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Second edition of Vi trade and gender online course graduates 77

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Details: Tuesday, 01 March 2016 15:03; Vlasta Macku

Seventy-seven researchers, government officials and civil society representatives, including 47 women, from 44 countries, successfully completed the second edition of the Vi online course on trade and gender, held January 4 to February 21.

Delivered jointly with UNCTAD's Trade, Gender and Development Work Programme, the course was part of a capacity-building project on trade and gender funded by the government of Finland.

Based on Volume 1 of the Vi teaching material on trade and gender, the course used a combination of readers, multimedia lectures, additional readings and tutor support to introduce the concepts and analytical frameworks related to trade and gender, and analyse the impact of trade on women’s well-being and economic empowerment, as well as the effects of gender-based inequalities on countries' trade performance.

Thumbs up for 2015 Vi services, members ask for more

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Details: Friday, 26 February 2016 18:34; System Administrator

Results are in from the online membership satisfaction survey conducted in February. The Vi sought to measure the extent to which capacity-building services offered last year were relevant to the members’ work, studies and professional development.

An overwhelming majority (99%) of the 218 respondents said Vi services were useful in one or more of their professional areas, specifically in their research (35%), teaching (21%), studies (20%), policymaking (15%) and advocacy activities (5%).

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Core Spanish university member students in Geneva for fifth Vi study visit

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Details: Friday, 26 February 2016 10:25; Wen Hu, Eveliina Kauppinen and Susana Olivares

Thirty-five graduate students in the International Economic Law and Policy programme (IELPO) of Spanish core member, Universitat de Barcelona, took part in a half-day training session at UNCTAD February 24, as part of a Vi-organized study visit.

The programme began with a presentation on regulatory divergence and trade agreements by Luisa Rodriguez, of the Division on International Trade in Goods and Services, and Commodities.

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Econometric analysis of commodity issues topic of latest Vi workshop

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Details: Tuesday, 23 February 2016 15:22; Vlasta Macku and Susana Olivares

Twenty-six Togolese lecturers/researchers and PhD students gained new skills in the econometric analysis of commodity-related issues during the first Vi professional development workshop organized for core member, the Université de Lomé, February 8-12.

Funded by Government of Finland and hosted by the university's Faculty of Economics and Management, the training also attracted participants from the Université de Kara, the ministry of economy and finance, the ministry of trade, industry, private sector promotion and tourism, and the Central Bank of West African States.

Janvier Nkurunziza, of UNCTAD's Special Unit on Commodities, delivered the workshop, whose objective was to provide participants with the empirical tools needed to analyze commodity-related issues, and thus strengthen their capacity to design better informed economic policies in this area.

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Senegalese university latest Vi member

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Details: Thursday, 18 February 2016 15:41; Vlasta Macku

Senegal's Institut Africain des Politiques Commerciales - IAPC (African Trade Policy Institute) joined the Virtual Institute today.

Established in 2013, IAPC is the third academic institution to represent Senegal in UNCTAD’s programme for academic cooperation. Its objective is to prepare a critical mass of professionals in the area of trade negotiations equipped to help the country and the region use trade as a tool for development.

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