 
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  Ministries.  With regard to the biennial appro ach to planning TA activities, he said that it was 
important to have clarity as to what donors would be expected to contribute and for what purposes.  
He suggested that the Secretariat could work towa rds providing Members with this clarity.  On the 
financial situation, he announced that the EC had made a contribution of €1 m illion.  He invited other 
Members in a position to do so to also make contribu tions.  Finally, he asked if the Secretariat could 
provide some information on how any eventual ad justments to the biennial programme would be 
handled in practice.   
25. The representative of El Salvador
 said that her delegation supp orted the TA Plan and the 
biennial approach.  She expressed her appreciation for a national workshop held in El Salvador in 
September 2007, and looked forward to further technical assistance activities in 2008. 
26. The representative of Lesotho  expressed appreciation for the WTO's technical assistance 
activities, in particular the trainee programmes and in ternships, which were of great value to LDCs.  
She hoped that these initiatives would continue. 
27. The representative of the United States  said that her delegation was pleased that the 
preparation of the TA Plan for 2008 and 2009 ha d evolved through an inter-active process.  This 
evolution was largely attributable to comments generated during informal consultations.  Her 
delegation would watch closely the implementation of  the biennial plan.  She expressed appreciation 
for the Secretariat's efforts to improve monitoring and evaluation, and stressed that these efforts – 
covering both providers and recipients of techni cal assistance – be a shared endeavour focusing on 
inputs and results.  Referring to the joint consulta tion held with representatives of the CTD and the 
CBFA, she recalled that several Members had indicat ed at that consultation that they may have 
difficulty contributing the same amount they were providing to the DDAGTF if part of that amount 
were transferred to the regular budget.  Furtherm ore, transferring a part of the amount of the 
DDAGTF to the regular budget would mean that both  donors and recipients would be funding that 
part of the work from the regular budget. 
28. The representative of India  said that his delegation welcomed moving to a biennial approach. 
He said that two regional training workshops had been held in India in 2007.  The first was on 
sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures in Ap ril, the second was on trade and environment in 
September. His delegation looked fo rward to more opportunities for technical assistance in the future. 
29. The representative of Norway  said that the TA Plan was a good one.  It built incrementally on 
experiences from earlier plans, as well as on evaluations  of technical assistance activities, in particular 
the 2006 Strategic Review of the WTO's TRTA activiti es.  His delegation agreed with the point made 
by other delegations that measurable criteria to  further strengthen the evaluation methodology was 
welcome.  On the question by Cuba relating to para graphs 240 to 242 of the TA Plan, he said that the 
position of his delegation was that TRTA was now an  integral part of the WTO's work.  While the 
WTO should not become a development organization per se , he believed that the work of the WTO in 
the area of technical assistance w as here to stay.  Therefore, Members should consider moving some 
part of the financing to the regular budget in or der to have a better balance between the regular 
funding of TRTA and voluntary contributions.  Whil e it was appreciated that there were a number of 
issues that would have to be taken into account, including the size of Members' contributions, his 
delegation wished to keep this matter open for discussion. 
30. The Chairman  invited the Secretariat to respond to the questions and comments from 
Members. 
31. The Deputy Director-General  said that a key point was to find a balance between getting more 
predictability and being able to assure financing for TA on the one hand, while also taking into 
account the capacity of the Secretar iat and the capacity of beneficiary countries.  Efforts would  WT/COMTD/M/66 
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  continue to be made in order to find the right ba lance, for which purpose informal consultations on 
TA issues would continue to be held.  She said that  the approach of the TA Plan – as with previous 
plans – was to continue to strengthen partnershi ps with other organizations involved in TRTA, 
including regional organizations.  This would lead  to a sustainable strengthening of capacities, in 
particular the capacities of regiona l institutions, which would subseque ntly allow them to be more 
closely involved in providing assistance to Members.  With regard to the issue of coordination, she 
said that the EIF and the Aid for Trade initiative were good examples of efforts being made by the 
WTO.  She noted that several other organizations  were much bigger players than the WTO in the 
provision of TRTA, and stressed that the role of the WTO was not to extend its own activities, but 
rather to be a catalyst to ensure better coordina tion.  On the evaluation of technical assistance 
activities, she said that the Secretariat was putting in considerable efforts to strengthen its capacity in 
this area.  She cited e-Training as an example.  She said that through e-Training it was possible to check online whether a certain threshold of knowledg e had been attained, which also made it possible 
to identify in a more efficient manner the needs of participants in TA activities.  
32. The representative of the Budget and Control Section
 said that the proposal to transfer part of 
the DDAGTF to the regular budget had been transmitte d to the CBFA for Members' consideration.  
At present, however, a decision had not yet been take n.  The budget proposal currently under review 
did not take this into account for the next biennium.  She explained that in the event that a part of 
Members' voluntary contributions were transferred to  the regular budget, this would have an impact 
on the contributions of all Members – donors and be neficiaries.  The impact would depend on the 
total amount of increase that this would represent for the regular budget, although at this point in time 
precise calculations to measure the impact had not be en made.  She, however, remarked that the initial 
impression was that the impact on LDCs and other developing countries would be minimal.   
33. The Chairman  proposed that the Committee adopt the TA Plan for 2008 and 2009. 
34. The Committee adopted  the TA Plan for 2008 and 2009.  
D. OTHER BUSINESS  
35. No matter was raised under "Other Business". 
36. The meeting was adjourned .  
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     WTO Technical Assistance and Training Plan     CRP(07)12.Rev.1 
2008 – 2009 
WT/COMTD/W/160 
Swiss Francs 
      2008 2008 Total  2009  2009 Total  
Chapter Sub-Chapter Subject / Programme  R.B.   DDAGTF  OTHER     R.B.   DDAGTF   OTHER   
A. GENERAL WTO-
RELATED TA 1. Trade Policy Courses (i) Geneva-based Trade 
Policy Courses (TPCs) 2,266,800     2,266,800 2,266,800     2,266,800  
    (ii) Regional Trade Policy 
Courses and follow-up 
(RTPCs)   5,125,000   5,125,000   5,100,000   5,100,000  
  2. Geneva-based Introduction 
Courses   423,600     423,600 423,600     423,600  
  3. Geneva-based Thematic 
Courses   536,600     536,600 536,600     536,600  
  4. Introduction days   0     0 0     0  
  5. Geneva Week   536,600     536,600 536,600     536,600  
  6. Geneva-based topic-specific 
symposia     1,254,375   1,254,375   1,355,625   1,355,625  
  7. Other Geneva-Based Support 
(Legal Advisory Role) - RB   0     0 0     0  
  8. Regional and Sub-regional 
capacity-building programmes     3,529,800   3,529,800   4,146,300   4,146,300  
A. GENERAL WTO-
RELATED TA Total     3,763,600 9,909,175   13,672,775 3,763,600 10,601,925   14,365,525  
B. SPECIALIZED AND 
ADVANCED TA 1. Geneva-based Specialized 
Courses   168,300 607,500   775,800 168,300 562,500   730,800  
  2. National Technical 
Assistance Activities (i)  Topic-specific 
activities 1,221,000 306,000   1,527,000 1,221,000 306,000   1,527,000  
    (ii) TA within the Trade 
Policy Review Mechanism 
Framework   425,000   425,000   425,000   425,000  
    (iii) Assisting beneficiaries 
in conducting Needs 
Assessment   0   0   0   0  
    (iv) WTO Reference 
centres and enquiry points   300,000   300,000   300,000   300,000  
  3. Regional Seminars (i) Agriculture (Ag)   304,200   304,200   396,000   396,000  
    (ii) Dispute Settlement 
(DSU)     364,500   364,500   463,500   463,500  
    (iii) Government 
Procurement (Plurilateral Agreement on)   483,300   483,300   464,400   464,400  
    (iv) Non-Agriculture 
Market Access (NAMA)    1,301,400   1,301,400   1,148,400   1,148,400  
    (v) Regional Trade 
Agreements      243,000   243,000   264,600   264,600   
   WT/COMTD/M/66
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Chapter Sub-Chapter Subject / Programme  R.B.   DDAGTF  OTHER     R.B.   DDAGTF   OTHER   
    (vi) Rules    302,400   302,400   403,200   403,200  
    (vii) Sanitary and 
Phytosanitary Measures (SPS)              777,600   777,600   777,600   777,600  
    (viii) Services 
negotiations; GATS                 356,400   356,400   356,400   356,400  
    (ix) Technical Barriers to 
Trade (TBT)           386,100   386,100   445,500   445,500  
    (x) Trade and 
Development, including:  
S&D and Small Economies    297,000   297,000   386,100   386,100  
    (xi) Trade and 
Environment           445,500   445,500   407,700   407,700  
    (xii) Trade Facilitation             1,651,500   1,651,500   1,651,500   1,651,500  
    (xiii) Trade-related 
Intellectual Property 
Rights (TRIPS)   658,800   658,800   407,700   407,700  
  4. Advanced Training 
Programme for senior government officials      1,134,900   1,134,900   1,134,900   1,134,900  
  5. Intensive Courses on Trade 
Negotiations Skills     1,012,500   1,012,500   981,000   981,000  
  6. Outreach Activities for 
Parliamentarians and Civil 
Society     604,800   604,800   604,800   604,800  
B. SPECIALIZED AND 
ADVANCED TA Total     1,389,300 11,962,400   13,351,700 1,389,300 11,886,800   13,276,100  
C. ACADEMIC SUPPORT  1. Regional Trade Policy 
Courses (see A.1.(ii)) 1. Regional Trade Policy 
Courses (see A.1.(ii))   0   0         
  2. University Programme (i) Follow-up to RTPCs 
(Phase 2)   580,500   580,500   580,500   580,500  
    (ii) Workshops for 
university professors on 
WTO Matters   576,000   576,000   576,000   576,000  
    (iii) National Workshops 
for Academics 185,000     185,000 185,000     185,000  
    (iv) Document 
Dissemination Programme for Universities 65,000     65,000 65,000     65,000  
  3. Support Programme for 
doctoral studies     129,600   129,600   129,600   129,600  
  4. Programme for visiting 
academics     0   0   0   0  
  5. Research collaboration     100,000   100,000   100,000   100,000  
C. ACADEMIC SUPPORT  
Total     250,000 1,386,100   1,636,100 250,000 1,386,100   1,636,100   
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Chapter Sub-Chapter Subject / Programme  R.B.   DDAGTF  OTHER     R.B.   DDAGTF   OTHER   
D. TRAINEE 
PROGRAMMES AND 
INTERNSHIPS 1. Netherlands Trainee 
Programme        550,000 550,000       550,000  
  2. WTO Regional Coordinator 
Internship     275,000   275,000   275,000   275,000  
  3. WTO Mission Internship       550,000 550,000     550,000 550,000  
D. TRAINEES / 
INTERNSHIPS Total       275,000 1,100,000 1,375,000   275,000 550,000 1,375,000  
E.  E-LEARNING 1. eTraining:  online courses                   
  2. Self-training modules: 
computer-based training modules                   
  3. State of Play briefings                   
  4. Misc (i) IT consultants 73,500     73,500 73,500     73,500  
    (ii) Audio-Video Software 
and Supplies   60,000   60,000   60,000   60,000  
    (iii) Specialized IT 
Training   30,000   30,000   30,000   30,000  
E.  E-LEARNING Total     73,500 90,000   163,500 73,500 90,000   163,500  
F.  OTHER PROGRAMMES 1.  Staffing:  L-Posts and other 
Short-Term Contracts (i) L-Posts   3,200,000   3,200,000   3,300,000   3,300,000  
    (ii) eTraining HR req.   1,000,000   1,000,000   1,100,000   1,100,000  
    (iii) Other ST contracts   500,000   500,000   550,000   550,000  
  2.   Programme activities      (i) UNIDO   0   0   0   0  
    (ii) TCBDB/OECD   60,000   60,000   60,000   60,000  
    (iii)  TRTA DB   75,000   75,000   50,000   50,000  
    (iv)  Documentation for 
national TA activities   50,000   50,000   50,000   50,000  
F.  OTHER 
PROGRAMMES Total       4,885,000   4,885,000   5,110,000   5,110,000  
SUB-TOTAL     5,476,400 28,507,675 1,100,000 35,084,075 5,476,400 29,349,825 550,000 35,376,225  
COST SHARING     (7,268,737)   (7,268,737)   (8,110,887)   (8,110,887) 
OVERHEAD CHARGES 
13%          
2,761,062       143,000       
2,904,062         
2,761,062          
71,500       
2,904,062  
GRAND TOTAL        5,476,400    
24,000,000    1,243,000     
30,719,400     5,476,400     
24,000,000        
621,500     
30,169,400  
 
 
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