Conference Announcements
Participants are requested to be present and seated in the meeting room for preliminary announcements. Badges may be collected on 6 and 7 July from 2 p.m.-6 p.m. and on 8, 9 and 10 July from 7.30 a.m.

Session 1: Aid for Trade at a Glance 2013: Connecting to Value Chains — (Room CR)

Session 2: Connecting to Value Chains — Aid for Trade Support from Multilateral Development Institutions — (Room CR)

Session 3: Value Chains — Adding Value for Development? — (Room CR)

Session 4: Trade Finance and Value Chains — Overcoming Structural Access Issues — (Room W)

Session 5: Aid, Trade, and the Post-2015 Development Agenda — (Room W)

Session 6: Connecting LDCs to Value Chains — (Room D)

Session 7: South-South Value Chains: Tapping into Growth Markets — (Room CR)

Session 8: Bringing the Private Sector and Investment into Aid for Trade — (Room W)

Session 9: Aid for Trade, Value Chains and Intra-African Trade — (Room CR)

Session 10: Aid for Trade and Value Chains: Connecting the Americas — (Room W)

Session 11: Aid for Trade, Value Chains and Intra-Asian Trade — (Room D)

Side events 1: Trade Facilitation — Australia — (Room CR)

Side events 2: State of Play and Perspectives for Aid for Trade in Francophone West and Central Africa: Issues and Challenges (OIF/ECOWAS/ECCAS) — (Room S2)

Side events 3: Heads of Agency meeting, Enhanced Integrated Framework (Room S3)

Side events 4: “Fair trade” (France) — (Room S1)

Side events 5: Roundtable on the Role of Competition and Consumer Policies in Connecting Value Chains (UNCTAD and Switzerland) — (VIP Dining Room) — By invitation only

Side events 6: India-Africa Economic Relations: Building Sustainable Partnerships through Creation of Supply Chains — (Room S2)

Side events 7: Capturing the Gains (Duke University/ University of Manchester/DFID) — (Room S3)

Side events 8: Asia's Experience and Dialogue with Africa (Japan/ Cambodia/AsDB) — (Room D)

Side events 9: Value chains — A Motor for Sustainable Economic Development (Switzerland/Peru) — (Room S1)

Side events 10: Trade Facilitation for Enhanced Integration into Global and Regional Value Chains (European Union) — (Room S2)

Side events 11: Aid for Trade Effectiveness — Current Issues and Future Directions (Commonwealth Secretariat and ODI) — (Room S3)

Side events 12: Ceremony to confer a Dutch Royal decoration (Netherlands) —(Salle des Pas Perdus) — By invitation only.

Side events 13: “Brewing Development”, Reception by the Worldwide Brewing Alliance — (Gallery/Terrace new building)

Session 13: Connecting African Agribusiness to Local, Regional and Global Value Chains — (Room CR)

Session 14: Aid for Trade, Value Chains and the Pacific — (Room B)

Session 15: Connecting to Transport and Logistics Value Chains — (Room CR)

Session 16: Connecting to Tourism Value Chains — (Room W)

Session 17: Aid for Trade, Services and Global Value Chains — Opportunities for Least Developed Countries — (Room W)

Session 18: Connecting to Information and Communication Technology Value Chains — (Room CR)

Session 19: Connecting to Textiles and Apparel Value Chains — (Room W)

Session 20: Moving the Development Effectiveness Agenda Forward: Assessing the Impact of Aid for Trade — (Room CR)

Side events 14: Skills for Competitiveness — (Room W)

Side events 15: Pacific Breakfast (PIFS) — (Room B)

Side events 16: Agricultural Value Chains and Food Security in Transition Economies: Testimonials from the Field (UNECE) — (Room S2)

Side events 17: From Standards Compliance to Shared Value: Making Value Chains meet Development Challenges (UNIDO/ICTSD/ODI/ IDE-JETRO) — (Room S3)

Side events 18: Africa Can Compete! Cases of Africa Succeeding in Global Markets (USAID/African Cashew Alliance — (Room D)

Side events 19: “Global Value Chains in a Changing World” (WTO/Fung Global Institute/Temasek Foundation) — (Room S1)

Side events 20: “Aid for Trade, Regional and Global Value Chains and the Role of Trilateral Cooperation” (CUTS/SAWTEE) — (Room S2)

Side events 21: “Mainstreaming Environment into Aid for Trade” (Canada/Denmark/ ITC/ICTSD/IISD) — (Room S3)

Side events 22: Incorporating Developing Country SMEs into Value Chains: Implications for Aid for Trade (ITC) — (Room D)

Side events 23: Geographic Indications and their Impact on Development and Integration into Value Chains (France) — (Room S1)

Side events 24: CUTS 30th Anniversary Lecture — (Room S2)

Side events 25: Towards more Sustainable Cotton — Working with GVCs in the Textile Industry (Sweden/Switzerland/ Better Cotton Initiative) — (Room S3)

Side events 26: Cape Verde Roundtable (EIF) — (Room S1)

Side events 27: Design of Policies Targeting Trade-Related Supply Side Constraints and Connection to Global and Regional Value Chains (WTO Academic Chair Programme) — (Room S2)

Side events 28: Public-Private Partnerships in a Value Chain Context (Canada/ Netherlands/STDF) — (Room S3)

Side events 29: “Connecting Artisans with Global Fashion Value Chains” — ITC's Ethical Fashion Initiative Panel Discussion and Exhibition — (Room Atrium)

Side events 30: Making Money out of Music: the Cape Verde Experience (WIPO) — (Gallery/Terrace New Building)

Session 21: Trade, Development, and the Private Sector — (Room CR)

Session 22: Tracing the Future of Aid for Trade — (Room CR)

Session 23: Plenary Session for Members/Observers — (Room CR)

Session 24: Closing Statement — (Room CR)