World Trade

Organization

title of the event / WTO Short Regional Trade Policy Course for Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Caucasus Countries.
venue and dates / Istanbul, Turkey, 4 to 29 October 2010
Course description / This course, which offers basic training to government officials from Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Caucasus Countries on the WTO, its Agreements and other related issues, including the Doha Development Agenda. This course is delivered, through a combination of lectures, co-lecturing with Academics and interactive exercises. The purpose is not to form specialists in each area of activity of the WTO but rather to ensure that participants are thoroughly exposed to all WTO-related matters.
Objectives / By the end of the course the participants will have acquired basic knowledge of how the MTS works and its implications at the national level.
Programme / Click here to access the programme
Organizing institution/body / WTO Secretariat.
TARGET AUDIENCE - ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES
The target audience for this course are government officials from:
Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Rep., Moldova, Montenegro, Russian Fed., Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.
The officials are required to:
(a)  have direct involvement in the work of the WTO;
(b)  have responsibility for the design and implementation of policy on the issues related to the WTO.
NOMINATION OF PARTICIPANTS
As part of the WTO procedures, a letter of invitation will be addressed relevant government authorities, providing the specific conditions, requirements and expected profile of candidates for the course. Only candidates officially nominated by their national authorities will be considered. Applications received through other channels will not be acknowledged.
OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION

WTO Short Regional Trade Policy Course for Academics from CEECAC Countries

Monday 4 - Friday 29 October, 2010

Week 1 4 - 8 October / Week 2 11 - 15 October / Week 3 18 - 22 October / Week 4 25 - 29 October
Monday
a.m. / Opening and Introduction to the course / Agriculture
Serafino Marchese
Olga Trofimenko
(S. Kiselev) / Trade in Services
Lee Tuthill and Ivana Prica
Daria Konovalova / Intensive Course on Trade Negotiations Simulation
Dickson Yeboah
International Trade & Trade Theory
WTO
Professor Serdar Sayan (TOBB Economics and Technology University, Ankara (Valeriy Pyatnitskyi)
Monday
p.m. / International Trade and Trade Theory
WTO
Professor Serdar Sayan (TOBB Economics and Technology University, Ankara (Valeriy Pyatnitskyi) / Agriculture
Serafino Marchese
Olga Trofimenko
(S. Kiselev) / Trade in Services
Lee Tuthill and Ivana Prica
(Daria Konovalova) / Intensive Course on Trade Negotiations Simulation
Dickson Yeboah
Tuesday
a.m. / Impact of the Financial Crisis
WTO
(Professor Serdar Sayan)
(TOBB Econ.& Technology University, Ankara
(Valeriy Pyatnitskyi) / Agriculture
Serafino Marchese
Olga Trofimenko
(S. Kiselev) / Trade in Services
Lee Tuthill and Ivana Prica
(Daria Konovalova) / Intensive Course on Trade Negotiations Simulation
Dickson Yeboah
Tuesday
p.m. / Trade and Climate Change
WTO / TRIPS
Pierre Arhel
Yuriy Kapitsa
(Saeed Habiba) / RTAs and WTO Rules
Samer Seif El Yazal
Pinar Artiran / Intensive Course on Trade Negotiations Simulation
Dickson Yeboah
Wednesday
a.m. / WTO Basic Principles and Main Provisions
Gerardo Thielen / TRIPS
Pierre Arhel and Yuriy Kapitsa
(Saeed Habiba) / Trade Remedies-Anti dumping
Muslum Yilmaz and Oleg Savelyev
(Tatiana Isachenko) / Intensive Course on Trade Negotiations Simulation
Dickson Yeboah
Wednesday
p.m. / Basic Principles (cont.) / TRIPS
Pierre Arhel and Yuriy Kapitsa
(Saeed Habiba) / Trade Remedies – Subsidies, CVM, Safeguards
Muslum Yilmaz and Oleg Savelyev
(Tatiana Isachenko) / Intensive Course on Trade Negotiations Simulation
Dickson Yeboah
DDA Overview
Gerardo Thielen
Thursday
a.m. / Market Access Issues
Mustapha Sadni Jallab
Sait Akman / Standards – SPS
Serafino Marchese
Predrag Bjelic / Dispute Settlement
Muslum Yilmaz and Pinar Artiran / Intensive Course on Trade Negotiations Simulation
Dickson Yeboah
Thursday
p.m. / Customs Issues
Gerardo Thielen
Sait Akman / Standards – TBT
Serafino Marchese
Predrag Bjelic / Dispute Settlement
Muslum Yilmaz and Pinar Artiran / Intensive Course on Trade Negotiations Simulation
Dickson Yeboah
Friday
a.m. / NAMA
Mustapha Sadni Jallab
Sait Akman / Trade Facilitation
Serafino Marchese
Predrag Bjelic / Accessions
Sajal Mathur and Pashayev
(Mehdi Fakheri) / Intensive Course on Trade Negotiations Simulation
Dickson Yeboah
Friday
p.m. / NAMA
Mustapha Sadni Jallab
Sait Akman / Review-Trade in Goods
Serafino Marchese
Samer Seif El Yazal / Accessions
Sajal Mathur and Pashayev
(Mehdi Fakheri) / Final Review
Evaluation of the Course
Closing Ceremony