Fourth session of the Committee on Trade

14 June 2011

10:00 - 10:10

1

Adoption of the agenda

A

Joint Committee on Trade and UNDP high-level segment: achievements and challenges for trade and development in South Caucasus and Western CIS

10:10 - 13:00

2

Aid-for-Trade priorities in the South Caucasus and
Western CIS: evidence from national needs
assessment studies

13:00 - 14:00

Informal Session: World Bank Logistics Performance Index and the Doing Business Indicators

3

Focus on Belarus

15:00 - 16:50

3.1

Assessments of Belarusian trade development and Aid-for-Trade priorities

16:50 - 18:00

3.2

Round Table on emerging opportunities and challenges for trade development in Belarus

15 June 2011

B

General Segment

4

Renewed Committee on Trade

10:00 - 10:30

4.1

Progress in the implementation of the Executive Committee Recommendations adopted at the December 2009 meeting

10:45 - 11:15

4.2

Aid-for-Trade in SPECA and other countries with economies in transition

Mr. Ismayil Alakbarov, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the United Nations Office in Geneva

Ms. Virginia Cram-Martos, Director, Trade and Sustainable Land Management Division

5

Trade needs assessments

11:15 - 11:30

5.1

Belarus trade needs assessment: issues arising from the joint Committee on Trade-UNDP high-level segment discussions
Mr. Malcolm McKinnon, Acting Secretary to the Committee on Trade

11:30 - 11:55

5.2

World Bank Trade Performance Indicators: Implications for Countries with Economies in Transition
Mr. Souleyeman Coulybali, World Bank, Sr. Economist, South Caucasus and Central Asia Country Unit, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network

11:55 - 12:15

5.3

Other trade needs assessments
Mr. Souleyeman Coulybali, World Bank, Sr. Economist, South Caucasus and Central Asia Country Unit, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network

12:15 - 13:00

6

UNECE trade review

Euro-Asian Transport Links and Border Crossing Facilitation
Ms. Eva Molnar, Director of Transport Division, UNECE

Public-Private Partnerships
Mr. Tony Bonnici, UNECE

Innovation Reviews
Mr. Jose Palacin, UNECE

Energy Efficiency
Mr. Oleg Dzioubinski, UNECE

Globalization and Economic Statistics
Mr. Rami Peltola

Business environments for female entrepreneurs
Ms. Mlinka Koporanova, UNECE

7

Subsidiary-body reports

15:00 - 15:30

7.1

Trade facilitation and electronic business
Mr. Stuart Feder, Chairperson, UN/CEFACT

15:30 - 16:00

7.2

Regulatory cooperation and standardization policies
Mr. Christer Arvius, Chairperson, WP.6

16:00 - 16:30

7.3

Commercial agricultural quality standards

16:30 - 16:45

8

Review of capacity-building activities
Mr. Mario Apostolov, Regional Advisor, UNECE

16:45 - 17:15

9

Programme of work
Mr. Malcolm McKinnon, Acting Secretary to the Committee on Trade

17:15 - 17:30

10

Election of officers

17:30 - 17:45

11

Other Business

17:45 - 18:00

12

Adoption of decisions

10:00 - 10:10

Adoption of the agenda

10:10 - 10:20

Welcome and introduction

Mr. Ján Kubiš
Executive Secretary, UNECE
Ms. Cécile Molinier
Director, UNDP Office in Geneva

10:20 - 10:40

Republic of Moldova

Mr. Eugeniu Hristev
UNDP consultant, lead author,
AfT needs assessment-Moldova

10:40 - 11:00

Ukraine

Mr. Igor Burakovsky
UNDP consultant, lead author,
AfT needs assessment-Ukraine

11:00 - 11:20

Questions and Answers

11:20 - 11:40

Armenia

Mr. Vrej Jijyan
Portfolio Analyst, UNDP Europe and CIS

11:40 - 12:00

Georgia

Mr. Michael Tokmazishvili
UNDP consultant, lead author, AfT needs assessment-Georgia

12:00 - 12:20

Questions and Answers

12:20 - 12:40

Emerging opportunities and challenges for trade development in the South Caucasus and Western CIS

Mr. Souleyeman Coulybali,
World Bank, Sr. Economist, South Caucasus and Central Asia Country Unit, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network

12:40 -13:00

Questions and Answers

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch

14:00 - 15:00

Informal session ^{This session is in English only}
World Bank Logistics Performance Index indicators and the Doing Business indicators
What do past indicators for UNECE transition economies tell us? How can countries better ensure an accurate reflection of their situation?

15:00 - 15:20

Aid-for-Trade priority needs

Ms. Irina Tochitskaya
UNDP consultant, lead author, AfT needs assessment-Belarus

15:20 - 15:40

Trade facilitation needs

Mr. Sergey Mazol
UNECE Consultant based in Minsk , Trade Facilitation

15:40 -16:00

Regulatory cooperation, conformity assessment and quality assurance needs

Mr. Valentin Nikonov
UNECE Consultant, Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policy

16:00 - 16:30

Questions and Answers

16:30 - 16:50

Coffee Break

16:50 - 17:10

Present and future trade development pans

Mr. Andrei Savinykh
Office of the Prime Minister

17:10 - 17:25

Questions and Answers

17:25 - 18:00

Open Discussion - Perspectives from major trading partners and the private sector

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