Joint UNCTAD/WTO Informal Information Session on private standards
25 June 2007, Geneva, Switzerland
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) jointly organized an informal information session on private standards on 25 June 2007. The purpose was to give UNCTAD and WTO members the opportunity to familiarize themselves with different private standards schemes, particularly in the area of food safety.
PricewaterhouseCoopers was invited to participate in this conference and the final report of the Sustainability Impact Assessment of the EU-ACP Economic Partnership Agreements was distributed to participants.
An electronic copy of the final EU-ACP SIA report was made available to participants after the conference. The full meeting report and other information disseminated during this conference is also available from the WTO website: http://www.wto.org
For more information contact: jochen.krimphoff@fr.pwc.com
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Horticulture in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) -
Rules of Origin in the Southern African Development Community Group (SADC Group) -
Financial Services in Central Africa -
Agro-industry in West Africa, Tourism services in the Caribbean & Fisheries in the Pacific -
Caribbean workshop on building sustainable development issues into Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) -
Central African workshop on building sustainable development issues into Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA)
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Summary of key findings, policy recommendations and lessons learned.
Executive summary -
SIA - flyer