Key Issues on the United Nations

International Conference on Trade

Economic Agenda and Development

UNCTAD’s flagship training course for policy

makers
on an integrated perspective to trade and
development

http://p166.unctad.org
Key Issues on the United Nations
International Conference on Trade
Economic Agenda and Development

• Objective – what is to be
achieved and how?
• Target audience
• Impact
• Challenges
 Key Issues on the United Nations
International Conference on Trade
Economic Agenda and Development

The idea behind this Objective (P166 Bangkok Plan of Action) is to

Enhance the knowledge and skills of policy

makers on the inter-relationship between trade,
finance, investment and development

Strengthen their policy formulation and

implementation capacity and negotiation skills
at the bilateral, regional and multilateral levels.
 Key Issues on the United Nations
International Conference on Trade
Economic Agenda and Development

Objective

Enhance support to Geneva based missions

especially in deliberations at the multilateral level;

Understand and appreciate the analytical and

practical work at UNCTAD that are built into the
curricula of the training course.
 Key Issues on the United Nations
International Conference on Trade
Economic Agenda and Development

Objective

Design course content from UNCTAD’s work on trade and development;

empirical studies, analytical reports, technical cooperation activities

Structure program to take into account regional specificities – past

evaluations; on-going studies, research; in-house discussions - to fine
tune program

Collaborate with experts at UN Regional Commissions, Vi member

universities and experiences of national experts for coherence

Deliver - lectures, case studies, problem solving, group work, exchange

of experiences, simulation exercise.
 Key Issues on the United Nations
International Conference on Trade
Economic Agenda and Development

Target audience

Government: Trade policy officials; Central bankers;

Investment experts; Economists; Geneva based
delegates – invited through Geneva PMs,
Ministries, UNDP country offices.

Academia: Academics in universities and research

institutes – who teach and research in these areas
– invited through Vi network.
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International Conference on Trade
Economic Agenda and Development
Target
audience Asia and Pacific

50

40
Latin America/Caribbean
30
40 20
35
10
30
25 0
20 2001 2002 2004 2006
15
10
5 Africa
0
2001 2002 2003 2005 2007 160
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
2001 2002 2004 2007
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International Conference on Trade
Economic Agenda and Development

IMPACT

Measured at the end of each regional course – has

the learning been useful, enriching, interesting?

AND …….

Six months after the end of each course – how

exactly has this learning been applied, where,
how?
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International Conference on Trade
Economic Agenda and Development

Impact

Improvement in knowledge Can better identify these

on various trade, trade issues and understand their
related areas, finance and treatment in trade
investment matters negotiations

Increased awareness at the Can draft effective policy

diverse policy conditions to proposals for decision
attain competitiveness makers, impact on local
industries and linkages with
TNCs
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International Conference on Trade
Economic Agenda and Development

Impact

Personal development - higher Understand better country's

level of motivation - learn and negotiating position; contribute to
understand further these issues country's bilateral, regional and
multilateral trading negotiations

Regard the high value added of Feedback from supervisors –

the course and its pedagogic recognize high value of the course
approach content and its relevance to jobs
performed
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International Conference on Trade
Economic Agenda and Development

Challenges:

Design new courses for 2008-2009 - how to

do better what is now being done well –
review needs of stakeholders for capacity
building in the area of trade and
development.
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International Conference on Trade
Economic Agenda and Development

Challenges

Conduct annual rather

than bi-annual courses Secure predictable
funding for
Stylise course for continued long term
parliamentarians and support to this
program
decision makers
Key Issues on the United Nations
International Conference on Trade
Economic Agenda and Development

CONTACT:

Mohan Panicker
Project Coordinator/P166
NTTCB Branch – SITE Division
Tel: +41.22.9172561
Fax: +41.22.9170050

Email: mohan.panicker@unctad.org
Website: http://p166.unctad.org