BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a4d988415a15 DTSTART:20241219T060000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20241219T140000Z LOCATION:Antalya\, Republic of Türkiye\, SUMMARY:Specialized workshop for Iraqi trade officials on the preparation o f WTO accession negotiations CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:UNCTAD is set to host the 6th event in the series of capacity b uilding and technical assistance activities\, including specialized nation al and regional workshops\, training and advisory meetings\, delivered to support Iraq’s strive to join the World Trade Organization (WTO). These activities were initiated four years ago under the UN Development Account Project (13th Tranche\, 2020-24).The 3rd meeting of the Working Party on t he accession of Iraq to the WTO\, held on 18 July 2024\, triggered the off icial resumption of Iraq’s WTO membership negotiations\, after 16 years of hiatus. The reactivation of the accession process entails for the gover nment of Iraq to undertake a sheer volume of accession-related preparatory work at home. This covers a wide ranging and complex technical and legal reviews of core trade policy areas\, involving not only measures related t o market access in goods and services trade\, but more importantly the sys tematic alignment of Iraq’s trade-related legislative and regulatory fra meworks to ensure consistency of its foreign trade regime with WTO agreeme nts and disciplines. At the request of the Iraqi Ministry of Trade\, whic h is leading the accession process\, in coordination with all concerned go vernmental bodies and institutions\, UNCTAD interventions have been design ed and geared to enhance government officials capabilities in trade policy formulation and upgrade their trade negotiations skills.The agenda of the workshop in Antalya provides for advisory and consultative sessions to be conducted by UNCTAD experts with the 11 participants\, representing key t rade and economic sectors of Iraq\, including five ministries\, i.e. Trade \, Finance (central bank of Iraq and Customs Authority)\, Tourism\, Health and transportation\, in addition to the Investment Commission. Iraqi offi cials will thus be enabled to formulate replies to an important number of specific questions addressed by WTO members to Iraq after the abovemention ed 3rd meeting of the WTO Working Party (WP)\, as part of the usual examin ation of any acceding country’s trade regime.It is expected that the out come of this workshop will feed into the preparation process of the 4th WP \, to be convened in the course of 2025 and\, hence\, contribute to the co nsolidation of the progress achieved so far towards Iraq’s integration i nto the multilateral trading system.<\;p>\;UNCTAD is set to host the 6 <\;sup>\;th<\;/sup>\; event in the series of capacity building and technical assistance activities\, including specialized national and regi onal workshops\, training and advisory meetings\, delivered to support Ira q’s strive to join the World Trade Organization (WTO). These activities were initiated four years ago under the UN Development Account Project (13 <\;sup>\;th<\;/sup>\; Tranche\, 2020-24).<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;Th e 3<\;sup>\;rd<\;/sup>\; meeting of the Working Party on the acces sion of Iraq to the WTO\, held on 18 July 2024\, triggered the official re sumption of Iraq’s WTO membership negotiations\, after 16 years of hiatu s. The reactivation of the accession process entails for the government of Iraq to undertake a sheer volume of accession-related preparatory work at home. This covers a wide ranging and complex technical and legal reviews of core trade policy areas\, involving not only measures related to market access in goods and services trade\, but more importantly the systematic alignment of Iraq’s trade-related legislative and regulatory frameworks to ensure consistency of its foreign trade regime with WTO agreements and disciplines.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;&\;nbsp\;At the request of the Iraqi Ministry of Trade\, which is leading the accession process\, in coordinat ion with all concerned governmental bodies and institutions\, UNCTAD inter ventions have been designed and geared to enhance government officials cap abilities in trade policy formulation and upgrade their trade negotiations skills.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;The agenda of the workshop in Antalya provi des for advisory and consultative sessions to be conducted by UNCTAD exper ts with the 11 participants\, representing key trade and economic sectors of Iraq\, including five ministries\, i.e. Trade\, Finance (central bank o f Iraq and Customs Authority)\, Tourism\, Health and transportation\, in a ddition to the Investment Commission. Iraqi officials will thus be enabled to formulate replies to an important number of specific questions address ed by WTO members to Iraq after the abovementioned 3<\;sup>\;rd<\;/s up>\; meeting of the WTO Working Party (WP)\, as part of the usual exami nation of any acceding country’s trade regime.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;It is expected that the outcome of this workshop will feed into the preparati on process of the 4<\;sup>\;th<\;/sup>\; WP\, to be convened in th e course of 2025 and\, hence\, contribute to the consolidation of the prog ress achieved so far towards Iraq’s integration into the multilateral tr ading system.<\;/p>\;\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.or g/meeting/specialized-workshop-iraqi-trade-officials-preparation-wto-acces sion-negotiations DTSTAMP:20260708T002332Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a4d988415a4b DTSTART:20241220T060000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20241220T140000Z LOCATION:Antalya\, Republic of Türkiye\, SUMMARY:Specialized workshop for Iraqi trade officials on the preparation o f WTO accession negotiations CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:UNCTAD is set to host the 6th event in the series of capacity b uilding and technical assistance activities\, including specialized nation al and regional workshops\, training and advisory meetings\, delivered to support Iraq’s strive to join the World Trade Organization (WTO). These activities were initiated four years ago under the UN Development Account Project (13th Tranche\, 2020-24).The 3rd meeting of the Working Party on t he accession of Iraq to the WTO\, held on 18 July 2024\, triggered the off icial resumption of Iraq’s WTO membership negotiations\, after 16 years of hiatus. The reactivation of the accession process entails for the gover nment of Iraq to undertake a sheer volume of accession-related preparatory work at home. This covers a wide ranging and complex technical and legal reviews of core trade policy areas\, involving not only measures related t o market access in goods and services trade\, but more importantly the sys tematic alignment of Iraq’s trade-related legislative and regulatory fra meworks to ensure consistency of its foreign trade regime with WTO agreeme nts and disciplines. At the request of the Iraqi Ministry of Trade\, whic h is leading the accession process\, in coordination with all concerned go vernmental bodies and institutions\, UNCTAD interventions have been design ed and geared to enhance government officials capabilities in trade policy formulation and upgrade their trade negotiations skills.The agenda of the workshop in Antalya provides for advisory and consultative sessions to be conducted by UNCTAD experts with the 11 participants\, representing key t rade and economic sectors of Iraq\, including five ministries\, i.e. Trade \, Finance (central bank of Iraq and Customs Authority)\, Tourism\, Health and transportation\, in addition to the Investment Commission. Iraqi offi cials will thus be enabled to formulate replies to an important number of specific questions addressed by WTO members to Iraq after the abovemention ed 3rd meeting of the WTO Working Party (WP)\, as part of the usual examin ation of any acceding country’s trade regime.It is expected that the out come of this workshop will feed into the preparation process of the 4th WP \, to be convened in the course of 2025 and\, hence\, contribute to the co nsolidation of the progress achieved so far towards Iraq’s integration i nto the multilateral trading system.<\;p>\;UNCTAD is set to host the 6 <\;sup>\;th<\;/sup>\; event in the series of capacity building and technical assistance activities\, including specialized national and regi onal workshops\, training and advisory meetings\, delivered to support Ira q’s strive to join the World Trade Organization (WTO). These activities were initiated four years ago under the UN Development Account Project (13 <\;sup>\;th<\;/sup>\; Tranche\, 2020-24).<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;Th e 3<\;sup>\;rd<\;/sup>\; meeting of the Working Party on the acces sion of Iraq to the WTO\, held on 18 July 2024\, triggered the official re sumption of Iraq’s WTO membership negotiations\, after 16 years of hiatu s. The reactivation of the accession process entails for the government of Iraq to undertake a sheer volume of accession-related preparatory work at home. This covers a wide ranging and complex technical and legal reviews of core trade policy areas\, involving not only measures related to market access in goods and services trade\, but more importantly the systematic alignment of Iraq’s trade-related legislative and regulatory frameworks to ensure consistency of its foreign trade regime with WTO agreements and disciplines.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;&\;nbsp\;At the request of the Iraqi Ministry of Trade\, which is leading the accession process\, in coordinat ion with all concerned governmental bodies and institutions\, UNCTAD inter ventions have been designed and geared to enhance government officials cap abilities in trade policy formulation and upgrade their trade negotiations skills.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;The agenda of the workshop in Antalya provi des for advisory and consultative sessions to be conducted by UNCTAD exper ts with the 11 participants\, representing key trade and economic sectors of Iraq\, including five ministries\, i.e. Trade\, Finance (central bank o f Iraq and Customs Authority)\, Tourism\, Health and transportation\, in a ddition to the Investment Commission. Iraqi officials will thus be enabled to formulate replies to an important number of specific questions address ed by WTO members to Iraq after the abovementioned 3<\;sup>\;rd<\;/s up>\; meeting of the WTO Working Party (WP)\, as part of the usual exami nation of any acceding country’s trade regime.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;It is expected that the outcome of this workshop will feed into the preparati on process of the 4<\;sup>\;th<\;/sup>\; WP\, to be convened in th e course of 2025 and\, hence\, contribute to the consolidation of the prog ress achieved so far towards Iraq’s integration into the multilateral tr ading system.<\;/p>\;\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.or g/meeting/specialized-workshop-iraqi-trade-officials-preparation-wto-acces sion-negotiations DTSTAMP:20260708T002332Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a4d988415a52 DTSTART:20241221T060000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20241221T140000Z LOCATION:Antalya\, Republic of Türkiye\, SUMMARY:Specialized workshop for Iraqi trade officials on the preparation o f WTO accession negotiations CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:UNCTAD is set to host the 6th event in the series of capacity b uilding and technical assistance activities\, including specialized nation al and regional workshops\, training and advisory meetings\, delivered to support Iraq’s strive to join the World Trade Organization (WTO). These activities were initiated four years ago under the UN Development Account Project (13th Tranche\, 2020-24).The 3rd meeting of the Working Party on t he accession of Iraq to the WTO\, held on 18 July 2024\, triggered the off icial resumption of Iraq’s WTO membership negotiations\, after 16 years of hiatus. The reactivation of the accession process entails for the gover nment of Iraq to undertake a sheer volume of accession-related preparatory work at home. This covers a wide ranging and complex technical and legal reviews of core trade policy areas\, involving not only measures related t o market access in goods and services trade\, but more importantly the sys tematic alignment of Iraq’s trade-related legislative and regulatory fra meworks to ensure consistency of its foreign trade regime with WTO agreeme nts and disciplines. At the request of the Iraqi Ministry of Trade\, whic h is leading the accession process\, in coordination with all concerned go vernmental bodies and institutions\, UNCTAD interventions have been design ed and geared to enhance government officials capabilities in trade policy formulation and upgrade their trade negotiations skills.The agenda of the workshop in Antalya provides for advisory and consultative sessions to be conducted by UNCTAD experts with the 11 participants\, representing key t rade and economic sectors of Iraq\, including five ministries\, i.e. Trade \, Finance (central bank of Iraq and Customs Authority)\, Tourism\, Health and transportation\, in addition to the Investment Commission. Iraqi offi cials will thus be enabled to formulate replies to an important number of specific questions addressed by WTO members to Iraq after the abovemention ed 3rd meeting of the WTO Working Party (WP)\, as part of the usual examin ation of any acceding country’s trade regime.It is expected that the out come of this workshop will feed into the preparation process of the 4th WP \, to be convened in the course of 2025 and\, hence\, contribute to the co nsolidation of the progress achieved so far towards Iraq’s integration i nto the multilateral trading system.<\;p>\;UNCTAD is set to host the 6 <\;sup>\;th<\;/sup>\; event in the series of capacity building and technical assistance activities\, including specialized national and regi onal workshops\, training and advisory meetings\, delivered to support Ira q’s strive to join the World Trade Organization (WTO). These activities were initiated four years ago under the UN Development Account Project (13 <\;sup>\;th<\;/sup>\; Tranche\, 2020-24).<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;Th e 3<\;sup>\;rd<\;/sup>\; meeting of the Working Party on the acces sion of Iraq to the WTO\, held on 18 July 2024\, triggered the official re sumption of Iraq’s WTO membership negotiations\, after 16 years of hiatu s. The reactivation of the accession process entails for the government of Iraq to undertake a sheer volume of accession-related preparatory work at home. This covers a wide ranging and complex technical and legal reviews of core trade policy areas\, involving not only measures related to market access in goods and services trade\, but more importantly the systematic alignment of Iraq’s trade-related legislative and regulatory frameworks to ensure consistency of its foreign trade regime with WTO agreements and disciplines.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;&\;nbsp\;At the request of the Iraqi Ministry of Trade\, which is leading the accession process\, in coordinat ion with all concerned governmental bodies and institutions\, UNCTAD inter ventions have been designed and geared to enhance government officials cap abilities in trade policy formulation and upgrade their trade negotiations skills.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;The agenda of the workshop in Antalya provi des for advisory and consultative sessions to be conducted by UNCTAD exper ts with the 11 participants\, representing key trade and economic sectors of Iraq\, including five ministries\, i.e. Trade\, Finance (central bank o f Iraq and Customs Authority)\, Tourism\, Health and transportation\, in a ddition to the Investment Commission. Iraqi officials will thus be enabled to formulate replies to an important number of specific questions address ed by WTO members to Iraq after the abovementioned 3<\;sup>\;rd<\;/s up>\; meeting of the WTO Working Party (WP)\, as part of the usual exami nation of any acceding country’s trade regime.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;It is expected that the outcome of this workshop will feed into the preparati on process of the 4<\;sup>\;th<\;/sup>\; WP\, to be convened in th e course of 2025 and\, hence\, contribute to the consolidation of the prog ress achieved so far towards Iraq’s integration into the multilateral tr ading system.<\;/p>\;\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.or g/meeting/specialized-workshop-iraqi-trade-officials-preparation-wto-acces sion-negotiations DTSTAMP:20260708T002332Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a4d988415a59 DTSTART:20241222T060000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20241222T140000Z LOCATION:Antalya\, Republic of Türkiye\, SUMMARY:Specialized workshop for Iraqi trade officials on the preparation o f WTO accession negotiations CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:UNCTAD is set to host the 6th event in the series of capacity b uilding and technical assistance activities\, including specialized nation al and regional workshops\, training and advisory meetings\, delivered to support Iraq’s strive to join the World Trade Organization (WTO). These activities were initiated four years ago under the UN Development Account Project (13th Tranche\, 2020-24).The 3rd meeting of the Working Party on t he accession of Iraq to the WTO\, held on 18 July 2024\, triggered the off icial resumption of Iraq’s WTO membership negotiations\, after 16 years of hiatus. The reactivation of the accession process entails for the gover nment of Iraq to undertake a sheer volume of accession-related preparatory work at home. This covers a wide ranging and complex technical and legal reviews of core trade policy areas\, involving not only measures related t o market access in goods and services trade\, but more importantly the sys tematic alignment of Iraq’s trade-related legislative and regulatory fra meworks to ensure consistency of its foreign trade regime with WTO agreeme nts and disciplines. At the request of the Iraqi Ministry of Trade\, whic h is leading the accession process\, in coordination with all concerned go vernmental bodies and institutions\, UNCTAD interventions have been design ed and geared to enhance government officials capabilities in trade policy formulation and upgrade their trade negotiations skills.The agenda of the workshop in Antalya provides for advisory and consultative sessions to be conducted by UNCTAD experts with the 11 participants\, representing key t rade and economic sectors of Iraq\, including five ministries\, i.e. Trade \, Finance (central bank of Iraq and Customs Authority)\, Tourism\, Health and transportation\, in addition to the Investment Commission. Iraqi offi cials will thus be enabled to formulate replies to an important number of specific questions addressed by WTO members to Iraq after the abovemention ed 3rd meeting of the WTO Working Party (WP)\, as part of the usual examin ation of any acceding country’s trade regime.It is expected that the out come of this workshop will feed into the preparation process of the 4th WP \, to be convened in the course of 2025 and\, hence\, contribute to the co nsolidation of the progress achieved so far towards Iraq’s integration i nto the multilateral trading system.<\;p>\;UNCTAD is set to host the 6 <\;sup>\;th<\;/sup>\; event in the series of capacity building and technical assistance activities\, including specialized national and regi onal workshops\, training and advisory meetings\, delivered to support Ira q’s strive to join the World Trade Organization (WTO). These activities were initiated four years ago under the UN Development Account Project (13 <\;sup>\;th<\;/sup>\; Tranche\, 2020-24).<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;Th e 3<\;sup>\;rd<\;/sup>\; meeting of the Working Party on the acces sion of Iraq to the WTO\, held on 18 July 2024\, triggered the official re sumption of Iraq’s WTO membership negotiations\, after 16 years of hiatu s. The reactivation of the accession process entails for the government of Iraq to undertake a sheer volume of accession-related preparatory work at home. This covers a wide ranging and complex technical and legal reviews of core trade policy areas\, involving not only measures related to market access in goods and services trade\, but more importantly the systematic alignment of Iraq’s trade-related legislative and regulatory frameworks to ensure consistency of its foreign trade regime with WTO agreements and disciplines.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;&\;nbsp\;At the request of the Iraqi Ministry of Trade\, which is leading the accession process\, in coordinat ion with all concerned governmental bodies and institutions\, UNCTAD inter ventions have been designed and geared to enhance government officials cap abilities in trade policy formulation and upgrade their trade negotiations skills.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;The agenda of the workshop in Antalya provi des for advisory and consultative sessions to be conducted by UNCTAD exper ts with the 11 participants\, representing key trade and economic sectors of Iraq\, including five ministries\, i.e. Trade\, Finance (central bank o f Iraq and Customs Authority)\, Tourism\, Health and transportation\, in a ddition to the Investment Commission. Iraqi officials will thus be enabled to formulate replies to an important number of specific questions address ed by WTO members to Iraq after the abovementioned 3<\;sup>\;rd<\;/s up>\; meeting of the WTO Working Party (WP)\, as part of the usual exami nation of any acceding country’s trade regime.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;It is expected that the outcome of this workshop will feed into the preparati on process of the 4<\;sup>\;th<\;/sup>\; WP\, to be convened in th e course of 2025 and\, hence\, contribute to the consolidation of the prog ress achieved so far towards Iraq’s integration into the multilateral tr ading system.<\;/p>\;\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.or g/meeting/specialized-workshop-iraqi-trade-officials-preparation-wto-acces sion-negotiations DTSTAMP:20260708T002332Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR