UNCTAD Virtual Institute Study Tour

Ginebra – Suiza

2009

Del 15 al 25 de octubre de 2009, 6 estudiantes de la Facultad de Ciencias Administrativas y

Económicas participaron en un viaje académico a Ginebra, Suiza.

El viaje, que es coordinado por la United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD),

incluyó visitas a:

- La Organización Mundial de Comercio (OMC)

- El Centro de Comercio Internacional (ITC)

- Misiones de Colombia ante la OMC y Naciones Unidas

- La Organización Mundial de Propiedad Intelectual (WIPO)

- La Oficina de Trabajo Internacional (ILO)

- Foro Económico Mundial (WEF)

- Entre otros.

Adicional a las charlas por parte de los expertos de las diferentes instituciones, también se realizaron

talleres de trabajo en inteligencia de mercados y una simulación de negociación.

En este viaje participaron estudiantes de Icesi y de otras cinco universidades colombianas (EAFIT,

Norte, Sabana, Jorge Tadeo Lozano y Tecnológica de Bolivar), que hacen parte de la Red

Colombiana de Profesiones Internacionales.

Los estudiantes que representaron a la Universidad Icesi fueron:

- Del programa de Economía y Negocios Internacionales:

Manuel José Aragón

David Hernan Velasco

Juan David Sanz Franco

Jennifer Ruiz Gomez

- Del programa de Administración de Empresas:

Gabriel David López

Julian Andrés Gómez.

WEEK 1 MONDAY Date - UNCTAD TUESDAY Date – ITC WEDNESDAY Date –

WTO/UNCTAD

THURSDAY Date –

UNCTAD/WEF FRIDAY Date - UNCTAD

9.00 -

11.00

Arrive 8.30 at Pregny Gate

Registration at Pregny Gate

Introduction

Vlasta Macku, Chief, UNCTAD

Virtual Institute

Briefing on the study tour

Joseph Clements, UNCTAD Virtual

Institute

UNCTAD´s mandate and

international trade perspective

Manuela Tortora, UNCTAD, Technical

Cooperation Branch

Arrive 9.00 at ITC

Introduction to the

International Trade Centre

(ITC)

Claudia Uribe, ITC, Chief Office

for Latin America and the

Caribbean

Key elements for designing an

export strategy on the sectorial

level

Anton J. Said, ITC, Chief Export

Strategy

Arrive 9.00 at WTO (bring

passport)

Introduction to the World

Trade Organization (WTO)

Speaker (Gerardo Thielen)

The WTO dispute settlement

mechanism and Colombian

cases

Speaker

Arrive 9.00

Introduction to the World

Intellectual Property

Organization (WIPO)

Speaker (Marco Aleman)

Importance of intellectual

property for international trade

(with special focus on the SME)

and the IP PANORAMA

training program

Speaker

Arrive 9.00

Simulation exercise on

negotiations: Domestic

consultations in view of a

negotiating strategy

Manuela Tortora, UNCTAD,

Technical Cooperation Branch

Antoine Barbry, UNCTAD, DITC

Detailed schedule to be

distributed

BREAK

11.30 -

13.00

Transport and trade facilitation to

improve participation of developing

countries in international trade

Speaker (Jan Hoffmann)

ITC’s market analysis tools

Speaker

Trade Policy Review Body:

Colombia

Speaker

or

Doha and its implications for

Colombia

Speaker

Introduction to the

International Labor Office

(ILO)

Working conditions in value

chain systems: more than only

corporate social responsability

Nikolai Rogovsky, ILO, Senior

Specialist

LUNCH

14.30 -

16.00

The World Investment Report Series

Speaker (Hafiz Mirza)

End 15.00

UNCTAD’s business linkage

programme

Fulvia Farinelli, UNCTAD

Creating market profiles

David Cordobes, ITC, Associate

Expert Trade Information Services

Introduction to negotiation

simulation exercise (Friday)

Antoine Barbry, UNCTAD, DITC

End 15.00

The Permanent Mission of

Colombia to the WTO

Eduardo Muñoz, Ambassador,

Colombian Mission

Nicolas Torres, Counsellor,

Colombian Mission

Introduction to the World

Economic Forum (WEF)

The Global Competitiveness

Report

Irene Mia, WEF, Senior

Economist

The Virtual Institute website

Susana Olivares, UNCTAD

Virtual Institute

End 15.30

Working with the UN

Ralf Krüger, Economic Affairs

Officer, UNCTAD

End 16.15

BREAK

16.30 -

17.30

Tour of the Palais des Nations

This will entail a cost of CHF8 per

person.

Creating market profiles (cont.)

The Permanent Mission of

Colombia to the United Nations

and International Institutions

Angelino Garzón, Ambassador,

Colombian Mission

Daniel Avila Camacho, First

Secretary, Colombian Mission

The Global Enabling Trade

Report

Margareta Drzeniek, WEF, Senior

Economist

Evaluation and closing

UNCTAD Virtual Institute Study Tour (Colombia)

Geneva, Dates - Programme Note: Room for UNCTAD meetings