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France offers EUR750,000 to the WTO training programme for the benefit of poorer countries

The Government of France pledged a donation of EUR750,000 to the Doha Development Agenda Global Trust Fund (DDAGTF).

  
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This donation will finance technical assistance programmes and training activities for developing and least developed countries as well as economies in transition. The aim is to better adapt their practices and laws to WTO rules and disciplines, improve the implementation of their obligations and enhance the exercise of their membership rights.

This contribution will be used in the Annual Technical Assistance and Training Plans for 2006 and 2007.

WTO Director General Pascal Lamy declared “I am very happy that France’s donation will allow the poorest countries to improve and develop their involvement to the multilateral trading system”.

Permanent Representative Philippe Gros stated “ France has always been committed to assist the poorest countries in better understanding the WTO system and better benefit from it. It is crucial for France to play a part in such training activities and allow developing countries to find new markets and trading opportunities”.

France is a regular contributor to the WTO technical assistance programmes and had already donated EUR1 million for the years 2000-2003. So far, France contributed a total of EUR2,75 million to finance technical assistance activities.

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