Director-General's Consultative framework mechanism on Cotton 38th Round of consultations on cotton development assistance

Provisional agenda

1. Introductory Remarks – DDG Xiangchen Zhang, Chairperson

World Cotton Day 2022 (max. 5 minutes each)

• WTO Secretariat remarks
• Remarks by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – FAO
• Remarks by the International Cotton Advisory Committee – ICAC
  Presentation
• Remarks by the C-4
• Exchange of views

2. Statement by the C-4 Coordinator (10 minutes)

3. Recent Developments in the Global Cotton Market

• International Cotton Advisory Committee – ICAC (15 minutes)
  Presentation
• Exchange of views

4. Director-General's Evolving Table on Cotton Development Assistance (WT/CFMC/6/Rev.33)

• WTO Secretariat remarks (5 minutes)
  Presentation
• Update by the Development Community

5. South-South Cotton Cooperation

• Update by South-South partners

6. Cotton Development Assistance Projects

Presentation by the C-4 Coordinator (10 minutes)

• Exchange of views

Presentation of the project + Algodón "Strengthening Latin American Cotton value chain: good practices" (15 minutes)
Presentation

• Ms. Carolina Rodrigues Salles (ABC/MRE), Ms. Adriana Gregolin (FAO) and Mr. Camilo Quintero (FAO)
• Exchange of views

Report on the Brazilian Cotton Congress 2022 (10 minutes)

• Mr. Marcelo Duarte Monteiro from the Brazilian Cotton Association (ABRAPA)

Presentation on Cotton-related Development Assistance Requests submitted by Beneficiary Members to the Evolving Table (max. 5 minutes for each project)

• WTO Secretariat remarks
• Exchange of views

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

• Update by the Proponents of the Sectorial Initiative on Cotton (5 minutes each)
• Other updates
• Exchange of Views

8. Any Other Business

• Presentation on the new WTO e-learning course on cotton