ICTSD Outputs and Activities on Biotechnology, Trade and Sustainble Development

• Unpacking Access: Towards the Practical Implementation of Biotechnology, organised by ICTSD and McGill University's Centre for Intellectual Property Policy (CIPP), 4-5 June 2007
  
  
• ICTSD side-event to MOP-3 of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety: LMO Labelling: How to Reconcile Trade, Biosafety and Consumer Concerns?, 15 March 2006, Curitiba, Brazil.
  
  
• Understanding The WTO Interim Biotech Ruling: Preliminary Findings And Implications. Organised by ICTSD, 9 March 2006, Geneva, Switzerland.
  
  
• Eastern African Dialogue on Biotechnology Policymaking, Trade and Sustainable Development, 15-17 February 2006, Jinja, Uganda, Organised by ICTSD, the African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS), the African Union and the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD).
  
  
• ICTSD side-event to MOP-2 of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety: Multilateral trade rules and the Cartagena Protocol - Is there space for domestic public policies?, 31 May 2005, Montreal, Canada.
  
  
• ICTSD-GEN Roundtable: Biotechnology, Trade and Environment, 19 May 2004, Geneva.
  
  
• ICTSD Workshop: Biotechnology, Biosafety and Trade - Issues for Developing Countries, 18-20 July 2001, Bellevue, Switzerland.
  
  
  

Publications

• Biotechnology: Eastern African Perspectives on Sustainable Development and Trade Policy, jointly published by ICTSD and the African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS), June 2007.
  
  
• Biotechnology: Addressing Key Trade and Sustainability Issues, ICTSD, December 2006: This publication provides a practical information tool for those involved in trade and biotechnology policy-making to understand key issues related to policy-making at the intersection of biotechnology, trade and sustainable development.
  
  
• Overview of the WTO Biotech Dispute and the Interim Ruling, ICTSD, March 2006.
  
  
• Trading in Genes: Development Perspectives on Biotechnology, Trade and Sustainability, ICTSD and Earthscan, November 2005.
  
  
• Domestic Import Regulations for Genetically Modified Organisms and their Compatibility with WTO Rules, by Heike Baumüller, IISD-ICTSD Trade Knowledge Network, August 2003 Full paper | Executive summary
  
  
• A series of regional studies (forthcoming): The assessment will aim to inform regional policy-making on trade and biotechnology through an evaluation of existing policies, interests and influencing factors (including discussions at the regional dialogues).
  
  
• Trade, Biotechnology and Sustainable Development - A Framework for Policymaking (forthcoming): This document will provide a toolbox for policy-making in developing countries with respect to the management of biotechnology trade, including of domestic biotech development.
  
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