9th Global Review | Aid for Trade

The World Trade Organization will hold the 9th Global Review of Aid for Trade in its premises, from 26 to 28 June 2024. The biennial Global Review serves as a global platform to highlight areas where developing economies and least developed countries (LDCs) need support to overcome supply-side constraints limiting their participation in global trade. Held under the theme “Mainstreaming Trade”, the review session will feature the environment prominently:

• Cotton-to-Clothing: Charting Pathways to create sustainable jobs for women and youth in West and Central Africa | WTO and UNIDO | 26 June 2024, 14:00  CEST| WTO, Room W
• Aid for Trade in the new global financing for sustainable development architecture: tools, measurement, impact | OECD | 26 June 2024, 14:00 CEST | WTO, Room S2
• Sustainability standards: An engine for trade | ISO, BMZ | 26 June 2024, 17:00  CEST | WTO, Room S3
• Navigating Global Climate Policy Dynamics to Catalyze Sustainable Trade Competitiveness | Asian Development Bank | 26 June 2024, 17:00 CEST | WTO, Room S2
• Green Horizons: Navigating the Future of Trade Through Sustainability and Collaboration – a shift from Air to Sea freight | European Union | 26 June 2024, 17:00 CEST | WTO, Room W
• The role of Aid for Trade in enhancing Food Security through value addition and market access in OACPS countries | Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), European Union and TradeMark Africa | 27 June 2024, 09:00 CEST | WTO, Room W
• Building Sustainability and Resilience into Food Systems through Digital Transformation | Chinese Taipei | 27 June 2024, 09:00 CEST | WTO, Room S3
• Crop Diversification and Resiliency: Feed the World and Grow Exports. Heritage Crops and Localized Innovation | USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab for CropImprovement (ILCI) and American Seed TradeAssociation (ASTA) | 27 June 2024, 09:00 CEST | WTO, Room D
• Leveraging Global Partnerships to Implement the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies for a Sustainable and Food-Secure Future | WTO, World Bank | 27 June 2024, 13:00 CEST | WTO, Room CR
• Innovating for Food Security: The Role of Digital Connectivity | International Seed Federation | 27 June 2024, 14:00 CEST | WTO, Room S2
• Supporting developing economies unlock clean energy trade opportunities | WMO | 28 June 2024, 09:00 CEST | WTO, Room E
• What do developing and LDC members need to implement trade-related policies to tackle plastic pollution? | Dialogue on Plastic Pollution and Environmentally Sustainable Plastics Trade, TESS | 28 June 2024, 09:00 CEST | WTO, Room S2
• Blue Futures: Integrating Blue Economy Trade into National Development Strategies for African SIDS and Coastal Nations | Sao Tome and Principe, the African Union Commission, UNDP, UNCTAD | 28 June 2024, 09:00 | WTO, Room D