Committee on Trade/International Trade Centre jointly organizes a high-level segment on how to increase the participation of transition economies in international trade?
Many countries that transitioned from planned to open economies have succeeded in achieving economic growth. Very few, however, have been able to take full advantage of the opportunities for economic development offered by trade. Even fewer have succeeded in diversifying their economies in order to better ensure long-term, sustainable growth.
This high-level segment aims to support an interactive dialogue between stakeholders from the public and the private sectors on how to enable these countries create the required institutional set-up and conditions for stimulating trade-led development. The results of this dialogue will provide input and guidance to the work of the Committee on Trade during the coming year, including future trade needs assessments and related follow-up activities.
Symbol | Document Title | ENG | FRE | RUS |
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Item 1: Adoption of the Agenda | ||||
ECE/TRADE/C/2012/1 | Annotated provisional agenda | |||
Item 2: Keynote speech | ||||
Item 3: Export and import challenges in countries with economies in transition | ||||
ECE/TRADE/C/2012/2 | Export and import challenges in countries with economies in transition | document will not be issued | ||
Item 4: Focus on Kazakhstan | ||||
ECE/TRADE/C/2012/3 | UNECE/ITC joint trade needs assessment study on Kazakhstan: Summary of major findings | |||
ECE/TRADE/NONE/2012/1 | UNECE/ITC joint trade needs assessment study on Kazakhstan | - | - | |
Item 5: Trade-needs-assessment studies on economies in transition: follow-up and policy implications | ||||
ECE/TRADE/C/2012/4 | UNECE trade-needs assessment study on Belarus: follow-up and policy implications | n.a | n.a | n.a |
ECE/TRADE/NONE/2012/3 | UNECE trade-needs assessment study on Belarus: follow-up and policy implications | - | ||
ECE/TRADE/403 | Regulatory and Procedural Barriers to Trade in Belarus Needs Assessment | - | ||
Item 6: The Committee on Trade strategy for the next biennium and beyond | ||||
ECE/TRADE/C/2012/5 | Committee on Trade strategy for the next biennium and beyond | |||
ECE/TRADE/C/2012/6 | Input to EXCOM 2011-2012 ECE review | |||
ECE/TRADE/NONE/2012/4 | Information requested by EXCOM for the ECE review | - | - | |
Item 7: UNECE review and matters arising | ||||
ECE/TRADE/NONE/2012/2 | Draft Strategic Framework 2014 - 2015: Subprogramme 6: Trade | - | - | |
Item 8: Aid-for-Trade in SPECA and other countries with economies in transition | ||||
ECE/TRADE/C/2012/7 | Report on the Aid-for-Trade Roadmap for SPECA and the Regional AfT Implementation and Monitoring Council | |||
ECE/TRADE/C/2012/8 | Draft Aid-for-Trade Roadmap for SPECA matrices: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan | n.a | n.a | n.a |
ECE/TRADE/NONE/2012/5 | Draft Aid-for-Trade Roadmap for SPECA matrices: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan | - | - | |
ECE/TRADE/C/2012/9 | Draft Aid-for-Trade Roadmap for SPECA matrices: Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Regional work | |||
Item 9: Trade development in countries with economies in transition: recent initiatives and impact | ||||
ECE/TRADE/C/2012/10 | Supporting green growth in countries with economies in transition: recent initiatives and lessons learned | |||
Item 10: Traceability in support of efficient, safe and secure global supply chains | ||||
ECE/TRADE/C/2012/11 | Traceability in support of efficient, safe and secure global supply chains | n.a | n.a | n.a |
ECE/TRADE/NONE/2012/8 | Traceability in support of efficient, safe and secure global supply chains | - | - | |
Item 11: Capacity-building activities | ||||
ECE/TRADE/C/2012/12 | Report on capacity-building activities | |||
ECE/TRADE/C/2012/13 | Cooperation with other organizations | |||
Item 12: Joint UNECE/ITC trade-needs-assessment study on Kazakhstan: issues arising from the joint high-level segment discussions | ||||
Item 13: Programme of work of the Committee on Trade and reports of its subsidiary bodies | ||||
ECE/TRADE/C/2012/14 | Biennial evaluation plan for the Trade Subprogramme for the biennium 2012-2013 | |||
ECE/TRADE/C/2012/15 | Biennial evaluation report for the biennium 2010-2011 | |||
ECE/TRADE/C/WP.6/2011/15 | Report of the Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies on its twenty-first session | |||
ECE/TRADE/C/WP.7/2011/2 | Report of the Working Party on Agricultural Quality Standards on its sixty-seventh session | |||
ECE/TRADE/C/CEFACT/2012/12 | Report of the United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business on its eighteenth session | |||
Item 14: Other business | ||||
Item 15: Adoption of decisions | ||||
Monday, 18 June 2012: Committee on Trade/International Trade Centre | ||
Item 1. Adoption of the agenda | ||
10.00-10.10 |
| Andrei SAVINYKH, Belarus, Chair of the Committee |
Item 2. Keynote speech | ||
10.10-10.30 | Welcome and introduction | Zhanar AITZHANOVA, Minister for Economic Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Special Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan at the WTO Accession Negotiations Jean-Marie PAUGAM, Deputy Executive Director of the International Trade Centre Andrey VASILYEV, |
10.30-10.50 | Keynote speech | Prof. Lauri OJALA, Turku School of Economics, Finland |
Item 3. Export and import challenges in countries with economies in transition | ||
10.50-11.10 | Opening remarks | Ambassador Stephan NELLEN, Embassy of Switzerland to Kazakhstan and Tajikistan (Chair) |
11.10-11.30 | Customs Union of Belarus, Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation | Natalia YACHEISTOVA, Deputy Director of the Department of Trade Policy, Eurasian Economic Commission |
11.30-11.50 | Donor perspective | Jeremy STRAUSS, Senior Economic Policy Specialist USAID/Central Asia |
11.50-12.10 | Private sector perspective | Alexander ELINSON, General Director, NIPK Electron Co., Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation |
12.10-12.30 | United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Aid-for-Trade Wider Europe Initiative | Joern RIEKEN, Team Leader, Aid-for-Trade |
12.30-13.00 | Questions and answers |
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13.00-14.45 | Lunch at the invitation of the Permanent Mission of Kazakhstan, Restaurant des Délégués, 8th floor, Palais des Nations | |
Item 4. Joint ITC-UNECE trade-needs-assessment study on Kazakhstan: major findings and key recommendations | ||
15.00-15.10 | Introductory remarks | Gaukhar Balykbayeva, Chair Center for Trade Policy Development, Ministry of Economic Integration, Kazakhstan |
15.10-15.30 | Priority needs intrade facilitation, regulatory cooperation and agricultural development | Oleg SAMUKHIN, UNECE lead consultant |
15.30-16.00 | Questions and answers |
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16.00-16.30 | Regulatory and procedural barriers to trade | Olga SKOROBOGATOVA, ITC |
16.30-17.00 | Questions and answers |
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Item 5. Trade-needs-assessment studies on economies in transition: follow-up and policy implications | ||
17.00-17.15 | Follow-up on recommendations from UNECE needs assessment study on Belarus | Andrei SAVINYKH, Director, Information Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Belarus |
17.15-17.30 | Update from the UNECE secretariat | Mika VEPSÄLÄINEN, Chief, UNECE Trade Policy and Government Cooperation Section |
17.30-18.00 | Questions and answers |
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Tuesday, 19 June 2012: Committee on Trade, Fifth Session | ||
Item 6. The Committee on Trade strategy for the next biennium and beyond | ||
10.00-10.30 | The Committee on Trade strategy for the next biennium and beyond | Andrei SAVINYKH, Chair, Committee on Trade |
10.30-11.00 | Questions and answers |
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Item 7. UNECE review and matters arising | ||
11.00-11.15 | Progress in the implementation of the Executive Committee Recommendations adopted at the December 2009 meeting | Virginia CRAM-MARTOS, Director, UNECE Trade and Sustainable Land Management Division |
11.15-11.30 | Questions and answers |
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Item 8. Aid-for-Trade in SPECA and other countries with economies in transition | ||
11.30-12.00 | Aid for Trade Roadmap for SPECA and the regional AfT Implementation and Monitoring Council | Ismayil ALAKBAROV, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the United Nations in Geneva |
Item 9. Trade development in countries with economies in transition: recent initiatives and impact | ||
12.00-12.20 | Supporting green growth in countries with economies in transition | Haruka MIKI, CHAdeMO Association in Europe |
12.20-12.40 | Reflections on green growth and trade | Giles CHAPPELL, United Nations Environment Programme |
12.40-13.00 | Questions and answers |
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13.00-15.00 | Lunch | |
Item 10. Traceability in support of efficient, safe and secure global supply chains | ||
15.00-15.20 | Ethical traceability | Prof. Dr. M. KORTHALS, Professor Applied Philosophy Wageningen University, Netherlands (Chair) |
15.20-15.40 | Traceability from the point of view of standardizers and regulators | Victor DRAVITSA, Director, Centre for Systems Identification, Belarus |
15.40-16.00 | Harnessing standardization for improved traceability | Harm-Jan van BURG, Netherlands Tax and Customs Administration, Vice Chair of UN/CEFACT |
16.00-16.30 | Questions and answers |
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Item 11. Capacity-building activities | ||
16.30-16.45 | Update by the secretariat | Tom BUTTERLY, Deputy Director, Trade and Sustainable Land Management Division |
Item 12. Joint UNECE/ITC trade-needs-assessment study on Kazakhstan: issues arising from the high-level segment discussions | ||
16.45-17.00 | Remarks by the secretariat | Virginia CRAM-MARTOS , Director, UNECE Trade and Sustainable Land Management Division |
Item 13. Programme of work of the Committee on Trade and reports of its subsidiary bodies | ||
17.00-17.30 | Updates from the Committee on Trade subsidiary bodies | |
Item 14. Other business | ||
17.30-17.45 | Next session of the Committee on Trade | UNECE secretariat |
Item 15. Adoption of decisions | ||
17.45-18.00 | Review and adoption of decisions |
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