BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6af595945f7a5 DTSTART:20190325T020000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20190325T020000Z LOCATION:Luanda\, Angola SUMMARY:National workshop on trade in services CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Under the commercial diplomacy subcomponent of the Angola proje ct\, activities are planned to seek to strengthen human\, institutional an d policy-making capacities to support the analysis\, formulation and imple mentation of national trade in services policy frameworks as well as effec tive participation in multilateral\, regional and sub-regional trade negot iations and agreements conducive to economic\, human and social developmen t and poverty alleviation in Angola.Specifically tailored training will be provided to ensure that Angola reaps the benefits and successfully addres ses the challenges associated with trade in parallel negotiations in the S outhern African Development Community (SADC)\, in the Tripartite (COMESA\, EAC\, SADC) Free Trade Area\, between SADC and the EU under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)\, in the context of the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA)\, and under the World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements.Obj ectives of the workshopThe main goal of the workshop is to provide trainin g to Angolan services negotiators and line ministries to enable them to en gage effectively in multilateral and regional negotiations on trade in ser vices. The workshop will consolidate knowledge on the key concepts and leg al obligations under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)\, t he SADC Protocol on Trade in Services\, and the Protocol on Trade in Servi ces under the Agreement Establishing the AfCFTA\, with particular emphasis on the scheduling of specific commitments. Throughout the seminar\, time will be set aside to allow participants to ask questions and to provide co mments. The activity aims to achieve the following objectives:Increase par ticipants'\; understanding of main services concepts in multilateral a nd regional instrumentsEnhance participants'\; knowledge of scheduling techniques and technical aspects thereof\, including through practical ex ercises focusing on the interpretation and drafting of schedules of specif ic commitments.Collect information on Angola'\;s applied regime\, to e nable negotiators to prepare services offers in the context of services ne gotiations.The training is expected to be helpful to Angolan officials inv olved in the services negotiations to prepare services offers\, particular ly in the context of SADC\, where Angola plans to submit its offer before April 2019.<\;p>\;Under the commercial diplomacy subcomponent of the A ngola project\, activities are planned to seek to strengthen human\, insti tutional and policy-making capacities to support the analysis\, formulatio n and implementation of national trade in services policy frameworks as we ll as effective participation in multilateral\, regional and sub-regional trade negotiations and agreements conducive to economic\, human and social development and poverty alleviation in Angola.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;Spec ifically tailored training will be provided to ensure that Angola reaps th e benefits and successfully addresses the challenges associated with trade in parallel negotiations in the Southern African Development Community (S ADC)\, in the Tripartite (COMESA\, EAC\, SADC) Free Trade Area\, between S ADC and the EU under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)\, in the con text of the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA)\, and under the World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;<\;strong>\;Obje ctives of the workshop<\;/strong>\;<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;The main goa l of the workshop is to provide training to Angolan services negotiators a nd line ministries to enable them to engage effectively in multilateral an d regional negotiations on trade in services. The workshop will consolidat e knowledge on the key concepts and legal obligations under the General Ag reement on Trade in Services (GATS)\, the SADC Protocol on Trade in Servic es\, and the Protocol on Trade in Services under the Agreement Establishin g the AfCFTA\, with particular emphasis on the scheduling of specific comm itments. Throughout the seminar\, time will be set aside to allow particip ants to ask questions and to provide comments. The activity aims to achiev e the following objectives&\;#58\;<\;/p>\;<\;ul>\;<\;li>\;I ncrease participants'\; understanding of main services concepts in mul tilateral and regional instruments<\;/li>\;<\;li>\;Enhance partici pants'\; knowledge of scheduling techniques and technical aspects ther eof\, including through practical exercises focusing on the interpretation and drafting of schedules of specific commitments.<\;/li>\;<\;li> \;Collect information on Angola'\;s applied regime\, to enable negotia tors to prepare services offers in the context of services negotiations.&l t\;/li>\;<\;/ul>\;<\;p>\;The training is expected to be helpful to Angolan officials involved in the services negotiations to prepare serv ices offers\, particularly in the context of SADC\, where Angola plans to submit its offer before April 2019.<\;/p>\;\n\nView meeting on unctad. org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/national-workshop-trade-services DTSTAMP:20261112T103148Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6af595945f7e3 DTSTART:20190326T020000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20190326T020000Z LOCATION:Luanda\, Angola SUMMARY:National workshop on trade in services CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Under the commercial diplomacy subcomponent of the Angola proje ct\, activities are planned to seek to strengthen human\, institutional an d policy-making capacities to support the analysis\, formulation and imple mentation of national trade in services policy frameworks as well as effec tive participation in multilateral\, regional and sub-regional trade negot iations and agreements conducive to economic\, human and social developmen t and poverty alleviation in Angola.Specifically tailored training will be provided to ensure that Angola reaps the benefits and successfully addres ses the challenges associated with trade in parallel negotiations in the S outhern African Development Community (SADC)\, in the Tripartite (COMESA\, EAC\, SADC) Free Trade Area\, between SADC and the EU under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)\, in the context of the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA)\, and under the World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements.Obj ectives of the workshopThe main goal of the workshop is to provide trainin g to Angolan services negotiators and line ministries to enable them to en gage effectively in multilateral and regional negotiations on trade in ser vices. The workshop will consolidate knowledge on the key concepts and leg al obligations under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)\, t he SADC Protocol on Trade in Services\, and the Protocol on Trade in Servi ces under the Agreement Establishing the AfCFTA\, with particular emphasis on the scheduling of specific commitments. Throughout the seminar\, time will be set aside to allow participants to ask questions and to provide co mments. The activity aims to achieve the following objectives:Increase par ticipants'\; understanding of main services concepts in multilateral a nd regional instrumentsEnhance participants'\; knowledge of scheduling techniques and technical aspects thereof\, including through practical ex ercises focusing on the interpretation and drafting of schedules of specif ic commitments.Collect information on Angola'\;s applied regime\, to e nable negotiators to prepare services offers in the context of services ne gotiations.The training is expected to be helpful to Angolan officials inv olved in the services negotiations to prepare services offers\, particular ly in the context of SADC\, where Angola plans to submit its offer before April 2019.<\;p>\;Under the commercial diplomacy subcomponent of the A ngola project\, activities are planned to seek to strengthen human\, insti tutional and policy-making capacities to support the analysis\, formulatio n and implementation of national trade in services policy frameworks as we ll as effective participation in multilateral\, regional and sub-regional trade negotiations and agreements conducive to economic\, human and social development and poverty alleviation in Angola.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;Spec ifically tailored training will be provided to ensure that Angola reaps th e benefits and successfully addresses the challenges associated with trade in parallel negotiations in the Southern African Development Community (S ADC)\, in the Tripartite (COMESA\, EAC\, SADC) Free Trade Area\, between S ADC and the EU under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)\, in the con text of the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA)\, and under the World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;<\;strong>\;Obje ctives of the workshop<\;/strong>\;<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;The main goa l of the workshop is to provide training to Angolan services negotiators a nd line ministries to enable them to engage effectively in multilateral an d regional negotiations on trade in services. The workshop will consolidat e knowledge on the key concepts and legal obligations under the General Ag reement on Trade in Services (GATS)\, the SADC Protocol on Trade in Servic es\, and the Protocol on Trade in Services under the Agreement Establishin g the AfCFTA\, with particular emphasis on the scheduling of specific comm itments. Throughout the seminar\, time will be set aside to allow particip ants to ask questions and to provide comments. The activity aims to achiev e the following objectives&\;#58\;<\;/p>\;<\;ul>\;<\;li>\;I ncrease participants'\; understanding of main services concepts in mul tilateral and regional instruments<\;/li>\;<\;li>\;Enhance partici pants'\; knowledge of scheduling techniques and technical aspects ther eof\, including through practical exercises focusing on the interpretation and drafting of schedules of specific commitments.<\;/li>\;<\;li> \;Collect information on Angola'\;s applied regime\, to enable negotia tors to prepare services offers in the context of services negotiations.&l t\;/li>\;<\;/ul>\;<\;p>\;The training is expected to be helpful to Angolan officials involved in the services negotiations to prepare serv ices offers\, particularly in the context of SADC\, where Angola plans to submit its offer before April 2019.<\;/p>\;\n\nView meeting on unctad. org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/national-workshop-trade-services DTSTAMP:20261112T103148Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6af595945f7ea DTSTART:20190327T020000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20190327T020000Z LOCATION:Luanda\, Angola SUMMARY:National workshop on trade in services CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Under the commercial diplomacy subcomponent of the Angola proje ct\, activities are planned to seek to strengthen human\, institutional an d policy-making capacities to support the analysis\, formulation and imple mentation of national trade in services policy frameworks as well as effec tive participation in multilateral\, regional and sub-regional trade negot iations and agreements conducive to economic\, human and social developmen t and poverty alleviation in Angola.Specifically tailored training will be provided to ensure that Angola reaps the benefits and successfully addres ses the challenges associated with trade in parallel negotiations in the S outhern African Development Community (SADC)\, in the Tripartite (COMESA\, EAC\, SADC) Free Trade Area\, between SADC and the EU under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)\, in the context of the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA)\, and under the World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements.Obj ectives of the workshopThe main goal of the workshop is to provide trainin g to Angolan services negotiators and line ministries to enable them to en gage effectively in multilateral and regional negotiations on trade in ser vices. The workshop will consolidate knowledge on the key concepts and leg al obligations under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)\, t he SADC Protocol on Trade in Services\, and the Protocol on Trade in Servi ces under the Agreement Establishing the AfCFTA\, with particular emphasis on the scheduling of specific commitments. Throughout the seminar\, time will be set aside to allow participants to ask questions and to provide co mments. The activity aims to achieve the following objectives:Increase par ticipants'\; understanding of main services concepts in multilateral a nd regional instrumentsEnhance participants'\; knowledge of scheduling techniques and technical aspects thereof\, including through practical ex ercises focusing on the interpretation and drafting of schedules of specif ic commitments.Collect information on Angola'\;s applied regime\, to e nable negotiators to prepare services offers in the context of services ne gotiations.The training is expected to be helpful to Angolan officials inv olved in the services negotiations to prepare services offers\, particular ly in the context of SADC\, where Angola plans to submit its offer before April 2019.<\;p>\;Under the commercial diplomacy subcomponent of the A ngola project\, activities are planned to seek to strengthen human\, insti tutional and policy-making capacities to support the analysis\, formulatio n and implementation of national trade in services policy frameworks as we ll as effective participation in multilateral\, regional and sub-regional trade negotiations and agreements conducive to economic\, human and social development and poverty alleviation in Angola.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;Spec ifically tailored training will be provided to ensure that Angola reaps th e benefits and successfully addresses the challenges associated with trade in parallel negotiations in the Southern African Development Community (S ADC)\, in the Tripartite (COMESA\, EAC\, SADC) Free Trade Area\, between S ADC and the EU under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)\, in the con text of the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA)\, and under the World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;<\;strong>\;Obje ctives of the workshop<\;/strong>\;<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;The main goa l of the workshop is to provide training to Angolan services negotiators a nd line ministries to enable them to engage effectively in multilateral an d regional negotiations on trade in services. The workshop will consolidat e knowledge on the key concepts and legal obligations under the General Ag reement on Trade in Services (GATS)\, the SADC Protocol on Trade in Servic es\, and the Protocol on Trade in Services under the Agreement Establishin g the AfCFTA\, with particular emphasis on the scheduling of specific comm itments. Throughout the seminar\, time will be set aside to allow particip ants to ask questions and to provide comments. The activity aims to achiev e the following objectives&\;#58\;<\;/p>\;<\;ul>\;<\;li>\;I ncrease participants'\; understanding of main services concepts in mul tilateral and regional instruments<\;/li>\;<\;li>\;Enhance partici pants'\; knowledge of scheduling techniques and technical aspects ther eof\, including through practical exercises focusing on the interpretation and drafting of schedules of specific commitments.<\;/li>\;<\;li> \;Collect information on Angola'\;s applied regime\, to enable negotia tors to prepare services offers in the context of services negotiations.&l t\;/li>\;<\;/ul>\;<\;p>\;The training is expected to be helpful to Angolan officials involved in the services negotiations to prepare serv ices offers\, particularly in the context of SADC\, where Angola plans to submit its offer before April 2019.<\;/p>\;\n\nView meeting on unctad. org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/national-workshop-trade-services DTSTAMP:20261112T103148Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6af595945f7ef DTSTART:20190328T020000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20190328T020000Z LOCATION:Luanda\, Angola SUMMARY:National workshop on trade in services CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Under the commercial diplomacy subcomponent of the Angola proje ct\, activities are planned to seek to strengthen human\, institutional an d policy-making capacities to support the analysis\, formulation and imple mentation of national trade in services policy frameworks as well as effec tive participation in multilateral\, regional and sub-regional trade negot iations and agreements conducive to economic\, human and social developmen t and poverty alleviation in Angola.Specifically tailored training will be provided to ensure that Angola reaps the benefits and successfully addres ses the challenges associated with trade in parallel negotiations in the S outhern African Development Community (SADC)\, in the Tripartite (COMESA\, EAC\, SADC) Free Trade Area\, between SADC and the EU under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)\, in the context of the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA)\, and under the World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements.Obj ectives of the workshopThe main goal of the workshop is to provide trainin g to Angolan services negotiators and line ministries to enable them to en gage effectively in multilateral and regional negotiations on trade in ser vices. The workshop will consolidate knowledge on the key concepts and leg al obligations under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)\, t he SADC Protocol on Trade in Services\, and the Protocol on Trade in Servi ces under the Agreement Establishing the AfCFTA\, with particular emphasis on the scheduling of specific commitments. Throughout the seminar\, time will be set aside to allow participants to ask questions and to provide co mments. The activity aims to achieve the following objectives:Increase par ticipants'\; understanding of main services concepts in multilateral a nd regional instrumentsEnhance participants'\; knowledge of scheduling techniques and technical aspects thereof\, including through practical ex ercises focusing on the interpretation and drafting of schedules of specif ic commitments.Collect information on Angola'\;s applied regime\, to e nable negotiators to prepare services offers in the context of services ne gotiations.The training is expected to be helpful to Angolan officials inv olved in the services negotiations to prepare services offers\, particular ly in the context of SADC\, where Angola plans to submit its offer before April 2019.<\;p>\;Under the commercial diplomacy subcomponent of the A ngola project\, activities are planned to seek to strengthen human\, insti tutional and policy-making capacities to support the analysis\, formulatio n and implementation of national trade in services policy frameworks as we ll as effective participation in multilateral\, regional and sub-regional trade negotiations and agreements conducive to economic\, human and social development and poverty alleviation in Angola.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;Spec ifically tailored training will be provided to ensure that Angola reaps th e benefits and successfully addresses the challenges associated with trade in parallel negotiations in the Southern African Development Community (S ADC)\, in the Tripartite (COMESA\, EAC\, SADC) Free Trade Area\, between S ADC and the EU under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)\, in the con text of the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA)\, and under the World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;<\;strong>\;Obje ctives of the workshop<\;/strong>\;<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;The main goa l of the workshop is to provide training to Angolan services negotiators a nd line ministries to enable them to engage effectively in multilateral an d regional negotiations on trade in services. The workshop will consolidat e knowledge on the key concepts and legal obligations under the General Ag reement on Trade in Services (GATS)\, the SADC Protocol on Trade in Servic es\, and the Protocol on Trade in Services under the Agreement Establishin g the AfCFTA\, with particular emphasis on the scheduling of specific comm itments. Throughout the seminar\, time will be set aside to allow particip ants to ask questions and to provide comments. The activity aims to achiev e the following objectives&\;#58\;<\;/p>\;<\;ul>\;<\;li>\;I ncrease participants'\; understanding of main services concepts in mul tilateral and regional instruments<\;/li>\;<\;li>\;Enhance partici pants'\; knowledge of scheduling techniques and technical aspects ther eof\, including through practical exercises focusing on the interpretation and drafting of schedules of specific commitments.<\;/li>\;<\;li> \;Collect information on Angola'\;s applied regime\, to enable negotia tors to prepare services offers in the context of services negotiations.&l t\;/li>\;<\;/ul>\;<\;p>\;The training is expected to be helpful to Angolan officials involved in the services negotiations to prepare serv ices offers\, particularly in the context of SADC\, where Angola plans to submit its offer before April 2019.<\;/p>\;\n\nView meeting on unctad. org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/national-workshop-trade-services DTSTAMP:20261112T103148Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR