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 A group of 33 students from seven Colombian universities, accompanied by five lecturers, took part in a one-week training programme organized by the Virtual Insitute in Geneva November 12-16. After covering trade and development, trade and environment, and non-tariff barriers in the past three years, the universities requested their fourth Vi study tour to focus on South-South cooperation and regional integration, a topic gaining greater importance in light of the prolonged stalemate of the Doha negotiations. The programme of the tour was designed with support from UNCTAD's Unit for Economic Cooperation and Integration among Developing Countries. |
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| Monday, November 12 |
- The rise of the South: Challenges and opportunities, Alfredo Saad Filho, Special Unit on Economic Cooperation and Integration among Developing Countries, UNCTAD
- The rise of the South: Challenges and opportunities, Manuel Montes, Senior Advisor on Finance and Development,South Centre
- South-South integration: Theory, practice and evidence, Piergiuseppe Fortunato, Special Unit on Economic Cooperation and Integration among Developing Countries, UNCTAD
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| Tuesday, November 13 |
- South-South trade flows, Denise Penello Rial, Division on International Trade in Goods and Services and Commodities, UNCTAD
- South-South RTAs in the WTO context, Nadia Rocha, Economic Research and Statistics Division, WTO
- South-South transfer of technology, Padmashree Gehl Sampath, Division on Technology and Logistics, UNCTAD
- South-South FDI flows, Rashmi Banga, Special Unit on Economic Cooperation and Integration among Developing Countries, UNCTAD
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| Wednesday, November 14 |
- South-South monetary and financial cooperation, Ricardo Gottschalk, Special Unit on Economic Cooperation and Integration among Developing Countries, UNCTAD
- Migration and remittances from a South-South trade perspective, Sophia Twarog, Division on International Trade in Goods and Services and Commodities, UNCTAD
- Regional value chains and production networks, Theresa Carpenter, Graduate Institute, Geneva
- Regional experiences I: Asia, Rashmi Banga, Special Unit on Economic Cooperation and Integration among Developing Countries, UNCTAD
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| Thursday, November 15 |
- Regional experiences II: Latin America, Alfredo Calcagno, Division on Globalization and Development Strategies, UNCTAD
- Regional experiences III: Africa, Bineswaree Bolaky, Division on Africa and LDCs, UNCTAD
- Regional cooperation in transport and trade facilitation, Jan Hoffmann, Division on Technology and Logistics, UNCTAD
- Colombia´s trade policy, Eduardo Muñoz, Ambassador, Mission of Colombia to the WTO
- WTO, Doha negotiations and the role of Colombia, Alfredo Ramos, Deputy Permanent Representative, Mission of Colombia to the WTO
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