EVENTS

For a more comprehensive list of events in trade and sustainable development, please refer to ICTSD's web calendar at: http://www.ictsd.org/cal/index.htm. If you would like to submit an event, please email events@ictsd.ch.

Coming Up: 13-19 September

13-14 September, Lima, Peru. MOBILIZING AID FOR TRADE: FOCUS LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN. Organised by the WTO and the Inter-American Development Bank in cooperation with the World Bank and the Peruvian government. The purpose of the meeting is to highlight the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) dimension of Aid for Trade, and to encourage governments, donors and the private sector to address specific challenges for the region, to prioritize AFT needs, and to move towards shared solutions to trade-related challenges. Internet: http://www.iadb.org/events/aidfortradelac/index.cfm?language=EN&parid=1

17-21 September, Montreal, Canada. HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT OF THE NINTEENTH MEETING OF THE PARTIES (MOP) TO THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL. MOP-19 is likely to be preceded by the 39th meeting of the Implementation Committee. For more information contact: Ozone Secretariat. Internet: http://ozone.unep.org/Meeting_Documents/mop/19mop/Provisional-overview-E.pdf.

17-23 September, Oxford, United Kingdom. CLIMATE CHANGE: SCIENCE, POLITICS AND THE MANAGEMENT OF UNCERTAINTY. Organised by the 21st Century Trust in partnership with the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, and the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office. This conference will address the linkages of science and politics, within a context of uncertainty, and the difficulties of making policies to address the problems of global warming. It will review lessons learned in recent years, from the Kyoto Protocol to initiatives at the level of state governments, cities and communities and also attempt to define what approach or combination of approaches is most likely to bring the best ecological, social and economic outcomes. Internet: http://www.21stcenturytrust.org/2007.html#1

16-20 September, New York, USA. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND CAPABILITY ASSOCIATION (HDCA): IDEAS CHANGING HISTORY. The Human Development and Capability Association is organizing an international conference with keynote speeches by Martha Nussbaum, Amartya Sen, Hilary Putnam, Anthony Appiah and Sir Richard Jolly. The special theme of the conference will be on the spread of ideas and their social impact. The conference aims to promote high quality research and innovations in policy and practice, bringing together researchers and practitioners engaged in leading work on human development and capability approaches to development. Internet: http://www.capabilityapproach.com/Conference.php?grpcode=conference0&groupid=conference&sid=fb011dd193e00711355f9255935a4cdc

19-20 September, Manila, Philippines. MOBILIZING AID FOR TRADE: FOCUS ASIA AND THE PACIFIC. Organised by the WTO, the Asian Development Bank, and the Filipino government. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss what policies and activities are working in the region, and which ones are not, as well as discuss the future of Aid for Trade in the region. The information from this meeting, along with the ones in Lima, Peru, and Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, will be used during the WTO Global Aid for Trade Review in November. Internet: http://www.aric.adb.org/aft_asia.php

WTO Events

An updated list of forthcoming WTO meetings is posted at: http://www.wto.org/meets_public/meets_e.pdf . Please bear in mind that dates and times of WTO meetings are often changed, and that the WTO does not always announce the important informal meetings of the different bodies. Unless otherwise indicated, all WTO meetings are held at the WTO, Centre William Rappard, rue de Lausanne 154, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland, and are open to WTO Members and accredited observers only.

17-19 September: TRADE POLICY REVIEW BODY -- PANAMA.

Other Upcoming Events

15-16 October, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK: SUSTAINABILITY IN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE: THE ROLE OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND GOVERNMENT. Organised by the International Food & Agricultural Trade Policy Council (IPC). Recognizing that agriculture and food security face a range of pressing challenges from increasing population growth to global warming, IPC will bring together international food and agricultural trade experts, environmental experts, farm leaders, government officials, and agribusiness and food retail executives to discuss how the private sector and governments can best address these sustainability challenges. The seminar will also discuss the role of trade in the sustainability debate. For further information, contact Amy Testa, tel: +1 202 328 5117; email: testa@agritrade.org; internet: http://www.agritrade.org/events/sustainability_agriculture.html.

18-19 October. UN Headquarters, New York, USA. EXPERT GROUP MEETING: INNOVATIVE FINANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. The UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) will be holding its 16th session in the first half of 2008, focusing on policy options and practical measures to address challenges in the areas of agriculture, desertification, drought, rural development, including a special focus on Africa. To inform the discussions, the Division for Sustainable Development, which acts as Secretariat to the Commission, will organize this meeting, with a particular focus on the themes of CSD-16. Internet: http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/sdissues/finance/egm2007/index.htm