BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6af37c013557a DTSTART:20180205T080000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20180205T080000Z LOCATION:Addis Ababa\, Ethiopia SUMMARY:Capacity Building Workshop for AUC Delegates at the Fifth Meeting o f the African Continental Free Trade Area Technical Working Group on Rules of Origin CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:​BackgroundThe Capacity Building Workshop addressed the centr al and most sensitive elements of the African Continental Free Trade Area for the African Union Commission (AUC)\, i.e.\, Rules of Origin (RoO). In addition to providing intensive\, advanced training\, the technical tools developed by the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) and Technical Assista nce Section of the UNCTAD Division for Africa\, Least Developed Countries and Special Programmes\, based on utilization rates and an input output ma trix\, were used to illustrate to the participants how to draft RoO.Object iveThe objective of the training was to prepare AUC delegates ahead of the 5th meeting of the Technical Working Group on Rules of Origin (TWG) aimin g at concluding the drafting of the text of Annex 2 on Product-Specific Ru les of Origin. The meeting was attended by delegates from Algeria\, Benin \, Botswana\, Burkina Faso\, Cameroon\, Chad\, Democratic Republic of Cong o\, Egypt\, Ethiopia\, The Gambia\, Ghana\, Kenya\, Lesotho\, Malawi\, Mau ritania\, Mauritius\, Morocco\, Mozambique\, Namibia\, Nigeria\, Rwanda\, Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic\, Senegal\, Seychelles\, South Africa\, Sudan\, Uganda\, United Republic of Tanzania\, Togo\, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The meeting was also attended by officials from the African Union Commiss ion (AUC)\, Arab Magreb Union (AMU)\, the Common Market for Eastern and So uthern Africa (COMESA)\, and the East African Community (EAC)\, as well as the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).Following the s uccessful event\, and given the complexity of RoO\, and the overall level of expertise of the participants\, further technical training to support t he negotiation process will be conducted throughout the year.The Workshop and technical assistance were delivered in both English and French. Simult aneous translation was available during formal sessions in Arabic\, Englis h\, French\, and Portuguese.<\;p style="\;margin-right:0px\;"\; dir="\;ltr\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/c apacity-building-workshop-auc-delegates-fifth-meeting-african-continental- free-trade-area DTSTAMP:20261110T201809Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6af37c01355aa DTSTART:20180206T080000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20180206T080000Z LOCATION:Addis Ababa\, Ethiopia SUMMARY:Capacity Building Workshop for AUC Delegates at the Fifth Meeting o f the African Continental Free Trade Area Technical Working Group on Rules of Origin CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:​BackgroundThe Capacity Building Workshop addressed the centr al and most sensitive elements of the African Continental Free Trade Area for the African Union Commission (AUC)\, i.e.\, Rules of Origin (RoO). In addition to providing intensive\, advanced training\, the technical tools developed by the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) and Technical Assista nce Section of the UNCTAD Division for Africa\, Least Developed Countries and Special Programmes\, based on utilization rates and an input output ma trix\, were used to illustrate to the participants how to draft RoO.Object iveThe objective of the training was to prepare AUC delegates ahead of the 5th meeting of the Technical Working Group on Rules of Origin (TWG) aimin g at concluding the drafting of the text of Annex 2 on Product-Specific Ru les of Origin. The meeting was attended by delegates from Algeria\, Benin \, Botswana\, Burkina Faso\, Cameroon\, Chad\, Democratic Republic of Cong o\, Egypt\, Ethiopia\, The Gambia\, Ghana\, Kenya\, Lesotho\, Malawi\, Mau ritania\, Mauritius\, Morocco\, Mozambique\, Namibia\, Nigeria\, Rwanda\, Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic\, Senegal\, Seychelles\, South Africa\, Sudan\, Uganda\, United Republic of Tanzania\, Togo\, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The meeting was also attended by officials from the African Union Commiss ion (AUC)\, Arab Magreb Union (AMU)\, the Common Market for Eastern and So uthern Africa (COMESA)\, and the East African Community (EAC)\, as well as the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).Following the s uccessful event\, and given the complexity of RoO\, and the overall level of expertise of the participants\, further technical training to support t he negotiation process will be conducted throughout the year.The Workshop and technical assistance were delivered in both English and French. Simult aneous translation was available during formal sessions in Arabic\, Englis h\, French\, and Portuguese.<\;p style="\;margin-right:0px\;"\; dir="\;ltr\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/c apacity-building-workshop-auc-delegates-fifth-meeting-african-continental- free-trade-area DTSTAMP:20261110T201809Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6af37c01355b0 DTSTART:20180207T080000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20180207T080000Z LOCATION:Addis Ababa\, Ethiopia SUMMARY:Capacity Building Workshop for AUC Delegates at the Fifth Meeting o f the African Continental Free Trade Area Technical Working Group on Rules of Origin CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:​BackgroundThe Capacity Building Workshop addressed the centr al and most sensitive elements of the African Continental Free Trade Area for the African Union Commission (AUC)\, i.e.\, Rules of Origin (RoO). In addition to providing intensive\, advanced training\, the technical tools developed by the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) and Technical Assista nce Section of the UNCTAD Division for Africa\, Least Developed Countries and Special Programmes\, based on utilization rates and an input output ma trix\, were used to illustrate to the participants how to draft RoO.Object iveThe objective of the training was to prepare AUC delegates ahead of the 5th meeting of the Technical Working Group on Rules of Origin (TWG) aimin g at concluding the drafting of the text of Annex 2 on Product-Specific Ru les of Origin. The meeting was attended by delegates from Algeria\, Benin \, Botswana\, Burkina Faso\, Cameroon\, Chad\, Democratic Republic of Cong o\, Egypt\, Ethiopia\, The Gambia\, Ghana\, Kenya\, Lesotho\, Malawi\, Mau ritania\, Mauritius\, Morocco\, Mozambique\, Namibia\, Nigeria\, Rwanda\, Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic\, Senegal\, Seychelles\, South Africa\, Sudan\, Uganda\, United Republic of Tanzania\, Togo\, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The meeting was also attended by officials from the African Union Commiss ion (AUC)\, Arab Magreb Union (AMU)\, the Common Market for Eastern and So uthern Africa (COMESA)\, and the East African Community (EAC)\, as well as the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).Following the s uccessful event\, and given the complexity of RoO\, and the overall level of expertise of the participants\, further technical training to support t he negotiation process will be conducted throughout the year.The Workshop and technical assistance were delivered in both English and French. Simult aneous translation was available during formal sessions in Arabic\, Englis h\, French\, and Portuguese.<\;p style="\;margin-right:0px\;"\; dir="\;ltr\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/c apacity-building-workshop-auc-delegates-fifth-meeting-african-continental- free-trade-area DTSTAMP:20261110T201809Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR