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1 One must learn by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try. Sophocles PROGRAMME Week 1 Monday, 5 February Tuesday, 6 February Wednesday, 7 February Thursday, 8 February Friday, 9 February 8:30 Registration at the Welcome Pavilion 9:00-9:30 9:00-9:30 9:00-9:30 Overview of the Administrative matters / Logistics Course, Evaluations (Darlan F. MARTI, (Omar Rocchi, ITTC-Logistics) and Revision Book MAD) 9:30-10:00 (Lissette Nonalaya, Opening Ceremony Alicja Wielgus, ITTC- Bridget Chilala, ITTC Director 9:30 12:30 10:00-10:20 Coffee break 10:20-11:00 10:45 Group photo 9: Import Licensing Introduction/Tour de table - ATPC Procedures and How do WTO Participants quantitative Schedules change? restrictions 11:15-12:30 Virtual classroom Audrey Berthon, ITTC-ELearning Unit 14:00-14:15 Interpreters (Anne 16:00-17:30 Goslin, LDIMD, Interpretation Section 14:15-14:45 Library (Katherine Rewinkel, LDIMD-Library) 14:45-15:00 Website (Steve Cooper, IERD- Internet) 15:00-15:45 Docs On line (Elia Petralia, LDIMD- ODRS) 16:00-17:00 Guided tour of the WTO (Anne Lamy, IERD) Introduction to the case study: Mauritius Sectoral Strategies - Distribution of groups, Objectives, Group work (reading) 14:00-17:30 What determines market access for trade in goods? - Tariffs (definition, economic effect), NTMs - GATT Art. I, II Schedules Roy Santana, MAD 9:00-17:30 How to access tariff information and trade data? - Tariff Analysis Online (WTP + TAO + TDF) (Adelina Mendoza, MAIS- ERSD) Tariff negotiations (types) ITA (Roy Santana, MAD) 14:00-17:30 How do WTO Schedules change? Art.XXVIII modifications - ILP Agreement - Economic effect - Link with QRs (TBT, SPS) Roy Santana, MAD 14:00 17:30 How to access information about non-tariff measures? - Integrated Trade Intelligence Portal (I-TIP) (Adelina Mendoza, MAIS-ERSD) 17:00-17:15 Evaluation (ITTC- 19:30 Dinner at the Edelweiss 1

2 Week 2 9:00-09:30 Monday, 12 February Tuesday, 13 February Wednesday, 14 February Thursday, 15 February Friday, 16 February 9:00-9:30 9:00-9:30 Tools for trade analysis (Lori Chang, ERSD) 09:30-10:45 9:30 12:30 Trade Facilitation Agreement - Objectives of the Agreement, structure and content (Section I), implementation (S&D) (Dolores Halloran, MAD) 9:30-12:30 Case study and practical exercise Group work (compile recommendations and prepare presentations) TPP Project- General information- Introduction Manuel, ITTC- ITC Capacity building in trade data and analysis International Trade Centre (Guillaume Favre, Maria del Mar Cantero, ITC) Departure from hotel by bus at 7:35 a.m. Study Tour to Bern How to access resources and information about the TFA and its implementation Case study and practical exercise (MAIS / MAD) 14:00-15:30 Trade Policy Review Mechanism and Briefing on TPR of Egypt (Angelo Silvy, TPRD-Trade Policy Section) (presentations and - The TFA Facility Website 16:00-17:30 15:45-17:30 and the TFA Database Enhanced Integrated Framework (Hang Tran, EIF) Preparation - Trade Policy Presentations (Alicja Wielgus, Lissette Nonalaya, Juan Manuel, ITTC- 17:30-18:00 Evaluation (ITTC- 2

3 Week 3 Monday, 19 February Tuesday, 20 February Wednesday, 21 February Thursday, 22 February Friday, 23 February Overview of Global Value Chains (José Monteiro, ERSD) Trade and Industrial Policy Framework (TPP Project) (Marc Bacchetta, ERSD) 9:45 Meeting in Room T1T2 10:00-12:00 TPR Egypt 12:15-12:45 (Alicja Wielgus, ITTC- SPS Case Studies (Anneke Hamilton, Garima Prakash, AGCD- SPS Section) SPS Case Studies (Christiane Wolff, Anneke Hamilton, Garima Prakash, AGCD-SPS Section) STDF (Nazia Mohammed, AGCD- STDF Unit) Non-tariff measures and the TBT Agreement Scope of the TBT Agreement (Erik Wijkström, TED) Key principles: nondiscrimination, necessity, international standards (Erik Wijkström, TED) Key principles: transparency Introduction to new online tool eping (Serra Ayral, Úna Flanagan, TED) 16:00-17:30 Updates from the TBT Committee Recap exercise (Serra Ayral, TED) Overview of disputes Group exercise (Daniel Ramos, TED) Group exercise (continued) Wrap-up, Q&A (Daniel Ramos, TED) Trade & Environment (Karsten Steinfatt, Daniel Ramos, TED) Evaluation (ITTC- 3

4 Week 4 Monday, 26 February Tuesday, 27 February Wednesday, 28 February Thursday, 1 March Friday, 2 March Room F 9:00-10:00 Developments at the WTO, MC11 and work ahead (Joseph Gregorio and Stefania Bernabè Council and TNC) 10:15-12:00 9:00-12:30 Trade Roundtable: Global Preparation TPP Remedies in Trade Governance: Project Perspective Which Way Forward? Preparation TPP Project (Juan Manuel Fernández, (Maxim Shmelev, Moderator: Alicja (Alicja Wielgus, Juan Lissette Nonalaya, ITTC- Rules) Wielgus, ITTC-GBCU; Manuel Fernández, Speakers: - H.E. Mr. Lissette Nonalaya, ITTC- Didier Chambovey (Switzerland); - H.E. Dr. Syed Tauqir Shah (Pakistan) Agreement on Agriculture 12:00-12:30 (Wenjing Wu, AGCD) on Roundtable (Raymundo Valdés, ITTC- 14:00-15:30 TRIMS (Jorge Castro, Rules) 16:00-17:30 15:45-17:30 Session on WTO World Trade Report 2017 (Marc Bacchetta, ERSD) 14:00-14:45 Briefing on TRIPS Council (Josefita Pardo de León, IPD) 15:00 TRIPS Council 14:00-17:30 Preparation TPP Project (Juan Manuel Fernández, Lissette Nonalaya, ITTC- 14:00-17:00 Preparation TPP Project (Alicja Wielgus, Juan Manuel Fernández, Lissette Nonalaya, ITTC- 17:00-17:30 Introduction to TNS 17:30-18:00 Evaluation (ITTC- 4

5 Week 5 Monday, 5 March Tuesday, 6 March Wednesday, 7 March Thursday, 8 March Friday, 9 March 9:00-12:00 Trade Policy Presentations by ATPC Participants (Arne Klau, TPRD; Raymundo Valdés, Faustin Luanga, 12:00-13:30 Lunch in T1T2 13:30-16:30 Trade Policy Presentations by ATPC Participants (Arne Klau, TPRD; Raymundo Valdés, Faustin Luanga, 16:30 TPP Project - Preparation of the final document "Cotton" Case (Raúl Torres, Development-CTD Unit; Chris Clinton, Rules) "Cotton" Case (Raúl Torres, Development-CTD Unit; Chris Clinton, Rules) 9:00-9:45 TPP Project - Preparation of the final document 10:00-12:15 General Council 12:30-13:00 "Cotton" Case (Raúl Torres, Development-CTD Unit; Chris Clinton, Rules) 16:00-17:30 16:15-17:00 TNS Selected TRIPS issues: - Introduction (Xiaoping Wu, IPD) - TRIPS and Public Health (Roger Kampf, IPD) 14:00-15:30 Selected TRIPS issues (cont'd): - TRIPS rules on trademarks and geographical indication (Wolf Meier-Ewert, IPD) 15:45-17:30 "Banana Shake" Case (Josefita Pardo de León, IPD, Lee Ann Jackson, AGCD) "Banana Shake" Case (Josefita Pardo de León, IPD, Lee Ann Jackson, AGCD) 17:00-17:30 Evaluation (ITTC- 5

6 Week 6 Monday, 12 March Tuesday, 13 March Wednesday, 14 March Thursday, 15 March Friday, 16 March on Trade Policy Presentations Project (Raymundo Valdés, ITTC- Room F 9:00-9:50 E-Commerce - TBD (Zainab Mchumo, Council and TNC) (Lissette Nonalaya, Juan Manuel Fernández, ITTC-GBCU; Daniel Morales, Roundtable Speakers: Mr Simon Farbenbloom, Deputy Permanent Representative, (Australia) Mr Faisal Saud Sulaiman AL-NABHANI, Counsellor (Oman) Moderator: Victor Do Prado, ITTC- GBCU 16:00-17:30 14:00-16:00 on Trade Negotiations 16:15-17:00 Briefing on GATS Negotiating Marie-Isabelle Pellan, Claudia Locatelli, TSD) 17:00-17:30 Evaluation of week 6 (ITTC 6

7 Week 7 Monday, 19 March Tuesday, 20 March Wednesday, 21 March Thursday, 22 March Friday, 23 March Accession to the WTO (Geoffrey Carlson, Accessions Division) GATS Review Selected issues (Ruosi Zhang, Marie-Isabelle Pellan, TSD) GATS Negotiating (Ruosi Zhang, Marie-Isabelle Pellan, Claudia Locatelli, TSD) GATS Negotiating (continued) (Ruosi Zhang, Marie- Isabelle Pellan, Claudia Locatelli, TSD) Dispute Settlement Procedures: Overview of the Panel Process and the Appellate Review Process (Ahsan Ali, Gerard Penalosa, LAD) 16:00-17:30 11:00-17:30 Regional Trade Agreements & the WTO (Alberto Osnago, TPRD-Regional Trade Agreements Section) 14:00-15:00 I-TIP (Services) (Ester Rubio, TSD) 15:00-16:15 Investment facilitation (Claudia Locatelli, TSD) Dispute Settlement Procedures: Overview of the Panel Process and the Appellate Review Process (Iryna Polovets, ABS) 16:30-17:30 Trade and Finance (Marc Auboin, ERSD) 7

8 Week 8 Monday, 26 March Tuesday, 27 March Wednesday, 28 March Thursday, 29 March Friday, 30 March 9:00-9:45 DSB briefing (Gerard Penalosa, LAD) 10:00-12:00 DSB meeting 9:00-10:15 DSU Negotiations: Stateof-play (Reto Malacrida, Gerard Penalosa, LAD) Room 0.107, WIPO New Building WIPO Seminar on Intellectual Property 12:15-12:45 (Alicja Wielgus, Lissette Nonalaya, ITTC- Preparation Moot Court (Ahsan Ali, Tania Parcero, LAD) 10:30-12:30 Moot Court (cont'd) and session (Ahsan Ali, Tania Parcero, LAD) 14:00-15:15 16:00-17:30 Moot Court Preparation Moot Court (Ahsan Ali, Tania Parcero, LAD) Evaluation - Week 8 (ITTC- ATPC Evaluation & Oral feedback - PEFs/ Administrative matters Manuel Fernandez, ITTC- 15:30 Closing Ceremony, Maarten Smeets, ITTC Good Friday (WTO non-working day) YOUR Geneva-based Courses Unit ( TEAM: Raymundo Valdés (Tel.: , Raymundo.Valdes@wto.org), Head of the GBCU Unit Marinette Comte (Tel.: ; Marinette.Comte@wto.org), Programme Coordinator Juan Manuel Fernández (Tel.: ; Juan-Manuel.Fernandez@wto.org), Counsellor Paulo González (Tel.: ; Paulo.Gonzalez@wto.org), Training Assistant Lissette Nonalaya Aranda (Tel.: ; Lissette.NonalayaAranda@wto.org), Training Officer Alicja Wielgus (Tel.: ; Alicja.Wielgus@wto.org), Counsellor 8

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