Trade in Europe & CIS

CIS Regional Workshop on WTO Accession, Yverdon, Switzerland, 1 April - 3 April 2007

30 participants including government officials from capitals, trade diplomats from Geneva based missions, experts from various international organizations and professionals from UNDP country and regional officies attended this meeting held in Yverdon, Switzerland from 1 to 3 April 2007 (UNDP only for 3 April).

You can download the following materials from the Yverdon meeting.

• Concept Note
• Agenda
• List of Participants
• Summary of the meeting
• Evaluation Results

Presentation for Day 1

         - Session I: Growth, poverty reduction and human development: challenges and opportunities of WTO accession - Case studies from UNDP research and through experience sharing

1. Services Sector: its importance for development and potential impacts of its liberalization: Lessons learned from Vietnam's experience (Ms Cristina Hernandez)

• Supplementary Document 1: Impact of Basic Public Services Liberalization on the Poor and Marginalized People: The Case of Health, Education and Electricity in Viet Nam
• Supplementary Document 2: Services Sector Development: A Key to Viet Nam's Sustainable Growth

2. Implications of WTO Accession on Competitiveness of Agricultural Products in Ukraine (Mr Oleksandr Shevtsov)
3. Border Management in Central Asia: The Trade Compononet (Mr Pierre-Paul Antheunissens)

          - Session II: Exchange of lessons learned on WTO accession from the region

1. The Kyrgyz Republic: WTO Accession Lessons Learned (H.E. Mr Muktar Jumaliev)

Presentation for Day 2

          - Session III: The potential for coordination and regional cooperation on WTO pre and post accession for countries in CIS

          - Session IV: UN System trade-related technical assistance - Review of programs globally and in the region (UNCTAD, ITC, UNECE, UNDP and WTO)

1. WTO trade-related technical assistance (Mr Sajal Mathur)
2. UNCTAD trade-related technical assistance and capacity building on accession to the WTO (Mr Thomas Mathew)
3. Trade-related contribution of UNECE into the WTO accession (Mr Hans Hansell)

• Further References

1. Background Paper for Asia-Pacific Human Development Report 2006: Trade and Human Terms: Vulnerability, Trade Integration and Human Development
2. Leveraging Trade for Human Development in Vanuatu

 

Day 3 (UNDP Only)

Agenda

Minutes