UNCTAD XI PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME OF EVENTS Information valid as of: Dernière mise à jour: Ultima actualización: 4 June 2004
ELEVENTH SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT São Paulo, Brazil, 13 18 June 2004 Parallel and Side Events Sunday, 13 June The meeting hours on Conference site: 10h00 to 13h00 and 15h00 to 18h00 unless otherwise specified. Monday, 14 June Tuesday, 15 June Wednesday, 16 June GENERAL DEBATE on the WEB INAUGURAL CEREMONY Followed by Special Event COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE Completion of the Conference Text INTERACTIVE THEMATIC SESSIONS Plenary Development Strategies Building Productive Capacity Assuring Development Gains (Trade) CIVIL SOCIETY FORUM EXHIBITIONS AND FAIRS Thursday, 17 June Partnership for Development Friday, 18 June CLOSING CEREMONY (P.M.)
FRIDAY 11 JUNE On Conference Group of 77 Special Ministerial Meeting 40 th Anniversary Commemoration FLAG RAISING CEREMONY 9H00 Off Conference Inter-Parliamentary Union Meeting (IPU) Paralatino Civil Society Forum The Forum is hosted by the Brazilian Association of NGOs in close collaboration with the UNCTAD Secretariat, the UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service (NGLS) and a consultative group of civil society organizations to coordinate the activities and programme of the Forum for the programme of the Plenary, daily Seminars and Workshops, Visit website www.forumsociedadecivil.org.br and www.unctadxi.org Contact: forumsociedadecivil@uol.com.br Exhibitions and Fairs Venue: Anhembi Centre Civil Society Working Centre Group of 77 Special Ministerial Meeting 40 th Anniversary Commemoration Inter-Parliamentary Union Meeting (IPU) Paralatino
SATURDAY 12 JUNE On Conference Group of 77 Special Ministerial Meeting 40 th Anniversary Commemoration Off Conference Inter-Parliamentary Union Meeting (IPU) Paralatino Civil Society Forum Exhibitions and Fairs Followed by Closing Ceremony Workshop on Alternative Economic Strategies for Latin America
SUNDAY 13 JUNE On Conference Off Conference Civil Society Forum Exhibitions and Fairs High-Level Panel on Creative Industries and Development (UNCTAD/ILO/ITC/UNESCO) FAO Symposium on Role of Agriculture in Development I (9h30 13h00) Fair (ITC) Inauguration (12h00) AITIC/ACP Briefing High-Level Panel on Creative Industries and Development (UNCTAD/ILO/ITC/UNESCO) FAO Symposium on Role of Agriculture in Development I Fair (ITC) Ministerial Meeting of LDCs (14h30) Followed by Ministerial Meeting of Landlocked Countries Cultural Evening Event
MONDAY 14 JUNE Plenary Inaugural Ceremony (9h00) Followed by: High-level Segment (10h30) On Conference Off Conference Civil Society Forum Exhibitions and Fairs Interactive Thematic Sessions Opening Plenary (15h00) Followed by: High-Level Round Table: Trade and Poverty (15h45-18h15) Development Strategies Session: Economic Development and Capital Accumulation- Recent Experience and Policy Implications (18h30-21h00) Opening Plenary - Public (16.00) Followed by: Completion of the Conference Text (17h30) Private General Debate (Opening) (16.00) The Role of Competition Policy in Promoting Competitiveness and Development (DITC) Round Table on Harnessing Emerging Technologies to Meet the MDG's (UNCTAD/UNIDO) I Launch of World Investment Directory: Latin America and the Caribbean Global Investment Prospects 2004-2007 (DITE) (13.00) IAC Investment Advisory Council Meeting (UNCTAD/ICC/GC) Round-table on Corporate Transparency and Investment (DITE) (14h30-17h30) Dialogue Forum: Partnership for Development The Role of German (UNCTAD/German /German Federal Government) (Novotel, 17h15 19h00) Opening Ceremony of International Cities Forum (17h30)
TUESDAY 15 JUNE Interactive Thematic Sessions Building Productive Capacity - The key to benefiting from globalization Session I: Leveraging FDI for Export Competitiveness General Debate On Conference High-level Round Table Innovative Financing for Development (UNDESA) Aud. Regina Trade and Gender I The Regional Dimension of Trade and Development: Round Table with Executive Heads of Regional Economic Commissions Off Conference (URBIS/HABITAT) Civil Society Forum Exhibitions and Fairs Building Productive Capacity - Session II: Building Competitive Export Capacity of Developing Country Firms Followed by: Award Event by World Summit of Young Entrepreneurs (15h00-21h00) BITs Signing Ceremony (DITE) (13h00) WAIPA Annual Conference Aud. Regina (14h00) Bio Trade: Trade and Biodiversity Partnerships (DITC) I Commodities, Poverty Alleviation and Sustainable Development Interactive Panel (CFFC/UNCTAD) (14h00) WAIPA Steering Committee Room D Forum on International Trade and Tourism (DITC/DITE) piranga (14.00) Presentation of Development and Globalization: Facts and Figures Presentation of Global Programme UNDP/UNCTAD (13h00-14h30) Building for Partnerships The Helsinki Process on Globalization and Democracy (Finland/Tanzania) Novotel Centre Norte (13h15-15h00)
WEDNESDAY 16 JUNE Interactive Thematic Sessions Assuring Development Gains (Trade) Session I: Assuring development gains from the international trading system and trade negotiations General Debate On Conference WAIPA Annual Conference Aud. Regina EMPRETEC Annual Directors Meeting Room G WAIPA/EMPRETEC Joint Workshop Room D Implementing the WSIS Plan of Action (SITE) (9h30) Room E Off Conference Civil Society Forum Exhibitions and Fairs Meeting of Trade Points of the Americas (SITE) Assuring Development Gains (Trade) Session II: Policy options and strategies to support developing countries competitiveness in the most dynamic sectors of international trade ITTO Side Event I, (18h00) Special Session at Ministerial Level, GSTP Participants (18h00) WAIPA Annual Conference (Launch of UNCTAD/ITC Joint Website for Trade and Investment Analysis Map) Aud. Regina EMPRETEC Annual Directors Meeting Room G Meeting of Trade Points of the Americas (SITE) Trade Related E-Finance for SMEs Room E Workshop on Accountancy and (DITE) (14h30 17h30), (I)
THURSDAY 17 JUNE Interactive Thematic Sessions Partnership for Development: Information and Knowledge for Development Session I: ICT as an Enabler for Growth, Development and Competitiveness Implications for National and International Policies and Actions (9h00 11h00) Session II: Trade and Transport Facilitation: Building a Secure and Efficient Environment for Trade (11h15 13h15) Partnership for Development: Information and Knowledge for Development Session III: A Partnership for Training, Distance Learning and Networking (15h30 17h30) General Debate (15h00-21h00) On Conference High-Level Panel on Trade and Development Strategies for LDC's Aud. Regina Forum on Assessment of Trade in Services and Development Gains (DITC) I Meeting of Trade Points of the Americas Tobacco Free Initiative WHO event Panel on Trade for Human Development (UNDP) Aud. Regina, (14h30) Building Competitiveness (ITC) I Meeting of Trade Points of the Americas (SITE) Off Conference Civil Society Forum Exhibitions and Fairs Introduction and Launching of the UNCTAD Virtual Institute for Trade and Development (17h30 18h00) Round Table on "Promoting Trade for Sustainable Development" (DITC), Intellectual Property Right and Challenges for Development (ICTSD event) (13h00 18h00
FRIDAY 18 JUNE On Conference Off Conference Civil Society Forum Exhibitions and Fairs Bureau Meeting followed by PLENARY Adoption of Report JITAP Meeting (ITC/UNCTAD/WTO) Room D Seminar on International Trade in GMOs (UNCTAD/UNICAMP) I ASYCUDA presentation (UNCTAD) Closing Ceremony
PRE-CONFERENCE EVENTS Date and Time Event Responsible Division/Contact Officers Venue 7 June 2004 Colloquium on Assuring Development Gains from Trade DITC Puri/ Sam Laird 7 June 2004 Multilateral Trade: Brazil and NAFTA AMCHAM Sergio Raposo 7 June 2004 Forum on Export Competitiveness and Dynamic Sectors DITC Sam Laird 7 June 2004 Consultations of Presidents of EXIM Banks for Development of a Finance Institutions Network DITC Lamon Rutten UNCTAD/Inmetro Workshop on Environmental Requirements 7-8 June 2004 and Market Access for Developing Countries Vossenaar/Hoffmann 8 June 2004 Forum on Multilateralism and Regionalism: The New Interface DITC Mashayekhi/Rahman 8-9 June 2004 Managing Risks and Seizing Opportunities for Local Companies in the Oil and Gas Sector 9 June 2004 Forum on Regionalism and South-South Cooperation: The case of MERCOSUR and India DITC Rutten DITC Vossenaar/Jha 8-9 June 2004 ITC for Development Symposium ITC R. Badrinath 9-12 June 2004 ITC Buyers/Sellers meeting ITC R. Badrinath 9 June 2004 Workshop on Cultural Entrepreneurship in Creative Industries Z. Kozul-Wright São Paulo 10-12 June 2004 Seminar on Competition Policy and Development DITC Alvarez/Brusick São Paulo