WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/GEN/61 
15 November 2007 
 (07-4988) 
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 9 November 2007 u nder Agenda Item 4 (Technical Co-operation Activities).3 The tables 
describe TBT technical assistance activ ities 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 
                                                      
1More detailed information on TBT technical assistance activities in 2007, including programmes of 
the events, is available on http://www.wto.org/e nglish/tratop_e/tbt_e/tbt_act_list_activ_e.htm  
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/61 
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  Date Region Venue Organized by Other 
participating 
organizations 
20-22 November 
2007  Asia and Pacific Malaysia WTO IEC, ISO, 
OIML, UNIDO 
 
 
 
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  
25-26 September 
2007 El Salvador (TBT/SPS) WTO ISO 
18 October 2007 Chile Ministry of Economy in Chile4  
25-26 October 2007 Nigeria WTO   
13-15 November 
2007  Nicaragua (TBT/SPS) WTO  
23 November 2007 Malaysia WTO   
 
*The delivery of national activities depends on Members'  requests, on the resource s 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) 
 
                                                      
4 Private sector briefing organized at the initiative of the Ministry of Economy in Chile (back-to-back 
with the RTPC under 4(b)).  G/TBT/GEN/61 
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  (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  Latin America Chile WTO (ITTC) 
  
 
 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) 
11 June – 20 July 
2007 Introduction to Technical Barriers to Trade (French) WTO (ITTC) 
5 November – 14 
December 2007 Introduction to Technical Barriers to Trade (English) WTO (ITTC) 
 
 
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