AID FOR TRADE: MOBILIZING AID FOR TRADE

Fourth Global Review of Aid for Trade: “Connecting to value chains”

8-10 July 2013
Geneva, WTO Headquarters

Programme

The 4th Global Review was underpinned by an extensive monitoring exercise by the OECD and WTO, together with Grow Africa, the International Chamber of Commerce, the International Trade Centre, the International Telecommunications Union and the World Tourism Organization. Results from this monitoring exercise informed debate at the Review meeting.

Spread over three days, the Review focused on:

  • The relationship between value chains, trade and the post-2015 development agenda.
  • How Aid for Trade can support developing countries connect to value chains — and associated challenges and development benefits. 
  • Future perspectives for the Aid-for-Trade Initiative.

8 July — Day 1: Trade, Development Goals and Value Chains

Time, Meeting Session — Room

8.50-9.00

Conference Announcements
Participants are requested to be present and seated in the meeting room for preliminary announcements. Badges may be collected on 6 and 7 July from 2 p.m.-6 p.m. and on 8, 9 and 10 July from 7.30 a.m.

9.00-9.30

Session 1: Aid for Trade at a Glance 2013: Connecting to Value Chains — (Room CR)

9.30-10.45

Session 2: Connecting to Value Chains — Aid for Trade Support from Multilateral Development Institutions — (Room CR)

11.15-13.00

Session 3: Value Chains — Adding Value for Development? — (Room CR)

11.15-13.00

Session 4: Trade Finance and Value Chains — Overcoming Structural Access Issues — (Room W)

13.30-15.00

Session 5: Aid, Trade, and the Post-2015 Development Agenda — (Room W)

13.30-15.00

Session 6: Connecting LDCs to Value Chains — (Room D)

15.00 -16.30

Session 7: South-South Value Chains: Tapping into Growth Markets — (Room CR)

15.00 -16.30

Session 8: Bringing the Private Sector and Investment into Aid for Trade — (Room W)

16.30 -18.00

Session 9: Aid for Trade, Value Chains and Intra-African Trade — (Room CR)

16.30 -18.00

Session 10: Aid for Trade and Value Chains: Connecting the Americas — (Room W)

16.30 -18.00

Session 11: Aid for Trade, Value Chains and Intra-Asian Trade — (Room D)

16.30 -18.00

Session 12: UNDP/Islamic Development Bank session for the Arab Region: “Trade and Economic Integration in a Changing Middle-East and North Africa: Enhancing Value-added Production, Trade Flows and Employment” — (Room S1)

 

8 July — Day 1: Side events
(Side events are open to all participants unless otherwise indicated)

Time, Meeting Side event — Room

10.45-11.15

Side events 1: Trade Facilitation — Australia — (Room CR)

11.30-13.00

Side events 2: State of Play and Perspectives for Aid for Trade in Francophone West and Central Africa: Issues and Challenges (OIF/ECOWAS/ECCAS) — (Room S2)

11.30–12.45

Side events 3: Heads of Agency meeting, Enhanced Integrated Framework (Room S3)

13.30-15.00

Side events 4: “Fair trade” (France) — (Room S1)

13.00-15.00

Side events 5: Roundtable on the Role of Competition and Consumer Policies in Connecting Value Chains (UNCTAD and Switzerland) — (VIP Dining Room) — By invitation only

13.30-15.00

Side events 6: India-Africa Economic Relations: Building Sustainable Partnerships through Creation of Supply Chains — (Room S2)

13.30-15.00

Side events 7: Capturing the Gains (Duke University/ University of Manchester/DFID) — (Room S3)

15.00-16.30

Side events 8: Asia's Experience and Dialogue with Africa (Japan/ Cambodia/AsDB) — (Room D)

15.00-16.30

Side events 9: Value chains — A Motor for Sustainable Economic Development (Switzerland/Peru) — (Room S1)

15.00-17.00

Side events 10: Trade Facilitation for Enhanced Integration into Global and Regional Value Chains (European Union) — (Room S2)

16.30 -18.00

Side events 11: Aid for Trade Effectiveness — Current Issues and Future Directions (Commonwealth Secretariat and ODI) — (Room S3)

18.00-18.45

Side events 12: Ceremony to confer a Dutch Royal decoration (Netherlands) —(Salle des Pas Perdus) — By invitation only.

18.30-20.00

Side events 13: “Brewing Development”, Reception by the Worldwide Brewing Alliance — (Gallery/Terrace new building)

 

9 July — Day 2: Understanding value chains and Development

Time, Meeting Session — Room

9.00-11.00

Session 13: Connecting African Agribusiness to Local, Regional and Global Value Chains — (Room CR)

9.30-12.00

Session 14: Aid for Trade, Value Chains and the Pacific — (Room B)

11.00-13.00

Session 15: Connecting to Transport and Logistics Value Chains — (Room CR)

11.00-13.00

Session 16: Connecting to Tourism Value Chains — (Room W)

13.00-15.00

Session 17: Aid for Trade, Services and Global Value Chains — Opportunities for Least Developed Countries — (Room W)

15.00-16.30

Session 18: Connecting to Information and Communication Technology Value Chains — (Room CR)

15.00-16.30

Session 19: Connecting to Textiles and Apparel Value Chains — (Room W)

16.30-18.00

Session 20: Moving the Development Effectiveness Agenda Forward: Assessing the Impact of Aid for Trade — (Room CR)

 

9 July — Day 2: Side events
(Side events are open to all participants unless otherwise indicated)

Time, Meeting Side event — Room

9.00–11.00

Side events 14: Skills for Competitiveness — (Room W)

9.00–9.30

Side events 15: Pacific Breakfast (PIFS) — (Room B)

9.00–11.00

Side events 16: Agricultural Value Chains and Food Security in Transition Economies: Testimonials from the Field (UNECE) — (Room S2)

9.00–11.00

Side events 17: From Standards Compliance to Shared Value: Making Value Chains meet Development Challenges (UNIDO/ICTSD/ODI/ IDE-JETRO) — (Room S3)

11.00–13.00

Side events 18: Africa Can Compete! Cases of Africa Succeeding in Global Markets (USAID/African Cashew Alliance — (Room D)

11.00–13.00

Side events 19: “Global Value Chains in a Changing World” (WTO/Fung Global Institute/Temasek Foundation) — (Room S1)

11.00–13.00

Side events 20: “Aid for Trade, Regional and Global Value Chains and the Role of Trilateral Cooperation” (CUTS/SAWTEE) — (Room S2)

11.00–13.00

Side events 21: “Mainstreaming Environment into Aid for Trade” (Canada/Denmark/ ITC/ICTSD/IISD) — (Room S3)

13.00–15.00

Side events 22: Incorporating Developing Country SMEs into Value Chains: Implications for Aid for Trade (ITC) — (Room D)

13.00–15.00

Side events 23: Geographic Indications and their Impact on Development and Integration into Value Chains (France) — (Room S1)

13.00–15.00

Side events 24: CUTS 30th Anniversary Lecture — (Room S2)

13.15–15.00

Side events 25: Towards more Sustainable Cotton — Working with GVCs in the Textile Industry (Sweden/Switzerland/ Better Cotton Initiative) — (Room S3)

15.00–18.00

Side events 26: Cape Verde Roundtable (EIF) — (Room S1)

15.00–18.00

Side events 27: Design of Policies Targeting Trade-Related Supply Side Constraints and Connection to Global and Regional Value Chains (WTO Academic Chair Programme) — (Room S2)

15.00–17.00

Side events 28: Public-Private Partnerships in a Value Chain Context (Canada/ Netherlands/STDF) — (Room S3)

18.00–19.15

Side events 29: “Connecting Artisans with Global Fashion Value Chains” — ITC's Ethical Fashion Initiative Panel Discussion and Exhibition — (Room Atrium)

19.00–21.30

Side events 30: Making Money out of Music: the Cape Verde Experience (WIPO) — (Gallery/Terrace New Building)

 

10 July — Day 3: Future perspectives on Aid for Trade

Time, Meeting Session — Room

9.00–9.20

Session 21: Trade, Development, and the Private Sector — (Room CR)

9.30–11.00

Session 22: Tracing the Future of Aid for Trade — (Room CR)

11.00–12.30

Session 23: Plenary Session for Members/Observers — (Room CR)

12.30–13.00

Session 24: Closing Statement — (Room CR)


08.07.2013 — Director-General Pascal Lamy with representatives from multilateral development institutions and other international organizations at the Fourth Global Review of Aid for Trade.

08.07.2013 — Representatives of key trade facilitation assistance donors and organizations at Side Event 1 (Trade Facilitation — Australia) of the Fourth Global Review of Aid for Trade.
> Joint Statement — Trade Facilitation Assistance