Events calendar 2006
This page lists WTO and non-WTO events related to the multilateral trading system. Links to non-WTO websites open in a new window and the WTO takes no responsibility for their content. The list is restricted to those events which are organized by intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) which have been granted observer status to the General Council of the WTO (see List).
WTO members occasionally organize meetings of selected countries at the ministerial level to discuss WTO matters. These are not official WTO events and are not listed on this page.
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Participation in many of the WTO seminars and symposia is limited to representatives of WTO member governments, but the discussion papers and presentations are often made available afterwards, at the discretion of the speakers. Links will be added to this page if papers are made available.
| 16-18 January |
WTO: Trade Policy Review Body — Malaysia > More |
| 19-23 January | World Social Forum Bamako, Mali > More |
| 24-29 January | World Social Forum Caracas, Venezuela > More |
| 25-29 January |
World Economic Forum: Mastering Our Future Davos, Switzerland |
| 26-27 January | WIPO High-Level Forum on Intellectual Property Policy and Strategy Tokyo, Japan > More |
| 30-31 January | Digital Content: Digital Content Creation, Distribution and Access, conference organised by the OECD. |
| 1-3 February |
WTO: Trade Policy Review Body — Israel > More |
| 6-10 February | Commission on Trade in Goods and Services and Commodities, 10th session Geneva > More |
| 8-9 February | Global Forum on Competition, organised by the OECD. > More |
| 8-9 February | WTO General Council > More |
| 14-16 February |
WTO: Trade Policy Review Body — Angola > More |
| 21 February |
Online chat with WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy > More |
| 27 February - 1 March |
WTO: Trade Policy Review Body — Djibouti > More |
| 6-9 March |
Clean Energy for Development
World Bank, Washington > More |
| 7-10 March | International Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development Porto Alegre, Brazil > More |
| 8 March |
The Future of the Internet,
workshop organised by the Directorate for Science, Technology and
Industry (OECD) > More |
| 16-17 March |
China and India: What's in it for Africa?
workshop organised by the OECD Development Centre > More |
| 16-22 March |
World Water Forum,
with OECD participation. Mexico City, Mexico > More |
| 22 March |
Knowledge Intensive Service Activities (KISA),
conference organised by the Directorate for Science, Technology
and Industry and the Australian government (OECD). Sydney, Australia. > More |
| 22-24 March | WTO: Trade Policy Review Body — United States > More |
| 13-31 March | Diplomatic Conference for the Adoption of a Revised Trademark Law Treaty (TLT) WIPO, Singapore > More |
| 19-21 April |
WTO: Trade Policy Review Body — China > More |
| 22-23 April | 2006 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group |
| 24-25 April |
Policy Coherence for Development in
Fisheries, workshop organised
by the Directorate for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries (OECD). |
| 24-26 April |
WTO: Trade Policy Review Body — United Arab Emirates > More |
| 3-4 May |
Transfer Pricing and Customs Valuation,
conference organised by the World Customs Organisation and the
Centre for Tax Policy and Administration. Brussels, Belgium > More |
| 15-16 May | WTO General Council > More |
| 16-17 May |
Global Forum on Agriculture,
with a focus on the constraints to development of sub-Saharan
agriculture, organised by the Directorate for Food, Agriculture
and Fisheries (OECD). > More |
| 17-18 May |
Basic Scientific Research for Meeting Future
Energy Needs, conference
organised by the OECD Global Science Forum. Agence nationale de la
recherche Paris |
| 17-19 May |
WTO: Trade Policy Review Body — Uruguay > More |
| 22-24 May |
OECD Forum — Balancing Globalisation > More OECD Council at Ministerial Level > More |
| 29-30 May |
Annual World Bank Conference on Development
Economics (ABCDE) > More |
| 7-9 June |
WTO: Trade Policy Review Body — Iceland > More |
| 20-22 June |
WTO: Trade Policy Review Body — Chinese Taipei > More |
| 26 June - 7 July |
WIPO-WTO colloquium for teachers of intellectual property Geneva > More |
| 28 June - 1 July |
2006 modalities meetings Geneva > More |
| 3-5 July |
WTO: Trade Policy Review Body — Togo > More |
| 11-12 July |
Annual Latin American Competition Forum, organised by the
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Directorate for
Financial and Enterprise Affairs. San Salvador, El Salvador > More |
| 19-20 July |
UNCTAD/Philips Joint Regional Conference on New and Dynamic
Sectors of World Trade. Can Southern African countries play a role
in electrical and electronic sector? Pretoria, South Africa > More |
| 20 July |
Launch of the
UNCTAD Least Developed Countries Report 2006 > More |
| 24-26 July |
WTO: Trade Policy Review Body — Nicaragua > More |
| 24-28 July |
JITAP High-level Workshop of the Inter-Institutional Committees on
the Doha Negotiations Geneva, Switzerland > More |
| 27-28 July | WTO General Council > More |
| 31 July – 1 August |
Dissemination of the UNCTAD/IDRC publication on Competition
Provisions in Regional Trade Agreements: How to ensure development
gains Istanbul, Turkey > More |
| 13-18 August |
XVI International AIDS Conference Toronto, Canada > More |
| 14-25 August |
Achieving the Millennium Development Goals: Poverty Reduction,
Reproductive Health and Health Sector Reform Bangkok, Thailand > More |
| 21-25 August |
WIPO International Seminar on the Strategic Use of Intellectual
Property for Economic and Social Development Bogotá, Colombia > More |
| 24-25 August |
WIPO National Seminar on Intellectual Property for Journalists
Dead Sea, Israel > More |
| 31 August |
Launch of the Trade and Development Report, 2006 Geneva, Switzerland > More |
27 August - 1 September |
International Disaster Reduction Conference Davos > More |
| 11-13 September |
Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights
Geneva, Switzerland > More |
| 11-13 September |
OECD International Trade Statistics Expert Meeting > More |
| 11-15 September |
UNCTAD-WTO-ITC Workshop on Tools and Methods for Trade and Trade
Policy Analysis Geneva, Switzerland > More |
| 13-14 September |
Annual meeting of Sustainable Development Experts,
organised by the OECD > More |
| 13-15 September |
WTO: Trade Policy Review Body — Bangladesh > More |
| 14-15 September | International
Migration and Development, high level dialogue organised by
the United Nations General Assembly, with participation of OECD New York, USA > More |
| 18 September |
Provisional Committee on Proposals Related to a WIPO Development
Agenda Geneva, Switzerland > More |
| 19-20 September |
2006 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the
World Bank Group Singapore > More |
| 21 September |
Launch of Report on Economic
Development in Africa Geneva, Switzerland > More |
| 25-26 September |
WTO Public Forum: “What WTO in the XXI century?” > More |
| 25 September - 3 October |
Assemblies of the Member States of WIPO Geneva, Switzerland > More |
| 25 September - 3 October |
WIPO General Assembly Geneva, Switzerland > More |
| 27-28 September |
OECD regional forum: Maximising the Developmental Benefits of
Trade Facilitation > More |
| 27-29 September |
WTO: Trade Policy Review Body — Congo > More |
| 9-11 October |
WTO: Trade Policy Review Body — Kyrgyz Republic > More |
| 10-11 October | WTO General Council > More |
| 16 October |
Launch of World Investment Report 2006 Geneva, Switzerland > More |
| 16-18 October |
Expert Meeting on ICT Solutions to Facilitate Trade at Border
Crossings and Ports Geneva, Switzerland > More |
| 18 October |
Online chat with WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy > More |
| 25-27 October |
Benefiting from Globalisation, symposium on transport economics
and policy > More |
| 25-27 October |
WTO: Trade Policy Review Body — Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda > More |
| 6-7 November |
OECD Policy Dialogue with non-Members on Aid for Trade: from
Policy to Practice Doha, Qatar > More |
| 11-15 November |
Energy Future in an Interdependent World, 20th World Energy
Congress, organised by the World Energy Council Rome, Italy > More |
| 20-21 November |
OECD Global Forum on Agriculture |
| 22-24 November |
WTO: Trade Policy Review Body — Colombia > More |
| 29 November - 1 December |
Expert Meeting on the Participation of Developing Countries in New
Dynamic Sectors of World Trade: Review of the Energy Sector Geneva, Switzerland |
| 6-7 December |
First OECD Forum on African Debt Management and Bond Markets |
| 13 December | “Quelle agriculture pour l'Europe ?”(only in french) OECD — Paris, France > More |
| 13-15 December | WTO: Trade Policy Review Body — Hong Kong, China > More |
| 14-15 December | WTO General Council > More |
| 18 December |
Online chat with WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy > More |