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The World Trade Organisation (WTO) in collaboration with the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) will hold a regional seminar on 'Aid for Trade and Africa's Trade and Development Prospects'.

The seminar, will be held from 4-6 June 2013 with experts on trade and development from the WTO, the ECA, African countries and Regional Economic Communities in attendance to discuss, among other topics, trade-related development challenges for the region, opportunities and challenges in the international agenda and relevant Aid for Trade issues.

As part of the seminar, experts will also validate a report produced by ECA in preparation for the Fourth Global Review of Aid for Trade, to be held in Geneva from the 8-10 July 2013.

In addition to an analysis of Aid for Trade flows to the region, the report will present the result of a survey conducted by African Union (AU) and ECA, on how Aid for Trade can best support the AU Action Plan to boost intra-African trade.