Certificate Program in Trade and Development
Centre for Trade Policy and Law (CTPL)
Carleton University/University of Ottawa
December 2-3, 2014, Ottawa
This is a practical course that provides participants with a greater understanding and increased skills to
design an effective trade and development strategy for Canada. Course participants will learn how to
analyze trade and development issues, how to construct a practical trade strategy for Canada, and
understand how and why trade strategies in developed countries like Canada are different from those
pursued by developing countries. The capstone session will integrate these objectives through a
roundtable discussion with former senior trade negotiators and diplomats about how Canada can
advance its trade and development priorities according to the government’s Global Markets Action Plan.
Instructors:
Phil Rourke, Executive Director, CTPL; Lecturer, NPSIA
Don Stephenson, CTPL Senior Associate; former ADM Trade, DFAIT; former Canadian
Ambassador to the WTO
John Gero, former Canadian Ambassador to the WTO; former ADM Trade, DFAIT
TUESDAY, December 2
8h30-9h00
Continental breakfast
9h00-9h15
Introduction to course
Phil Rourke and Don Stephenson
9h15-10h30
Understanding “value chain” trade policy
 The rise and growing importance of global value chains in international trade
 “Value chain” trade policy: what it is and how it’s different from traditional trade
 Implications of the rise of global value chains for developing countries
 Instructors:
Phil Rourke and Don Stephenson
10h30-10h45
Break
10h45-12h30
Exercise: Global Value Chains and the Ethiopia’s flower industry
Participants will work in groups to analyse this real-life case of how the private sector,
government, and targeted trade capacity building can assist developing countries in
taking advantage of the global value chains to the benefit of the domestic economy.
Instructors:
Phil Rourke and Don Stephenson
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12h30-13h30
Lunch
13h30-14h30
Policy Analysis and Strategic Planning
 identifying policy problems and policy alternatives, assessing policy choices
 understanding the policy analysis “tool kit” for strategic planning
 Introduction of case exercise: Designing a trade strategy for Canada
 Instructors: Phil Rourke and Don Stephenson
14h30-14h45
Break
14h45-16h30
Exercise: Designing a trade strategy for Canada
Participants work in groups to develop policy recommendations to address Canada’s
trade priorities
Facilitators: Phil Rourke and Don Stephenson
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2
8h30-9h00
Continental Breakfast
9h00-10h15
The Trade and Development Agenda
 The evolution of the trade and development agenda at the WTO
 The trade-related technical assistance (TRTA) responses to the trade and
development challenges of developing countries
 The aid-for-trade agenda and future challenges
Instructor:
Don Stephenson
10h15-10h30
Break
10h30-12h00
Exercise: Designing a trade strategy for a developing country
Participants are divided into two groups to prepare for a meeting between Canadian
development officials and the trade officials of a fictitious developing country (Arigua)
that faces policy and resource challenges common to developing countries. One group
represents Canada; the other represents Arigua. Using a prepared case and the same
analytical framework as worked with during the previous day, each side prepares for the
first meeting on how Canada can assist its developing country partner achieve its trade
and development objectives.
Facilitators: Phil Rourke and Don Stephenson
12h00-13h00
Lunch
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13h00-14h30
Case exercise: Canada-Arigua Trade and Development Meeting
Canadian development officials and Arigua trade officials meet to determine the main
elements of a trade and development support program for Arigua.
Facilitators: Don Stephenson and Phil Rourke
14h30-14h45
Break
14h45-16h30
Implementing Canada’s Trade and Development Agenda
This capstone session provides participants with the opportunity to discuss the outcome
of the case exercise and any questions they may have with two of Canada’s most
experienced trade and development practitioners. Participants are encouraged to bring
issues they are working on in their professional positions to the discussion.
Instructors: John Gero and Don Stephenson
16h30
END OF COURSE
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