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FTAA.sme/inf/106
August 12, 2003

Original: Spanish
Translation: FTAA Secretariat

FTAA – CONSULTATIVE GROUP ON SMALLER ECONOMIES

PARAGUAY

SPECIFIC PROJECT PROFILE WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE HEMISPHERIC
COOPERATION PROGRAM - RELATED TO DISPUTE SETTLEMENT
 
 

  1. Title of the Project

    “Program for the Training of Assistant Negotiators”

  2. Background

    There is a need to train and upgrade the skills of officials who assist the national negotiators of the Chapter on Dispute Settlement.


  3. Rationale

    The complexity of the negotiations currently underway on this issue is clearly evidenced by the large quantity of bracketed text in this Chapter. This situation can be explained mainly as being the result of proposals made by specific institutes involved in varied integration processes with different jurisdictional structures, objectives, and philosophies. Therefore, a more in-depth study of these aspects is needed.

     
  4. Objectives of the project

    Training and upgrading the skills of officials assisting negotiators of this FTAA Chapter on matters related to dispute settlement mechanisms of other economic– and trade-related integration processes, with special emphasis placed on the WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism.

  5. Inputs: resources required for the project

    It is not possible to provide specific amounts for the project at this time. However, provisions to cover the normal costs of participating in seminars and courses on this topic and in training programs at international organizations should be made for at least six (6) officials.
     
  6. Expected Results

    An appropriate level of training for negotiators’ assistants, enabling them to prepare comparative analyses of the different individual approaches and formulate alternative proposals with the supporting documentation.
     
  7. Other

    The information provided in the preceding paragraphs is complemented by the following:

    1. Body participating in the negotiations under the FTAA Chapter on Dispute Settlement:

      Office of International Trade Negotiations of the Vice Ministry of Economic Relations and Integration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    2. Estimated value of the technical cooperation required during the negotiation stage:

      1. USD 24,600 (twenty-four thousand six hundred United States dollars)
        covering the participation of six officials in dispute settlement courses, seminars, or training programs at international trade and integration organizations (WTO, NAFTA, Andean Community, Central American Common Market). Each course, seminar, or training program will be of 15 days’ duration and provide a daily per diem of USD 200, as well as round-trip airline tickets (Asunción/course venue/Asunción), each with an average cost of USD 1,100 (one thousand one hundred United States dollars).

      2. USD 15,000 (fifteen thousand United States dollars) to enhance information and consultation services, including the purchase of computer equipment, software, and the design and implementation of databases on topics related to legal and jurisdictional integration processes.

    Estimated total: USD 39,600 (thirty-nine thousand six hundred United States dollars).
 
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