Proposed Date

Meeting/Seminar

Agenda

29-30 January

IF Agency Joint Seminar, "Mainstreaming Trade into Country Development Strategies: Perspectives of LDCs"

Concept of mainstreaming; operational steps, core issues, country experiences and best practices. 

12-13 February 

23^rd Session of the Sub-Committee on LDCs

Report of Mainstreaming Seminar; Market Access; Integrated Framework; Contributions to LDC-III. 

17-18 April

24^th Session of the Sub-Committee on LDCs

Contributions to LDC-III; Market Access; Integrated Framework. 

April

Regional Seminar on the Agreement on Customs Valuation

LDCs' Implementation

14-20 May

Third United Nations Conference on LDCs (LDC-III), Brussels

Thematic session on International Trade; Business Sector Round Table organised by ITC.

June

Regional Seminar on the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)

Obligations, rights and opportunities

20-21 July

25^th Session of the Sub-Committee on LDCs

Report on LDC-III; Report on Seminars

24 September

26^th Session of the Sub-Committee on LDCs

Integrated Framework; Follow-up to LDC-III

24 September

  - 12 October

4^th Short Trade Policy Course for LDCs

Training of LDC participants

27-28 November

27^th Session of the Sub-Committee on LDCs

Integrated Framework; Technical Assistance Programme for LDCs; Programme of Work for 2002.