UNITED NATIONS TD United Nations Distr. GENERAL Conference on Trade and TD/B/50/2/Add.1 TD/B/WP/163/Add.1 Development 11 August 2003 ENGLISH ONLY TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD Working Party on the Medium-term Plan and the Programme Budget Forty-first session Geneva, 15-19 September 2003 Item 3 of the provisional agenda REVIEW OF TECHNICAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES OF UNCTAD Report by the Secretary-General of UNCTAD Annex I: REVIEW OF ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN IN 2002 GE.03-52099 TD/B/50/2/Add.1 TD/B/WP/163/Add.1 Page 2 CONTENTS Page Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 12 A. Division on Globalization and Development Strategies ...................................................... 12 1. Macroeconomic and development policies .............................................................................12 (a) Technical support to the Intergovernmental Group of 24...................................................12 (b) Economic development and regional dynamics in Africa: Lessons from the East Asian experience ........................................................................13 2. The DMFAS Programme .......................................................................................................13 3. Special programmes ..............................................................................................................16 (a) UNCTAD's assistance to the Palestinian people ...............................................................16 (b) Trust Fund on Iron Ore ..................................................................................................17 B. Division on International Trade in Goods and Services, and Commodities......................... 20 1. Trade analysis .......................................................................................................................20 (a) Agricultural Trade Policy Simulation Model (ATPSM) ....................................................20 (b) Trade Analysis and Information System (TRAINS)..........................................................20 2. Trade negotiations and commercial diplomacy........................................................................21 (a) Development of trade capacities ......................................................................................21 (i) Joint ITC/UNCTAD/WTO Integrated Technical Assistance Programme to Selected Least Developed and other African Countries (JITAP)...............................21 (ii) Technical assistance to countries acceding to WTO...................................................23 (iii) Support to developing countries on multilateral trade negotiations ..............................24 (iv) Strengthening Capacities for Promoting Arab Economic Growth under Globalization .25 (b) Preferential arrangements................................................................................................26 (i) Market access, trade laws and preferences ................................................................26 (ii) Support to regional integration.................................................................................27 (iii) The Global System of Trade Preferences among developing countries (GSTP)............29 (c) Commercial Diplomacy Programme ................................................................................30 3. Commodities.........................................................................................................................33 (a) Capacity building for diversification and commodity-based development...........................33 (b) Commodity risk management, finance and energy............................................................33 (c) Commodity information - INFOCOMM ..........................................................................35 4. Trade, environment and development .....................................................................................36 (a) Climate Change Programme............................................................................................39 (i) Launching a Plurilateral Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading System .........................39 (ii) Engaging the Private Sector in Clean Development Activities (CDM) Project activities under the UNFCCC/Kyoto Protocol .........................................................40 (b) BioTrade Initiative .........................................................................................................41 (i) BIOTRADE Initiative .............................................................................................41 (ii) BioTrade Facilitation Programme (BTFP)................................................................43 5. Competition law and policy and consumer protection ..............................................................43 (a) National activities...........................................................................................................44 (b) Regional and subregional activit ies..................................................................................45 (c) Participation in seminars and conferences ........................................................................45 TD/B/50/2/Add.1 TD/B/WP/163/Add.1 Page 3 Page C. Division on Investment, Technology and Enterprise Development ..................................... 50 1. Investment Issues Analysis Branch.........................................................................................50 (a) UNCTAD/ICC Joint Project: “Investment Guides and Capacity building for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)”.........................................................................50 (b) Development of competitive insurance markets................................................................50 (c) Project on needs assessment to attract Asian FDI into Africa.............................................51 (d) Technical cooperation in the area of FDI statistics ............................................................52 (i) Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) ..................................................52 (ii) ESCWA: Strengthening Networking and Expertise on Foreign Direct Investment in ESCWA Member Countries..............................................................52 (e) Foreign Portfolio Investment and Capital Market Development: A venture capital fund for LDCs....................................................................................53 2. Investment policies and capacity building ...............................................................................53 (a) International investment agreements (IIAs): Capacity building in developing countries on issues in international investment agreements..............................................53 (b) Investment Policy Reviews .............................................................................................55 (c) FORINVEST: Policy Framework for Attracting Foreign Investment..................................57 (d) STAMP: Strengthening and Streamlining Agencies Concerned with Maximizing and Promoting FDI.............................................................................59 (e) Capacity Building Project on Good Governance in Investment Promotion and Facilitation..60 (f) Support to WAIPA .........................................................................................................61 (g) Facilitating Foreign Direct Investment in Least Developed Countries: A Multi-Agency Technical Assistance Programme .........................................................61 (h) UNCTAD/ICC Investment Advisory Council...................................................................63 (i) UNCTAD-ICTSD Capacity Building Project on Intellectual Property Rights and Sustainable Development........................................................................................64 (j) Virtual Microfinance Market (VMM) ..............................................................................66 3. Enterprise Development and Technology Branch ....................................................................66 (a) Entrepreneurship and SME Development: EMPRETEC and Mediterranean 2000 programmes...................................................................................66 (i) EMPRETEC...........................................................................................................66 (ii) MEDITERRANEAN 2000 ......................................................................................69 (b) Enhancing Public -Private Sector Dialogue in LDCs..........................................................70 (c) Accounting Reform in the Russian Federation ..................................................................71 (d) Science and Technology Diplomacy Initiative ..................................................................71 D. Division for Services Infrastructure for Development and Trade Efficiency....................... 75 1. Trade logistics.......................................................................................................................75 (a) Advance Cargo Information System (ACIS).....................................................................75 (b) Ports, shipping and training .............................................................................................76 (i) Training: Capacity building for officials in modern transport management techniques through cooperation with the World Maritime