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Investment Policy MonitorInvestment Policy Monitor

04 December - To provide policy-makers and the international investment community with up-to-date information about the latest developments in national and international foreign investment policies, UNCTAD has issued its new Investment Policy Monitor. More >>


Global Organic Market Access ProjectFAO, IFOAM and UNCTAD launch Global Organic Market Access Project

03 December - Building on the partnership that created and facilitated the International Task Force on Harmonization and Equivalence in Organic Agriculture (ITF) from 2003 to 2008, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) and UNCTAD have launched the Global Organic Market Access (GOMA) project. More >>


Global System of Trade Preferences (GSTP)Developing countries agree to reduce tariffs

02 December - Developing country parties to the Global System of Trade Preferences (GSTP) today met at ministerial level and adopted a decision on "modalities" for slashing tariffs in the trade they carry out with each other. More >>


Global Investment Trends MonitorGlobal Investment Trends Monitor

01 December - To provide an up-to-date assessment of global FDI flows, UNCTAD has launched the Global Investment Trends Monitor. The inaugural issue covers global FDI trends in the second quarter of 2009 and also offers FDI estimates for the third quarters of 2009. More >>


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Events & Meetings
9 November – 7 December 2009
Continúa la capacitación en el puerto de Callao de Perú, Callao, Peru

4 December 2009
Ad hoc Expert Group Meeting on Key Issues in the Evolving System of International Investment Rules, Geneva

7–11 December 2009
Training course for Syrian trade officials on the multilateral trading system and accession to the WTO , Geneva

7–11 December 2009
Atelier de formation sur la mesure de l´économie de l´information pour les pays d´Afrique francophone, Rabat, Morocco

7–9 December 2009
Workshop on Flexibilities in the International Intellectual Property Rules and the Local Production of Pharmaceuticals for the Southern, Central and West African Region, Cape Town, South Africa

7–11 December 2009
Séminaire national de renforcement des capacités locales: Programme sur le Tourisme Electronique, Cotonou, Benin

8–10 December 2009
Multi-year expert meeting on transport and trade facilitation (second session), Geneva

9–11 December 2009
Workshop on Investor-State Dispute Settlement: Issues and challenges for the APEC region, Manila, Philippines

10–11 December 2009
Ad hoc Expert Meeting on Facilitating Access of Small Organic Farmers in Developing Countries to Supermarket Shelves, Geneva

11 December 2009
Ad Hoc Expert Meeting on Transit ports servicing landlocked developing countries (LLDCs), Geneva

12–13 December 2009
Workshop on Promoting Sub-regional Growth-Oriented Trade Policies in Arab Countries, Cairo, Egypt

14–16 December 2009
Multi-year expert meeting on international cooperation: South–South cooperation and regional integration (second session), Geneva

14–15 December 2009
JAG on the International Trade Centre (UNCTAD/WTO), 43rd session, Geneva
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