UNCTAD XI TENTATIVE PROGRAMME OF EVENTS 11 February 2004 UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT
ELEVENTH SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT Sao Paulo, Brazil, 13 18 June 2004 Saturday, 12 June Parallel and Side Events Sunday, 13 June Monday, 14 June Tuesday, 15 June Wednesday, 16 June GENERAL STATEMENTS on the WEB INAUGURAL CEREMONY Followed by Special Event COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE Completion of the Conference Text INTERACTIVE THEMATIC SESSIONS Plenary Development Strategies Building Productive Capacity Assuring Development Gains (Trade) CIVIL SOCIETY FORUM EXHIBITIONS AND FAIR Thursday, 17 June Partneship for Development Friday, 18 June CLOSING CEREMONY (P.M.)
FRIDAY 11 JUNE On Conference Off Conference Civil Society Forum Exhibitions and Fairs -- SEBRAE/ EMPRETEC International Meeting (DITE) ---- G-77 Ministerial Meeting Inter-Parliamentary Union Meeting (IPU) ITC Buyers/Sellers meeting (commencing on 10 June) ITC Business for Development Symposium -- SEBRAE/ EMPRETEC International Meeting (DITE) ---- G-77 Ministerial Meeting (Continued) Inter-Parliamentary Union Meeting (IPU) ITC Buyers/Sellers meeting (commencing on 10 June) ITC Business for Development Symposium
SATURDAY 12 JUNE On Conference Off Conference Civil Society Forum Exhibitions and Fairs -- SEBRAE/ EMPRETEC International Meeting (DITE) ---- G-77 Ministerial Meeting (Continued) Inter-Parliamentary Union Meeting (IPU) Corporate Responsibility for Development: The Commodity Angle (DITC) ITC Buyers/Sellers meeting (commencing on 10 June) ITC Business for Development Symposium EMPRETEC/ SEBRAE -- SEBRAE/ EMPRETEC International Meeting (DITE) ---- G-77 Ministerial Meeting (Continued) Corporate Responsibility for Development: The Commodity Angle (DITC) ITC Buyers/Sellers meeting (commencing on 10 June) ITC Business for Development Symposium EMPRETEC/ SEBRAE
SUNDAY 13 JUNE On Conference Off Conference Civil Society Forum Exhibitions and Fairs -- High-Level Panel on Creative Industries and Development (UNCTAD/ILO/ITC/UNESCO) Room A -- FAO Symposium on Role of Agriculture in Development Room 2 Fair (ITC) - ----- High-Level Panel on Creative Industries and Development (UNCTAD/ILO/ITC/UNESCO) Room A ----- FAO Symposium on Role of Agriculture in Development I ----- Meeting of LDC's Ministers ----- Cultural Evening Event Concert of the Nations Parque Ibirapuera Fair (ITC) - -----
MONDAY 14 JUNE Plenary Inaugural Ceremony Followed by: Special Event ----- Interactive Thematic Sessions Opening Plenary ----- Development Strategies Session I High-Level Round Table Trade and Poverty (TaskForce) ----- Session II Economic Development and Capital Accumulation: Recent Experience and Policy Implications On Conference Competition Policy for Development (DITC) Room A ---- Round Table on Harnessing emerging technologies to meet the MDG's (UNCTAD/UNIDO) I ---- Round Table on Export and Investment Strategies to support Tourism Development (DITC/DITE) ---- Launch World Investment Directory: Latin America and the Caribbean (DITE) Off Conference IAC Investment Advisory Council Meeting (UNCTAD/ICC/GC) Workshop Restoring Investor Confidence Through Corporate Transparency (DITE) Civil Society Forum Exhibitions and Fairs Fair (Investe Brasil/WAIPA) Fair (Investe Brasil/WAIPA)
TUESDAY 15 JUNE Interactive Thematic Sessions Building Productive Capacity - The key to benefiting from globalisation Session I: Leveraging FDI for Export Competitiveness Building Productive Capacity - Session II: Building Competitive Export Capacity of Developing Country Firms General Statements (Opening) On Conference High-level Round Table Innovative Financing for Development (UNDESA) Trade and Gender (Task Force) I Round Table with Executive Heads of Regional Economic Commissions WAIPA Annual Conference Forum on Services Trade Liberalization: Assessment of benefits for developing countries and Development Strategies (DITC) I Commodity Event Common Fund Room A WAIPA Steering Committee Room D Off Conference Workshop Strengthening The Accounting Profession in Developing Countries (DITE) Civil Society Forum Exhibitions and Fairs Fair (Investe Brasil/WAIPA) Fair (Investe Brasil/WAIPA)
WEDNESDAY 16 JUNE Interactive Thematic Sessions Assuring Development Gains (Trade) Session I: Assuring development gains from international trading system and trade negotiations Assuring Development Gains (Trade) Session II: Policy options and strategies to support developing countries competitiveness in the most dynamic sectors of international trade General Statements On Conference WAIPA Annual Conference EMPRETEC Annual Directors Meeting Room G WAIPA/EMPRETEC Joint Workshop Room D Meeting of the Trade Points of the Americas (SITE) WAIPA Annual Conference (Launch of UNCTAD/ITC Joint Website for Trade and Investment Analysis Map) EMPRETEC Annual Directors Meeting Room G Meeting of the Trade Points of the Americas (SITE) Off Conference Workshop Investment Policy Review for Brazil (DITE) Civil Society Forum Exhibitions and Fairs Fair (Investe Brasil/WAIPA) Fair (Investe Brasil/WAIPA)
THURSDAY 17 JUNE Interactive Thematic Sessions Partnership for Development Information and Knowledge for Development Session I: ICT as an Enabler for Growth, Development and Competitiveness Implications for national and International policies and actions (9h00/9h30/11h00/11h30) Session II: Trade and Transport Facilitation: Building a secure and efficient environment for trade (11h00/11h30 13h00/13h30) Partnership for Development Information and Knowledge for Development Session III: A Partnership for Networking, Training and Distance Learning (15h00 17h30) Session IV Summary/Conclusions/ Decision (17h30 18h00) General Statements On Conference High-Level Panel on Trade and Development Strategies for LDC's --- Brainstorming and networking among research centres on WTO and regional issues (DITC) I --- Meeting of Trade Points of the Americas Panel on Trade and Human Development (UNDP) Building Business Competitiveness (ITC) I Meeting of the Trade Points of the Americas (SITE) Round Table "Promoting Trade for Sustainable Development" (DITC) Room A Off Conference Civil Society Forum Exhibitions and Fairs
FRIDAY 18 JUNE On Conference Off Conference Civil Society Forum Exhibitions and Fairs PLENARY Adoption of Documents Biotrade Partnership Experiences and New Partnership to Promote Trade and Investment in Biodiversity Products and Services (DITC) ------ GSTP Event ------ ITTO Side Event I ------ Meeting of Trade Points of the Americas PLENARY Closing Ceremony
PRE-CONFERENCE EVENTS Date and Time Event Responsible Division/Contact Officers Venue 25-26 February 2004 Workshop on Export Competitiveness DITE Simon/Stepanek Bonn 8-11 March 2004 High-Level International Meeting of Experts on Sustainable Tourism for Development LDCs/SITE Ouane/Alphaize Lisbon April 2004 New York briefing on UNCTAD XI with theoffice of the President of the General Assembly New York 7 June 2004 Round Table Export Competitiveness DITC Sam Laird 7-8 June 2004 UNCTAD/Inmetro Workshop onenvironmental Requirements and Trade Vossenaar/Hoffmann 8-9 June 2004 Forum - Interface of Multilateral Agreements and Economic Integration Schemes DITC Mashayekhi/Rahman 9 June 2004 Regionalism and South-South Cooperation: The case of MERCOSUR and India DITC Vossenaar/Jha 9-10 June 2004 Managing Risks and Seizing Opportunities for Local Companies in the Oil and Gas Sector DITC Rutten 10-11 June 2004 Workshop on Culture and Entrepreneurship Z. Kozul-Wright São Paolo 10-12 June 2004 Seminar on Competition and Development DITC Alvares/Brusick São Paolo 11 June 2004 Trade Network Ximbanks DITC Puri To be determined Workshop on Cultural Diversity (UNESCO)J. Machado Belem