WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/GEN/56 
12 July 2007 
 (07-2969) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  
  
 
TBT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES IN 2007
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Information from the Secretariat2 
  The following information was provided by  the WTO Secretariat at the TBT Committee 
meeting of 5 July 2007 under Agenda Item 3 (Technical Co-operation Activities)
3. The tables describe 
TBT technical assistance activities undertaken and planned for 2007.  
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1. Geneva-Based Events 
Date Activity Participants Venue Organized by 
7-8 November 2007 TBT Fifth Special Meeting on 
Procedures for Information 
Exchange All Members Geneva WTO 
 
2. Regional Workshops 
Date Region Venue Organized by Other 
participating 
organizations 
24-26 April 2007 Arab and Middle East 
countries  Bahrain WTO Codex, IEC, ISO, 
OIML, UNIDO 
19-21 June 2007 Africa (English) Botswana WTO Codex, IEC, ISO, 
OIML, SADC, 
UNIDO, 
Botswana Bureau 
of Standards, and 
Standards South 
Africa 
20-22 November 2007  Asia Malaysia WTO TBC 
 
                                                      
1 The venues and dates for planned activities may change. 
2 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. 
3 Tables have been updated to reflect more recently  available information.  Additional information, 
including programmes of the activities, available at: www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/tbt_e/tbt_tech_e.htm. G/TBT/GEN/56 
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  3. Member Workshops* 
Date Venue Organized by Other 
participating 
organizations 
25-26 April 2007 Niger (TBT/SPS) WTO  
10-11 May 2007 Paraguay  WTO Codex, ISO 
21-22 June 2007 Gabon  WTO  
26-27 September 2007 El Salvador (TBT/SPS) WTO  
7-9 November 2007 
TBC Nicaragua (TBT/SPS) WTO  
23 November 2007 Malaysia WTO  
 
*Additional requests for national activities have been re ceived from Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Suriname and 
Zimbabwe.  Arrangements for the delivery of these activities are to be confirmed. 
 The delivery of national activities depends on Members' requests, on the resources of the Secretariat to 
undertake them and on whether the request c ould be addressed through a regional activity. 
 
4. Trade Policy Courses covering, inter alia,  the TBT Agreement 
(a) Geneva-Based 
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) 
 
(b) Regional  
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 
(tbc) Latin America Chile WTO (ITTC) 
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5. eTraining: Online Courses 
 
Date Name of course (language) Organized by 
February-March 2007 Introduction to Technical Barriers to Trade 
(English) WTO (ITTC) 
April-May 2007 Introduction to Technical Barriers to Trade 
(Spanish) WTO (ITTC) 
June-July 2007 Introduction to Technical Barriers to Trade 
(French) WTO (ITTC) 
Autumn 2007 Introduction to Technical Barriers to Trade 
(English) WTO (ITTC) 
 
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