OECD Regional Forum on Trade Facilitation: Challenges and Opportunities for Eastern and Southern Africa

from 11-Jun-2008 to 12-Jun-2008

The 2008 OECD Regional Forum on Trade Facilitation was organised by the OECD Secretariat and the South Africa Revenue Service, with the financial support of the European Union. It spurred constructive dialogue between key stakeholders involved in trade facilitation in Eastern and Southern Africa (e.g., trade negotiators, customs officials, private sector representatives and donors), to advance the WTO negotiations on trade facilitation.

OECD Global Forum on Trade, Innovation and Growth

from 01-Aug-2007 to 15-Oct-2007

The OECD Global Forum on Trade, Innovation and Growth took place in the OECD offices in La Défense, Paris on 15-16 October 2007.

Agri-Environmental Indicators Workshop

The main objective of the Workshop, held in Washington D.C., 19-21 March 2007, was to get a good idea as to which indicators and elements in the agri-environmental policy inventory are valued and used by policy makers, and to chart out a practical way forward to implement in a concrete way this work area in the OECD so that it is relevant to Member countries. 

Workshop on Opportunities and Challenges of Fisheries Globalisation

from 16-Apr-2007 to 17-Apr-2007

The OECD Fisheries Policies Division and the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department have jointly hosted a Workshop on Opportunities and Challenges of Fisheries Globalisation. The Workshop has taken place at the OECD in Paris.

2006 Action statement on bribery and officially supported export credits

The 2006 Action Statement on Bribery and Officially Supported Export Credits obliges Members to take appropriate measures to deter bribery before support is granted.

Talks on Latin American agricultural trade liberalisation aim to renew Doha Round impetus - Press conference in Buenos Aires 11 October 2006

on 11-Oct-2006

An attempt to bridge some of the divisions that led to the breakdown of the Doha Development Round of trade negotiations earlier this year has been made in Buenos Aires on 10 and 11 October 2006, at an international conference on agriculture policies organised by the OECD, World Trade Organisation and Inter-American Development Bank  A press conference held at 12:30 on Wednesday 11 October at the venue of the meeting

Aid for Trade: From Policy to Practice, Doha

from 06-Nov-2006 to 07-Nov-2006

The aim of this Policy Dialogue between OECD and non-OECD countries on Aid for Trade is to bring together a wide range of stakeholders from developing and developed countries to share experiences and information on how best to support developing countries' trade expansion and make it an engine of economic growth and poverty reduction.

Trade policy dialogue on the multiple dimensions of market access and development, Mexico

from 23-Oct-2006 to 24-Oct-2006

The OECD Trade Directorate has organised a Global Forum on Trade in partnership with the World Bank, and with the support of the Government of Mexico. This Forum considered market access across various development dimensions including global (MFN) liberalisation, North-South trade and South-South trade, trade in services, and regional trade liberalisation (as a complement to multilateral liberalisation). Click here for the full report of the Forum.

OECD Regional Forum - Maximising the Developmental Benefits of Trade Facilitation, Yaoundé, Cameroon, 27-28 September 2006

from 27-Sep-2006 to 28-Sep-2006

The OECD Development Co-operation and Trade Directorates, in collaboration with the Government of Cameroon, are organising a Regional Forum which will take place in Yaoundé, Cameroon, on 27-28 September 2006. The Forum will discuss how to identify countries' trade facilitation needs and priorities and the cost implications of possible measuresand to ensure that technical assistance and capacity building for trade facilitation is effective, operational and coherent.

Expert Meeting on the Human Side of Fisheries Adjustment

on 19-Oct-2006

The Committee for Fisheries has hosted an expert meeting on the social issues and policy challenges that arise as a result of fisheries adjustment policies, and how OECD member countries are meeting those challenges.

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Monitoring and Evaluation 2011

Food commodity data & forecasts

OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook

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