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The <strong>Training</strong> <strong>Workshop</strong> The training workshop on the WTO Negotiations on NAMA for high-level officers from Pakistan took place on 12-15 December 2006 at the WTO and ITC headquarters in Geneva. The training offered the opportunity to participants nominated by the Ministry of Commerce of Pakistan, counterpart to ITC for this project, to have a direct contact with some of the main negotiators and experts in Geneva, and gain a better understanding of the negotiation process and the issues under discussion. Also, the intervention aimed at enhancing their capacity to support the work of the Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the WTO in that area, and to more effectively contribute in defining Pakistan’s interests and negotiating positions on NAMA topics. Nine senior Pakistani government officials from the ministries of Commerce and Industries, Production and Special Initiatives as well as the Central Board of Revenue attended the programme sessions, with the strong support of the Pakistan Mission to the WTO in Geneva. All of them were experienced officials, current on the gist of the NAMA negotiations and the stakes of Pakistan in them. A list of the participants is included as Annex 1. The activities of the workshop took place at WTO and ITC headquarters, with the participation of top experts in NAMA, all based in Geneva. A list of the speakers is included in the Programme, while their full coordinates appear in Annex 3 below. The fact that the workshop took place concurrently with the resumption of the Doha Development Round (DDR) discussions (short of full negotiations, which were suspended in July 2006), gave the participants the opportunity to attend the last session of the WTO General Council organised on 14 December 2006.
The Programme <strong>Training</strong> workshop on the WTO negotiations on non-agricultural market access (NAMA) Tuesday, 12 December 2006 Geneva, 12-15 December 2006 09h00 – 10h00 WTO room A, RC 10h00 – 10h30 10h30 – 12h00 12h00 – 14h00 14h00 – 15h00 ITC room 4-40 15h00 – 15h30 15h30 – 16h30 16h30 – 17h30 17h30 – 19h00 ITC Cafeteria, RC Welcome and opening address Ms Patricia Francis, Executive Director, International Trade Centre H.E. Ambassador Manzoor Ahmad, Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the World Trade Organization Mr. Eric Alvarez Gurza, Chief, Office for Asia-Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO Coffee / tea break Non-agricultural market access negotiations: state of play Mr Jean Pierre Lapalme, Counsellor, Market Access Division, World Trade Organization Lunch break Stance and strategy of Pakistan in NAMA negotiations Dr Mohammad Saeed, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the World Trade Organization Coffee / tea break Business advocacy in multilateral trade negotiations Mr Carlos Emilio Rosas, Consultant, Multilateral Trading System, Division of Trade Support Services, International Trade Centre Group discussion Cocktail party at ITC Wednesday, 13 December 2006 09h30 – 10h30 ITC room 4-40 10h30 – 11h30 General overview of NAMA modalities Mr Darlan Fonseca-Martí, Programme Officer, Trade in Industrial Goods, South Centre Overview of the NAMA negotiations H.E. Ambassador Don Stephenson, Permanent Representative of Canada to the World Trade Organization, Chairman of the Negotiating Group on Market Access
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