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GENERAL AGREEMENT O N
TARIFFS AND TRADE
COUNCIL
TRAINING ACTIVITIES
The GATT Commercial Policy Courses
Note by the Director-General
1. Two courses in commercial policy are held in Geneva each yearj one for English-speaking participants from February to June, and the second for French-speaking participants from August to December. The courses are open to officials from developing countries, GATT and non-GATT alike, who have, or may in future have, responsibilities in the formulation and conduct of foreign trade policy in their countries and who are granted fellowships under the United Nations Development Programme. Demands for places in these commercial policy courses continue to exceed the number of places available. Since 1955, 44-3 officials from ninety-four countries have attended the thirty-six courses in Geneva (see Annex A).
2. In 1973 the Thirty-Fifth Gourse (February/June) was attended by twenty-ono officials and twenty officials are at present attending the Thirty-Sixth Course (August/Doconbor). The participants in these two courses are listed in Annex B.
3. In order to go somo way towards meeting the increasing demand for GATT courses, the secretariat responded positively to requests for two additional ad hoc courses in 1973. At the request of a number of Latin-American countries the secretariat organized a special course on GATT multilateral trade negotiations in the Spanish language from 18 June to 14 July 1973. Twenty-eight officials took part (see Annex C). The Organization of American States also asked for a one-week course on the GATT for eighteen officials from its member States. The course was held from 8-12 October.
4- The principal aim of the courses is to give the participants a greater understanding of trade policy matters and to provide them with a full, up-tc-date knowledge of the work undertaken by GATT and other international bodies in the field of trade policy which will be helpful to them in work within their own administrations. In recent courses particular attention has been focussed on GATT trade negotiations.
5. The emphasis on practical training in the courses continues to be maintained and intensified. The first few weeks of each course are devoted to lectures and discussions on the principles of commercial policy and-their relationship with the problems
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of developing countries, the principal problems of international trade, the provisions of the General Agreement and the activities of the CONTRACTING PARTIES and. their various subsidiary bodies. Thereafter, participants are encouraged to undertake practical work on topics chosen by then having regard to their own particular interests in the trade policy field. In addition to GATT secretariat officials, many guest lecturers participate in the courses, including senior members of delegations, senior officials of international organizations, university professors etc. Many seminars and round-table discussions are organized. Opportunities are also provided for participants to attend selected meetings of the Council, of the main Committees and, during sessions, of the CONTRACTING PARTIES, so as to allow them to gain direct knowledge of the methods and procedures followed in the GATT when dealing with specific problems.
6. During the courses short visits are made within Switzerland to the Swiss authorities, to trade fairs and to industrial and commercial centres. At the end of each course a study tour abroad is undertaken, during which the host governments organize visits to those parts of their administrations dealing with foreign trade policy and export promotion, factories, commercial organizations etc.
7. On the invitation of the Canadian Government participants on the Thirty-Fifth Course took part in a study tour of Canada which was the first visit of a GATT group to the North American continent. Visits to two European countries are envisaged for the Thirty-Sixth Course and preparations for these visits are under way in co-Operation with the governments concerned.
8. The Director-General wishes to express his gratitude to the United Nations Development Programme for providing fellowships for the courses, to the governments which have kindly received the participants during the study tours for their co-operation and hospitality, and to those lecturers from outisde the GATT who have given their time to participate in the courses.
ANNEX k
Area Distribution of Participants in the Geneva Courses
Africa (thirty-three
Algeria Burundi Cameroon Central âfrican Chad Congo Dahomey-Egypt Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Kenya Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Morocco Niger Nigeria
from December
countries)
Republic
Rhodesia and Nyasaland (ex Rwanda Senegal Sierra Leone Somalia Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Upper Volta Zambia Zaire
•
Fed.
1KÏ to 1973
United Nations
of)
fellowship holders
107
1 . A 3 1 1 6 3 M 2 3 1 7 2 1 12 5 A 1 2 8 A 1 2 3 1 2 A
% - '
A 1 2 1 5
Non-•fellowship participants
3
::
1
1
1
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United Nations fellowship holders
Non-fellowship participants
h.sia (excluding Middle East) (nineteen countries)
Bangladesh Burma Fiji Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Japan Khmer Republic Korea Laos Malaysia Nepal Paid, s tan Philippines Sri Lanlca Thailand Viet-Nam Other
Middle East (seven countries)
Iraq Israel Jordan Lebanon 3audi ttrabia Syria Turkey
Latin american and Caribbean area (twenty-two countries) (one organization)
Argentina Barbados Bolivia
94
1 A 2 1 9 17 10
A
2 9 8 6 5 2 2
36
2 9 1 3 1 7 13
A
1 1
11
8 1 1
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Latin American and Caribbean araa (cont'd)
Brazil Chile Colombia Costa Pdca Cuba Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Haiti Hondura s Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panana Paraguay Peru Trinidad and Tobago Uruguay-Venezuela
LAFTA
Europe (thirteen countries)
Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia
United Nations 1 fellowship holders
8 13 4 2 9 3 6 1 4 2 1 6 2
1 9 4 5 5
4
M 6 1 1
Non-fellowship participants
4
3 1 1 1
1 3
10
_ _ . . „ . __. 2
Finland 3 Fed. Rep. of Germany 2
Greece 15 Hungary 5 Malta 3 1 Poland 13 3 Portugal Romania 9 Spain 1 Yugoslavia 7
1
TOTi'i (ninety-four countries and one organization) 410 32>
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ANNEX B
Participants in the Thirty-Fifth and Thirty-Sixth Geneva Courses
1. Thirty-Fifth (English-speaking) Course - February-June 1973
Country Name and title
Argentina Mr. Alfredo V. CRTARADIA, Third Secretary, Ministry of External Relations, Buenos Aires.
Bangladesh Mr. Helaluddin AKBAR, Section Officer, Ministry of Commerce, Government of Bangladesh, Dacca.
Barbados Mr. Carl W. HINKSON, Economist, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Commerce, Bridgetown.
Hong Kong Mr. Tak-hay CHAU, Trade Officer, Commerce and Industry Department, Hong Kong.
India Mr. Nanak Ch. HEMRAJANI, Section Officer, Ministry of Foreign Trade, New Delhi.
Indonesia Mr. Mudzrimi RAILAN, Secretary/Deputy Head of Inspectorate, Directorate General of Customs and Excise, Ministry of Finance, Djakarta.
Israel Mr. Uri SAVIR, Assistant to the Director of the Economic Division, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Jerusalem.
Korea Mr. Boo Hong FANG, Assistant Chief of Division, International Economy Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Seoul.
Malawi Mr. Victor T. LIKAKU, Senior Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Zomba.
Mexico Mr. Mario RODRIGUEZ Montero, Researcher, Directorate General for Financial Studies, Secretariat for Finance and Public Credit, Mexico.
Pakistan Mr. Mohammad N. QURESHI, Section Officer^ Ministry of Commerce, Islamabad.
Peru Mr. Juan HARTEN Costa, Economist, Planning Office, Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Lima.
Philippines Mrs. Lucita R. VEGA, Economist, Department of Commerce and Industry, Quezon City
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Country Name and title
Poland
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Trinidad and Tobago
Turkey
Uruguay
Venezuela
Zambia.
Mrs. Hanna DOBRZYCKA-MAKQWIJCZUK, Senior Counsellor, Treaty Department III, Ministry of Foreign Trade, Warsaw.
Mr. Moderage L. FERNANDO, Deputy Director of Commerce, Department of Commerce, Colombo.
Mr. Hassan AHMED, Assistant Inspector, Ministry of Economics and Trade, Khartoum.
Miss Gloria MIERES, Economist, Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Port-of-Spain.
Mr. Ataman YALGIN, Third Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ankara.
Miss Raquel TORREIRA, Economist, Uruguayan Representation to the Latin American Free Trade Association, Montevideo.
Mr. Miguel DQMINGUEZ-CHACIH, Assistant Director of Department, Institute of Foreign Trade, Caracas.
Mr. Ilubala LINYAMA, Trade Commissioner, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Lusaka.
2. Thirty-Sixth Commercial Policy Course (French-speaking) -August-December 1973
Algeria
Argentina
Brazil
Colombia
Mr. Abdelkader BENACHBA, Responsible for research, Foreign Relations Department, Ministry of Trade, Algiers.
Mr. Oscar FERNANDEZ, Secretary of Embassy, Office of the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Buenos Aires.
Mr. Claudio Jose Anchieta De Carvalho BORGES, Counsellor, Executive Office of the Minister of Finance, Ministry of Finance, Rio de Janeiro.
Mr. Wilson R. DOS PASSOS, Assistant Expert, Foreign Trade Department, Bank of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro.
Mr. Jesus Antonio MdNAR, Foreign Trade Expert, INCOMEX, Bogota.
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Country Name and title
Egypt
Ecuador
Greece
Upper Volta
Hungary
Madagascar
Paraguay
Romania
Senegal
Togo
Tunisia
Turkey
Viet-Nam
Yugoslavia
LAFTA
Mr. Mohamed A.M. EL-KOTT, Third Secretary, Ministry of the Economy and of Foreign Trade, Cairo.
Mrs. Ximena DE PEREZ, Second Secretary, Chief of Section in the Department of Co-ordination and Economic Promotion, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, muito.
Mr. Jon VOKOS, Administrative Officer, International Conventions Department, Directorate-General of Taxation, Ministry of Finance, Athens.
Mr. Kamadini OUALI, Economic Affairs Counsellor, Department of Trade, Ouagadougou.
Mr. Arpad I. GORDOS, Economist, specialist in monetary questions, Ministry of Foreign Trade, Budapest.
Mr. Christor RABEMMANTSOA, Chief of Department, Foreign Trade Service, Department of Trade and Prices, Tananarive.
Mr. Ignacio Gonzales GIMENEZ, Economist, Programming Officer for Foreign Trade, Technical Planning Secretariat, Asuncion.
Mr. Vasile DONEA, Economist, Ministry of Foreign Trade, Bucarest.
Mr. Marne B. DIOUF, Economist, Chief, Economic and Technical Office for Europe, Department of External Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dakar.
Mr. Kodjo APPOH, Attaché, Foreign Trade Department, Ministry of Trade, Lomé.
Mr. Mohamed Ali JEDDI, Administrative Officer, Chief, UNCTAD/GATT Section, Ministry of the National Economy, Trade Division, Tunis.
Mr. Sabri R. ZENCIRCI, Rapporteur, Foreign Trade Department> Ministry of Trade, Ankara.
Mr. Nguyen-Dinh PHUC, Chief of the Research and Programming Office, Foreign Trade Department, Ministry of the National Economy, Saigon.
Mrs. Zagorka PIVARSKI-STOJICEVIC, Counsellor, Federal Secretariat for Foreign Trade, Belgrade.
Mr. Sergio CHIALANZA Fiorentino, Technical Assistant, Latin-American Free Trade Association, Montevideo.
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ANNEX C
Participants in the Special Course on Multilateral Negotiations for Latin American Officials, June/July 1973
(Spanish-Speaking)
Country- Name and Title
Argentina
Bolivia
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Mr. Alfredo CHIARADIA, Secretary of Embassy, Ministry of External Relations, Buenos Aires.
Mr. Erwin ORTIZ, Director for International Economic Organizations, Ministry of External Relations, La Paz.
Mr. Julio de la FUENTE, Assistant Secretary, Chilean Executive Secretariat for LAFTA and Andine Group, Santiago de Chile.
Mr. Armando PERDOMO, Expert, International Organizations Section, Colombian Foreign Trade Institute, INCOMEX, Bogota.
Mr. Odalier VILLALOBOS, Sub-Director for Economic Integration and Trade, Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Trade, San José.
Mr. Eladio SMCHEZ-COSTE, Officer in charge of International Trade Studies, Department of Special Studies, Dominican Export Promotion Centre, Santo Domingo.
Mr. Jorge CHIRIBOGA, Foreign Trade Adviser, Ministry of External Relations, Quito.
Mr. Anibal GALARZA, Foreign Trade "xpert, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Integration, Quito.
Mr. Carlos BRACAMONTE, Chief, Commercial Policy, Ministry of the Economy, San Salvador.
Mr. Francisco AQUINO, Sub-Director for International Organizations, Ministry of External Relations, San Salvador.
Mr. Mario MEJIA, Director of Internal and External Trade, Ministry of the Economy, Guatemala City.
Mr. Emilio de la TORRE, Economist, Adviser on Economic Integration and External Trade, Guatemala City.
Mr. Mario Alonso CACERES CERVANTES, Economist IV, Adviser, Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, Tegucigalpa.
Mr. Roclolfo ALVAREZ, Chief, Common Market, Ministry of the Economy, Tegucigalpa.
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Country Name and Ti t le
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay-
Peru
Uruguay-
Venezuela
Argentina
Colombia
Ecuador
Honduras
Mexico
Venezuela
Mr. Dionisio MEADE, Chief, Department cf International Trade Negotiations, Directorate General for Financial Studiss and International Matters, Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, Mexico City.
Mr. Luis MEJIA GONZALEZ, General Co-ordinatcr for Technical Assistance and International Organizations, Managua.
Mr. Roberto BRENES, Director, Centre of Export Promotion and Investment, Panama.
Mr. Absalon CORREA CARDCZO, Economic Adviser, Ministry of External Relations, Asuncion.
Mr. César GUZMAN-BARRON S., Adviser, Directorate General for Trade, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Lima.
Mr. Miguel BERTHET, Sub-Director, Economic and Trade Department, Ministry of External Relations, Montevideo.
Miss Celina LEIS, Expert, External Sector, Planning and Budget Office, Montevideo.
Mr. Telasco PULGAR, Economist II, Co-ordinator for Preparation of Multilateral Trade Negotiations, Department of Commercial Policy, Foreign Trade Institute, Caracas.
OBSERVERS
Mr. Alberto SANCHEZ, First Commercial Secretary, Permanent Mission of the Argentine Republic to the United Nations and other International Organizations at Geneva.
Miss Clara LEON, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Colombia to the United Nations and other International Organisations at Geneva.
Mr. Washington HERRERA, Commercial Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Ecuador to the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Mr. Mario CARIAS, Chief, Permanent Mission of Honduras to the United Nations and other International Organizations at Geneva.
Mr. Salvador ARRIOLA, Chief, Trade Negotiations Department, Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Mexico City.
Mr. Abraham FERRUSQUIA VILLAFRANCA, Graduate in Economics, National Foreign Trade Bank SA, Mexico City.
Miss Eva Maria MORALES, Graduate in International Studies, Foreign Trade Institute, Caracas.