Three regional Aid for Trade reviews, organized by the WTO together with corresponding regional development banks, and one Global review took place in 2007. To examine SPS capacity building needs and responses at a regional level, the STDF organized three regional consultation workshops between donors, international organizations and beneficiaries as part of these regional meetings:

1. Latin America and the Caribbean: The workshop took place on 12 September 2007 in Lima - Peru, and had a sub-regional focus on Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.

   a)    Summary report of the meeting - Lima (Spanish)

   b)    Conclusions and Recommendations - Lima (Spanish)

2. Asia: The workshop took place on 18 September 2007 in Manila - Philippines, and had a sub-regional focus on Cambodia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Vietnam.

   a)    Summary report of the meeting - Manila

   b)    Conclusions and Recommendations - Manila

3. Africa: The workshop took place on 30 September 2007 in Dar es Salaam - Tanzania, and had a sub-regional focus on Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.

   a)    Summary report of the meeting - Dar es Salaam

   b)    Conclusions and Recommendations - Dar es Salaam

Conclusions and recommendations of the workshops were reported back in the main regional Aid for Trade meetings.  A report on the workshops was given during the Global Review of Aid for Trade in the WTO General Council on 19 November 2007.