Committee on Trade and Development 26 June2012

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Committee on Trade and Development 26 June2012

Aid for Trade

AGENDA

WORKSHOP ON AID FOR TRADE AND SERVICES

Wednesday, 11 July 2012 – WTO, Centre William Rappard, Room S-I

3 p.m. – 3.05 p.m. CHAIR INTRODUCTION

SESSION 1: AID FOR TRADE AND SERVICES - SUPPORTING THE ROLE OF SERVICES IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

3.05 p.m. – 4.30 p.m.

World Trade Role of Services in Trade and Development

Organization: Abdel-Hamid Mamdouh, Director, Trade and Services Division, WTO Secretariat

·  Services and Trade - emerging realities

·  Services and Developing Countries - rules and practices

·  GATS, developing countries and LDCs

·  Aid for Trade and Services: Perspectives and Opportunities

World Bank: Role of Services in Economic Development

Nora Carina Dihel, Senior Trade Economist, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network, African Region, World Bank

·  Services and economic development

·  Services and employment in developing countries

·  World Bank's work in Eastern and Southern Africa

·  Services Knowledge Platform

·  Services Trade Restrictiveness Index

United States: Supporting the emergence of the Service Sectors in Developing Countries - US perspective and experience

Kenneth Schagrin, Attaché, Permanent Mission of the United Sates to the World Trade Organization

·  Services and development: a US perspective

·  USAID support to services

·  Case stories on mobile banking

Discussion

SESSION 2: AID FOR TRADE AND SERVICES - UNLOCKING THE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL OF THE TOURISM SECTOR

4.30 p.m. – 6 p.m.

Moderator: Dale Honeck, Counsellor, Trade and Services Division, WTO Secretariat

Presentation:

ITC: Tourism, economic development and Aid for Trade

Mr Robert Skidmore, Chief, Sector Competitiveness, International Trade Centre

·  Potential of tourism for economic development and poverty reduction

·  Lessons for ITC's Aid for Trade programmes

·  Key questions for Aid for Trade programming:

o  Sustainable Development

o  Value addition and backward linkages

o  Employment, gender and skills

o  National policies

o  Donor support

o  Private sector engagement

o  Monitoring impact

Discussants

Comoros Mr. Abdoul El Karim MOHAMED, Economic Affairs Officer, Department of Economic, Ministry of Finance, Budget, Economy, Trade and Investment, Comoros

UNDP Ms. Luisa E. Bernal, Policy Specialist, Trade and Human Development,

United Nations Development Programme, Geneva Office

St Vincent and Ms Ayana John-Patrick, Project Manager, EPA, Department of Foreign

The Grenadines Trade and Consumer Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Consumer Affairs

Discussion

5.50 p.m. CHAIR CLOSING REMARKS