Division on International Trade in Goods and Services, and

Commodities

Working Party on the Strategic Framework and the Programme Budget, 62nd session

(Technical Cooperation)

Guillermo VallesDirector, DITC, UNCTAD

September 2012

DITC Structure

Director Mr. Guillermo Valles

Chief, Office of the Director

Mr. Bonapas Onguglo

Competition and Consumer

Protection Branch

Head

Mr. Hassan Qaqaya

Trade, Environment, Climate Change and

Sustainable Development Branch

Head

Mr. Lucas Assuncao

Special Unit on Commodities

(Reports to OSG directly)

Trade Negotiations and

Commercial Diplomacy Branch

Head

Ms. Mina Mashayekhi

Trade Analysis Branch

OIC

Mr. Victor Ognitsev

Areas of Expertise and Services

Trade policy formulation

Trade preferences (GSP)

Trade negotiations

in WTO and in RTAs

WTO accession

GSTP

Services, trade and development

New and dynamic sectors of world trade

Creative industries

Trade data bases e.g. TRAINS/WITS

NTMs

Institutional and capacity building on competition law; COMPAL; Africomp, Voluntary Peer Reviews

Trade and development aspects of Climate Change

Sustainable trade and production (Biotrade, Biofuels,Organic agriculture)

Cluster 1

Cluster 2

Cluster 4

Cluster 5

DITC Technical Cooperation Activities 2011

Country-specific activities

Regional activities

GLOBAL T.C. ACTIVITIES 2011

 Trade policy, trade negotiations and commercial diplomacy

ACP Strategic Brainstorming on Non-Tariff Trade Barriers (3 February 2011, Geneva)

African countries, LDCs and SVES tailored assistance on WTO Agreements and DDA (Geneva)

China Services Congress (24-30 May 2011, China)

Commonwealth Secretariat's Workshop on Regional Trade Integration in Pacific (26 September, UK)

Developing countries preparatory events for the WTO 8th Ministerial Conference (November-December 2011)

Task Force on Services Statistics, including its meeting 10 November, 2011 in France

GLOBAL T.C. ACTIVITIES 2011

 Competition Policy and Consumer Protection

•1st International Forum on Consumer Protection (March 2011, Ecuador)

•5th edition of the Ibero-american Forum of Consumer Protection Agency (September 2011)

•Workshop on the "Role of competition policy during times of crisis" (21-23 September 2011, Argentina)

GLOBAL T.C. ACTIVITIES 2011

 

Trade, environment & development Rio + 20 preparatory events and “green economy” issues.

•  Roundtable: Making the transition to a green economy fair and equitable (23 June, 2011, Geneva)

• Green Growth and Development Workshop - OECD (28 June 2011, France)

• Joint OECD Working Party on Trade and Environment (16 December 2011, France)

• Joint UNCTAD - Energy Pact Foundation Conference (29 November - 1 December 2011, Geneva)

• South Centre and UNDP Workshop on Trade, Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Policy Linkage Issues (15-16 November, Geneva)

• UNEP/Ville de Genève conference (18 October 2011, Geneva

UNCSD events and the conference itself:

•2nd Preparatory Committee Meeting UNCSD (7-8 March, USA)

•Chile Regional Preparatory Meeting for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNCSD)

•Regional Preparatory Meeting for ECE Region (1-2 December 2011, Switzerland)

•2nd Inter-sessional Meeting of UNCSD (15-16 December 2011, USA)

•WTO Public Forum on "Preparing for Rio 2012: Trade opportunities and challenges in a green economy" (Geneva, 21 September 2011)

GLOBAL T.C. ACTIVITIES 2011

 Trade, environment & development Organic Agriculture.

•  1st European Commission-African Union Workshop on African organic agriculture (July 2011, Belgium)

• Discussion by expert group of IFOAM and FoodPlus on two DITC studies: "Organic Plus" and "GlobalGAP Interpretative Guidelines" (8 June, 2011, Germany)

• GOMA Working Group for Cooperation on Organic Labeling and Trade for Asia (September 2011, South Korea)

GLOBAL T.C. ACTIVITIES 2011

 Trade, environment & development Other technical cooperation activities.

• International Expert Workshop in support of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Indicators for the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 (20-24 June, 2011, UK)

• International Sustainable Foods Summit (23-24 June 2011, Netherlands)

• Seminar on the compatibility of the EU sustainability criteria for Biofuels with WTO rules (30 November, 2011, Belgium)

• Risoe Energy Conference (10-12 May, 2011, Denmark)

• Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (15 June 2011, Switzerland)

• CITES Asian Snake Trade Workshop (11-14 April 2011, China)

• UNFCCC - COP17 (28 November - 9 December 2011, South Africa)

185 Technical Cooperation Outputs in 2010-2011

Regional outreach in 2011: 138 countries assisted

* Thematic and regional activities undertaken coverage a much wider range of countries

IMPACTStrengthened economic resilience competitive and sustainable production and export base and more specific integration of development goals

Improved market access and entry conditions for exports of developing countries

Better consideration and integration of development dimension into multilateral and regional trade negotiations and agreements

Effective participation in multilateral trading system of some 20 countries in WTO accession

Enhanced capacities to address anti-competitive practices and consumer interests

THANK YOU