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Mr. Ouedraogo underlined that the participants will have a real
opportunity to increase their knowledge and understanding of the WTO,
its work and what it constitutes for the least-developed countries.
“It is an opportunity to learn from inside, as the course takes
place in Geneva, at the WTO Headquarters”, said the Deputy
Director-General.
For
the first time, the introduction course, which lasts three weeks, is
financed through the regular budget of the Organization. It is also
the first time that the programme, centered on practical and concrete
presentations, is developed in close co-operation with the
International Trade Center (ITC).
Throughout
the three-week training, which will end on 28 March, the
22 participating officials will become acquainted, through
lectures and round-tables, with the essential aspects of the WTO, a
general picture of all the agreements, how the WTO functions and the
basic principles of the multilateral trading system.
During
their stay at the WTO, participants will also have the possibility to
attend a meeting of the Sub-Committee on Least-Developed Countries and
to debate with experts and practitioners on the various aspects of the
"Doha Development Agenda" launched at the last session of
the Ministerial Conference of the WTO held last November in the
capital of Qatar.
The
WTO Training Institute's mandate includes organizing the traditional
three-month trade policy courses, which were instituted already under
the GATT, in 1955, but also covers the development of activities in
the following areas: training for trainers, a diversified range of
short-term trade policy courses, distance-learning services, as well
as increased co-operation with universities and other institutions of
learning handling WTO and trade-related issues. Since November 2001,
the Institute is advised by a Consultative Board.
List
of participants of the Introduction Course to the WTO back to top
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Bangladesh |
Mr.
Md. Jainal ABEDIN, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Commerce,
Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka. |
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Bhutan |
Mr.
Phub TSHERING, Executive Engineer, Ministry of Communications,
Bhutan Telecom, Authority MOC, Kawajangsa. |
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Cambodia |
Mr.
Sovithiea UNG, Official WTO Office, ASEAN and International
Organizations Department, Ministry of Commerce, Phnom Penh. |
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Cape
Verde |
Mr.
Carlos Jorge GOMES DOS ANJOS, Cabinet Director, Ministry of
Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Praia. |
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Eritrea |
Miss
Selamawit ZEWOLDI WELDESLASSIE, Junior Expert, International
Trade Relations Department, Ministry of Trade and Industry,
Asmara. |
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Ethiopia |
Mr.
Belete ALEMU, Senior Expert, Ministry of Trade and Industry,
Addis Ababa. |
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The
Gambia |
Mr.
Lamin DAMPHA, Investment Economist, Department of State for
Trade, Industry and Employment, Banjul. |
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Lao
People's Dem. Rep.
|
Mr.
Santisouk PHOUNESAVATH, Technical Official, Ministry of
Commerce, Foreign Trade Department, Vientiane. |
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Lesotho |
Mr.
Tumelo Ephraim RABOLETSI, Assistant Administrative Secretary,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maseru. |
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Malawi |
Mrs.
Fanny Bibi KANDAYA, Senior Industrial Development Officer,
Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Lilongwe. |
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Maldives |
Miss
Mariyam HAMID, Senior Secretary, International Cooperation
Division, Ministry of Trade and Industries, Male. |
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Mozambique |
Mr.
Agonias Antonio MACIA, Head of Department, Ministry of Industry
and Trade, Maputo. |
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Myanmar |
Mr.
Win THAN, Assistant Director, International Trade Promotion
Department, Directorate of Trade, Ministry of Commerce, Yangon. |
|
Nepal |
Mr.
Arjun Raj PANT, Section Officer, Ministry of Industry, Commerce
and Supplies, Singh Durbar, Kathmandu. |
|
Samoa |
Mr.
Kunta Lancelot MARGRAFF, Senior Industry, Development Officer,
Ministry of Trade, Commerce and Industry, Apia. |
| Sierra
Leone |
Mrs.
Nancy K.S. TENGBEH, Acting Senior Assistant, Secretary, Ministry
of Trade, Industry and State Enterprises, Freetown. |
| Solomon
Islands |
Mr.
Steveen KARA, Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
and Trade Relations, Honiara. |
| Sudan |
Mr.
Abdul Moneim TAHA, Chairman, Contract Division, Ministry of
Justice, Khartoum. |
| United
Rep. of Tanzania |
Mr.
Lucas Ndewonaona SARONGA, Principal Trade Officer III, Trade
Department, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Dar-es-Salaam. |
| Uganda |
Mrs.
Florence KATA, Acting Executive Director, Ministry of Tourism,
Trade and Industry, Kampala. |
| Yemen |
Mr.
Abdul-Hakim Sultan SALEH, Coordinator Officer, Ministry of
Supply and Trade, Sana'a. |
| Zambia |
Mr.
Sunday CHIKOTI, Trade and Investment Promotions Officer,
Commerce and Trade Department, Ministry of Commerce, Trade and
Industry, Lusaka. |
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