First Trade Policy and WTO Summer School starts on 21 June
Baku, June 21, AZERTAC
Between 21-25 June 2021, the first Summer School on trade policy and WTO, entitled “International Trade at the Crossroads: Where to Go from Here?” will be held at the ADA University. Twenty students and young professionals from all over the country will attend the event on campus. Online access to the sessions will be provided to all those interested.
The objective of the Summer School is to raise awareness and stimulate critical analysis and thinking of the role of trade policy in the wider context of public policymaking and implementation as well as on how trade policy impacts the daily lives of businesses and citizens. As a result of the Summer School, participants will:
· Have a comprehensive overview of how trade policy interrelates with key aspects of our lives - including economic development, health and the environment, and of positive impacts of trade integration processes
· Learn and discuss about the current events and challenges surrounding international trade and possible ways forward
· Familiarise themselves with, and apply, critical-thinking skills in trade policy analysis
· Build their capacity to find and use information and documentation on trade-related issues
The programme contains sessions on international trade and economic development, environment, health and countries’ trade policies, topical issues, current challenges, and ways forward in international trade. A study visit to Port of Baku will demonstrate in practice how trade facilitation measures adopted by the Government of Azerbaijan are implemented. A senior ADA University representative and the Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Azerbaijan, Ambassador Kestutis Jankauskas, will open the event on 21 June 2021.
This event is funded by the European Union and supported by the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
For more information on the Summer School, including online access thereto, please contact:
· Nargiz Ismayilova, Director, Centre of Excellence in EU Studies under the ADA University: [email protected] or +994-12-4373235 ext. 320,
· Marius Bordalba, team leader of the EU-funded “Strengthening capacity of the Government of Azerbaijan in the WTO Accession negotiations and other trade related activities” project: [email protected]
More information about current EU-funded support to the Government of Azerbaijan on trade policy and WTO accession negotiations: The EU-funded “Strengthening capacity of the Government of Azerbaijan in the WTO Accession negotiations and other trade related activities” project started on September 24, 2020. The project is set to last for 15 months, until November 2021. The support provided to the Government of Azerbaijan to pursue trade policy reform efforts and WTO accession negotiations is likely to contribute to the economic diversification and improvement of non-oil sector through trade-led growth and integration in the multilateral trading system.
The project is implemented by DMI Associates (France) and Expertise Advisors (France), members of the COWI Consortium (Belgium).
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