INTENSIVE TRAINING COURSE ON INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS

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1 INTENSIVE TRAINING COURSE ON INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS Institute of International Relations The University of the West Indies-St. Augustine Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago September 2003 Organized by the OAS Trade Unit, UNCTAD, and the WTO Jointly with The University of the West Indies-St. Augustine and the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM) With the financial support of USAID through its Caribbean Trade and Competitiveness Program being implemented by the CARANA Corporation, the UNCTAD Trust Fund on International Investment Agreements, and the Organization of American States

2 REPORT 1. Introduction The OAS Trade Unit, UNCTAD, and the WTO, jointly with The University of the West Indies- St.Augustine and the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM) organized an Intensive Training Course on International Investment Arrangements for CARICOM government officials and representatives of their private sector. The training session was held at the Institute of International Relations on the campus of The University of the West Indies in St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago from 16 to 24 September It was financed by USAID through its Caribbean Trade and Competitiveness Program being implemented by the CARANA Corporation, the UNCTAD Trust Fund on International Investment Agreements, and the Organization of American States. The eight-day Intensive Training Course built on the experience and earlier work of UNCTAD and the WTO in organizing similar courses since These courses aim at providing enhanced support to developing countries and assisting them in better evaluating the issues relevant to closer multilateral cooperation in the area of investment with a view to attracting, and benefiting from, long-term cross-border investment, particularly foreign direct investment (FDI) in order to advance their development objectives. The Intensive Training Course also built on the OAS technical assistance activities held in the Caribbean and Latin America in support of the Free Trade of the Americas (FTAA) process. The OAS has been providing support to the FTAA negotiations in the area of investment and has organized, over the past five years, several workshops aimed at familiarizing CARICOM countries with the investment issues being negotiated in the FTAA. The key features of the Intensive Training Course held in the Caribbean included: the comprehensive examination of all investment issues covered in international investment arrangements, including the issues related to smaller economies and special and differential treatment; the inclusion of a module on negotiating skills and of case studies and practical exercises to allow participants to apply the knowledge gained in the technical sessions; a pre-course with a distance-learning program; the participation of CARICOM government officials as well as of representatives of regional organizations and the private sector, with a view to promoting networking and interface among participants, including through the use of a secure website for alumni; a roster of speakers comprising experienced government officials, specialists of regional and international organizations, practitioners from the private sector, experts from law firms, and scholars from academic institutions; and the holding of the course in the premises of The University of the West Indies, the co-sponsoring academic institution, in order to take advantage of the resources accessible on site.

3 2. Participants Thirty-seven participants from eleven CARICOM countries, four regional organizations and The University of the West Indies took part in the training session. Countries of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) (Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines) and Trinidad and Tobago accounted for 24 per cent of the participants each, whereas the other CARICOM countries (Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, and Suriname) captured 32 per cent of the total. Representatives of regional organizations (CARICOM Secretariat, Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery, Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, and Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States Secretariat) and The University of the West Indies were also present. TABLE 1 Participants by Country/Affiliation Country/Affiliation Number of Percentage of Total Participants Participants OECS Countries % Other CARICOM Countries (not including Trinidad and Tobago) % Trinidad and Tobago % Regional Organizations % The University of the West Indies 2 5.5% Total Participants % The share of the public sector amounted to approximately 67 per cent of all participants, of which 16 per cent came from investment promotion agencies. The private sector was also well represented at 13 per cent. TABLE 2 Participants by Type of Affiliation Affiliation Number of Percentage Participants of Total Public Sector % Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Commerce, Trade, Industry, Finance and Economics Affairs, Planning, % Tourism, Others Investment Promotion Agencies % Regional Organizations % Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat 1 2.7% Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery 2 5.4% Eastern Caribbean Central Bank 1 2.7% Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States 1 2.7% Academic Institutions 2 5.4% The University of the West Indies 2 5.4% Private Sector % TOTAL % 3. Speakers The Course was able to draw on the expertise of 25 speakers. Fifty-two per cent came from CARICOM Member States, and 36 per cent from other countries in the Americas. The training session benefited from the expertise of experienced government officials (28 per cent), specialists from international (20 per cent) and regional (12 per cent) organizations, practitioners and representatives of the private sector such as the Bankers Association of Trinidad and Tobago, BP- Amoco, and PriceWaterhouseCoopers (24 per cent). Recognized professors of international law and investment and other scholars at academic institutions accounted for 12 per cent of the total.

4 TABLE 3 Speakers by Region Region of Origin Number of Speakers Percentage of Total CARICOM Member States 13 52% Western Hemisphere (non-caricom) 9 36% Other Regions 3 12% Total Speakers % TABLE 4 Speakers by Affiliation Affiliation Number of Percentage Speakers of Total International Organizations 5 20% Organization of American States (OAS) 1 4% United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) 1 4% World Trade Organization (WTO) 1 4% United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) 1 4% International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) 1 4% Regional Organizations 3 12% Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat 2 8% Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM) 1 4% Governments 7 28% Grenada Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) 1 4% Government of Mexico, former official 1 4% Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) 1 4% Ministry of Trade and Industry, Trinidad and Tobago 2 8% U.S. Department of Justice 1 4% U.S. Department of State 1 4% Academic Institutions 3 12% Institut d études politiques, Paris 1 4% The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine 1 4% Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego 1 4% Law Firms 1 4% Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, Toronto 1 4% Private Sector 6 24% Bankers Association of Trinidad & Tobago 1 4% BP-Amoco Trinidad and Tobago LLC 2 8% Crisis Management Group 1 4% PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Trinidad and Tobago 1 4% Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce 1 4% Total Number of Speakers % 4. Substantive Issues Covered in the Intensive Training Course The number of class hours was divided into 40 sessions. Seventy per cent of curriculum hours were devoted to lectures and roundtable discussions, and 30 per cent to practical and simulation exercises. The following core issues were covered by UNCTAD s recently developed distance-learning program: Scope and Definition, Admission, Treatment, Protection and Dispute Settlement. The distance-learning package included a CD-ROM and an internet-based learning forum. Thirty-four participants received the materials prior to the Course. The distance-learning program helped them better understand some of the key issues covered in the Course.

5 The Course addressed the main issues on the investment agenda from a multilateral, hemispheric, and CARICOM perspective: Module I: The Economic Environment of Foreign Investment Globalisation and Transnational Corporations Policy Choices in Latin America and the Caribbean Update on the Cancun Ministerial Conference Roundtable Discussion on the FTAA Negotiations on Investment Investment Rules in CARICOM Countries and the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME): Towards an Investment Code? The World Investment Report 2003: Main Findings Module II: Substantive Issues Conducting Investment Negotiations and the Treatment of the Differences in the Levels of Development and Size of Economies The WTO Special and Differential Treatment Provisions Scope and Definition: An Overview of Various Options Admission and Treatment National Treatment, MFN, Performance Requirements, and Senior Management and Boards of Directors Transparency Linkages between Services and Investment, and Linkages between Competition and Investment Investment Rules and Financial Services The Relation Between Bilateral Investment Treaties, the FTAA, and the WTO Investment Protection: o Minimum Standard of Treatment (including Fair and Equitable Treatment) o Direct and Indirect Expropriation (Annex on Expropriation in the US-Chile Free Trade Agreement), and the Right to Regulate o Transfer and Balance-of-Payments Safeguards o Standard of Treatment and Investment Protection: Lessons from NAFTA Incentives, Fiscal and Tax Measures: The Experience of Caribbean Countries Home Countries Measures New Issues on the Trade and Investment Agendas: Environment and Labour The Experience of Foreign Investors in the Caribbean Roundtable on Corporate Social Responsibility Key Personnel: Temporary Entry (Mode 4) State Contracts State-to-State vs Investor-State Dispute Settlement The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes Investor-State Dispute Settlement: The Experience of the United States Recognition and Enforcement of the Arbitral Awards (ICSID and New York Conventions) Module III: PROCEDURAL ISSUES RELEVANT TO THE NEGOTIATION OF INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS (Organized and Sponsored by UNCTAD) The Process of Negotiations: Practical Steps Negotiation Dynamics in Diverse Settings Styles and Techniques and Overcoming Stylistic Impasses Negotiating to Ensure Effective Implementation and Administration Module IV: Enhancing Negotiation Skills (Organized and Sponsored by UNCTAD) Simulation

6 5. Evaluation Participants expressed the view that the Intensive Training Course should be organized again in the future and made a number of suggestions to improve the syllabus, including the need to extend the duration of the course. For example, it was felt that more time should be devoted to the negotiation skills simulation and that a few experienced negotiators should be included as part of the negotiating teams. Other suggestions include the need to have more practical exercises and to analyze investor-state dispute settlement cases in depth. It was also suggested that it would be very useful to discuss investment-related case studies of several CARICOM countries, in particular with respect to their investment policies and bilateral investment treaties. Some participants also noted that the role of investment in the context of the CSME and the views of CARICOM investors established in other CARICOM countries as well as abroad should be covered in a future course. Finally, some participants highlighted that a follow-up course should be organized.

7 INTENSIVE TRAINING COURSE ON INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS PROGRAMME Institute of International Relations University of the West Indies-St. Augustine Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago September 2003 Organized by UNCTAD, the OAS Trade Unit and the WTO Jointly with The University of the West Indies-St. Augustine and the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM) With the financial support of USAID through its Caribbean Trade and Competitiveness Program being implemented by the CARANA Corporation, the UNCTAD Trust Fund on International Investment Agreements, and the Organization of American States

8 INTRODUCTION In light of paragraphs of the Doha Ministerial Declaration, UNCTAD and the WTO have jointly launched an enhanced work programme, aimed at assisting developing countries to better evaluate the implications of closer multilateral cooperation in the area of cross-border investment, particularly foreign direct investment (FDI), for their development policies and objectives. The programme focuses on deepening the understanding of the issues involved, exploring the range of issues that needs to be considered, identifying developing country interests and ensuring that the development dimension is adequately addressed. The OAS Trade Unit, which has been supporting the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) process since its inception and is providing technical support to the FTAA Negotiating Group on Investment (NGIN) and its chair, has organised over the past five years several workshops aimed at familiarising CARICOM countries with the investment issues being negotiated in the FTAA. Regional intensive training courses for negotiators of international investment agreements (IIAs) build on the experience gained in earlier training sessions in Alexandria (June 2001 and 2002 and May 2003), New Delhi (November 2001 and 2002), Pretoria (March 2002 and 2003) and Lima (October 2002), and based on the UNCTAD series on Issues in International Investment Agreements, the first intensive training session for the Caribbean will allow negotiators of IIAs to delve deeply into key issues related to the negotiation of such agreements. This eight-day training course is presented in four modules (brief overview of FDI and development; key concepts and substantive issues relevant to the negotiation of IIAs; advanced discussion of procedural issues relevant to the negotiation of IIAs; and simulation exercises of negotiations of investment agreements, including through the sharing of experiences with negotiators of existing IIAs) and provides for capacity building, both in terms of substantive knowledge and negotiating skills. The course draws on the expertise of recognised professors of international law and investment, and specialists from international organisations. The course will also include lectures and presentations by experienced negotiators on how investment issues are dealt with in practice. It will also benefit from inputs of practitioners and representatives of the private sector. In addition, the programme includes a negotiating skills training module organised by UNCTAD. Moreover, in order to help the participants benefit fully from this training activity, a pre-course distance learning programme will be held covering core issues of the course, such as Scope and Definition, Admission, Protection and Dispute Settlement. The participants in this session are selected on the basis of their continuous involvement in the negotiation of IIAs to ensure for a coherent group where experiences can be shared and views exchanged.

9 TUESDAY 16 SEPTEMBER 2003 [Venue: UWI-St. Augustine] 09:00 Opening Session Presided by Maurice Odle, CARICOM Secretariat and Lead Investment Negotiator for CARICOM Opening Remarks by: - Ambassador Dennis Gayle, Acting Director, Institute of International Relations, University of the West Indies-St. Augustine - Donna De Four, Assistant Director, Industrial Development, World Investment, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Trinidad and Tobago - Maryse Robert, Course Coordinator, OAS Trade Unit - Marie-Estelle Rey, UNCTAD Secretariat - Marc Auboin, Counsellor, Trade and Finance Division, WTO 10:00 MODULE I: THE ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT OF FOREIGN INVES TMENT: OVERVIEW OF FDI AND ITS EFFECTS ON DEVELOPMENT 10:45 Discussion Globalisation and Transnational Corporations Michael Mortimore, Chief, Unit on Investment and Corporate Strategies, Division of Production, Productivity and Management, ECLAC 11:00 Morning Break 11:30 Policy Choices in Latin America and the Caribbean Michael Mortimore, Chief, Unit on Investment and Corporate Strategies, Division of Production, Productivity and Management, ECLAC 12:30 Discussion 13:00 Lunch Break 14:30 Update on the Cancún Ministerial Conference Marc Auboin, Counsellor, Trade and Finance Division, WTO 15:30 Roundtable Discussion on the FTAA Negotiations on Investment Maurice Odle, CARICOM Secretariat and Lead Investment Negotiator for CARICOM Kisoonlal Sinanan, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Trinidad and Tobago Maryse Robert, Course Coordinator, OAS Trade Unit 16:30 Afternoon Break 16:45 Conducting Investment Negotiations and the Treatment of the Differences in the Levels of Development and Size of Economies Maurice Odle, CARICOM Secretariat and Lead Investment Negotiator for CARICOM 17:30 The WTO Special and Differential Treatment Provisions Marc Auboin, Counsellor, Trade and Finance Division, WTO 18:15 Discussion 18:30 End of Working Day

10 WEDNESDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2003 [Venue: UWI-St. Augustine] 09:00 The World Investment Report 2003: Main Findings Michael Mortimore, Chief, Unit on Investment and Corporate Strategies, Division of Production, Productivity and Management, ECLAC 09:45 Discussion MODULE II: ISSUES AND FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS RELEVANT TO THE ANALYSIS AND THE NEGOTIATION OF INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS 10:00 Scope and Definition: An Overview of Various Options Kenneth Vandevelde, Dean and Professor of Law, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego, United States 10:45 Discussion 11:00 Morning Break 11:30 Admission and Treatment Kenneth Vandevelde, Dean and Professor of Law, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego, United States 12:15 Discussion 12:30 Lunch Break 14:00 Transparency Marc Auboin, Counsellor, Trade and Finance Division, WTO 14:30 Investment Protection: Transfers and Balance-of-Payment Safeguards Marc Auboin, Counsellor, Trade and Finance Division, WTO 15:15 Discussion 15:30 Afternoon Break 15:45 Linkages between Services and Investment, and Linkages between Competition and Investment Pierre Sauvé, Institut d études politiques, Paris; Canada s services negotiator during the NAFTA negotiations 16:45 Discussion 17:00 Investment Rules and Financial Services Ava Jordan, Banker's Association of Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago Pierre Sauvé, Institut d études politiques, Paris; Canada s services negotiator during the NAFTA negotiations 18:00 Discussion 18:30 End of Working Day

11 MODULE II (cont d) THURSDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2003 [Venue: UWI-St. Augustine] 09:00 NAFTA Chapter 11: Investment Protection Julie Soloway, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, Toronto 09:45 Discussion 10:00 Morning Break 10:15 US-Chile Free Trade Agreement: Expropriation provision and Annex Ethan Shenkman, Policy, Legislation and Special Litigation Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice 11:00 The Right to Regulate Pierre Sauvé, Institut d études politiques, Paris; Canada s services negotiator during the NAFTA negotiations 11:45 Discussion 12:00 NAFTA Chapter 11: Expropriation Julie Soloway, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, Toronto 12:45 Discussion 13:00 Lunch Break 14:00 National Treatment, MFN, Performance Requirements, Senior Management and Board of Directors Maryse Robert, Course Coordinator, OAS Trade Unit 14:45 Working Group Session: Practical Exercise: Non-Conforming Measures 16:45 Afternoon Break 17:00 The Relation Between Bilateral Investment Treaties, the FTAA, and the WTO Pierre Sauvé, Institut d études politiques, Paris; Canada s services negotiator during the NAFTA negotiations 17:45 Discussion 18:00 End of Working Day

12 FRIDAY 19 SEPTEMBER 2003 [Venue: UWI-St. Augustine] MODULE II (cont d) HOST COUNTRY OBLIGATIONS 09:00 Incentives, Fiscal and Tax Measures: The Experience of Grenada Sonia Roden, General Manager, Grenada Industrial Development Corporation 9:45 Discussion 10:00 Incentives, Fiscal and Tax Measures: The Experience of Jamaica Lincoln Price, Manager, Corporate Affairs, JAMPRO, Jamaica 10:45 Discussion 11:00 Morning Break 11:30 Incentives, Fiscal and Tax Measures: The Experience of Trinidad and Tobago, a Tax Practitioner's perspective William Lucie-Smith, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Trinidad and Tobago 12:15 Discussion 13:00 Lunch Break 14:00 OTHER GOVERNMENTAL MEASURES CONCERNING FOREIGN INVESTMENTS: 15:00 Discussion Home Country Measures Larry Placide, Director, International Trade Negotiations Unit, Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce 15: 15 Afternoon Break 15:45 New Issues on the Trade and Investment Agendas: Environment and Labour Larry Placide, Director, International Trade Negotiations Unit, Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce 16:45 Discussion 17:00 Investment Rules in CARICOM Countries: Towards an Investment Code? Evelyn Wayne, CARICOM Secretariat 17:45 Discussion 18:00 End of Working Day

13 MODULE II (cont d) SATURDAY 20 SEPTEMBER 2003 [Venue: Crowne Plaza Trinidad] 09:00 The Experience of Foreign Investors in the Caribbean David Harnanan, Team Leader, Economic Evaluation and Vincent A. Pereira, President, Market Development, BP-Amoco, Trinidad and Tobago 09:45 Discussion 10:30 Morning Break 10:45 Roundtable on Corporate Social Responsibility Lincoln Price, Manager, Corporate Affairs, JAMPRO Maryse Robert, Course Coordinator, OAS Trade Unit 11:45 Discussion 12:00 Key Personnel: Temporary Entry (Mode 4) Ramesh Chaitoo, Services Trade Specialist, Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery, Barbados 12:45 Discussion 13:00 Lunch Break MODULE III: PROCEDURAL ISSUES RELEVANT TO THE NEGOTIATION OF INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS (Organised and Sponsored by UNCTAD) 14:30 The Process of Negotiations: Practical Steps Carlos Garcia Fernandez, former chief investment negotiator for the Government of Mexico and former Chair of the FTAA Negotiating Group on Investment, Mexico 17:00 Weekend Break

14 MONDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2003 [Venue: UWI-St. Augustine] MODULE II (cont d) DISPUTE SETTLEMENT 09:00 State-to-State Vs Investor-State Dispute Settlement Carlos Garcia Fernandez, former chief investment negotiator for the Government of Mexico and former Chair of the FTAA Negotiating Group on Investment, Mexico 09:45 Discussion 10:00 Morning Break 10:15 The International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes Martina Suchankova, Counsel, ICSID, Washington 11:30 Discussion 11:45 Investor-State Dispute Settlement: The Experience of the United States Andrea J. Menaker, Attorney-Adviser NAFTA Arbitration Division Office of International Claims and Investment Disputes, Office of the Legal Adviser U.S. Department of State 12:45 Discussion 13:00 Lunch Break 14:00 The Recognition and Enforcement of the Arbitral Awards (ICSID and New York Convention) Martina Suchankova, Counsel, ICSID, Washington 14:45 Discussion 15:00 Workshop: Drafting of Dispute Settlement Clauses Martina Suchankova, Counsel, ICSID, Washington 16:00 Afternoon Break 16:15 State Contracts Carlos Garcia Fernandez, former chief investment negotiator for the Government of Mexico and former Chair of the FTAA Negotiating Group on Investment, Mexico 16:45 Discussion 17:00 Preparation of the Final Simulation Exercise 18:00 End of Working Day

15 TUESDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2003 [Venue: UWI-St. Augustine] 09:00 MODULE III (cont d) (Organised and Sponsored by UNCTAD) 13:00 Lunch Break Workshop for Investment Negotiators: Enhancing Negotiation Skills Ted Johnson, Crisis Management Group, Cambridge, Massachusetts MODULE IV: NEGOTIATION OF A COMPREHENSIVE INVESTMENT ARRANGEMENT (Organised and Sponsored by UNCTAD) Ted Johnson, Crisis Management Group, Cambridge, Massachusetts Timetable for the Simulation Exercise: Each group will organise its own timetable depending on its own dynamics WEDNESDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2003 [Venue: Crowne Plaza Trinidad] 9:00 MODULE IV (cont'd) (Organised and Sponsored by UNCTAD) Ted Johnson, Crisis Management Group, Cambridge, Massachusetts 10:30 Debriefing and Discussion on the Negotiation Process during the Exercise and Outcome Ted Johnson, Crisis Management Group, Cambridge, Massachusetts 13:00 Lunch Break 14:30 Conclusion of the Intensive Training Course Maryse Robert and Marie-Estelle Rey, Course Coordinators 15:00 Closing Ceremony

16 Intensive Training Session for IIA Negotiators September 2003, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA LIST OF PARTICIPANTS Kariyma Raashida Baltimore Ministry of Planning, Trade, Industry, Commerce and Public Service Affairs Redcliffe Street, St. John s Tel: (268) / , Fax: (268) , mystikqueen@hotmail.com Barbara Nichola Williams Ministry of Planning, Trade, Industry, Commerce and Public Service Affairs Redcliffe Street, St. John s Tel: (268) / , Fax: (268) , blackpine2@yahoo.com BARBADOS Bryan Haynes Ministry of Industry and International Business The Business Centre, Upton, St. Michael Tel: (246) , Fax: (246) , bryan_haynes@barbadosbusiness.gov.bb Nancy Headley Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs Government Headquarters, Bay Street, St. Michael Tel: (246) , Fax: (246) , headleyn@gob.bb Françoise Hendy Ministry of Industry and International Business The Business Centre, Upton, St. Michael Tel: (246) , Fax: (246) , francoise_hendy@barbadosbusiness.gov.bb Russell King Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Culloden Road, St. Michael Tel: (246) , Fax: (246) , rking@foreign.gov.bb Carol Lynch Barbados Private Sector Trade Team Goddard s Complex, Kensington, Fontabelle, St. Michael Tel: (246) , Fax: (246) , tradeteam@caribsurf.com/ carol.lynch@tradeteam.bb

17 Natasha Ward Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Culloden Road, St. Michael Tel: (246) , Fax: (246) , BELIZE Celene Cleland Launchpad Consulting 5590 Lizarraga Avenue, Belize City Tel: (501) , Fax: (501) , DOMINICA Candia Joseph National Development Foundation 9 Great Marlborough Street, P.O. Box 313, Roseau Tel: (767) /8631, Fax: (767) , ndfd@cwdom.dm Daniel Reid Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Enterprise Development Government Headquarters 1st Floor, Kennedy Avenue, Roseau Tel: (767) Ext. 3003/3005, Fax: (767) , WHYD21@hotmail.com GRENADA Sonia Roden Grenada Industrial Development Corporation Frequente Industrial Park, St. George s Tel: (473) , Fax: (473) , mgrgidc@caribsurf.com GUYANA Choo An Yin Ministry of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation 254 South Road, Georgetown Tel: (592) / , Fax: (592) , anyinchoo@hotmail.com JAMAICA Samantha Nicole Eaton Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade 21 Dominica Drive, Kingston 5 Tel: (876) /8, Fax: (876) , legalmfaja@cwjamaica.com 17

18 Lincoln Price Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) 18 Trafalgar Road, Kingston 5 Tel: (876) Ext. 2109, Fax: (876) , lprice@jamprocorp.com Esmond Reid Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade 21 Dominica Drive, Kingston 10 Tel: (876) /8, Fax: (876) , ftmfaja@cwjamaica.com SAINT LUCIA Hammish Phillip Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs Old Government Building, Laborie Street, Castries Tel: (758) , Fax: (758) , hammishp@hotmail.com Titus Preville Ministry of Commerce, Investment and Consumer Affairs Heraldine Rock Building, Waterfront, Castries Tel: (758) , Fax: (758) , tpreville@gosl.gov.lc SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES Ellison Clarke Ministry of Telecommunication, Science, Technology and Industry Egmont Street, Kingstown Tel: (784) , Fax: (784) , industry@vincysurf.com Lennox Timm National Insurance Scheme Bay Street, P.O. Box 305, Kingstown, St. Vincent Tel: (784) , Fax: (784) , nisfin@caribsurf.com SURINAME Rishma Radjie Suriname Trade and Industry Association (STIA) Prins Hendrikstraat # 18, Paramaribo Tel: (597) /6, Fax: (597) , vsbstia@sr.net, rradjie@hotmail.com 18

19 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Brian de Fereire Tourism and Industrial Development Company of Trinidad & Tobago Limited (TIDCO) Philip Street, Port-of-Spain Tel: (868) Ext. 238, Fax: (868) , Janet Furlonge Tourism and Industrial Development Company of Trinidad & Tobago Limited (TIDCO) Philip Street, Port-of-Spain Tel: (868) , Jeanette La Caille-Hill International Trade Negotiations Unit, Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce Columbus Circle, Westmoorings, Trinidad Tel: (868) , Fax: (868) , Trudy Lewis Ministry of Trade and Industry Riverside Plaza, Besson Street, Port-of-Spain Tel: (868) , Fax: (868) , Ava Mahabir-Dass Ministry of Trade and Industry Riverside Plaza, Besson Street, Port-of-Spain Tel: (868) Ext.2117/2118, Fax: (868) / (868) amahabir@tradeind.gov.tt / javadass@tstt.net.tt Gisèle Mark Tourism and Industrial Development Company of Trinidad & Tobago Limited (TIDCO) Philipps Street, Port-of-Spain Tel: (868) Ext. 253, Fax: (868) , gmark@tidco.co.tt / gisele_mark@hotmail.com Nievia Ramsundar Tourism and Industrial Development Company of Trinidad & Tobago Limited (TIDCO) Philipps Street, Port-of-Spain Tel: (868) Ext. 306, Fax: (868) , nramsundar@tidco.co.tt / amsundar@hotmail.com Kissoonlal Sinanan Ministry of Trade and Industry Riverside Plaza, Besson Street, Port-of-Spain Tel: (868) / 32 / 33 / 34, Fax: (868) / (868) , ksinanan@tradeind.gov.tt 19

20 Sanjay Singh Ministry of Trade and Industry Riverside Plaza, Besson Street, Port-of-Spain Tel: (868) /4 Ext. 2136, Fax: (868) , CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) SECRETARIAT Evelyn Wayne Caribbean Community Secretariat (CARICOM) P.O. Box 10827, Georgetown, Guyana Tel: (592) /4, Fax: (592) , CARIBBEAN REGIONAL NEGOTIATING MACHINERY (CRNM) Natallie Rochester Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM) Citibank Building 5th Floor, 63 Knutsford Boulevard, Kingston 5 Tel: (876) / , Fax: (876) , Natallie_R@yahoo.com Alison Stone Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM) Citibank Building 5th Floor, Knutsford Boulevard, New Kingston Tel: (876) / , Fax: (876) , alija67@hotmail.com EASTERN CARIBBEAN CENTRAL BANK (ECCB) Maria Barthelmy Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) P.O. Box 89, Bird Rock, St. Kitts Tel: (869) Ext. 129, Fax: (869) , eccbmcm@caribsurf.com / mbarthelmy@hotmail.com ORGANISATION OF EASTERN CARIBBEAN STATES (OECS) Annelle Bellony Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) P.O. Box 179, Morné Fortune, Castries Tel: (758) , Fax: (758) , abellony@oecs.org THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES ST. AUGUSTINE Kurt Kisto Institute of International Relations The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad Tel: (868) , Fax: (868) , kurt_kisto@yahoo.com 20

21 Deborah-Mae Lovell Institute of International Relations The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad Tel/Fax: (868) , LIST OF FACULTY AND EXPERTS Marc Auboin Counsellor, Trade and Finance Division, World Trade Organisation (WTO) Centre William Rappart 154 rue de Lausanne, 1211 Geneva 21, Switzerland Tel: (4122) , Fax: (4122) , Ramesh Chaitoo Services Trade Specialist Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM) Mutual Building, 3rd Floor, Hastings, Christ Church, Barbados Tel: (246) /1671, Fax: (246) , Carlos García Fernández Former Chief Investment Negotiator for the Government of Mexico and former Chair of the FTAA Negotiating Group on Investment, Mexico City, Mexico Ambassador Dennis J. Gayle Senior Advisor to the Vice Chancellor, University of the West Indies, and the Principal and Pro Vice Chancellor, St. Augustine Campus, and Professor of Strategic International Business, and Acting Director of the UWI Institute of International Relations The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago Tel: (868) / , Fax: (868) , dgayle@fss.uwi.tt David Harnanan Economic Evaluation, Team Leader BP Trinidad and Tobago LLC, Queen's Park Plaza, 5-5a Queen's Park West P.O. Box 714, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Tel: (868) Ext. 5453, Fax: (868) , harnand@bp.com Ted Johnson Acting Director of Programs and Legal Counsel, Crisis Management Group Roger Fisher House, 9 Waterhouse Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA Tel: (617) , Fax: (617) , tjohnson@cmgroup.org 21

22 Ava Jordan Bankers Association of Trinidad & Tobago (B.A.T.T.) C/o Institute of Banking and Finance of Trinidad and Tobago St. Vincent Street, 3 rd Floor, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Tel: (868) , Tel/Fax: (868) , ajord2@hotmail.com / ibaf@cariblink.net Iza Lejarraga OAS Trade Unit 1889 F Street, NW, Washington, D.C , USA Tel: (202) , Fax: (202) , ilejarraga@oas.org William Lucie-Smith Senior Partner PriceWaterhouseCoopers Victoria Avenue, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Fax: (868) , william.lucie-smith@tt.pwc.com Andrea J. Menaker Attorney-Adviser NAFTA Arbitration Division, Office of International Claims and Investment Disputes, Office of the Legal Adviser U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C., USA Tel: (202) , Fax: (202) , MenakerAJ@state.gov Michael Mortimore Chief, Unit on Investment and Corporate Strategies Division of Production, Productivity and Management United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Casilla 179-D, Santiago, Chile Tel: (562) , Fax: (562) / , mmortimore@eclac.cl Maurice Odle Lead Investment Negotiator for CARICOM CARICOM Secretariat P.O. Box 10827, Georgetown, Guyana Tel: (592) , Fax: (592) , modle@caricom.org Vincent A. Pereira President, Market Development, BP Trinidad and Tobago LLC Queen's Park Plaza, 5-5a Queen's Park West, P.O. Box 714, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Tel: (868) Ext. 5218, Fax: (868) , pereirva@bp.com 22

23 Larry Placide Director, International Trade Negotiations Unit Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce Columbus Circle, Westmoorings, P.O. Box 499, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Tel: (868) , Fax: (868) , Lincoln Price Manager, Corporate Affairs, Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) 18 Trafalgar Road, Kingston 10, Jamaica Tel: (876) Ext. 2109, Fax: (876) , Marie-Estelle Rey Legal Officer, International Arrangements Section, Policy and Capacity-Building Branch, Division on Investment, Technology and Enterprise Development, UNCTAD Palais des Nations, Avenue de la Paix, CH-1211, Geneva, Switzerland Tel: (4122) , Fax: (4122) , Maryse Robert Course Coordinator Principal Trade Specialist OAS Trade Unit 1889 F Street, NW, Washington, D.C , USA Tel: (202) , Fax: (202) , mrobert@oas.org Sonia Roden General Manager Grenada Industrial Development Corporation Tel: (473) , Fax: (473) , sroden@caribsurf.com / mgrgidc@caribsurf.com Pierre Sauvé Groupe d'économie mondiale, Institut d études politiques 2 square de Luynes, Paris, France pisauve@hotmail.com, psauve@worldbank.org Kissoonlal Sinanan Trade Analyst Ministry of Trade and Industry Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Tel: (868) / 32 / 33 / 34, Fax: (868) / , ksinanan@tradeind.gov.tt Ethan Shenkman Policy, Legislation and Special Litigation Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice Washington, DC, USA Tel: (202) , Fax: (202) , ethan.shenkman@usdoj.gov 23

24 Julie Soloway Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP 44th Floor, 1 First Canadian Place, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5X 1B1 Tel: (416) / (416) , Fax: (416) , JSoloway@dwpv.com Martina Suchankova Counsel International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) 1818 H Street, N.W., Washington D.C , USA Tel: (202) , Fax: (202) , msuchankova@worldbank.org Kenneth Vandevelde Dean and Professor of Law Thomas Jefferson School of Law 2121 San Diego Avenue, San Diego, California 92110, USA Tel: (619) , Fax: (619) , kennethv@tjsl.edu Evelyn Wayne CARICOM Secretariat P.O. Box 10827, Georgetown, Guyana Tel: (592) /4, Fax: (592) , evelynw@caricom.org 24

25 INTENSIVE TRAINING SEMINAR FOR IIA NEGOTIATORS Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, September 2003 TRAINING MATERIALS Distance learning modules (CD-Rom and distance-learning manuals) on scope and definition, admission, protection and dispute settlement. The 21 Issues papers from the UNCTAD series on issues related to International Investment Agreements. The World Investment Report 2003 and its statistical annex and the ECLAC publications of FDI in LAC. Interactive CD-Rom comprising the Compendium of International Investment Agreements (Volumes I to X). Dispute Settlement Cases (compiled by the UNCTAD Secretariat). A CD-Rom of selected international investment agreements: NAFTA (Chapter 11) FTAA Draft Agreement Australia China Australia India Barbados-Canada Belgo-Luxembourg Economic Union model BIT (2002 version) Canada Lebanon Canada Philippines Canada Thailand Canada-Trinidad and Tobago Canada Venezuela Chile-United States Free Trade Agreement China (People's Republic of) Singapore Denmark Poland Finland Model BIT France Model BIT Germany Israel Korea (Republic of) Japan (2002) Jamaica-United States Netherlands Costa Rica Netherlands Peru New Zealand Singapore Agreement on Closer Economic Partnership Peru Thailand Trinidad and Tobago-United States Tunisia United States of America United States of America Model BIT United States of America Argentina United State of America Bolivia United States - Singapore FTA An end-course CD-Rom comprising the contacts of participants and resource persons, and presentations made during the course. 25