Bridges Weekly Trade News Digest • Volume 12 • Number 6 • 20th February 2008
Events
For a more comprehensive list of events in trade and sustainable development, please refer to ICTSD’s web calendar at: http://www.ictsd.org/cal/index.htm .If you would like to submit an event, please email events@ictsd.ch.
Coming up: 21-27 February
21-22 February. Nairobi, Kenya. EXPERT GROUP MEETING ON LAND FOR SUSTAINABLE URBANIZATION IN AFRICA This expert group meeting will contribute to the sixteenth session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD 16). For more information contact: e-mail: gltn@unhabitat.org; Internet: http://www.gltn.net/en/newspage/en/newspage/expert-group-meeting-on-land-for-sustainable-urbanisation-in-africa-2.html
21-22 February, Paris, France. GLOBAL FORUM ON COMPETITION 2008. This conference, hosted by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, is organised by the Directorate for Financial and Fiscal Affairs. Internet: http://www.oecd.org/document/25/0,3343,en_2649_34487_39410201_1_1_1_1,00.html
21-22 February, Geneva, Switzerland. AD HOC GROUP OF EXPERTS ON ENERGY EFFICIENCY INVESTMENTS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION. The first day of the meeting will be dedicated to a special seminar on Financing Energy Efficiency Investments with the European Clean Energy Fund. Internet: http://www.unece.org/ie/ and www.ee-21.net
25-27 February, New Delhi, India. INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON MOVING TOWARDS GENDER SENSITISATION OF TRADE POLICY. The seminar will provide a forum to international trade and gender experts, policy makers, academia and civil society to discuss gender concerns in the context of trade liberalization and globalisation, with particular reference to India and generally to developing countries. Internet:http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Meeting.asp?intItemID=2068&lang=1&m=15066&year=2008&month=2
25-29 February, Geneva, Switzerland. INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND GENETIC RESOURCES, TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND FOLKLORE : 12TH SESSION. The Committee, hosted by the World Intellectual Property Organisation, will focus in particular on issues faced by local and indigenous communities. Internet: http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=14802
WTO
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.
20-21 February: SYMPOSIUM ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS
25+27 February: TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY - BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
25 February: COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT - SESSION ON AID FOR TRADE
26 February: COMMITTEE ON BUDGET, FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION