SERVICES: séminaire

Session spécifique du Conseil du Commerce des Services - Examen de la mise en œuvre des préférences notifiées au titre de la dérogation concernant les services pour les PMA

Facilitating the increasing participation of least-developed countries in trade in services

Geneva, WTO Headquarters Room W

The Council for Trade in Services (CTS) agreed on 27 June 2019 to hold a Dedicated Session of the Council as part of the mandate in the Nairobi Ministerial Decision that the Council initiate a process to review the operation of preferences notified under the LDC Services Waiver to review the operation of preferences notified under the LDC Waiver. The Dedicated Session will consist of a formal meeting of the CTS on 30 October and a Workshop on 29 October 2019.

10:00- 10:20

Welcome by the chairman of the workshop

H.E. Mr Geert MUYLLE, Permanent Representative of Belgium to the WTO, Chairman of the Council for Trade in Services

Opening remarks

  • Mr Roberto AZEVÊDO, Director-General, World Trade Organization
  • H.E. Mr Yackoley Kokou JOHNSON, Ambassador of Togo on behalf of
    H.E. Mr Christopher ONYANGA APARR, Permanent Representative of Uganda to the WTO

10:20-11:20 - SESSION 1

LDC performance in services exports

The introductory session will provide an overview of LDC services exports.  It will discuss the factors that may explain the current performance.  The session aims to set the scene for the three subsequent sessions. 

  • Ms Barbara D'ANDREA ADRIAN, Senior Statistician, Economic Research and Statistics Division, WTO
  • Mr Bernard HOEKMAN, Director, Global Economics at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute
  • Mr Pierre SAUVÉ, Senior Trade Specialist, Macroeconomics, Trade and Investment Global Practice, World Bank Group

Questions and Answers

11:20-13:00 - SESSION 2

Enhancing LDCS services export performance – what have we learnt?

Session 2 of the Workshop aims to provide information on efforts to enhance LDC services export performance. Representatives from LDCs, international organizations, as well as Members' development cooperation agencies will report on their strategies, highlight certain programmes, share lessons learnt, and any best practices they have developed in this context.

  • Ms. Liping ZHANG, Senior Economic Affairs Officer, Division of International Trade in Goods and Services, and Commodities, UNCTAD, and
  • Mr Jean-Philippe RODDE, Economic Affairs Officer, Technical Cooperation Section, UNCTAD
  • Mr Quan ZHAO, Trade Policy Advisor, Research and Strategies for Exports, ITC
  • Mr Jib Raj , Former Joint Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, Government of Nepal
  • Dr Christian PITSCHAS, Advisor, Sector Project "Trade and Investment for Sustainable Development", Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
  • Mr Oscar GROSSER-KENNEDY, Services and Digital Trade Section, Office of Trade Negotiations, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia
  • Ms Sheri-Nouane DUNCAN-JONES, Senior Development Advisor (USAID) to USUN Mission Geneva
  • Dr Yahya Gülseven, Senior Expert in Development Cooperation, Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA)

Other representatives from WTO Members are invited to share their experiences from the floor.

Questions and Answers

13:00-15:00

Lunch break

15:00-17:00 - SESSION 3

Success factors, main difficulties, and issues to address

LDC services exporters will share their experiences, describing the factors that allowed them to develop into successful exporters, highlight difficulties with regard to certain measures and markets, and set out the most important issues that need to be addressed to improve LDC participation in services trade.

  • Mr Peter VAN GILST, Chief Technical Advisor, CBI, Netherlands
  • Mr Patrick KAGENDA, CEO, Data Care, Uganda
  • Mr Mahamadi ROUAMBA, CEO, TICANALYSE and BeoogoLAB, Burkina Faso
  • Ms Fatimata Kouyate ep CISSE, General Director, Timbuctours, Mali
  • Mr Sowany Joseph MATOU, CEO, Entani Tours, Vanuatu

Questions and Answers

17:00-17:50 - SESSION 4

Services waiver preferences – what are they and how can they best be used?

The WTO Secretariat will provide background to, and an overview of current preferences notified under the LDC Services Waiver. Representatives from WTO Members are invited to share their experiences on how preferences have been used and how their use can be optimised

  • Mr Markus JELITTO, Counsellor, Trade in Services and Investment Division, WTO Secretariat
  • Representatives from WTO Members are invited to share their experiences on how preferences have been used and how their use can be optimised.

Questions and Answers

17:50-18:00 - CLOSING REMARKS

H.E. Mr Geert MUYLLE, Permanent Representative of Belgium to the WTO, Chairman of the Council for Trade in Services

For further information on Services and LDCs, including the LDC Services Waiver, see Trade in services and LDCs

The objective of the workshop is to allow Members and relevant stakeholders to share information related to the participation of least-developed countries (LDCs) in trade in services and the expansion of their services trade.

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