Bridges Weekly Trade News Digest • Volume 8 • Number 25 • 14th July 2004
Events
EVENTS
For a more comprehensive list of events in trade and sustainable development, please refer to ICTSD’s web calendar. If you would like to submit an event, please email events@ictsd.ch.
Coming Up: 15-21 July
13-16 July, Geneva, Switzerland: 24TH SESSION OF THE OPEN-ENDED WORKING GROUP TO THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL. The Open-Ended Working Group to the Montreal Protocol, convening for its annual mid-year meeting, is expected to review progress in the various committees and prepare for MOP-16 in November 2004. For further information contact the Ozone Secretariat, UNEP, tel: +254-2-62-3850; fax: +254-2-62-3601; e-mail: ozoneinfo@unep.org; Internet: http://www.unep.org/ozone/
15 July, Washington, D.C., USA: GLOBALISATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR CAFTA AND BEYOND. This meeting, organised by the Heinrich Böll Foundation, the Organisation of American States Unit for Sustainable Development and Environment, and the Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University, will focus on globalisation and environment in the Americas. For further information see http://www.boell.org/docs/Invitation-Globalization&Enviroment-July15.pdf
19-22 July, London, UK: TAKING FORWARD THE WORLD TRADE NEGOTIATIONS. This Wilton Park conference will explore issues such as the way forward in the Doha Round, ways to improve the functioning of the WTO, the roles of the various new negotiating groups, regionalism, coherence, developing country issues, and implications of EU enlargement and agricultural reform. For further information contact Susan Linfield, Conference Administration, Wilton Park, Wiston, tel: +44-1903-817728; fax: +44-1903-814217; email: susan.linfield@wiltonpark.org.uk; Internet: http://www.wiltonpark.org.uk/web/welcome.html
WTO
An updated list of forthcoming WTO meetings is posted online. 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.
16 July: WTO COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT.
16 July: WTO WORKING PARTY ON THE ACCESSION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.
19 July: WTO WORKING GROUP ON TRADE AND TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY.
20 July: WTO DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY.
20 July: WTO COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT - SPECIAL SESSION.
21-22 July: WTO TEXTILES MONITORING BODY.
Other Upcoming Meetings
4-7October, Boca del Rio, Veracruz, Mexico: YES MEXICO 2004 - A LEARNING SUMMIT. This event will evaluate global progress on youth employment, with the sharing of national strategies within the context of YES Framework for Action. Over 1000 youth delegates will deliberate on the issue of youth employment on the focal areas of: renewable energy, water and sanitation, on-farm & off-farm enterprises, ICT, HIV/AIDS and post conflict reconstruction. A global "State of the YES Campaign 2004" report will also be released. To register and to apply for partial scholarships, visit: http://www.yesweb.org/mexico/register.html; for further information contact Gustavo Payan,YES Mexico Summit Coordinator, email: gustavo@yesweb.org; Internet: http://www.yesweb.org/mexico/index.html
31 May to 3 June 2005, Boston, Massachusetts, USA: IAIA’05 - ETHICS AND QUALITY IN IMPACT ASSESSMENT. This event is the 25th Annual Conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA), and will explore the fundamental questions of ethics and quality in the impact assessment profession. Workshop and session proposals are invited by 15 August 2004. Papers and posters are invited by 15 November on all aspects of the conference theme. For submission instructions or more information on the conference, contact Bridget John, tel: +1 701 297 7908; email: bridget@iaia.org; Internet: http://www.iaia.org