The National TBT committee Meeting was held on the 29th May 2018 at the Laico Regency Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya. The meeting first discussed the minutes of the last meeting and matters arising. Thereafter a report from East African Standards Committee meeting concerning Regional TBT Forum was discussed followed by an Update on EAC Regional TBT Work plan (USAID). The state of preparedness for the WTO TBT meeting in Geneva was discussed at length followed by the Technical Evaluation of Domestic and Foreign Notifications and review of Special Trade Concerns.

The National Stakeholders’ workshop on the WTO TBT Triennial Review took place from 30th – 31st May 2018 at Laico Regency Hotel. The meeting discussed the proposals for the 8th Triennial Review of the WTO TBT Agreement in terms of Transparency, Operation of the Committee, Good regulatory practice (GRP), Conformity assessment and the way forward.

The National TBT Committee meeting took place from the 1st to the 2nd August 2018 at the Hilton Hotel. The meeting first discussed the minutes of the last meeting and matters arising. There after an update of the EAC Regional TBT work plan followed by discussions and preparations of the response to the US/EU on EAC Alcoholic Beverages Standards. This was followed by a discussion on the report of June 2018 on WTO TBT meeting on Specific Trade Concerns and the Report of the 8th Triennial Review.

Kenya successfully hosted the 10th ministerial conference (MC 10) between 15th to 19th December 2015 in which 6 outcomes were realized as a result of the negotiations. These outcomes are in a form of a package comprising of a series of 6 (six) ministerial decisions on agriculture, cotton and issues related to Least-Developed Countries (LDCs), and attempts to give a road map on the future work of the WTO.

The following were discussed during the 6th Inter-ministerial Committee Meeting on the Preparations for the 11th WTO Ministerial Conference Held on 2nd November 2017 at KICC at Foreign Service.

National Preparatory Committee Workshop 14TH – 18TH November, 2017, Maanzoni, Machakos (Preparation for the WTO 11TH Ministerial Conference, 10TH – 13TH December, 2017 IN Buenos Aires, Argentina)

The Eleventh Ministerial Conference (MC11) took place from 10 to 13 December 2017 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was chaired by Minister Susana Malcorra of Argentina. The Conference opened with the signing of a presidential declaration in support of the WTO. This was signed by President Macri of Argentina, President Temer of Brazil, President Cartes of Paraguay and President Vázquez of Uruguay as well as by representatives of Colombia, Guyana, Mexico, Peru and Suriname.

The WTO Chairs Annual Conference of 2017 was held in Buenos Aires Argentina and hosted by Prof. Valentina Delich. The Conference took stock of the work undertaken by the 19 active WTO Chairs in 2016-17, identified the main achievements and challenges encountered in the delivery of activities, and the future direction of the program. It also discussed research conducted by the WTO Chairs on trade and poverty, promoting connectivity and trade behind the headlines.

CETRAD Project Workshop on R4d “Towards Food Sustainability” Project "From phase 1 to phase 2: Data integration, indicators, and Transformative Pilot Actions" took place in Sagana Getaway Resort, Makuyu - Murang from 19 – 23 March 2018. The workshop discussed food sustainability indicators, discussed different food systems and their sustainability, discussed ideas for transformative pilot Actions (TPAs) for Kenya and Ghana, and also discussed the concretization of food systems in order to evaluate and to implement TPAs in Kenya, Ghana and Zambia with other partners.