Director-General's Consultative framework mechanism on Cotton 35th Round of consultations on cotton development assistance

Provisional agenda

1. Introductory Remarks – Chairperson

World Cotton Day 2021

• WTO Secretariat remarks
• Remarks by the C-4 and update on the UN resolution proposal
• International Cotton Advisory Committee – ICAC
  Presentation
• Exchange of views

2. Statement by the C-4 Coordinator

• H.E. Mr. Dieudonné Sougouri, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Burkina Faso to the WTO

3. Recent Developments in the Global Cotton Market and Advanced Technologies for Africa

• Presentation by ICAC, Mr. Kai Hughes, Executive Director
  Presentation
• Exchange of views

4. Director-General's Evolving Table on Cotton Development Assistance (WT/CFMC/6/Rev.30)

• WTO Secretariat remarks
• Update by the Development Community
  Presentation

5. South-South Cotton Cooperation

• Update by South-South partners

6. Cotton Development Assistance Projects

Presentation by the C-4 Coordinator

• H.E. Mr. Dieudonné Sougouri, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Burkina Faso to the WTO
• Exchange of views

Presentation on the Implementation of Article 66.2 of the TRIPS Agreement: Incentives for Technology Transfer to Least Developed Country Members and Overview of Technology Transfer in the field of agriculture technology

• Presentation by Ms. Xiaoping Wu, Counsellor and Mr. Ting-Wei Chiang, Young Professional, Intellectual Property, Government Procurement and Competition Division, World Trade Organization
  Presentation
• Exchange of views

Presentation on the Sub-Saharan Cotton Initiative by GIZ/BMZ

• Presentation by GIZ, Mrs. Saskia Widenhorn, GIZ Global Programme ‘Sustainability and Value Added in Agricultural Supply Chains’
  Presentation
• Exchange of views

Presentation on How to set up a Better Cotton Initiative programme in new countries

• Presentation by BCI, Mr. Damien Sanfilippo, Director of Global Programmes
  Presentation
• Exchange of views

Presentation on the joint OACPS–EU Programme: Business friendly and inclusive national and regional policies, and strengthening productive capabilities and value chains

• Presentation by OACPS, Mr Escipión Oliveira Gómez, Assistant Secretary General for the Department of Structural Economic Transformation and Trade
  Presentation
• Exchange of views

Presentation on Cotton-related Development Assistance Requests submitted by Beneficiary Members to the Evolving Table
Presentation

• WTO Secretariat remarks
  Presentation
• Exchange of views

7. Domestic Cotton Sector and Other Reforms/National Cotton Focal Points:

• Update by the Proponents of the Sectorial Initiative on Cotton
• Other updates
• Exchange of Views

8. Any Other Business