Capacity
Building

Program on the Implementation of Trade Agreements: 

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru, the Ministry of Economy and Finance and PROINVERSION, the OAS Department of Trade, Tourism and Competitiveness, UNCTAD, and the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) with the support of several law firms: White & Case, Sidley Austin, Estudio Rubio, Leguía, Normand and Associates and Estudio Echecopar organized a national seminar and specialized workshops on investor-State disputes which took place on May 22-24 in Lima.

The seminar gave the opportunity to government officials involved in the implementation of the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement and to representatives of law firms and the academic sector to deepen their knowledge on a series of issues related to the management of investor-State disputes.

Trade Capacity Building on Intellectual Property in the Andean Region:

• Workshop on the “Exchange of Experiences and Best Practices on the Implementation of Intellectual Property Provisions in Trade Agreements.” Lima, Peru. November 15-16, 2006. Funding: CIDA. Organized in cooperation with the Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Trade (MINCETUR).
  

• Seminar on the Challenges for Ecuador and the Andean Community in the area of intellectual property. Quito, Ecuador. July 6-7, 2006. Funding: CIDA. Organized in cooperation with the Ministry of Trade, Industry, Fisheries and Competitiveness (MICIP) and The Ecuadorian Institute of Intellectual Property (IEPI).
  

• Seminar on “The Andean Free Trade Agreement and Copyright and Related Rights” for the Colombian private sector and civil society. Bogotá, Colombia. April 26-27, 2006. Funding: CIDA and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Organized in cooperation with the Copyright Office of Colombia and WIPO.
  

• Support in preparation of Peruvian National Strategy for TCB on intellectual property that identifies and prioritizes needs in this area as a framework for projects to be presented to donor community. March 8-10, 2006. Lima, Peru. Funding: OAS. Organized in cooperatIntroductionMINCETUR).

Regulatory Reform and Services Trade Liberalization in the Andean Community:  Telecom and Financial Services.  

Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. June 2005-December 2006. Funding: US Government and CIDA.

Elaboration of sectoral studies.

National capacity-building seminars that will draw from the experience of other relevant countries, such as Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay.

 Civil Society and FTA Project. 

Colombia. September 2004-December 2005. Funding: USAID.  Cooperated with Trust of the Americas/OAS and the National Federation of Chambers of Commerce (CONFECAMARAS) in coordination with the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism and the National Planning Department.

First phase (September-December 2004): preparation of informative materials and a Competitiveness Guide; regional workshops organized in 16 cities of Colombia.

Program of workshops for journalists (2005).

Seminar on “The Internal Agenda of Productivity and Competitiveness: The Cases of Chile, Costa Rica and Mexico.”

Cartagena, Colombia. February 8, 2005. Funding: OAS and the Andean Development Corporation (CAF). Organized in cooperation with CAF.

Competitiveness: 

Seminar “How to Do Business in the US in the Gold and Jewelry Sector?” Funding: American Chamber of Commerce AMCHAM, the Peruvian Ministry of Trade and Tourism and the OAS. Organized by the American Chamber of Commerce AMCHAM and the Peruvian Ministry of Trade and Tourism. Lima. April 21, 2005. 

Seminar “How Can Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Become More Competitive in the Furniture Sector?” Iquitos, February 21-22, 2005. Funding: Peruvian Ministry of Trade and Tourism and OAS. Organized by the Peruvian Ministry of Trade and Tourism.