Bridges Weekly Trade News Digest • Volume 12 • Number 33 • 9th October 2008
Events
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Coming up: 9 - 15 October
13-14 October, Portland, Oregon, US. NGWA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NON-RENEWABLE GROUNDWATER RESOURCES. This Conference is convened by the National Ground Water Association (NGWA), in association with the Institute for Water and Watersheds at Oregon State University, the UNs Education and Cultural Organisation’s International Hydrological Programme (UNESCO-IHP) and the World Bank. The first international meeting on non-renewable ground water resources aims to facilitate the sharing of information and management approaches among water professionals from around the globe. For more information, please contact: Michael Campana; e-mail: Michael.Campana@oregonstate.edu; Internet: http://www.ngwa.org/DEVELOPMENT/conferences/details/0810135055.aspx
13-16 October, Accra, Ghana. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TRADITIONAL FOREST-RELATED KNOWLEDGE AND SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT IN AFRICA. This conference will highlight the importance of traditional forest-related knowledge towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals and sustainable forest management. It is organised by the Forestry Commission, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and the University of Ghana in association with the International Union of Forest Research Organisations. For more information, please contact: Alfred Oteng-Yeboah; e-mail: otengyeboah@yahoo.co.uk; Internet: http://www.iufro.org/download/file/2595/95/ghana08-tftfk-1st-announcemt-call-upd.doc.
13-17 October, Bangkok, Thailand. FAO GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON SMALL SCALE FISHERIES. This Conference is co-organised by the Thai Department of Fisheries and will have a broad scope allowing for the discussion of a wide range of issues including, inter alia, wider social and economic development and human rights issues, governance, fisheries policy processes and systems, fisheries management approaches and market access aspects and means of increasing post harvest benefits. A special focus of the conference, however, will be on the issue of securing access and user rights by small-scale fishers, indigenous peoples, and fishing communities to coastal and fishery resources that sustain their livelihoods. For more information, please contact: Rolf Willmann or Rebecca Metzner; e-mails: rolf.willmann@fao.org or rebecca.metzner@fao.org; Internet: http://www.4ssf.org/.
13-17 October, Geneva, Switzerland. WIPO IGC-13. Geneva, Switzerland. The thirteenth session of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) is taking place in October 2008. For more information contact: tel: +41-22-338-8161; fax: +41-22-338-8120; e-mail: grtkf@wipo.int; Internet: http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/.
14-17 October, Auckland, New Zealand. 15TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE COMMISSION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF SOUTHERN BLUEFIN TUNA. For more information contact: Mari Warren or Rie Connor; tel: +61-2-6282-8396; fax: +61-2-6282-8407; e-mail: sec@ccsbt.org; Internet: http://www.ccsbt.org/docs/meeting.html.
14 - 17 October. Rome, Italy. FAO COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY. The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) will host the 34th session of the Committee on World Food Security from 14-17 October 2008, at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy. This Committee will assess the current global food situation and implications for the future. Special events will also be organised to consider the impact of high food prices on nutrition and the theme of high prices, food security issues and policy responses. For more information contact: Kostas Stamoulis; e-mail: FAO-CFS@fao.org; Internet: http://www.fao.org/UNFAO/Bodies/cfs/cfs34/index_en.htm
15-18 October, Thessalonkiki, Greece. FOURTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON TRANSBOUNDARY WATERS MANAGEMENT. The objectives of this International Symposium are to: assess the state of the art and the progress recently made in the sustainable management of transboundary waters; review current major international programmes concerned with the assessment and management of transboundary water resources; and promote interdisciplinary approaches for integrated transboundary water resources management. For more information contact: Conference Secretariat; tel: +30-2310-252-103; fax: +30-2310-252-104; e-mail: info@toplinetravel.gr; Internet: http://www.unesco.org/water/pdf/twm4.pdf.
WTO Events
An updated list of forthcoming WTO meetings is posted at: http:/www.wto.org/meets_public/meets_e.pdf. 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. Unless otherwise indicated, all WTO meetings are held at the WTO, Centre William Rappard, rue de Lausanne 154, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland, and are open to WTO Members and accredited observers only.
8+10 October: TRADE POLICY REVIEW - KOREA
8-9 October: COMMITTEE ON SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY MEASURES
9 October: COMMITTEE ON BUDGET, FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
9 October: COMMITTEE ON RULES OF ORIGIN
13+17 October: NEGOTIATING GROUP ON TRADE FACILITATION
14 October: GENERAL COUNCIL
Other Upcoming Events
27-30 October, Manila, the Philippines. SECOND GLOBAL FORUM ON MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT (GFMD). This second GFMD, chaired by the Government of the Philippines, is expected to build on the achievements and recommendations made at the Brussels Forum 2007 regarding policy and institutional coherence in linking migration and development, but will also place special emphasis on the human face of migration. The theme of the Manila GFMD 2008, “Protecting and Empowering Migrants for Development,” reflects a focus on human rights and empowerment of migrants on the ground. Three roundtable discussions have been proposed on: migration, human rights and development; secure, legal migration can achieve greater development impact; and policy and institutional coherence and partnerships. For more information, please refer to http://www.gfmd-fmmd.org/en/press-release/philippines-prepares-way-gfmd-manila-october-2008-report-first-fof-meeting.
20-24 October, Europe. EUROPEAN FOREST WEEK. European Forest Week 2008 celebrates the contribution of European forests in mitigating climate change, providing wood and renewable energy, securing the supply of fresh water and protecting our environment. During the week of 20-24 October, a series of meetings will be held at the Food and Agriculture Organisation Headquarters in Rome, Italy. The Rome events will bring together hundreds of individuals from governments, non-governmental organisations, research institutions, regional and international networks, United Nations agencies and the private sector. Senior forestry and other sector-related officials from all over Europe will attend. The meetings will provide a unique opportunity for diverse stakeholders and forest managers to share perspectives and seek solutions to some of the most challenging issues facing forests and forestry today: climate change, energy and water. In conjunction with the Rome meetings, a high-profile European Union Presidency event will be held in Brussels (20 October) and a number of national and local events will take place in participating countries throughout Europe. For further information, please refer to www.EuropeanForestWeek.org.
3-4 November 2008, Paris, France, OECD POLICY DIALOGUE ON AID FOR TRADE. The OECD with the support of the European Commission and the German Marshall Fund of the United States is organising a Policy Dialogue on Aid for Trade on 3-4 November 2008 in the OECD Conference Centre. The main objectives of this two-day event is to discuss between policy makers, practitioners and academics how the developing community can help developing countries to build trade capacity and address supply-side constraints, in order to realise the full benefits from their integration in the world economy. Participation to this event is by invitation only. For more information, contact: e-mail: aft.dialogue@oecd.org; fax: +33 1 44 30 61 59; Internet: http://www.oecd.org/trade/aftdialogue2008.
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