THE PRESIDENT'S DECISION. 18. The President, acting under the authority delegated by the Board, has approved the provision of technical assistance not exceeding the equivalent of $600,000 on a grant basis to the Government of Kazakhstan for Environmental Monitoring and Information Management System for Sustainable Land Use, and hereby reports this action to the Board.
THE PRESIDENT'S DECISION. 23. The President, acting under the authority delegated by the Board, has approved ADB administering technical assistance not exceeding the equivalent of $420,000 to the Government of Bangladesh to be financed on a grant basis by the Poverty Reduction Cooperation Fund for the Social Protection of Poor Female Workers in the Garment Sector in the Context of Changing Trade Environments Project, and hereby reports this action to the Board.
THE PRESIDENT'S DECISION. (1) When the President’s decision is negative, the President may invite the Member to meet with the President to discuss the recommendations. The Member shall have the right to be accompanied by another Member.
(2) The President shall inform the Member by March 31 of their decision regarding the granting of a continuing appointment.
(3) Continuing appointment for Members shall be effective immediately upon the President’s approval.
(4) In the case of a denial of a continuing appointment, the President shall provide written reasons for the decision and the Member's appointment shall normally be terminated effective June 30.
THE PRESIDENT'S DECISION. (1) In the event of a negative recommendation, the President may invite the Member to meet with them to discuss the recommendations. The Member shall have the right to be accompanied by another Member.
(2) The decision of the President is the final word on the application subject to grievances under Article 35.
(3) The President’s decision shall be communicated to the Member by no later than May 31st and promotions shall be effective July 1.
(4) In the case of a denial of tenure and/or promotion, the President shall provide written reasons for the decision. When a Member’s tenure application has been denied, the Member’s appointment shall normally be terminated no fewer than six (6) weeks following the President’s decision.
THE PRESIDENT'S DECISION. 17. The President, acting under the authority delegated by the Board, has approved the provision of technical assistance not exceeding the equivalent of $450,000 on a grant basis for Capacity Building for Developing Member Countries on the World Trade Organization Trading System, and hereby reports this action to the Board. 2 In this paragraph, 33 ADB DMCs are listed: 20 are WTO members, 12 are WTO applicants, and 1 (Turkmenistan) is not a WTO member nor a WTO applicant, but is a WCO member. Goal To encourage developing member countries (DMCs) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to achieve full integration into the World Trade Organization (WTO) multilateral trading system Implementation of outstanding WTO agreements Accession to WTO WTO official documents Purpose To increase awareness of the WTO agreements among DMCs, leading to full implementation of the agreements Implementation of outstanding WTO agreements WTO official documents New round and work at working parties on accession make sound progress To assist DMCs’ active participation in the new WTO round of negotiations Participation in the new WTO round To DMC applicants to WTO to achieve their accession Accession to WTO Outputs Publication of the proceedings of the high-level meeting Compiling materials for the other three training courses in CD-ROM Timely processing of the work required Timely acquisition of training materials Dissemination of information from the four training activities through the ADB web site All materials for publication are provided in electronic form Activities Organize the following: 1. high-level meeting on the WTO trading system 2. Intensive Course on the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) Inputs Negotiators to the new round from DMCs who are WTO members and applicants to WTO; July/August 2002, Bangkok ($124,700) Senior trade officials directly involved with intellectual property rights in DMCs who are WTO members and applicants to WTO; February 2003, ADB headquarters ($117,500) N/A Resource persons from WTO, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and APEC economies are available at the targeted time for the four activities
