The Virtual Institute organized a two-week study tour for 18 students of the professional Masters program in International Trade from the University of Dar-es-Salaam in Tanzania. The tour, held February 15-26, offered a tailored program covering a cour …

Virtual Institute member, the University of Jordan (UOJ), held an international conference on Economic Regulation and Competition Policy for Development: Practices and Challenges, January 27-28. The conference was attended by a host of academics and …

Argentinian Sebastián Cutrona (pictured, left) and Colombian Pablo Moreno are the latest Latin American members to complete four-week research fellowships (January 11 - February 5) at the Virtual Institute. "We welcome the possibility, thanks to …

The Virtual Institute organized two brief study tours on November 23 for 65 Master's students from member universities in Switzerland and Spain. Thirty (30) students from the International Law and Economics (MILE) programme of the World Trade I …

A presentation on the UNCTAD World Investment Report 2009 took place on Wednesday, February 10. This is the second event this year that the Universidad Pontificia Católica del Perú (PUCP) has organized in collaboration with the UNCTAD Virtual Instit …

Virtual Institute member Laura da Costa Ferré, of Universidad de la República in Uruguay (UdelaR), reports great news. Not only did she successfully complete her Master's degree, but she also received an international award for her research work. …

Swiss Vi member, the World Trade Institute (WTI) of the University of Bern, is offering one Vi member a scholarship to take part in this year's edition of its Masters of International Law and Economics. The 34-week programme takes a multid …

The Virtual Institute organized a national workshop on trade data analysis tools for 25 participants from eight Peruvian academic institutions January 25-29. Led by Marco Fugazza, of UNCTAD's Division on International Trade in Goods and Se …

The University of Jordan joined UNCTAD's Ugo Panizza for a presentation of the Trade and Development Report 2009 on December 15. Professors, students, representatives from the private sector, the chamber of commerce, and the chamber of in …

Following last year's successful cooperation with Uruguayan Vi member coordinator, Marcel Vaillant, whose research was featured in the 2009 Information Economy Report, UNCTAD invites members of the Virtual Institute to submit contributions that cou …

On December 3 and 4 a workshop on “Regional Integration and Cooperation in Latin America” took place in Montevideo, while a twin event was held in Lima on the 7th of the same month. The two workshops have been organized by the Virtual institu …

The Virtual Institute and Colombian member, EAFIT University, organized a workshop and round table discussion on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Latin America November 19 in Medellin, Colombia. Based on a joint project sponsored by the Gov …

Three Russian Vi member universities, the Higher School of Economics of the Moscow University (HSE), the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), and the St. Petersburg State University (SPSU), joined Heiner Flassbeck, Director of UNCTAD …

In one of this year's largest videoconferences, Ralf Krüger, of UNCTAD's Division on Investment and Enterprise, presented the findings of the Word Investment Report (WIR) 2009 to about 60 professors, students, and guests of three Russian Vi universit …

Following the successful videoconference presentation of the Trade and Development Report (TDR) 2009 for Brazil, UNCTAD's Alfredo Calcagno again joined the Virtual Institute (Vi) on 23 November to share the report with the Chilean Vi core member, the …

In a videoconference between the Virtual Institute (Vi) and its Brazilian core member, the University of Campinas (UNICAMP), on 12 November, UNCTAD's Alfredo Calcagno presented the findings of the Trade and Development Report (TDR) 2009 to an interested a …

EAFIT University's Virtual Institute member coordinator, Sascha Fuerst (pictured, right), has handed over the reins of the Colombian network to Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez, head of EAFIT's international business department.and director of its research …

UNCTAD's videoconference presentation of the Information Economy Report (IER) 2009 sparked great interest among the Uruguayan government, business representatives, journalists, professors, and students. The conference between the Vi and its Uruguayan cor …

We are glad to inform you that our department of World Economy, Faculty of Economics, St. Petersburg State University, is launching a semester program, "Russia in Global Political and Economic Arena," taught in English. The program consists …

The Virtual Institute's Latin American joint project on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), funded by the Government of Spain, will present its findings on November 19 at a workshop co-organized with Vi Colombian member, EAFIT University. Researchers …

The Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade Law, Policy and Services (SRC) of the University of the West Indies, in an effort to include more international students in its programmes, is inviting interested persons to apply for its Master's Degree …

The global launch of this year's Information Economy Report (IER) on 22 October 2009 included activities in several developing and developed countries, among them a presentation hosted by Vi core university member, Pontificia Universidad Católica d …

The School of International Relations in Iran will hold two international conferences during the first trimester of 2010. The First International Conference on Services Export is scheduled for February 16-17, and the Second International Conference on Re …

The University of Sao Paulo (USP) has become the Vi's 20th affiliate member and the fourth from Brazil, along with core member, the University of Campinas (UNICAMP), and current affiliates, the Federal University of Viçosa, and the Federal Universi …

The World Trade Institute (WTI) and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) are pleased to inform you that registration is now open for the e-Learning course on “Preparing and Conducting Services Negotiations”, which wi …

Long-time Vi supporter, the Governement of Finland, has again this year allocated funds to help provide capacity-building services to members from Least Developed Countries. Even as the financial crisis has shrunk many countries' development funding budg …

The Vi and Spain's Fundación Centro de Educación a Distancia para el Desarrollo Económico y Tecnológico (CEDDET) have agreed to collaborate on a pilot activity to develop and deliver an English version of the course "Instr …

The Vi project "Economic capacity building in African Least Developed Countries (LDCs): How academia can support policymaking in the oil/gas and minerals sectors," funded by a donation of more than USD 200,000 from the Ministry of Foreign Affair …

The Virtual Institute workshop organized for the University of Dar es Salaam September 2-8 on the "Empirics of Trade" counted with the participation of 30 junior and senior researchers, teaching staff and students. UNCTAD expert, Marco Fugazza, …

Having designated Dakar as one of the cities to participate in the global launch of this year's World Investment Report, UNCTAD chose long-time Vi member, Malick Sané, of Cheikh Anta Diop University, to lead the presentation in his country. " …