INF/TE/IDP/CN/7  
 
5 September  2022 
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  Original: English  
 
 
INFORMAL DIALOGUE ON PLASTICS POLLUTION  
AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE PLASTICS TRADE  (IDP)  
CONVENING NOTICE  
The following convening notice, dated 5 September  2022, is being circulated at the request of the 
IDP Coordinators and Facilitators . 
 
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1. The Dialogue  will hold its next  pre-plenary meeting s in hybrid mode on  Monday 19 and 
Tuesday 20 September  2022, from 10 a.m.  Geneva time.  All WTO Members are invited to 
attend the meeting . Please see technical arrangements in Annex I . 
2. Draft a genda  
Day 1: 19 September 2022  
1) Introductory remarks by coordinators  
 
2) Reduction to Tackle Plastic Pollution and Circular Economy for Plastics1 – 
Facilitators : Colombia and Ecuador  
 
a. Introductory remarks by facilitators.  
b. Survey of Trade -related Plastics  Measures  (TrPMs).  
i. Update by the WTO Secretariat on the ongoing TrPMs survey . 
c. Technical presentations by stakeholders . 
i. Presentation by the Organization for Economic Co -operation and 
Development  (OECD) on findings from the Global Plastic s Outlook (part II), 
Policy Scenarios to 2060 . 
ii. Briefing by the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions  Secretariat  on 
the plastics -related outcomes of the Conference s of the Parties (COP).  
iii. Presentation by the Pew Charitable Trusts on their plastic  pollution -related  
projects . 
iv. Presentation by the Consumer Goods Forum's (CGF) Coalition of Action on 
plastic waste and their latest  Golden Design Rules  designed to eliminate 
unnecessary plastic packaging  
d. Interventions by delegations and stakeholders . 
 
1 According to the IDP Plan 2022 ( INF/TE/IDP/W/5 ), topics include how trade -related cooperation could 
help to support efforts to reduce unnecessary or harmful plastics and plastic products, including single -use 
plastics and plastic packaging associated with international trade; and sharing experiences of effective 
approaches to move towards more circular resource efficient and environmentally sustainable plastics trade.  INF/TE/IDP/CN/7  
 
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  3) Promoting Trade to Tackle Plastic Pollution2 – Facilitators: t he Philippines and 
Australia  
 
a. Introductory remarks by facilitators.  
b. Experience sharing by invited private sector representatives on using alternatives  
and substitutes to plastic s and plastic  packaging . 
c. Presentation by t he World Bank  Group on the Plastic Substitution Trade off Calculator  
and related study  aimed at providing a holistic comparison of the costs and benefits 
of plastics and their alternatives . 
d. Briefing by UNCTAD and WTO Secretariats on the  preparations for the  exploratory 
workshop on sustainable alternatives and substitutes to plastic.  
e. Interventions by delegations and stakeholders . 
Day 2: 20 September 2022  
4) Crosscutting issues3 – Facilitators: Fiji, the UK and China  
 
a. Introductory remarks by facilitators . 
b. Update on the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) negotiation process.  
i. Briefing by the Executive Secretary of the intergovernmental negotiating 
committee  (INC) secretariat (UNEP ), Ms Jyoti Mathur -Filipp  on the outcome 
of the first meeting of the Open -Ended Working Group (OEWG), to prepare 
for the work of the intergovernmental negotiating committee (INC) held 
from 29 May to 1 June 2022  and next steps . 
ii. Briefing by the WTO Secretariat on the WTO participation at the OEWG and 
contributi on to UN discussions.  
c. Aid for Trade (AfT) Global Review 2022  and the AfT Needs Assessment Survey.  
i. Briefing by Ecuador on the IDP side event on Plastics, the circular economy 
and options to mainstream environmentally sustainable plastics trade in Aid 
for Trade  held on 28 July 2022 during the Eighth Aid for Trade (AfT) Global 
Review 2022.  
ii. Update by the WTO Secretariat on the AfT Needs Assessment Survey . 
d. Cooperation with the World Customs Organi zation (WCO)  and the  WCO Global Green 
Customs Conference  and HS reform.  
i. Update by the WCO on the first WCO Global Green Customs Conference  held 
on 27 -28 June 2022 and HS reform and other efforts to better identify 
material flows of plastic through trade and value chains . 
ii. Update by the WTO Secretariat on WCO -WTO cooperation as requested by 
the Dialogue  communication adopted on 8 June 2022 . 
e. Briefing by the World Bank Group on trade -related aspects of their programs to 
address plastic pollution, in particular in the Asia -Pacific region . 
 
f. Interventions by delegations and stakeholders . 
5) Concluding remarks by coordinators  
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2 According to the IDP Plan 2022 ( INF/TE/IDP/W/5 ), topics include environmentally sustainable waste 
management technologies; environmentally sustainable and effective substitutes and alternatives; reused and 
recycled plastics, including by incentivizing increa sed reuse and recycling of plastics (considering evidence of 
their long -term impacts); and technologies for environmentally sustainable and effective substitutes and 
alternatives of interest to developing members and least developed members including SIDS which are especially 
vulnerable to marine litter and plastic pollution, and opportunities for their MSMEs.  
3 According to the IDP Plan 2022 ( INF/TE/IDP/W/5 ), topics include capacity building and technical 
assistance; fostering international cooperation on transparency and data; cooperation and collaboration with 
other international organizations and processes, and collective approaches.  INF/TE/IDP/CN/7  
 
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  Annex I - Technical Arrangements  
 
Please note that this meeting will be held in  hybrid mode  (room D and via Zoom).  
 
 
1  REMOTE PARTICIPATION  
Delegates wishing to participate virtually via the Zoom platform, including capital -based officials,  
must register through this link:  
https://worldtradeorganization.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAtcO -rrD4vGNdJiKzPObGJr5M7 -
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After registering, you will receive a confirmation emai l containing information about joining the 
meeting.  
 
If prompted for the following information when accessing the meeting, please enter:  
 
Meeting ID – 840 7632 5523  
Meeting Passcode – 190922  
 
Before the meeting:  
 
• We are available 1/2 hour before the meeting to test your connection with you.  
 
During the meeting:  
 
• If technical difficulties result in delegations being unable to intervene virtually under a given 
agenda item, the opportunity to take the floor will be given at an appropria te juncture before 
the meeting closes. Should the technical problem persist, delegations may contact the 
meeting coordinators ( idp@wto.org ) during the course of the meeting, either to send their 
statement for it to be read out during the meeting, or to request that the attendees be 
informed of their interest in the item under consideration and their intention to circulate 
their written statem ent after the meeting.  
 
2  ATTENDANCE IN THE MEETING ROOM  
For the health protection of all, and to respect the sanitary measures in place , masks remain 
recommended in common areas and meeting rooms . 
 
3  STATEMENTS  
To facilitate interpretation, delegations are s trongly encouraged to send their written statements to 
the Secretariat ( idp@wto.org ) before the meeting starts. Statements will also be gratefully received 
during the meeting  (idp@wto.org ). 
 
 
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