Bridges Trade BioRes • Volume 5 • Number 19 • 28th October 2005
Events
For a more comprehensive list of events in trade and sustainable development, please refer to ICTSD’s web calendar. Please bear in mind that dates and times of WTO meetings are often changed, and that the WTO does not always announce the important informal meetings of the different bodies.
Coming up in the next two weeks
28-29 October, Hamburg, Germany: CLIMATE OR DEVELOPMENT? This conference organised by the Hamburg Institute of International Economics addresses issues revolving around linkages between climate policy and poverty reduction. For further information contact Heike Kern, tel: (+49 40) 42834 337; fax: 42834 451; email: heike.kern@hwwa.de
28-29 October, Brussels, Belgium: SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION 05 CONFERENCE: GLOBAL ‘STATE OF THE ART’ IN SUSTAINABLE PRODUCT/SERVICE DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN. Organised by an advisory board, the O2 - global network of sustainable designers, and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), this conference will focus on the global ’state of the art’ in sustainable product/service development and design and will provide an update on worldwide developments. It will analyse the obstacles and opportunities for sustainable product/service development and design. For further information contact Professor Martin Charter, tel: +44 (0) 1252 892772; fax: 1252 892747; email: mcharter@surrart.ac.uk
2-3 November, Geneva, Switzerland: COMMITTEE ON TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE. For further information, contact the WTO Information and Media Relations Division, Geneva; tel: (+41 22) 739 5007; fax: 739 5458; email: enquiries@wto.org.
7-8 November, Beijing, China: BEIJING 2005 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT. Following up on the Renewables 2004 event held in Germany, China is planning an international conference on renewable energy in late 2005. The conference will address issues such as the development and transfer of renewable energy technologies. This meeting is being organised by the Governments of China and Germany in cooperation with the UN DESA. For more information contact Mo Xiong Bing, tel: (+86 10) 516 658 98 or 685 013 41; fax: 840 648 62 or 68501971; email: wangwh@mx.cei.gov.cn
7-9 November, Dakar, Senegal: ENERGY SUMMIT IN AFRICA. The issues to be addressed by this conference include energy needs and resources, infrastructure, investment, deregulation, the opening up of markets, and new regulations. The Summit will support the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD). For further information contact Jean-Pierre Favennec, tel: (+33 1) 4752 7116; email: j-pierre.favennec@ifp.fr
7-12 November, Yokohama, Japan: INTERNATIONAL TROPICAL TIMBER COUNCIL 39. The 39th session of the governing body of the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO), an intergovernmental organisation promoting the conservation and sustainable management, use and trade of tropical forest resources, will meet to discuss funding, governance and priorities. For further information contact Manoel Sobral Filho, tel: (+81 45) 223 1110; fax: 223 1111; email: itto@itto.or.jp
8-15 November, Kampala, Uganda: 9TH ORDINARY MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE CONTRACTING PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION ON WETLANDS. The Conference of the Parties will review the work of the Convention, plan its the future activities, and advance wetland science and policy and management tools. The conference’s focus will be on the effective wetland management for poverty eradication, taking into consideration related priority actions found in Agenda 21, the UN Millennium Development Goals, and the Plan of Implementation adopted at the World Summit on Sustainable Development. For further information contact Dwight Peck, tel: (+41 22) 999 0170; fax: 999 0169; email: peck@ramsar.org
Other upcoming events
16-18 November, Mumbai, India: WORLD CONFERENCE ON DISASTER REDUCTION. This event will address the specific need of corporate sector involvement in disaster management. It comes as the follow up of the WCDR held at Kobe, where need to involve all stakeholders in the disaster mitigation tive will be to connect government agencies, corporate world, expert organisations, relief organisations, and the communities to discuss the crucial role they can play in mitigating human suffering wrought by disasters.
19-26 November, Rome, Italy: FAO CONFERENCE 33RD SESSION. This Conference is the supreme governing body of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Comprising all 184 FAO Members (presently 183 States and one Member Organisation, the European Community) it meets in regular session every two years. Its main functions are to determine the policies of the organisation, approve the budget, and make recommendations to Members and international organisations on any mprocess was identified and enforced. This conference in November 2005 is aimed to identify sectors’ strengths and highlight the areas where they can create a difference. The objecatter pertaining to the purposes of FAO. For further information contact, email: FAO-Conference@fao.org
26-30 November. Bonn, Germany: WORLD RENEWABLE ENERGY ASSEMBLY. The end of fossil resources is approaching, energy prices are rising, climate is changing: Renewable energies give the answer to these global challenges. The legislative framework is decisive for a global breakthrough towards renewables. Without clear and reliable laws, renewables cannot be brought quickly onto the markets, nor can a technology transfer to developing countries be secured. For this reason, parliaments take centre stage in the activities of the World Council for Renewable Energy (WCRE), pushing for an indispensable structural change in energy production. For further information contact the World Council for Renewable Energy (WCRE), tel: (+49 228) 36 23 73; fax: 36 12 13; email: info@wcre.org
13-17 December, Hong Kong, China: HONG KONG TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT SYMPOSIUM. The goal of this symposium, co-convened by the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) and the University of Hong Kong in collaboration with the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), is to encourage innovative thinking on issues related to trade and development that could subsequently be translated into constructive inputs for the ongoing Doha Round negotiations. The main topics for discussions will be drawn from key development-related issues in the trade policy and trade rules arena. For further information contact Patrick Lunt, tel: (+41 22) 917 88 37; fax: 917 80 93; email: plunt@ictsd.ch
13-18 December, Hong Kong: SIXTH WTO MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE. For further information, contact the WTO Information and Media Relations Division, Geneva; tel: (+41 22) 739 5007; fax: 739 5458; email: enquiries@wto.org
16-20 January 2006, Geneva, Switzerland: UN CONFERENCE ON THE RENEGOTIATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL TROPICAL TIMBER AGREEMENT, 1994, FOURTH PART. Members of the ITTO will meet for the fourth time in Geneva to negotiate the provisions of a successor agreement to their current governing pact. For more information, contact UNCTAD, tel: (+41 22) 917 5809; fax: 917 0056; email: correspondence@unctad.org