UNCTAD´s Virtual Institute, the World Trade Organization and the International Trade Centre are organizing a professional development workshop on tools and methods for trade and trade policy analysis for researchers and university teachers from developing countries.

The objective of the workshop is to:

• familiarize participants with sources of data on trade and trade policy;
  
  
• present and train them on methodologies for trade and trade policy analysis;
  
  
• discuss ways of integrating such analyses into university programmes;
  
  
• discuss with policy makers how to present research; and
  
  
• identify areas of research that could be developed using the techniques and data presented in the workshop.