Press release

23 Jun 2006

Beirut

UNCTAD-UNESCWA Workshop to Develop Country Decision-Makers

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A second joint regional training course designed by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and UNESCWA, on “Key Issues on the International Economic Agenda” is due to begin at the UN House, Beirut, on 26 June 2006. The course will be jointly opened by UNESCWA Deputy Executive Secretary Atif Kubursi and UNCTAD Deputy Secretary-General Dirk Bruinsma at 9:00am. The three week training course is designed for developing country decision makers from the region. It will familiarize them with a wide spectrum of topical international trade and development issues and build their knowledge and skills in this area so that they can make informed decisions about the participation of their countries in trade - at the bilateral, regional and international levels. UNESCWA staff will also contribute to the substantive program where regional specificities, case studies and other experiences will be shared with participants at this course. The 17 participants who deal with trade policy at their ministries and from academia were selected from Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Lebanon, Palestine, Saudi Arabia and Yemen. They will examine means of promoting the development friendly integration of their countries into the world trading system through understanding the factors and trends that determine the international economic agenda; and analyzing the interfaces between trade, investment and development. They will look at ways of formulating integrated development policies at the national level; how to take a multidisciplinary approach when tackling trade and development; and finally, study the best practices in designing national, regional and international policies on trade. Established in 1964, UNCTAD promotes the development-friendly integration of developing countries into the world economy. UNCTAD has progressively evolved into an authoritative knowledge-based institution whose work aims to help shape current policy debates and thinking on development, with a particular focus on ensuring that domestic policies and international action are mutually supportive in bringing about sustainable development.
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