BIENNIAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING
PLAN
2018–19
Table of
Contents
ACRONYMS. 3
1 Executive Summary. 4
2 Introduction.. 5
3 future directions from
the TA Plan 2016-17 and the external evaluation.. 5
3.1 Key Achievements of the TA Plan 2016-17. 5
3.2 Lessons from the TA Plan 2016-17. 6
3.3 Recommendations by the External
Evaluation and Management Response. 7
3.3.1 TA and gender issues. 8
3.3.2 Language Mix. 9
3.3.3 Assessment of the Advanced Trade Policy
Course. 10
3.3.4 Fee-paying Training Scheme. 10
3.3.5 Follow-up to Trade Policy Reviews. 11
4 Technical Assistance
Priorities. 11
5 StrategiC Approach for
technical assistance in 2018-19. 14
5.1 Managing for Results Strategy. 14
5.2 Progressive Learning Strategy. 15
5.3 Implementation of WTO Agreements. 17
5.4 Use of e-Learning. 17
5.5 Use of appropriate pedagogical methods. 17
5.6 Use of partnerships. 18
6 Expected technical
assistance Key Results. 19
6.1 Key Result 1: Government officials are
implementing WTO Agreements and making full use of Members' rights. 20
6.1.1 Output 1.1: Enhanced Knowledge of WTO
Agreements, policy formulation and negotiations 21
6.1.2 Output 1.2: Establishment of effective
partnerships. 25
6.1.3 Output 1.3: Members' needs and
priorities identified annually. 25
6.1.4 Output 1.4: WTO data accessed and used
by Members. 25
6.2 Key Result 2: Acceding governments are
participating in accession negotiations. 26
6.3 Key Result 3: Academic institutions and
other stakeholders are analysing WTO issues and reaching out to policy makers. 27
6.4 Key result 4: Non-governmental
stakeholders and legislators are aware of and knowledgeable about WTO work and
issues. 29
7 FUNDING.. 30
7.1 Regular Budget for TA. 31
7.2 Extra-budgetary funds for TA. 32
annex 1. WTO TRTA LOGFRAME 2018-19. 33
ANNEX 2. ACTIVITY MATRIX. 39