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Accession-related events, technical assistance, capacity-building and outreach activities
Providing technical assistance to acceding governments, in particular acceding developing countries and least-developed countries (LDCs), is a key priority for the WTO. Accession-related technical assistance (TA), capacity-building (CB) and outreach activities are primarily provided by the Accessions Division. Other WTO Secretariat divisions also provide specific assistance to acceding governments on a range of technical issues in response to the particular requests of an acceding government. Such activities are conducted in close coordination with the Accessions Division and the Institute for Training and Technical Cooperation (ITTC).
Events and activities listed on this page include round tables, workshops and information and training sessions run by the Accessions Division — some of these are organized in close coordination with WTO members, other WTO Secretariat divisions or other organizations.
2024
- Second Central Asia Trade Policy Forum: Economic integration through WTO accession and membership, 3-5 June 2024
- 12th China Round Table on WTO Accessions, Arab Perspectives on WTO Accessions and the Multilateral Trading System, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 24-25 February 2024
2023
- JOINT WTO-ITC SESSIONS AT ASTANA INTERNATIONAL FORUM, 8 June 2023
- 11th China Round Table, WTO Accessions and Trade Integration: Stories from the Asia-Pacific, a Retrospective of 10 Years of Lao PDR's Membership in the WTO, Vientiane, Lao PDR, 1-3 February 2023
2022
- 2nd High-Level Regional Dialogue on WTO Accessions for the Arab Region, 7-9 February 2022
- 10th China Round Table, 10 Years of Capacity-Building under the China Programme, 18-20 January 2022
2020
- 9th China Round Table, Virtual conference livestreamed from the WTO, 11 December 2020
- Trade for Peace Week, 30 November - 4 December 2020
- High-Level Regional Dialogue on WTO Accessions for the Arab Region, 8-10 November 2020
- Accessions week 2020, 29 June - 3 July 2020
- Third Regional Dialogue on WTO Accessions for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 12-14 February 2020
2019
- Eighth China Round Table, Moscow, Russian Federation, 4-6 December 2019
- 2nd Forum on WTO Accessions: Technical Assistance and Capacity Building for Economic Transformation and Sustainable Peacebuilding, 5 July 2019
- Seminar on WTO Accessions Rules, Geneva, Switzerland, 4-15 February 2019
2018
- Second Regional Dialogue on WTO Accessions for the Greater Horn of Africa, Djibouti City, Djibouti - Djibouti Palace Kempinski , 3-6 December 2018
- Seventh China Round Table, Astana, Kazakhstan, 26-27 September 2018
2017
- Launch of the g7+ WTO Accessions Group , Buenos Aires, Argentina, 10 December 2017
- 6th China Round Table: Strengthening the Rules-based Multilateral Trading System and Building a Network to Promote Accessions, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 9 December 2017
- Accessions Behind the Headlines: Integration of Arab Countries into the Global Economy, WTO Public Forum, 27 September 2017
- Regional Dialogue on WTO Accessions for the Greater Horn of Africa, Nairobi, Kenya, 28-30 August 2017
- Forum on WTO Accessions — Accession-Related Technical Assistance and Capacity-Building, Geneva, Switzerland, 13 July 2017
- 5th China Round Table (CRT-V) on WTO Accessions, Siem Reap, Cambodia, 20-23 March 2017
2016
- Training Course on Trade in Services for WTO Acceding Governments, Geneva, Switzerland, 28 November - 2 December 2016
- Launch by Director-General Roberto Azevêdo of the book: “African Perspectives on Trade and the WTO: Domestic Reforms, Structural Transformation and Global Economic Integration”, 28 September 2016, 2016 Public Forum (theme: “Inclusive Trade”)
- Post-Accession Forum, Maximising the benefits of WTO Membership: A Balance Of Rights And Obligations, Nairobi, Kenya, 19 July 2016
- Policy Dialogue on Post-Accession Accession ImplementationStrategy/Road-Map, Bangkok, Thailand, 11-15 July 2016
- National Workshop On Post-Accession, Monrovia, Liberia, 27-29 June 2016
- Ashgabat Trade Policy Forum, Ashgabat Turkmenistan, 11-13 May 2016
2015
- 4th China Round Table (CRT-IV) on WTO Accessions, Nairobi, Kenya, 12-13 December 2015
- Speech by DG Azevêdo: Nairobi Fourth China Round Table: “WTO accessions and the multilateral trading system”
- For more information on the China Programme, including the Round Tables, click here.
- E-Lecture Series on WTO accessions and Trade Multilateralism — First-ever WTO webinar lecture series, project by the Accessions Division with the technical support by the E-Learning Unit of the WTO Institute for Training and Technical Cooperation (ITTC)
- For more E-Learning videos visit the WTO ECAMPUS
- For more E-Learning videos visit the WTO ECAMPUS
- WTO 20th Anniversary Accessions Programme, Geneva, Switzerland, 28-30 September 2015
- Global Seminar on WTO Accessions, 28-30 September 2015
- Special Session dedicated to the “Ten-year anniversary of Saudi Arabia's WTO membership”, 29 September 2015
- Launch by Director-General Roberto Azevêdo of the book: “WTO Accessions and Trade Multilateralism: Case Studies and Lessons for the WTO at Twenty” 30 September 2015, the first day of the 2015 Public Forum (theme: “Trade Works”)
- Programme
- 3rd China Round Table (CRT-III) on WTO Accessions, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 2-5 June 2015
- Accessions Corner as part of the exhibition: “The WTO: A rules-based system”
- For more information on the accessions component of the exhibition, click here
- For more information on the accessions component of the exhibition, click here
- WTO at Twenty
Exhibition of Photographs in the Atrium of the Centre William Rappard contains photographs of all Accession Signing Ceremonies to date- For the electronic timeline of accession signing ceremony photos click here
- For the electronic timeline of accession signing ceremony photos click here
2014
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2013
- 2nd China Round Table (CRT-II) on WTO Accessions, 15-18 October 2013, Luang Prabang, Lao PDR
- Global Seminar on WTO Accessions, 23-27 September, Geneva, Switzerland,
- Programme of the Global Seminar on WTO Accessions
- List of Participants
2012
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