UNCTAD expert contributes to Vi Russian member's international conference
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- Susana Olivares
The World Economy Department of Virtual Institute affiliate member, Saint Petersburg State University (SPSU), held an international conference on the topic of the "Evolution of International Trading System: Prospects and challenges" October 20. The conference brought together about 100 participants from the Russian Federation and eight other countries.
The UNCTAD Secretariat was represented by Kalman Kalotay, of the Division on Investment and Enterprise. In addition to a keynote speaker, Kalotay was co-moderator of the "Foreign direct investments and multinational enterprises" session.
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The seventh annual Vi study tour for Chinese member universities, held October 10-14, offered 37 students from the University of International Business and Economics, and the Central University of Finance and Economics, a one-week training programme on trade-related topics.
An audience of 67 lecturers and students from Vi Russian members, St. Petersburg State University and the North-West Institute of Management, joined UNCTAD for a videoconference presentation of the World Investment Report (WIR) 2016 October 12.
Twenty-five students and lecturers from Vi Colombian core university member, Universidad EAFIT, joined a videoconference discussion on the industrialization possibilities for emerging economies October 10.
Academics, policymakers and representatives of civil society in developing countries and countries with transition economies involved in research, teaching, policy formulation and implementation, or field work in the area of trade and gender, are invited to apply for participation in the third edition of the Vi online course on trade and gender.
