Bridges Trade BioRes • Volume 4 • Number 15 • 6th August 2004
Resources
If you have a relevant resource (books, papers, bulletins, etc.) you would like to see announced in this section, please forward a copy or review by the BRIDGES staff to Heike Baumüller.
ABSP BASIC WORKBOOK IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT. Published by the Institute of International Agriculture at Michigan State University. The objective of this online training handbook is to provide the reader with basic information regarding the management of intellectual properties; to answer questions concerning the types of agreements used in transferring intellectual properties from one organisation to another or one researcher to another researcher; and to provide awareness as to the important sections of agreements and why these sections are important.
REACH AND ‘PROPORTIONALITY’ UNDER WTO RULES. A briefing for WWF by Alice Palmer, FIELD (June 2004). On 29 October 2003, the European Commission issued its proposal for new legislation regulating chemicals in the European Union (known as REACH). Underpinned by the precautionary principle, the proposed regulation requires chemicals to undergo a process of registration in the European Union which is to be administered by a newly created European Chemicals Agency. This Briefing provides a background on REACH, the WTO and the proportionality of REACH. It outlines the WWF position on REACH.
ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS. By Frank Biermann and Steffen Bauer in Global Environmental Change 14 (2, 2004). This article suggests some novel ways in which to evaluate the performance and effectiveness of intergovernmental organisations in international environmental regimes.
THE ROTTERDAM CONVENTION ON THE PRIOR INFORMED CONSENT PROCEDURE FOR CERTAIN HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS AND PESTICIDES IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE: SOME LEGAL NOTES. By Ted L. McDorman in RECIEL - Review of European Community & International Environmental Law 13 (2, 2004). The author analyses the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, which entered into force on 24 February 2004. He reviews the obligations imposed on parties to the convention, and the manner in which the processes and procedures established by the convention can be expected to operate.
ASSESSING REGIONAL INTEGRATION IN AFRICA. By the UN Economic Commission for Africa, July 2004. This report provides a comprehensive evaluation of the state of Africa’s integration process, showing where efforts have succeeded or failed including why intra African trade remains low; and how lack of macro-economic policy convergence and insufficient infrastructures hamper integration. The report finds that although progress has been made in a number of areas, overall, this has been limited relative to the goals established by African leaders. The report makes several recommendations on accelerating the integration process.
REDBIO 2004 PRESENTATIONS made at the 5th Latin American and Caribbean Meeting on Agricultural Biotechnology, held from21 June to 25 in Boca Chica, Dominican Republic. The event is organised every three years by the REDBIO/FAO network.
VACANCY
ICTSD SEEKS EDITOR FOR THE BRIDGES WEEKLY TRADE NEWS DIGEST. The Editor will have the overall responsibility for the full production process of ICTSD’s BRIDGES Weekly Trade News Digest. In addition, the Editor will provide support to the BRIDGES Monthly Review. The primary duties and responsibilities of the Editor include: writing for and editing BRIDGES Weekly Trade News Digest, as well as managing the editorial team; serving as a focal point for information gathering and dissemination within ICTSD; developing both substantive and technical aspects of BRIDGES Weekly Trade News Digest and other ICTSD publications, as well as the ICTSD website; and providing substantive input into and coordination between BRIDGES Weekly Trade News Digest and BRIDGES Monthly Review. ICTSD is looking for a candidate with a solid understanding of trade and sustainable development issues, as well as a background in journalism and writing. The post is based in Geneva, Switzerland. To apply, please send an expression of interest along with a CV and three writing samples to Malena Sell at ICTSD (email: msell@ictsd.ch) by 15 August.