Bridges Trade BioRes • Volume 5 • Number 22 • 9th December 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.
ICTSD Environment-related at the Hong Kong Ministerial Conference
13-17 December: HONG KONG TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT SYMPOSIUM (HKTDS). 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, email: plunt@ictsd.ch
14 December 2005, HKTDS RM. 403, 10.15-12.45: ARTICULATING SOUTHERN PERSPECTIVES ON TRADE AND ENVIRONMENT. Organised by ICTSD; International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and RING partners.
14 December, HKTDS Rm. 401, 16:45-19:00: DISCLOSURE OF ORIGIN - A DEAL MAKER IN THE DOHA ROUND? Organised by IUCN; Institut du Développement Durable et des Relations Internationales (IDDRI); Centre for International Environmental Law (CIEL) and ICTSD.
15 December, HKTDS Rm. 402, 16:45-19:00: FISHERIES AND TRADE - EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADVANCING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. Organisers: ICTSD; Commonwealth Secretariat (ComSec); Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO); and the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD).
16 December, HKTDS Rm. 403, 10:15-12:45: ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: CAN WTO NEGOTIATIONS MAKE A DIFFERENCE? Organised by ICTSD and the United Nations University Institute for Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS).
16 December, HKTDS Rm. 404, 14:15-16:30: THE TRANSITION TO A SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FUTURE - ISSUES FOR THE MULTILATERAL TRADING SYSTEM. Organised by ICTSD and partners.
Other Environment-related events at the Hong Kong Ministerial Conference
13-18 December, Hong Kong, China: SIXTH WTO MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE. For further information, contact the WTO Information and Media Relations Division, Geneva; tel: (41-22) 739- 5007; fax: (41-22) 739-5458; email: enquiries@wto.org
13 December, NGO Centre, Rm. 408, 11:00-13:00: ENVIRONMENT AND TRADE JURISPRUDENCE AT THE WTO: LINKAGES TO THE NEGOTIATIONS. Discussion sponsored by Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) and Swiss Agency for Environment, Forests & Landscape on trade and environment cases and the linkages to the ongoing negotiations at the WTO. For further information, contact Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder, email: nbernasconi@ciel.org
14 December 2005, HKTDS Rm. 401, 10.15-12.45: DEBATE: IS A CONSTRUCTIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE WTO AND MEAS POSSIBLE? Organised by the Royal Institute of International Affairs (RIIA); and the Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development (FIELD).
14 December: Hotel InterContinental Grand Stanford RM. B1, 13:30-17:00, INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES AND TRADE LIBERALISATION. This event, organised by the National Federation of Fisheries Cooperative Associations of Japan and the All Japan Seafood Import Consultative Group, will discuss necessary considerations for forthcoming trade rules with regard to ensuring the sustainable development of fisheries and fishing communities. For further information, contact Jf Zengyoren, tel: (+81 3) 3294-9617; fax: 3294-9602; email: kokusai-sato@r6.dion.ne.jp
14 December, HKTDS Rm. 401, 14:00-16:15: FARM SUBSIDIES AND GLOBAL TRADE: ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTLA IMPLICATIONS. Organised by the World Resource Institute (WRI); Environment Working Group (EWG) and the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF).
14 December, HKTDS Rm. 403, 14:00-16:15: SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION, TRADE AND THE ENVIRONMENT. Organised by the Hong Kong People’s Council for Sustainable Development (HKPCSD).
14 December, HKTDS Rm. 403, 16:45-19:00: FROM TRACEABILITY TO BIOTECHNOLOGY: TRADE AND FOOD SAFETY STANDARDS. Organised by Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS); Research and Information Services for Non Aligned Countries (RIS); and START Network.
14 December, Ritz Carlton Hotel, 17:00-19:00: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT IN THE WTO DOHA ROUND: AN INTERNATIONAL LAW EXPERTS PANEL EVENT. Organised by the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL) in partnership with Foreign Affairs Canada. For further information contact Marie Bourdeau, Communications Officer, tel: (+1 514) 398-8918; fax: 398-8197; email: mbourdeau@cisdl.org
15 December, NGO Centre, Rm. A5, 11:00-13:00: THE TRIPS REVIEW PROCESS: ABS, PIC AND DISCLOSURE ISSUES. Organised by Bangladesh Environment Lawyers Association (BELA), Bangladesh, CUTS Calcutta Resource Center, India, Law and Society Trust, Sri Lanka, Pro Public, Kathmandu and Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), Pakistan.
15 December, NGO Centre Rm. C, 10:00-13:00: FISHERIES SUBSIDIES DISCIPLINES IN THE WTO: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES. Organised by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), will discuss the current state of play in the WTO negotiations focusing on some of the key challenges and opportunities WTO members face in developing effective and meaningful disciplines on fisheries subsidies. For further information contact Aimee Gonzales, tel: (+41) 22-364-9002; fax: (+41) 22-364-8219; e-mail: agonzales@wwfint.org
16 December, HKTDS Rm. 401, 10:15-12:45: THE RUSH TO REGIONALISM: TRADE INTEGRATION’S IMPACT ON PEACE AND THE ENVIRONMENT. Organised by the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI); International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD); and the Centre for International Environmental Law (CIEL).
Other upcoming events
16-20 January 2006, Canberra, Australia: FIRST MEETING OF THE ASIA-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP ON CLEAN DEVELOPMENT AND CLIMATE. The regional, technology-focused pact announced by Australia, the U.S., Japan, India, South Korea and China in July 2005 will hold its first meeting in mid-January 2006 (exact dates to be confirmed).
13-24 February, New York City, US: UNITED NATIONS FORUM ON FORESTS 6 (UNFF-6). This meeting will take up the question of the nature of the global governance of forests and the promotion of sustainable forest management, including looking at indicators, and whether a voluntary or legally-binding instrument should be created on forests. For further information contact the UNFF Secretariat, tel: (+1-212) 963-3160; fax: 367-3186; email: unff@un.org