Regional Workshop on Capacity Building on Trade and Environment
15 - 17 February 2005, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Draft Agenda

1. Opening of the workshop. Statement by the Director of SDD

2. Election of the Bureau and Adoption of the Agenda and of the Work Programme

3. (a) Africa and WTO negotiations; (b) Conceptual framework, Global and Regional Context of Trade and Environment

4. Environmental Requirements and Standards of Developed Countries and their Impact on Market Access and Environmental Sustainability of the Country

5. Trade in Hazardous Substances and Materials, Second Hand and Inferior Quality Goods into the Country

6. Potential for the Environment to be used as a means to increase market access

7. Capacity Issues. Networking, Coordination and Cooperation

8. Best practices and Lessons Learned from Africa, Latin America and South Asia

9. The Way forward

10. Drafting of the report

11. Presentation and Adoption of the Report of the Meeting

12. Closure of the Meeting