Vi member hosts Colombian launch of UNCTAD flagship publication
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Colombian member EAFIT University, along with Vi’s 10 Colombian affiliate universities, will join Geneva experts and country representatives at the national launch of UNCTAD’s Trade and Development Report 2007. The event will be held via videoconference on November 7.
EAFIT will make the conference available to the public through a webcast beginning at 10 a.m. Colombian time (4 p.m. Geneva). To watch the event, visit http://envivo.eafit.edu.co.
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This year's WIR from UNCTAD focuses on the role of transnational corporations (TNCs) in the extraction of oil, gas, and metal minerals. It emphasises the need for coherent and well-designed host country policies that involve all stakeholders in order to maximize development gains from such industries.
Vi coordinator at the Belarus State Economic University (BSEU), Alena Petrushkevich, attended the first regional course on international investment agreements (IIAs) and investment disputes for transition economies held in Minsk, 16-25 July 2007.
Former Venezuelan trade negotiator Manuela Tortora, now Chief of UNCTAD's Technical Cooperation Service, will address the IV Congress of International Business, sponsored by Vi university member EAFIT (Colombia) on August 16 and 17 in Medellín.
Following last year's report, which highlighted the role of productive capacities for economic and social development, the 2007 report looks more closely at selected capacities, including: knowledge accumulation, technological learning and the ability to innovate.
