Last update: 14 February 2007

Palais des Nations - Room XXVI

	Morning 10:00 - 13:00	Afternoon 15:00 - 18:00
	Opening plenary   Item 1: Election of officers   Item 2: Adoption of the agenda and organizatio of work   Opening Statements	1st informal meeting   Item 8: Other Business - Building skills and knowledge for trade in developing countries Introduction by the secretariat Report of the Ad Hoc Expert Meeting on Building Skills in Developing Countries: Training, Networking and ICTs, presented by the Chairperson, H.E. Mr. Samuel Amehou, Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Benin Discussion/debate on the issues raised by the Report Followed by Item 6: Implementation of agreed conclusions and recommendations of the 10th session of the Commission Introduction by the secretariat Questions and discussion   18:00 hrs. Cocktail reception
	2nd informal meeting   Item 3: Improving the competitiveness of SMEs through enhancing productive capacity "Global Value Chains for Building National Productive Capacities" Introduction by the secretariat: "The influence of regional integration on small- and medium-sized enterprises development" Keynote speaker address by Mr. Federico Poli, Deputy Director for Economic Affairs, Iberoamerican Secretariat Panellists: Mr. Krishan Kumar Modi, Chairman, Modi Enterprises, India Ms. Malvina Segui, Director, Banco de la Nación Argentina Mr. Germán Ríos, Coordinator, Andean Competitiveness Programme, Andean Development Corporation Mr. Marc Defossé, Director, European and International Affairs, BASF-Germany, Ms. Marie-Florence Estimé, Deputy Director, Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs & Local Development (CFE), OECD Followed by Questions and discussion	3rd informal meeting   Item 3: (continued) Report of the Expert Meeting on Building Productive Capacities, presented by the Chairperson, H.E. Mrs. Sarala M. Fernando, Ambassador, Mission of Sri Lanka Report of the Expert Meeting on Best Practices and Policy Options in the Promotion of TNC-SME Linkages, presented by the Chairperson, Mr. Frederik Arthur, Counsellor, Mission of Norway Other speakers: Mr. Roberto Smith-Gillespie, Chief, IPSMS, International Trade Centre (ITC) Mr. Federico Bonaglia, Economist, OECD Development Centre Mr. Jan Roodenburg, Senior Vice President, Supplier Development and Sustainability, Philips International B.V. Followed by Questions and discussion Followed by Item 8: Other Business (continued) Discussion of outcome of Item 8
	4th informal meeting   Item 4: Efficient transport and trade facilitation to improve participation by developing countries in international trade Introduction by the secretariat Report of the Expert Meeting on ICT Solutions to Facilitate Trade at Border Crossings and Ports, presented by the Vice-Chairperson, Mr. Emmanuel Farcot, Counsellor, Economic Affairs and Development, Permanent Mission of France Questions and discussion Keynote speakers: Mr. Matthias Meyer, Executive Director, Praximondo Mr. Jean Acri and Mr. Peter Krausz, International Road Union (IRU), on the subject of "Recent developments in International Trade and Transport Facilitation with specific focus on transit related issues" Questions and discussion	5th informal meeting   Item 4: (Continued)   Presentation by the Secretariat on institutional cooperation and partnerships in the area of trade and transport facilitation Questions and discussion Followed by Item 3: (continued) Discussion of outcome of Item 3
	6th informal meeting   Item 5: ICT and E-Business for Development Introduction by the secretariat Keynote address by Prof. Danny Quah, London School of Economics and Political Science, on the subject of "ICT for Development and Innovation" Report of the Expert Meeting in support of the implementation and follow-up of WSIS: Using ICTs to achieve growth and development, presented by the Chairperson, Mr. Jaya Ratnam, Deputy Permanent Representative of Singapore to the United Nations, Geneva Panel discussion on ICT for development policies, WSIS implementation and follow-up Panelists: Ms Nagwa El-Shenawy, Director Strategic Planning Dep., Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Arab Republic of Egypt: ICT Policies in Egypt Mr. Charles Geiger, Special Advisor, Science and Technology, UNCTAD, former Executive Director WSIS: ICT for Development in the context of WSIS implementation and follow-up UNCTAD secretariat: ICT policy evaluation and the role of ICT measurement	7th informal meeting   Item 5: (continued) Mr. Sarbuland Khan, Executive Coordinator of the UN Global Alliance for ICT and Development (confirmed - by videolink from New-York) : Forthcoming challenges in ICT for Development Questions and discussion Followed by Item 4: (continued) Discussion of outcome of Item 4
	8th informal meeting   Item 5: (continued) Discussion of outcome of Item 5 Followed by Closing Plenary Item 7: Provisional Agenda for the twelfth session of the Commission   Followed by Item 9: Adoption of the report of the Commission to the Trade and Development Board	Closing Plenary (continued)   [If necessary, the closing plenary could spill over to the afternoon]