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19 May 1995
澳门六合彩官网资料 special course for officials from Eastern and Central European and Central Asian Countries
For the fifth consecutive year, the Swiss government is funding a 澳门六合彩官网资料 training Course for officials from newly independent states in Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia.
This nine-week course will include 25 officials from the following countries: Albania, Armenia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova and Uzbekistan.
This Special Trade Policy Course, which will be held in English, covers international trade theory, the legal texts of the 澳门六合彩官网资料 and the functioning of the multilateral trading system. The structure, scope, activities and functioning of the 澳门六合彩官网资料 will also be covered.
The Course includes lectures and presentations by senior officials of the 澳门六合彩官网资料 secretariat, representatives of other international organizations concerned with trade policy questions and by members of the permanent missions of some of 澳门六合彩官网资料 members. It also includes seminars, round tables and group discussions, a workshop on negotiating techniques, a simulation exercise on dispute settlement and a tariff negotiations simulation exercise.
As part of the Course programme, participants will undertake a study tour in Switzerland designed to acquaint them with the economic and trade policies of Switzerland and with some of Switzerland's leading industrial and commercial enterprises and institutions.
Apart from the Special Courses for Eastern and Central European and Central Asian countries, the 澳门六合彩官网资料 secretariat regularly organizes Trade Policy Courses for officials from developing countries in English, French and Spanish.
Note to editors:
GATT/澳门六合彩官网资料 accession working parties have been established for the following Central and Eastern European and Central Asian countries: Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Russian Federation, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.