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DAY THREE — Thursday, 4 June 2015 |
09:00 |
Session 5: Post Accession Technical Assistance and Capacity Building
The importance of technical assistance and capacity-building, during accession and post accession, cannot be over-stated for the realization of the benefits of WTO membership. In addition to general capacity building, new Members require tailor-made technical assistance, designed to meet post accession specific needs, starting with the domestic ratification of the Accession Protocol, the implementation of WTO obligations and commitments, and capacity building for domestic stakeholders, including the civil society, private sector and universities to ensure continued ownership and support, domestic reforms buy-in and ownership. This session will discuss both the demand and supply sides of technical assistance to explore a strategy for responding to specific post accession needs of Article XII Members. In addition to the representatives of international and regional organisations, the representative of the local development partners are invited to share their menu of assistance programmes.
Moderator:
Mr. LU Xiankun, Professor, Institute for WTO Studies, University of International Business and Economics, China
Speakers (10-15 minutes):
"Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Needs of Acceding LDCs"
Mr. Sangay Phuntsho, Regional Director, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Bhutan
Ms. Hiba Elfadil Mohamed, Head of the Executive Office, National Secretariat for WTO Affairs, Accession Division, Ministry of Trade, Sudan
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"Post Accession Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Needs of Tajikistan"
Mr. Kasimov Inoyatullo, Head, WTO Affairs Department, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, Tajikistan
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"Provision of Post Accession Technical Assistance and Capacity Building"
Mr. Maarten Smeets, Chief of Section, Institute for Training and Technical Cooperation, WTO
Mr. C.C. Yu, Country Director, Asian Development Bank, Tajikistan Resident Mission
Mrs. Patricia Veevers-Carter, Country Manager for Tajikistan, World Bank
Mr. Richard Jones, Head of the Regional office, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
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Mr. Norimasa Shimomura, Country Director, United Nation Development Programme
Mr. Ezequiel Guicovsky Lizarraga, Senior Business Development Officer, International Trade Centre
Ms. Nathalie Barbancho, Swiss Cooperation Office in Tajikistan
Mr. Ovidiu Mic, Second Secretary, Head of Operations Section, EU Delegation to Tajikistan
Mr. Jovan N. Jekic, USAID
Representative of GIZ
Representative of KFW
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10:30 |
Coffee break
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11:00 |
Open Discussion: All participants
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12:30 |
Lunch
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13:30 |
Session 6: Round Table Discussion on Post Accession "Best Practices"
This closing session will conduct an exchange of views by all Round Table participants on the emerging best practices on post-accession, based on discussions from the previous sessions. The outcomes of the discussion will be summarized in a document entitled "Dushanbe Post-Accession Best Practices". This document, once finalised and adopted by the participants, will be submitted to the WTO Director-General, the Chairman of the General Council and the Sub-Committee on LDCs.
Moderator:
Mr. Chiedu Osakwe, Director, Accessions Division, WTO
Reports from Sessions 2-5:
Session 2: Mr. Najib Hamim, Economic Attaché (WTO Affairs), Permanent Mission of Yemen to the WTO
Session 3: Mr. MAO Tianyu, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of China to the WTO
Session 4: Mr. Thiago Couto Carneiro, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission of Brazil to the WTO
Session 5: Mr. LU Xiankun, Professor, Institute for WTO Studies, University of International Business and Economics, China
Open Discussion: All participants
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15:30 |
Coffee break |
16:00 |
Closing Session:
Remarks by Mr. Chiedu Osakwe, Director, Accessions Division, WTO
Closing Remarks by Mr. MAO Tianyu, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of China to the WTO
Closing Remarks by H.E. Mr Nematullo Hikmatullozoda, Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Republic of Tajikistan
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17:00 |
End of Day 3 |
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