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Aif-for-Trade and EIF

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Technical Assistance and Capacity Building for LDCs:Time to Reconsider

Aid Effectiveness & Efficiency

CSEND has been appointed a member to the Development Finance Network (DeFiNe) of the OECD

Development Finance Network (DeFiNe)

DeFiNe is a global network of think tanks and academic establishments. Institutions belonging to DeFiNe come both from developing and OECD countries. They provide perspectives on the ongoing work themes at the OECD and help establish dialogue on development issues between OECD and non-OECD members. DeFiNe’s work feeds into the content of various OECD development fora.

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Doha stalemate: Implications and ways forward”, CSEND Policy Brief, Geneva, August 2011

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The Doha Development Agenda (DDA) launched in 2001was supposed to achieve further trade liberalisation while at the same time taking into account the needs of developing countries. Ten years have passed since its inception. No end of the Round is in sight and the possibility of a full failure looms in the background.

This policy note addresses the following questions: Why does the DDA seem to evolve towards failure? What could be done to rescue the Doha Round?

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The Government Procurement Agreement

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The Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) is the only legally binding agreement within the WTO covering government procurement (GP) guaranteeing fair and non-discriminatory conditions of international competition in GP. States usually spend around 15-25 % of GDP on GP. The GPA has 42 WTO members and the estimated value of markets open to competition is 1.6 trillion $/Year.

Seminar on GPA and GP

CSEND organized a seminar on GPA on 11th June in Geneva within the context of a graduate course taught by Professor Raymond Saner. Speakers at the seminar included Mr. Nicholas Niggli, Counsellor, Deputy Head of the WTO Division, Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the WTO & EFTA and Chairman, WTO Government Procurement Agreement; Mr. Junior Lodge, Technical Coordinator, WTO Negotiations, CARICOM Office of Trade Negotiations (OTN) and Mr. Robert Anderson, Counsellor, expert of GPA at WTO.

Programme, Presentations, Notes of the meeting and Syllabus of course are listed below:

Summary of discussions
Syllabus, course on GPA
Programme
Presentations – Raymond Saner
Presentations – Nicholas Niggli
Presentations – Robert Anderson

Negotiation Simulation on Tobacco Control

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Teaching input for Executive Course on Global Health Diplomacy, The Global Health Programme, Graduate Institute, Univ. Geneva,

on 20th June 2012, Geneva. Title of Negotiation Simulation was: Negotiating Tobacco Control: Cross Border Advertisement, Promotion and Sponsorship: A Multi-Stakeholder Negotiation Simulation Exercise. Presentation on postmodern diplomacy and schedule of negotiations simulation are listed below

Note on Tobacco Advertising and WTO rules

Programme

Présentation

CSEND & CUTS Panel on Trade & Governance: Official WTO NGO Centre, 30th November 2009

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This joint panel between CSEND and CUTS offers key insights into how countries can improve their trade policy governance. Both are research and development NGOs and have conducted research, capacity building and networking projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The two organisations will present findings of their recent research on trade policy making processes and role of relevant stakeholders. They will also offer solution sets to participants interested in how trade policy governance can be organised in a more efficient, inclusive and effective manner.

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CSEND & CUTS Panel on Trade & Governance: Official WTO NGO Centre, 30th November 2009

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This joint panel between CSEND and CUTS offers key insights into how countries can improve their trade policy governance. Both are research and development NGOs and have conducted research, capacity building and networking projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The two organisations will present findings of their recent research on trade policy making processes and role of relevant stakeholders. They will also offer solution sets to participants interested in how trade policy governance can be organised in a more efficient, inclusive and effective manner.

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