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WT/COMTD/W/32/Rev.1/Add.1
31 August 1998
(98-3347)
Committee on Trade and Development

WTO PROGRAMME FOR TECHNICAL COOPERATION

Three-Year Plan (1998-2000)

Note by the Secretariat

Addendum

The attached table contains an updated version of the Programme of Technical Cooperation Activities for 1998. It is distributed as an addendum to the Three-Year Plan. This table substitutes pages 19 through 34 of the a original document WT/COMTD/W/32/Rev.1.

A new section has been incorporated at the end in order to list, in a clear and systematic way, all the follow-up activities undertaken in connection with the High Level Meeting on the Least-Developed Countries.

WT/COMTD/W/32/Rev.1/Add.1

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ANNEX 1 A

ACTIVITIES WHOLLY ORGANIZED BY WTO

Technical Cooperation Missions / Organizer / Funding / Other funding / Execution / Participating Countries
Comments
19-Jan-98 / 21-Jan-98 / Myanmar
National seminar
WTO and the Multilateral Trading System / WTO / WTO/TC / TCTD, TED
28-Jan-98 / 31-Jan-98 / Moldova
Technical mission
Consultations on enforcement of intellectual property rights / WTO / WTO/TC / IPID
29-Jan-98 / 30-Jan-98 / India
Technical mission
GATS / WTO / WTO/TC / TSD / Combined with Singapore seminar (see item 98 in Annex 1B)
02-Feb-98 / 06-Feb-98 / Switzerland
Regional seminar
High-Level Seminar for Vice-Ministers of Trade and Integration of (5) Country-members of ANDEAN Community / WTO / No cost / RD / Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela
03-Feb-98 / 05-Feb-98 / Morocco
Technical mission
WTO and the Multilateral Trading System: consultations with Government on Technical Cooperation, prior to the Director-General's visit; Preparation for WTO training centre set-up / WTO / WTO/TC / TCTD, IMRD
04-Feb-98 / 06-Feb-98 / Morocco
National seminar
Customs valuation (legislation; seminar for officials) / WCO / WTO/TC / MAccD / Combined with Oman (see item 8 below)
08-Feb-98 / 11-Feb-98 / Mauritius
National seminar, Dispute settlement
Agriculture / WTO / WTO/TC / AgD, LegD / First part of trip (Australia) was financed as official mission (not listed here), so not under TC mission fund.
09-Feb-98 / 10-Feb-98 / Oman
Technical mission
Harmonized System, Customs Valuation / WTO / WTO/TC / MAccD
09-Feb-98 / 13-Feb-98 / China
Workshop
AD/CVD investigations for Chinese government officials / WTO / WTO/TC / RD
09-Feb-98 / 13-Feb-98 / Niger
Technical mission
GATS and specific commitments / WTO / Norway Fund / TSD
09-Feb-98 / 13-Feb-98 / Turkey
Workshop
AD/CVD Investigations Workshop / WTO / EC Trust Fund / RD
Technical Cooperation Missions / Organizer / Funding / Other funding / Execution / Participating Countries
Comments
16-Feb-98 / 18-Feb-98 / Indonesia (Bali)
Regional workshop
Dispute Settlement Procedures and Practices for 23 Asian Developing countries / WTO / Netherlands Fund and Hong Kong, China Fund / TCTD, LegD / Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam*, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, China*, India, Indonesia, Korea, Lao, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, *, Sri Lanka, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, Viet Nam
* Self-financed
19-Feb-98 / 20-Feb-98 / Costa Rica
National seminar
TBT / WTO / WTO/TC / TED
19-Feb-98 / 20-Feb-98 / Indonesia (Bali)
National seminar
Dispute Settlement Procedures and Practices / WTO / Netherlands Fund / Host Government / TCTD, LegD / Combined with regional seminar (see item 12 above)
08-Mar-98 / 11-Mar-98 / United Arab Emirates
Training Course
Trade Negotiations Skills / WTO / WTO/TC / TCTD
08-Mar-98 / 11-Mar-98 / Taipei, Chinese
Technical mission
Schedule of specific commitments on services -Basic Telecommunications / WTO / WTO/TC / TSD
09-Mar-98 / 10-Mar-98 / Switzerland
Symposium
Trade facilitation / WTO / Hong Kong, China Fund; Netherlands; Norway / MAccD / Norway Fund for LDCs; Hong Kong, China and Netherlands Funds for developing countries
09-Mar-98 / 11-Mar-98 / Egypt
National seminar
National TBT Seminar / WTO / WTO/TC / TED / Cost limited to participation of WTO expert
23-Mar-98 / 27-Mar-98 / Namibia
National workshop
Specific WTO Agreements / WTO / WTO/TC / TCTD
30-Mar-98 / 01-Apr-98 / Mongolia
Technical mission
HS, Tariff Schedules and Notification Requirements (HS, Tariff Schedules) / WTO / WTO/TC; Hong Kong, China Fund / TCTD, MAccD
30-Mar-98 / 03-Apr-98 / Netherlands Antilles
Regional Seminar
WTO and the Multilateral Trading System (15 countries/ 1 organization) / WTO / Netherlands Fund / TCTD / Antigua and Barbuda,
Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Netherlands Antilles, Organization of Eastern Caribbean States.
02-Apr-98 / 02-Apr-98 / Latvia
National workshop
Anti-dumping, Safeguards / Government of Latvia / WTO/TC / RD
07-Apr-98 / 08-Apr-98 / Bulgaria
Workshop
Notifications Requirement / WTO / WTO/TC / TexD, IPID
Technical Cooperation Missions / Organizer / Funding / Other funding / Execution / Participating Countries
Comments
15-Apr-98 / 17-Apr-98 / Bolivia
National seminar
WTO and Multilateral Trading System / WTO / WTO/TC / TCTD / Combined with Guatemala (see item 25 below)
20-Apr-98 / 24-Apr-98 / Guatemala
National seminar
WTO and Multilateral Trading System / WTO / WTO/TC / TCTD / Combined with Bolivia (see item 24 above)
20-Apr-98 / 25-Apr-98 / Senegal
Technical mission
Agreement on Customs Valuation / WTO / WTO/TC / MAccD
23-Apr-98 / 23-Apr-98 / Vanuatu
Technical mission
Accession process / WTO / Hong Kong, China Fund / AccD
25-Apr-98 / 27-Apr-98 / Oman
Technical mission
Accession process: detailed discussions with Omani authorities / WTO / WTO/TC / AccD
27-Apr-98 / 29-Apr-98 / Pakistan
Technical mission
HS96 and Tariff Schedules / WTO / WTO/TC / MAccD
27-Apr-98 / 29-Apr-98 / Viet Nam
National seminar
Services / European Commission / No cost / European Commission / TSD
29-Apr-98 / 01-May-98 / Botswana
National seminar
GATS and Telecommunications / WTO / WTO/TC / TSD
05-May-98 / 06-May-98 / Tunisia
Symposium on
Trade and Environment / WTO / WTO/TC / TED
11-May-98 / 13-May-98 / Mali
Regional seminar
TRIPS Agreement / WIPO / No cost / WIPO / IPID
11-May-98 / 15-May-98 / Tunisia
National seminar
Customs valuation, tariffs schedules (with WCO), rules of origin, / WTO / WTO/TC; Hong Kong, China Fund / MaccD, WCO
27-May-98 / 28-May-98 / Malta
Regional seminar
Textiles for selected Mediterranean countries / WTO / WTO/TC; Netherlands Fund / TCTD, TexD / Algeria, Egypt, Malta, Morocco, Tunisia, Turkey
27-May-98 / 29-May-98 / Myanmar
Regional workshop
GATS, Market Access for ASEAN (8) / ASEAN / Netherlands Fund / TSD / Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar
01-Jun-98 / 04-Jun-98 / Thailand
Regional Workshop
Advanced Anti-dumping -Trade Remedies and Competition (Procedures) - 8 countries / WTO / Netherlands Fund / RD / China, People's Rep., Chinese Taipei, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand
Technical Cooperation Missions / Organizer / Funding / Other funding / Execution / Participating Countries
Comments
02-Jun-98 / 05-Jun-98 / Cyprus
National seminar
WTO and the Multilateral Trading System / WTO / WTO/TC / TCTD, TSD
03-Jun-98 / 04-Jun-98 / Morocco
National seminar
Customs Valuation for Customs and private sector - Meeting with Customs Officials / WTO / WTO/TC / MAccD
08-Jun-98 / 09-Jun-98 / Mauritius
Technical mission
Preparation of schedule for information technology products / WTO / WTO/TC / MAccD
09-Jun-98 / 11-Jun-98 / Malaysia
Regional seminar
Trade and Environment for Asian developing countries (26) / WTO / Hong Kong, China Fund / TCTD, TED / Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Chinese Taipei, Fiji, Hong Kong, China, India, Indonesia, Korea, Dem. Rep. Lao, Macau
Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua N.G., Philippines, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam
09-Jun-98 / 12-Jun-98 / Seychelles
Technical mission
Accession: finalization of documentation / WTO / WTO/TC / AccD
15-Jun-98 / 18-Jun-98 / Namibia
Regional workshop
Dispute Settlement Procedures and Practices for 23 English-speaking African countries / WTO / Norway Fund / TCTD / Botswana, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
19-Jun-98 / 20-Jun-98 / South Africa
National workshop
Dispute Settlement Procedures and Practices / WTO / Norway Fund / TCTD / Combined with Namibia Regional Seminar (see item 43 above)
29-Jun-98 / 01-Jul-98 / Israel
National workshop
AD/CVD calculations, for Israeli Government officials / WTO / WTO/TC / RD
29-Jun-98 / 02-Jul-98 / Venezuela
Regional workshop
Dispute Settlement Procedures and Practices for 18 Latin American countries / WTO / Netherlands Fund / TCTD, LegD / Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Rep., El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela
30-Jun-98 / 01-Jul-98 / Belarus
National seminar
Trade in Services - Scheduling of Services Commitments / WTO / Netherlands Fund / TSD
30-Jun-98 / 03-Jul-98 / Turkey
National seminar
Dispute Settlement / WTO / Netherlands Fund / LegD, TCTD
Technical Cooperation Missions / Organizer / Funding / Other funding / Execution / Participating Countries
Comments
06-Jul-98 / 08-Jul-98 / Trinidad and Tobago
Regional seminar
Trade and Environment for Caribbean Countries (13 countries invited) / WTO / Netherlands Fund / TED, TCTD / Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Vincent & Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago
20-Jul-98 / 24-Jul-98 / Thailand
Training course (advanced)
Dispute Settlement (five days) / WTO / Hong Kong, China Fund / Government of Thailand / LegD / Costs of WTO expert shared by the Government of Thailand
03-Aug-98 / 07-Aug-98 / Venezuela
National workshop
Anti-dumping / WTO / WTO/TC / RD
17-Aug-98 / 18-Aug-98 / Guatemala
Technical mission
List of Concessions: transposition to HS96 / WTO / WTO/TC / MAccD / Combined with Costa Rica (item 133 in Annex 1B) and Honduras (item 53 below)
19-Aug-98 / 20-Aug-98 / Honduras
Technical mission
List of concessions: transposition to HS96 / WTO / WTO/TC / MAccD / Combined with Costa Rica (item 133 in Annex 1B) and Guatemala (item 52 above)
24-Aug-98 / 28-Aug-98 / Namibia
National seminar
Trade Negotiations Simulation / WTO / WTO/TC / TCTD
24-Aug-98 / 28-Aug-98 / Thailand
Regional Workshop
Advanced Anti-dumping (2nd stage workshop) -Trade Remedies and Competition (Procedures) - 5 countries / WTO / WTO (Additional budget) / RD / India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand
30-Aug-98 / 05-Sep-98 / Bhutan
Technical mission
Accession: meet the Minister and other senior policy makers / WTO / WTO/TC / AccD / Travel expenses only from India to Bhutan and return
31-Aug-98 / 04-Sep-98 / Chile
Regional seminar
Trade and Environment for Latin America (18 countries) / WTO / Netherlands Fund / TED, TCTD / Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela
14-Sep-98 / 15-Sep-98 / Switzerland (Geneva, WTO)
Regional workshop
Technical Barriers to Trade: Workshop of Procedures for Information exchange for members of the Committee on TBT / WTO / Netherlands Fund / TED
14-Sep-98 / 18-Sep-98 / Paraguay
Technical mission
Customs valuation / WTO / Swiss Trust Fund / MaccD
External consultant / WTO Programme on Customs Valuation Combined with Peru mission (see item 62 below)
Technical Cooperation Missions / Organizer / Funding / Other funding / Execution / Participating Countries
Comments
21-Sep-98 / 23-Sep-98 / Bahrain
Training course
Establishment of WTO Reference Centre - Internet Training on accessing trade-related information resources / WTO / WTO/TC / IMRD, TCTD
21-Sep-98 / 22-Sep-98 / Morocco
Regional seminar
WTO Rules / WTO / WTO/TC / UNDP
21-Sep-98 / 25-Sep-98 / Peru
Technical mission
Customs valuation / WTO / Swiss Trust Fund / MaccD; external consultant / WTO Programme on Customs Valuation Combined with Paraguay mission (see item 59 above).
21-Sep-98 / 25-Sep-98 / Kenya
Technical mission
Customs valuation / WTO / To be determined / MaccD; external consultant / WTO Programme on Customs Valuation
28-Sep-98 / 29-Sep-98 / Qatar
National seminar
WTO and the Multilateral Trading System / WTO / WTO/TC / TCTD
30-Sep-98 / 02-Oct-98 / Czech Republic
Regional seminar
Trade and Environment for Central and Eastern European and Central Asian countries (16 countries) / WTO / Netherlands Fund / TCTD, TED / Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Rep., Estonia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Rep., Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Poland, Russian Federation, Slovak Rep., Slovenia, Ukraine
Andorra and Malta [self-financed]
12-Oct-98 / 18-Oct-98 / Malta
Technical mission
Customs valuation / WTO / To be determined / MaccD; external consultant / WTO Programme on Customs Valuation
14-Oct-98 / 15-Oct-98 / Jamaica
National workshop
WTO and the Multilateral Trading System - Specific Agreements / WTO / WTO/TC / TCTD
19-Oct-98 / 23-Oct-98 / Sri Lanka
Technical mission
Customs valuation / WTO / Swiss Trust Fund / MaccD; external consultant / WTO Programme on Customs Valuation
26-Oct-98 / 30-Oct-98 / Mauritius
Technical mission
Customs valuation / WTO / To be determined / MaccD; external consultant / WTO Programme on Customs Valuation
26-Oct-98 / 30-Oct-98 / Bolivia
Technical mission
Customs valuation / WTO / Swiss Trust Fund / MaccD; external consultant / WTO Programme on Customs Valuation. Combined with Colombia mission (see item 72 below)
02-Nov-98 / 04-Nov-98 / Côte d'Ivoire
Regional seminar
Trade and Environment for 20 French-speaking African countries / WTO / Norway Fund / TCTD, TED / Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo Rep. of, Dem. Rep. of Congo, Djibouti, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Côte d'Ivoire, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Togo
02-Nov-98 / 06-Nov-98 / Colombia
Technical mission
Customs valuation / WTO / Swiss Trust Fund / MaccD; external consultant / WTO Programme on Customs Valuation. Combined with Bolivia mission (see item 70 above).
Technical Cooperation Missions / Organizer / Funding / Other funding / Execution / Participating Countries
Comments
07-Nov-98 / 09-Nov-98 / Bahrain
National workshop
HS, Tariff concessions Schedules, Customs valuation / WTO / WTO/TC / MAccD
08-Nov-98 / 12-Nov-98 / Djibouti
Regional seminar
WTO and the Multilateral Trading System for IGAD (Intergovernmental Authority on Development) Member Countries (8) / WTO / WTO Additional / TCTD / Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda
09-Nov-98 / 12-Nov-98 / Tonga
National seminar
WTO and the multilateral trading system / WTO / New Zealand Fund / TCTD
09-Nov-98 / 11-Nov-98 / Thailand
Regional seminar
Subsidies disciplines under the SCM Agreement for 15 South and East Asian countries / WTO / WTO Additional / RD / Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Hong Kong, China, India, Indonesia, Korea, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand
10-Nov-98 / 11-Nov-98 / Bahrain
National seminar
Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT), Trade and Environment / WTO / WTO/TC / TED
16-Nov-98 / 20-Nov-98 / Suriname
Technical mission
Customs valuation / WTO / To be determined / MaccD; external consultant / WTO Programme on Customs Valuation
22-Nov-98 / 25-Nov-98 / Bahrain
National seminar
WTO and the Multilateral Trading System: Subsidies and countervailing measures, Basic Telecom. services, Trade Policy Review Mechanism / WTO / WTO/TC / TSD
30-Nov-98 / 01-Dec-98 / United Arab Emirates
National seminar
WTO and the Multilateral Trading System / WTO / WTO/TC / TCTD
30-Nov-98 / 02-Dec-98 / Egypt
Regional seminar
Trade and Environment for 11 Middle Eastern developing countries / WTO / WTO/TC / To be determined / TCTD, TED / Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates
14-Dec-98 / 16-Dec-98 / Zimbabwe
Regional seminar
Trade and Environment for 20 English-speaking African countries / WTO / To be determined / TCTD, TED / Subject to availability of financial resources
(September 1998) / Gambia
National seminar
Legislation adjustment / WTO / WTO/TC / TCTD
(November 1998) / Bolivia
Workshop
GATS Workshop / WTO / WTO/TC / TCTD
Technical Cooperation Missions / Organizer / Funding / Other funding / Execution / Participating Countries
Comments
(November 1998) / Sri Lanka
National seminar
AD/CVD Implementation / WTO / WTO/TC / RD
(November 1998) / Uruguay
Technical mission
Customs valuation / WTO / Swiss Trust Fund / MaccD; external consultant / WTO Programme on Customs Valuation
Dates to be finalized
(November 1998) / Venezuela
Technical mission
Customs valuation / WTO / Swiss Trust Fund / MaccD; external consultant / WTO Programme on Customs Valuation
Dates to be finalized
(December 1998) / Honduras
Technical mission
Customs valuation / WTO / Swiss Trust Fund / MaccD; external consultant / WTO Programme on Customs Valuation
Dates to be finalized
(December 1998) / South Africa
National workshop
Anti-dumping and Countervailing duties / WTO / To be determined / RD
(December 1998) / Thailand
Regional Seminar
Integrated Database for ASEAN countries / WTO / Swiss Fund / SISD / Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
( Semester 2/98 ) / Madagascar
Regional seminar
Indian Ocean Commission Regional Trade Policy Seminar / WTO / To be determined / TCTD
( Semester 2/98 ) / Kazakhstan
National seminar
WTO and the Multilateral Trading System / WTO / WTO/TC / TCTD
( Semester 2/98 ) / Senegal
National seminar
WTO and the Multilateral Trading System / WTO / WTO/TC / TCTD / TCTD and other divisions
( Semester 2/98 ) / Bulgaria
Seminar
Agreement in Agriculture, SPS and TBT / WTO / WTO/TC / TCTD / TCTD and other divisions
( Semester 2/98 ) / SADC
Training Course
Training of Trainers in the SADC region / WTO / Norway Funds / TCTD
( Semester 2/98 ) / Pakistan
Workshop
SPS Measures and TBT / WTO / WTO/TC / AgD, TED
( Semester 2/98 ) / Togo
National seminar
WTO and the Multilateral Trading System / WTO / Norway Fund / TCTD / Postponed from February 98

ANNEX 1 B

ACTIVITIES ORGANIZED JOINTLY WITH OTHERS

Technical Cooperation Missions / Organizer / Funding / Other funding / Execution / Participating Countries
Comments
12-Jan-98 / 27-Jan-98 / Singapore
Regional workshop
Multilateral Trading system: Dispute Settlement, TBT, Investment and Competition Policy, Services, Tariffs - Art. VIII - QRs - Export Measures, Customs Valuation, Rules of Origin, Licensing, PSI, TRIPS, Subsidies and CV Measures, Textiles, Agriculture and SPS, Trade and Environment (22) / WTO with Government of Singapore / WTO/TC / Government of Singapore / LegD, TED, IPID, TSD, MaccD, RD, TexD, AgD / Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia
Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Lao, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe, Zambia
07-Feb-98 / 08-Feb-98 / Saudi Arabia
Workshop
Consultation with Islamic Development Bank on Training courses for its member states / WTO / IDB / WTO/TC / Organizers / TCTD / Hotel and meals financed by organizers
09-Feb-98 / 10-Feb-98 / United States of America
Conference
Meeting with the Economic Development Institute on joint seminars and training, ITD Web site / WTO / World Bank / WTO/TC; IT for Development / TCTD, IMRD