Today, IQsensato hosts the Second Geneva Seminar on Development Research (GSDR) with a focus on ” Copyright and Access to Educational and Learning Materials in Africa: Evidence from an Eight Country Study Project”. The seminar is co-organised with the African Copyright and Access to Knowledge (ACA2K) Project which has also released a Briefing Paper for the seminar.
Archive for May, 2009
Second Geneva Seminar on Development Research (GSDR)
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009Lamy’s Ambitions for his Second Term
Saturday, May 9th, 2009On 30 April 2009, the World Trade Organization (WTO) General Council re-appointed Pascal Lamy as Director General for another four years starting from 1 September 2009 when his first term comes to an end. Lamy was unopposed in his bid for a second term. This is because no other candidate was put forward by any other WTO Member State to compete against him. This is quite unusual considering the acrimony and the number of candidates who ran before. In the first truly competitive elections for the post in 1998, the then six year term for Director-General had to be split into two between Moore of New Zealand and Supachai of Thailand due to a deadlock. During the elections for Lamy’s first term there was a significant number of competitors.
