DDG
Zhang Welcomes New Cohort of Interns from Developing Countries, LDCs at WTO
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A total of 22 interns are participating in
this year's edition of the French-Irish Mission
Internship Programme funded by France and Ireland.
Deputy Director-General Xiangchen Zhang welcomed 39 interns from developing and least-developed
countries (LDCs) at a ceremony on 14 March launching two ten-month WTO internship
programmes. The Netherlands Trainee Programme and the French-Irish Mission Internship
Programme will give participants an opportunity to develop their expertise on various
aspects of trade and the work of the WTO. This is the first time that Timor-Leste
is represented in the programmes.
Selected by the WTO Secretariat
from across the world, the interns are government officials working on trade-related
matters. Priority is given to Sub-Saharan Africa, LDCs, small and vulnerable economies
(SVEs), countries with small permanent missions in Geneva, acceding governments
and recently acceded WTO members.
"I thank France, Ireland,
and the Netherlands for the generous contributions of their countries that make
it possible every year for the WTO to continue with these important capacity-building
initiatives", DDG Zhang said in his opening remarks." Welcoming the interns,
he encouraged them to "observe, listen, learn, contribute, develop your autonomy
and network with as many colleagues as possible."
French-Irish Mission Internship Programme
A total of 22 interns are participating
in this year's edition of the French-Irish Mission
Internship Programme funded by France and Ireland. The programme seeks
to build sustainable trade-related capacity in beneficiary countries by allowing
government officials to participate in WTO activities in Geneva. The interns work
in their respective permanent missions in Geneva and can represent their countries
at WTO meetings. Priority is given to the permanent missions of LDCs and SVEs.
France's WTO Permanent Representative,
Etienne Oudot de Dainville said:
"France is proud to be contributing to this programme, which helps developing
countries implement their WTO commitments and participate more effectively in current
and future negotiations. It is fully in line with the technical assistance mandate
contained in the 2001 Doha Ministerial Declaration."
Ireland's WTO Ambassador, Noel
White, said: "Ireland’s support for the Mission Internship Programme demonstrates
our commitment to strengthened participation of LDCs and small, vulnerable, economies
in international trade through the work of the WTO.”
Netherlands Trainee Programme
A total of 17 interns are participating
in the 2023 edition of the Netherlands
Trainee Programme. Funded by the government of the Netherlands,
the programme aims to build capacities in beneficiary countries by providing government
officials with an opportunity to develop their expertise on the WTO and the multilateral
trading system.
Congratulating the trainees on
their selection for the programme, the Netherlands' WTO Deputy Permanent Representative,
Marcel Vernooij, said: “You have been given the chance
of a lifetime to further your own interests and those of your country. We hope the
gained expertise will assist your country in making global trade work as an engine
for sustainable economic growth and job creation. I hope you will have a good experience
and a successful traineeship".
The ceremony was attended by
WTO ambassadors and representatives from the countries participating in the programmes.
Participants
|
Country |
LDC |
Region |
Gender |
Family
Name |
First
Name |
|
Angola |
YES |
Africa
FR |
F |
ANTÓNIO |
Bartolomeu
Neto |
|
Bangladesh |
YES |
Asia
& Pacific |
F |
ZABEEN |
S.M.Sumaiya |
|
Cameroon |
NO |
Africa
FR |
M |
ABAZE
NGO'O |
Samuel
Armand |
|
Comoros |
YES |
Africa
FR |
M |
ZAINOUDINE |
Ahamada |
|
Djibouti |
YES |
Africa
FR |
F |
SAID
WABERIE |
Kaltoum |
|
Haiti |
YES |
LAC |
F |
ALCEGAIRE |
Vanessa |
|
Kyrgyz
Republic |
NO |
CEECAC |
F |
SEIDIBAKASOVA |
Aiperi |
|
Lao
People's Dem. Rep. |
YES |
Asia
& Pacific |
F |
PHETCHANTHARATH |
Chinsouda |
|
Liberia |
YES |
Africa
EN |
M |
BENJAMIN |
LordErnest |
|
Madagascar |
YES |
Africa
FR |
F |
RASAMIZANAKA |
Finiavana Mirindra |
|
Mali |
YES |
Africa
FR |
M |
COULIBALY |
Oumar |
|
Namibia |
NO |
Africa
EN |
F |
KATEPE |
Justina
Ndahafa |
|
Papua
New Guinea |
NO |
Asia
& Pacific |
M |
KANDU |
Paul |
|
Rwanda |
YES |
Africa
EN |
M |
KARANGWA |
Cassien |
|
Samoa |
NO |
Asia
& Pacific |
M |
ENOKA |
Maselino |
|
Senegal |
YES |
Africa
FR |
F |
GUEYE |
Ndeye Magatte |
|
Sierra
Leone |
YES |
Africa
EN |
M |
BARRY |
Magona |
|
Tajikistan |
NO |
CEECAC |
M |
SHARIFOV |
Siyovash |
|
Tanzania |
YES |
Africa
EN |
M |
SONGORWA |
Makaya |
|
The
Gambia |
YES |
Africa
EN |
M |
MENDY |
David |
|
Togo |
YES |
Africa
FR |
M |
MAWUGNA |
Koakou
Agbeko |
|
Zambia |
YES |
Africa
EN |
F |
MWELWA |
Joreen |
|
Bhutan |
YES |
Asia
& Pacific |
M |
DORJI |
Sonam
Tshering |
|
Burkina
Faso |
YES |
Africa
FR |
F |
OUEDRAOGO |
Salamata |
|
Cambodia |
YES |
Asia
& Pacific |
M |
TENG |
Chivon |
|
Côte
d'Ivoire |
NO |
Africa
FR |
M |
KOUASSI |
David |
|
Ecuador |
NO |
LAC |
F |
CARRIÓN
RAMÍREZ |
Yovana
Alejandra |
|
Gabon |
NO |
Africa
FR |
F |
PEMBA
NGOMA |
Pierricka |
|
Georgia |
NO |
CEECAC |
F |
KUNCHULIA |
Thea |
|
Kenya |
NO |
Africa
EN |
F |
MITEI |
Rose |
|
Mauritania |
YES |
Africa
FR |
M |
BA |
Ibrahima |
|
Myanmar |
YES |
Asia
& Pacific |
M |
ZEYAR
NYUNT |
Oo |
|
Nepal |
YES |
Asia
& Pacific |
F |
NEPAL |
Prabritti |
|
Nigeria |
NO |
Africa
EN |
F |
ASIKPATA |
Naomi |
|
Pakistan |
NO |
Asia
& Pacific |
M |
RASOOL |
Yousaf |
|
Sudan |
YES |
Africa
EN |
M |
ELHUSSEIN |
Omer |
|
Timor-Leste |
YES |
Asia
& Pacific |
M |
AMARAL
GODINHO de ARAUJO |
Francisco |
|
Tonga |
NO |
Asia
& Pacific |
F |
ALIPATE |
Esterlina |
|
Uzbekistan |
NO |
CEECAC |
M |
ALIEV |
Alijon |