38th Trade Policy Course starts

The overall objective of the course is to widen participants' understanding of trade policy matters, the multilateral trading system, international trade law and the functioning of the WTO. It is expected that the knowledge acquired during this course will allow participants to contribute to the promotion of a more active participation of their countries in the work of the WTO. Throughout the three-month training, officials will become acquainted, through lectures, debates, attendance at WTO meetings and simulation exercises, with virtually all the issues dealt with in the framework of the WTO. Visits to other international organizations located in Geneva will also allow them to become more familiar with trade-related aspects of the work conducted by these organizations.

Participants were encouraged to actively take part in the forthcoming training and to develop and strengthen a solid network of contacts by attending WTO meetings and discussing with delegates, WTO experts, and representatives of other organizations. The 27 English-speaking participants come from developing and least-developed countries and economies in transition. All sessions of the course will be held in English.

The 38th Trade Policy Course is the fourth of its kind in the 2006 Geneva-based WTO training season. An Introduction Course for LDCs, a Dispute Settlement Course and a Specialized Course on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures will complete the Geneva-based programme for this year. Five similar Trade Policy Courses, organized in cooperation with regional academic partners, will also have taken place in different regions of the world by the end of this year. Other shorter courses and a large number of national and regional technical cooperation activities regularly take place in the field as part of the WTO Technical Cooperation and Training Plan.

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38th WTO TRADE POLICY COURSE (in English)
Geneva, 18 September — 8 December 2006