The Universidad de Chile's International Strategy and Trade Policy diploma, now in its third year, will take place July 13 to November 30 in Santiago.

Tailored to the needs of professionals and executives in the public and private sectors, the programme (in Spanish) also addresses pre- and post-graduate students interested in international trade.

I would like to thank you for the comprehensive and very useful video-material of Heiner Flassbeck, Director of UNCTAD's Division on Globalization and Development Strategies, "Understanding the global economic crisis."

Together with my students I have organized a workshop, watched and discussed the materials of the video. Below are the comments of my students.

Another Colombian university, the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, has become the 18th affiliate university member of the Vi network.

Thirty eight students from three Russian universities took part in a Vi tailor-made study tour designed to complement their academic studies with exposure to the negotiation process and the workings of trade and development international organizations March 23-27.

The University of Barcelona is again this year offering scholarships for Vi members interested in participating in its Master of Laws in International Economic Law and Policy, which begins in September.