Activity J:Capacity building workshops on competitiveness diagnostics and the use of specialized instruments on trade and competitiveness

Policy makers need basic information in order to plan and implement effective economic policies related to trade.  Tools are needed to provide information on regional and global shifts in demand and a country’s capacity to respond based on its national production structures related to international trade.  This information is the basis for the development of policies related to trade: identification of market niches, promotion of exports and investment in particular areas.   Countries are also concerned on specialized application of data in order to undertake competitiveness analysis and requested assistance on developing a specific diagnosis of their competitive position, through their National Strategy documents.

Training will be given to national government officials so they can undertake their own competitiveness diagnostic studies.  The workshops are intended to create local capacities to analyze competitiveness. 

A course content and methodology have been created by ECLAC experts.  This course uses specialized instruments on trade and competitiveness analysis, so that local officials will acquire new skills on specialized databases and trade analysis.

San Salvador, El Salvador, August 14-15, 2006

Bogota, Colombia, August 28-29, 2006

Quito, Ecuador, August 5-6, 2006

Guatemala, Guatemala, September 18-19, 2006

Lima, Peru, September 25-26, 2006

Santo Domingo, Dominicana Rep., September 27-28-29, 2006

La Paz, Bolivia, October 6-7, 2006

San José, Costa Rica, November 6-7, 2006

Panama, Panama, November 22-23, 2006

Tegucigalpa, Honduras, December 6-7, 2006

Asuncion, Paraguay, February 27-28, 2007

Port-au-Prince, Haiti, July 25-27, 2007