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Trade
and Investment Promotion from a Local and Regional Perspective
– A Joint UN/ECE - FEDRE Regional Workshop
Focal point:
Mr. M. Jovanovic, Tel.
917 2493
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Improving
business infrastructure and environment at local and regional levels
is a critical aspect of overall trade and investment promotion. It
is this local and regional aspect that will be addressed in the seminar.
Special attention will be focused on the developments in various aspects
in real estate markets; improving regional infrastructure through
private-public partnerships; enterprise development; trade finance
and regional cooperation projects. |
| 6
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Administrative
Committee for the Coordination of Work (WP.29/AC.2)
Focal point: Mr. J. Jerie, Tel. 917 2422. |
Programme
Committee of WP.29 |
| 6-7
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UN/CEFACT
informal working group meeting , Legal Working Group (LWG) Focal
point: Ms. V. Macku Tel.
917 6227 |
Development
of an Electronic Commerce Agreement |
| 7-10 |
World
Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29)
Focal point: Mr. J. Jerie, Tel. 917 2422
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Consideration
of regulatory requirements concerning road vehicles |
| 14-16
Postponed
17–19 April
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Working
Party on the Standardization of Technical and Safety Requirements
in Inland Navigation |
Inland Transport
Committee |
| 13-24 |
Joint
Meeting of the RID Safety Committee and the Working Party on the Transport
of Dangerous Goods
Focal point: Mr. O. Kervella, Tel.
917 2456 |
Inland Transport
Committee |
| 20
–22
Paris, France
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UN/CEFACT
informal working group meeting, Business Process Analysing Working
Group (BPAWG) Focal point: Mr. J. Kubler Tel.
917 2774 |
Development
of models for business processes |
| 20
–24 |
New
round of European Forest Sector Outlook studies - European Timber
Trends and Prospects, ETTS VI
Focal point: Mr. V. Sasse, Tel. 917 1637.
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Development
of objectives of the ECE/FAO outlook study; the methodological approach
and the scenarios; the usefulness of recent publications for the ETTS
purposes; the working programme for the next year; funding of additional
manpower resources; and necessary PR activities. |
| 20
–24
Paris
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UN/CEFACT
informal working group meeting, UN/EDIFACT Group (EWG)
Focal point: Mr. J. Kubler Tel.
917 2774 |
Development
of UN/EDIFACT messages |
| 23-25
The Hague, Netherlands
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Meeting
of Parties to the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary
Watercourses and International Lakes
Focal point: Mr.
R. Enderlein, Tel. 917
2373 and 3158
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Compliance
with agreements and other legal issues; public participation in water
management; monitoring and assessment of transboundary waters; sustainable
flood prevention; new collaborating centre under the Convention; work
plan 2000-2003; Declaration of the Parties |
| 27 |
Ad
Hoc Meeting on the Steel Market
Focal point: Mr. B. Roux-Fouillet,
Tel. 917 3241
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Gathers
the steel industry and government representatives of the world main
steel producing countries. Will examine the trends of the world steel
market in 1999 and the prospects for 2000 |
| 27-28 |
Conference
UN/CEFACT@ work: Delivering solutions for Tomorrow's World
Focal point: Mr. H. Hansell, Tel. 917 2457
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The Centre
for the Facilitation of Procedures and Practices for Administration,
Commerce and Transport (CEFACT) holds annually a conference in connection
with its Plenary Session. The Conference has two streams: one on trade
facilitation focusing on country experiences and the likely developments
post WTO's Seattle meeting and the other on electronic business and
the latest developments in global business exchanges. The Conference
has been targeted at Delegations and their guests, members of the
Permanent Missions, Geneva-based International Organizations and representatives
of industry and commerce. |
| 27-29 |
Meeting
of Specialized Section on the Standardization of Meat (porcine,
bovine and poultry)
Focal point: Mr. T. Heilandt, Tel. 917 2450
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Committee
for Trade, Industry and Enterprise Development |
| 28
Postponed until October.
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Round
Table on Barriers to Industrial Restructuring Resulting from Overmanning
in the Steel Industry
Focal point:
Mr. B. Roux-Fouillet,
Tel. 917 32 41.
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| 28-29
Barcelona,
Spain
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Task
Force on Sustainable Urban Transport Indicators, organized in cooperation
with the Institute of Territorial Studies (IET)
Focal point: Ms B. Shimizu, Tel. 917 2452 |
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| 29 |
Ad
Hoc Group of Experts on Steel
Focal point: Mr.
B. Roux-Fouillet,
Tel. 917 3241
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Annual session
of the Group of Experts on Steel. The agenda concerns the evaluation
of the activities of the Group for the period 1998 - 1999 and the
orientations for the forthcoming period 2000 - 2001 and the future
status of the Group, as well as the selection of the activities for
the same period. |
| 29-30 |
Centre
for the Facilitation of Procedures and Practices for Administration, Commerce
and Transport (CEFACT) – 6th session
Focal point: Mr. H. Hansell Tel. 917 2457 |
Approval
of new recommendations on Trade Facilitation |
| 30-31
Tirana, Albania
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Workshop
on Public/Private Sector Relationship in the Establishment of Land Registration
Systems
Focal point: Mr. G. Vinogradov, Tel.
917 2374 |
Working
Party on Land Administration, Committee on Human Settlements. |
| 30-31
Budapest,
Hungary
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Workshop
on the Use of ISO 14000 Environmental Management System Standards
in the Chemical Industry of the UN/ECE Region
Focal points:
Mr. S. Kouzmine,Tel. 917 2771;
Mr. H. Hornfeld, Tel: 917
3254
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Guidance
to CEE countries in implementing ISO 14000, which helps eliminate
some non-tariff trade barriers |