BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a4d69de18470 DTSTART:20231111T060000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20231111T140000Z LOCATION:Erbil\, Iraq SUMMARY:Second advisory meeting on services regulatory mapping in Iraq CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Technical support to Iraq’s WTO membership process: UNCTAD t o undertake a second round of Services regulatory mapping \n\nFollowing u p on the first advisory meeting on the regulatory audit of selected servic es sectors in Iraq\, UNCTAD is due to undertake on 11-14 November a second workshop\, in the city of Erbil\, northern Iraq\, to assist Iraqi officia ls in the review and analysis of the legislative and regulatory measures g overning insurance\, higher education\, and postal services. In addition\, legislative and regulatory frameworks and practices related to foreign co mpanies’ establishment(registration) and investment\, as well as labour conditions (for foreigners) will be examined.\n\nDuring the first edition of this exercise\, held also in Erbil on 21-24 August 2023\, four services sectors were covered\, namely: Financial (banking services)\, Transport\, Tourism and Education (primary and secondary education services).\n\nThe regulatory mapping of laws\, rules and regulations would help the governme nt of Iraq\, not only to develop and maintain an inventory of laws and reg ulations that apply to business’s rights and obligations in the services sectors\, but also to guide the Iraqi authorities in shaping the trade po licy and procedures in the area of services by having a better reading and assessment of the regulatory landscape so as to capture baseline obligati ons across jurisdictions to avert any potential overlaps among the service s sectors’ regulations.\n\nConsidering Iraq’s ongoing preparation for WTO accession\, the objective of this regulatory mapping is to provide the government with the necessary technical support for the formulation of th e terms of competition on market access and national treatment conditions for foreign services providers operating in Iraq. Hence\, it would enable Iraqi negotiators to define\, on an informed basis\, the country’s WTO m embership negotiations’ strategy\, including the outlining of its specif ic commitments under GATS.\n\nUltimately this audit will also facilitate t he coordination\, development and implementation of any regulatory changes that would be made necessary as part of the WTO accession’s negotiation s and obligations in the post accession phase.\n<\;p class="\;text-a lign-justify\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/sec ond-advisory-meeting-services-regulatory-mapping-iraq DTSTAMP:20260707T210430Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a4d69de184b7 DTSTART:20231112T060000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20231112T140000Z LOCATION:Erbil\, Iraq SUMMARY:Second advisory meeting on services regulatory mapping in Iraq CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Technical support to Iraq’s WTO membership process: UNCTAD t o undertake a second round of Services regulatory mapping \n\nFollowing u p on the first advisory meeting on the regulatory audit of selected servic es sectors in Iraq\, UNCTAD is due to undertake on 11-14 November a second workshop\, in the city of Erbil\, northern Iraq\, to assist Iraqi officia ls in the review and analysis of the legislative and regulatory measures g overning insurance\, higher education\, and postal services. In addition\, legislative and regulatory frameworks and practices related to foreign co mpanies’ establishment(registration) and investment\, as well as labour conditions (for foreigners) will be examined.\n\nDuring the first edition of this exercise\, held also in Erbil on 21-24 August 2023\, four services sectors were covered\, namely: Financial (banking services)\, Transport\, Tourism and Education (primary and secondary education services).\n\nThe regulatory mapping of laws\, rules and regulations would help the governme nt of Iraq\, not only to develop and maintain an inventory of laws and reg ulations that apply to business’s rights and obligations in the services sectors\, but also to guide the Iraqi authorities in shaping the trade po licy and procedures in the area of services by having a better reading and assessment of the regulatory landscape so as to capture baseline obligati ons across jurisdictions to avert any potential overlaps among the service s sectors’ regulations.\n\nConsidering Iraq’s ongoing preparation for WTO accession\, the objective of this regulatory mapping is to provide the government with the necessary technical support for the formulation of th e terms of competition on market access and national treatment conditions for foreign services providers operating in Iraq. Hence\, it would enable Iraqi negotiators to define\, on an informed basis\, the country’s WTO m embership negotiations’ strategy\, including the outlining of its specif ic commitments under GATS.\n\nUltimately this audit will also facilitate t he coordination\, development and implementation of any regulatory changes that would be made necessary as part of the WTO accession’s negotiation s and obligations in the post accession phase.\n<\;p class="\;text-a lign-justify\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/sec ond-advisory-meeting-services-regulatory-mapping-iraq DTSTAMP:20260707T210430Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a4d69de184bf DTSTART:20231113T060000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20231113T140000Z LOCATION:Erbil\, Iraq SUMMARY:Second advisory meeting on services regulatory mapping in Iraq CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Technical support to Iraq’s WTO membership process: UNCTAD t o undertake a second round of Services regulatory mapping \n\nFollowing u p on the first advisory meeting on the regulatory audit of selected servic es sectors in Iraq\, UNCTAD is due to undertake on 11-14 November a second workshop\, in the city of Erbil\, northern Iraq\, to assist Iraqi officia ls in the review and analysis of the legislative and regulatory measures g overning insurance\, higher education\, and postal services. In addition\, legislative and regulatory frameworks and practices related to foreign co mpanies’ establishment(registration) and investment\, as well as labour conditions (for foreigners) will be examined.\n\nDuring the first edition of this exercise\, held also in Erbil on 21-24 August 2023\, four services sectors were covered\, namely: Financial (banking services)\, Transport\, Tourism and Education (primary and secondary education services).\n\nThe regulatory mapping of laws\, rules and regulations would help the governme nt of Iraq\, not only to develop and maintain an inventory of laws and reg ulations that apply to business’s rights and obligations in the services sectors\, but also to guide the Iraqi authorities in shaping the trade po licy and procedures in the area of services by having a better reading and assessment of the regulatory landscape so as to capture baseline obligati ons across jurisdictions to avert any potential overlaps among the service s sectors’ regulations.\n\nConsidering Iraq’s ongoing preparation for WTO accession\, the objective of this regulatory mapping is to provide the government with the necessary technical support for the formulation of th e terms of competition on market access and national treatment conditions for foreign services providers operating in Iraq. Hence\, it would enable Iraqi negotiators to define\, on an informed basis\, the country’s WTO m embership negotiations’ strategy\, including the outlining of its specif ic commitments under GATS.\n\nUltimately this audit will also facilitate t he coordination\, development and implementation of any regulatory changes that would be made necessary as part of the WTO accession’s negotiation s and obligations in the post accession phase.\n<\;p class="\;text-a lign-justify\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/sec ond-advisory-meeting-services-regulatory-mapping-iraq DTSTAMP:20260707T210430Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a4d69de184c6 DTSTART:20231114T060000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20231114T140000Z LOCATION:Erbil\, Iraq SUMMARY:Second advisory meeting on services regulatory mapping in Iraq CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Technical support to Iraq’s WTO membership process: UNCTAD t o undertake a second round of Services regulatory mapping \n\nFollowing u p on the first advisory meeting on the regulatory audit of selected servic es sectors in Iraq\, UNCTAD is due to undertake on 11-14 November a second workshop\, in the city of Erbil\, northern Iraq\, to assist Iraqi officia ls in the review and analysis of the legislative and regulatory measures g overning insurance\, higher education\, and postal services. In addition\, legislative and regulatory frameworks and practices related to foreign co mpanies’ establishment(registration) and investment\, as well as labour conditions (for foreigners) will be examined.\n\nDuring the first edition of this exercise\, held also in Erbil on 21-24 August 2023\, four services sectors were covered\, namely: Financial (banking services)\, Transport\, Tourism and Education (primary and secondary education services).\n\nThe regulatory mapping of laws\, rules and regulations would help the governme nt of Iraq\, not only to develop and maintain an inventory of laws and reg ulations that apply to business’s rights and obligations in the services sectors\, but also to guide the Iraqi authorities in shaping the trade po licy and procedures in the area of services by having a better reading and assessment of the regulatory landscape so as to capture baseline obligati ons across jurisdictions to avert any potential overlaps among the service s sectors’ regulations.\n\nConsidering Iraq’s ongoing preparation for WTO accession\, the objective of this regulatory mapping is to provide the government with the necessary technical support for the formulation of th e terms of competition on market access and national treatment conditions for foreign services providers operating in Iraq. Hence\, it would enable Iraqi negotiators to define\, on an informed basis\, the country’s WTO m embership negotiations’ strategy\, including the outlining of its specif ic commitments under GATS.\n\nUltimately this audit will also facilitate t he coordination\, development and implementation of any regulatory changes that would be made necessary as part of the WTO accession’s negotiation s and obligations in the post accession phase.\n<\;p class="\;text-a lign-justify\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/sec ond-advisory-meeting-services-regulatory-mapping-iraq DTSTAMP:20260707T210430Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR