Master in International Relations, Projects and Global Investments

- Globalization and international business. Positive and negative effects. Historical background.
- Globalization: International trade and financial markets. Cultural, political, and environmental dimensions of globalization.
- Globalization and international institutions: United Nations, WTO, WB, IMF, European Union.
- Liberalization. The role of the World Trade Organisation.
- Regionalism. World economic agreements.
- Emerging markets. BRICM countries. India and China.
- World financial and economic crisis. Regional analysis: Africa, Asia, Europe, Arab countries. Global food crisis.
- Antiglobalization.

- United Nations: introduction.
- Structure and organization. Main bodies. Agencies, programmes and subsidiary bodies. Secretariat.
- ECOSOC- Economic and Social Council.
- United Nations System.
- Human Development.
- Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

- Introduction to the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development UNCTAD.
- International trade and Commodities. UNCTAD Conferences. Relationship with other agencies.
- Investment, technology and enterprise.
- Globalization and development.
- Africa, Least developed countries, Land-locked developing countries, Small Island Developing States.
- UNCTAD Statistics.
- Trade and development report.

- Introduction to the International Trade Centre INTRACEN.
- Country information.
- Market analysis tools.
- Market development services.

- World Bank: introduction. Organization. Members.
- WB and Millennium Development Goals.
- WB operations: Fund generation, loans, trust funds and grants.
- World Bank projects. Profiles. Databases. Projects lifecycle (Identification, preparation, appraisal, approval, implementation, completion, evaluation).
- Doing business with the World Bank.
- International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
- International Development Association (IDA).
- World development indicators.

- Introduction to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
- From General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) to World Trade Organization.
- Principles of the trading system.
- WTO agreements. Tariffs. Agriculture. Standards and safety. Textiles. Services. Intellectual property. Anti-dumping, subsidies. Non-tariff barriers.
- The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS).
- Regional trade agreements. Regionalism.
- The Doha agenda.
- World trade report.

- Introduction to the International Monetary Fund. Membership.
- Main IMF activities. IMF Goals. Surveillance, assistance and lending.
- Collaboration with other institutions (WB, WTO, UN, ...)
- Special Drawing Rights (SDRs).
- International Monetary Fund: Globalization and crisis.
- World economic outlook.

- Introduction to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). History.
- OECD analyses and studies. OECD economic outlook.
- Structure of the organization.

Other institutions

- International Chamber of Commerce.
- The Commonwealth.
- G-77

- Introduction to the Asian Development Bank.
- Operations. Projects and programs. Partnerships. Financial resources.
- ADB Project cycle.
- Regions and countries.
- Key indicators for Asia and the Pacific.
- Asian development outlook.

- Introduction to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).
- Objectives of ESCAP. Programmes. Committees.
- The committee on trade and investment.
- Regional trade agreements in Asia. Regionalism in Asia.
- APTIAD interactive trade indicators.
- Statistical yearbook for Asia and the Pacific.

- Introduction to the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC).
- Areas of cooperation: economy, communications, transport, ...
- SAARC Preferential Trading Arrangement (SAPTA).
- South Asian Free trade area (SAFTA). South Asian Economic Union.
- SAARC foreign trade.

- Introduction to the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation.
- Members countries. Objectives.
- BIMSTEC Free trade area Framework Agreement.
- Trade and investments.

- Introduction to the Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA).
- Trade profile of APTA members.
- Tariffs concessions. Rules of Origin.
- Performance Indicators for members of the Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA).

- Introduction to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEAN.
- Objectives. Principles. ASEAN member countries. Statistics.
- Introduction to:
  ASEAN Economic Community.
  ASEAN Free trade area (AFTA).
  ASEAN plus three cooperation.
  ASEAN Free trade agreements.

- ASEAN Economic Profile.
- ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Blueprint.
- ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA).
- ASEAN Single Market and Production Base.
- Competitive Economic Region.

- Introduction to the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA).
- Tariff Liberalisation. Elimination of Import Duties and Tariff Rate Quotas.
- ASEAN Rules of Origin. Calculation of Regional Value Content.
- Non-tariff Measures. Import Licensing Procedures.
- Trade facilitation. ASEAN Single Window.
- ASEAN Customs. Customs Valuation.
- Standards, technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures.
- Sanitary and phytosanitary measures. Emergency Situation.
- Realisation of the ASEAN Free Trade Area.

- Introduction to the External Relations of ASEAN
- ASEAN Plus Three Cooperation. Chiang Mai Initiative Multilateralisation (CMIM). Asian Bond Market Initiative (ABMI)
- ASEAN: China (ACFTA), India (TIG), Japan (AJCEP), Korea (AKFTA), Pakistan (FTA)
- ASEAN: Australia New Zealand (AANZFTA), European Union (TREATI), Russia
- ASEAN: Canada (ACECA), United States (ASEAN-US TIFA)

- Introduction to the Trans-Regional ASEAN European Union Trade Initiatives (TREATI)
- Trade Relations between ASEAN and EU countries.

- Mekong River Commission (MRC).
- Objectives and structure.

- ASEAN Investment Area (AIA) Council.
- Foreign direct investment FDI in ASEAN countries: Outlook and Challenges.
- Sources of ASEAN FDI Flows. Intra-ASEAN FDI Flows.
- Investment policy measures and developments in ASEAN markets.

- Introduction to the Indonesia - Malaysia - Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT - GT).
- Structure and Goals of the IMT-GT.
- Sumatra Investment and Trade Survey (SITS).
- Economic profiles of IMT-GT provinces.

- Introduction to the Ayeyawady - Chao Phraya - Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS).
- Strategy plan of action. Trade and Investment Facilitation.

- Introduction to the The Brunei Darussalam Indonesia Malaysia the Philippines - East Asean Growth Area.
- Members and objectives.
- BIMP-EAST ASEAN Business Council (EABC)

- Introduction to Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) ©.
- Structure. Bogor Goals. Osaka Action Agenda.
- Trade and Investment Liberalisation. Business Facilitation. Economic and Technical Cooperation.
- Achievements and benefits.

- Introduction to the Committee on Trade and Investment .
- Principles for Cross-Border Trade in Services. Principles on Trade Facilitation.
- Automotive and Chemical dialogue. Business Mobility Group. Investment.
- Group on Services. Intellectual Property Rights. Electronic Commerce.
- Market Access. Rules of Origin. Customs Procedures. Standards and Conformance.

- Assessment of Achievements of the Bogor Goals in 2010.
- Trade in Goods and Services. Foreign Direct Investment in Asia Pacific Markets.
- Economic Growth and Improving Social Outcomes.
- Trade and Investment Liberalization and Facilitation: Tariffs, Non-Tariff Measures, Services, Investment, Customs Procedures, Rules of Origin (ROOs).
- Regional Trade Agreements / Free Trade Agreements (RTAs/FTA).

- Telecommunications and Information Working Group (TEL).
- Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA).
- Case study: Free trade agreements and telecommunications regulatory principles in Asia Pacific countries.
- Case study: International mobile roaming (IMR) in Asia Pacific countries.

- Free Trade Agreements (FTA) and Regional Trading Agreements (RTA) in the Asia Pacific region.
- Convergences and Divergences in RTAs/FTAs.
- Market Access Provisions in the Asia Pacific Region FTAs.
- State of Integration in the Asia Pacific Region: Tariff Liberalization.
- Rules of Origin. Customs Procedures. Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. Technical Barriers to Trade.
- Trade of Services. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI).

- Introduction to the TPP Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement.
- Free trade in goods. Rules of Origin.
- Trade in services.

- Introduction to the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC).
- Task forces. Trade and Investment in Services. Pacific Food System.
- State of the Region Report.
- Index of Economic Integration in the Asia-Pacific.
- PECC and the Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP).

- Introduction to Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO).
- Organizational Structure. Objectives. Activities.
- Regional Institutions. ECO Shipping Company. ECO Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
- ECO Trade and Development Bank.
- Directorate of Trade and Investment.
- ECO International Relations.

- Introduction to the Boao Forum For Asia (BFA).
- Structure. BFA and the economic integration in Asia.

- Introduction to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
- Economy and trade relationships between SCO members.
- The Business Council of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
- The Interbank Consortium of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

- Introduction to the Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEC).
- Economic profile of the EurAsEC region (Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan).
- EurAsEC Customs Union.
- EurAsEC Common Economic Space.
- Eurasian Business Council.

- Introduction to the Asia-Europe Economic Meeting (ASEM).
- Trade facilitation.
- The Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF).

- Introduction to the Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC).
- Objectives and organization.
- Introduction to Latin America-Asian Economic Relations.
- Manila Plan of Action.

- Introduction to the Asia - Middle East Dialogue – AMED.
- Principles and Objectives. AMED Working Groups.
- AMED III Meeting.

- Asian Clearing Union (ACU).
- Objectives. Participating members. Achievements.

- Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IORARC).
- Member countries. Objectives.
- Indian Ocean Rim Business Centre (IORBC).

- Introduction to the Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD).
- Impacts of the Global Recession on Asia.

- The Colombo Plan for Cooperative Economic and Social Development in Asia and the Pacific.
- Objectives and Programmes.

- Introduction to the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF).
- Pacific Islands Trade and Invest.
- Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA).
- Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER).

- Introduction to Africa (socioeconomic, population, religion, languages, ...)
- Introduction to African economy. Economic development report.
- Africa in the global economy. African foreign trade.
- Africa and the global financial crisis.
- Africa and the United Nations. Millennium Development Goals.
- Africa and the World Bank.
- Regional trade agreements in Africa.

- Introduction to the African Development Bank (AFDB).
- African Development Fund (ADF). Nigeria trust fund (NTF).
- Regional integration in Africa.
- African peer review mechanism. African women in business initiative.
- The Investment climate facility (ICF).
- Transport in Africa. CEMAC trade corridor project.
- Africa and the global crisis. Africa food crisis response.
- Multilateral debt relief initiative (MDRI).
- Financial instruments. Lending and non-lending instruments.
- Doing business with the African Development Bank. Procurement.
- Projects and operations. Project cycle.

- Introduction to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).
- ECA member states. African Development Forum (ADF).
- Trade, finance and economic development division.
- Economic report on Africa (ERA).
- Procurement Unit: Doing business with UNECA.

- Introduction to the African Union.
- Objectives and members.
- Regional economic communities: CEN-SAD, ECCAS, COMESA, ECOWAS, IGAD, SADC, UMA.

- Introduction to the NEPAD (New Partnership for Africa's Development).
- NEPAD Secretariat. Socio-economic development.
- The African Peer review mechanism (APRM).
- African Regional economic communities (RECs).

- The Africa - European Union strategic partnership.
- EU infrastructure trust fund for Africa.
- The Cotonou Agreement. The ACP group.
- Euro-Mediterranean partnership.
- European neighbourhood policy.
- EU bilateral relations with Africa. Trade development and cooperation agreement (TDCA) with South Africa. The EU-Algeria association agreement.
- Agreements with Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia.

- Introduction to the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). AGOA IV.
- Country, product and apparel eligibility.
- United States - Africa trade. Leading U.S. export markets in Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Sub-Saharan African suppliers to the United States.
- U.S. Foreign Direct Investment in Africa. Successes cases.
- African global competitiveness initiative (AGCI). Africa trade hubs.
- Case study: Handcrafts export growth in Ghana. Senegalese exporters. African Growers in Atlanta.
- Summaries in Spanish and French.

- Introduction to the Forum on China-Africa Co-operation.
- China's African policy.
- FOCAC Summit Beijing and Sharm el-Sheikh.
- Sino-African foreign trade relations.

- Economic relationships between Africa and India.
- Africa - India framework for cooperation.
- Africa - India Forum Summit.
- Delhi declaration.

- Africa: regional economic communities REC.
- The report on assessing regional integration in Africa (ARIA).
- Trade and market integration.
- Trends in intra-African trade.
- Physical integration: transport, information and communications technologies (ICTs).
- Monetary integration in Africa.

- Economic growth and infrastructures in Africa.
- The Africa infrastructure country diagnostic.
- Logistics and transport sector in Africa.
- Information and communication technologies.

- Introduction to the Southern Africa development community (SADC).
- The SADC programme of action SPA. Trade, industry, finance and investment (TIFI).
- The economy of the SADC Region. Investment outlook. Business environment.
- Impact of the global economic crisis on SADC economies.
- The SADC- European Union economic partnership agreement (EPA). FTA with EFTA.
- SADC Free trade area (FTA).
- Southern African Customs Union (SACU). FTA with India.

- Introduction to the Common market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA).
- COMESA FTA Free trade area. Customs Union. Regional economy.
- The Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (PTA Bank).
- The infrastructures in COMESA region.
- Case study: Investing in textile, Oil seeds and leather sector.

- Introduction to the East African Community EAC.
- Customs, market and economic union. Organs of the community. Economy and foreign trade.
- EAC Developing strategic partnerships.
- East African Development Bank (EADB).

- Introduction to the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD).
- The IGAD region: Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan and Uganda.
- Regional processes and alliances. IGAD Partners Forum (IPF).
- Economic Cooperation and Social Development. Economy, Foreign trade, industry, tourism, transport, Information and communication technology (ICT).

- Introduction to the Community of Sahel-Saharan States CEN-SAD.
- Sahel-Saharan Investment and Trade Bank.
- Regional food security program (RFSP/CEN-SAD).
- Great Green wall program. Fight against desertification.

- Introduction to the Economic Community of Central African States ECCAS.
- Structure of ECCAS. Mission. Areas of intervention of ECCAS.

- Introduction to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Project VISION 2020.
- Socio-economic development of the ECOWAS region. Ecobiz.
- West African Monetary Institute (WAMI).
- ECOBANK.
- The West African Development Bank (WADB).
- ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID - BIDC).
- Case study: ASKY Airline. The West African Power Pool (WAPP).

- Introduction to the West African economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA).
- Achievements of the UEMOA.
- The economies of UEMOA member states.
- The Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO).
- History of the CFA franc.
- West African Development Bank (BOAD).
- Financial crisis, trade and regional integration in West Africa.
- Economic and financial situation of the Union.

- The Maghreb. History. Population. Geography. Trans-Maghreb.
- The Maghreb economy. Foreign trade: exports and imports.
- Competitiveness in Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) countries (Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania and Tunisia).
- Introduction to the Arab Maghreb Union. Marrakech Treaty. Objectives and missions.
- AMU institutions. agreements with similar organizations.

- Introduction to the Arab Mediterranean Free trade agreement (Agadir Agreement).
- Members: Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and Jordan.
- The Agadir Technical Unit. The Barcelona process.
- The Agadir Agreement and the Pan-Euro-Mediterranean system of cumulation of origin.
- Regional trade in Agadir countries. Trade with the European Union.
- Case study: Doing business in Jordan.
- Case study: automotive sector in the Arab-Mediterranean free trade agreement.

- The Arab world. Arabic language.
- The Arab League.
- Economy. Foreign trade (import export).
- The relationship between the League of Arab States and different regional groupings.
- The MENA region (Middle East and North Africa).
- Case study: Orascom Telecom. Etisalat.

- Introduction to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA).
- ESCWA commission and other intergovernmental bodies.
- Social development. ESCWA centre for women.
- Economic development and globalization.
- Information and communication technology.
- ESCWA statistics.
- Foreign direct investment FDI in ESCWA region.
- Greater Arab Free trade area (GAFTA).

- The Islamic development Bank. IDB 1440H vision initiative. IDB unit of account (Islamic dinar). Member countries.
- IDB Group strategic framework. Project financing operations.
- IDB modes of financing. ISTISNA'A. Shari'ah (Islamic law).
- Affiliated institutions. Islamic corporation for Insurance of Investments and Export Credits (ICIEC). Islamic corporation for the development of the private sector (ICD).
- International Islamic trade finance corporation (ITFC).
- Trade financing. The Arab Bank for economic development in Africa (BADEA). BADEA Export financing scheme (BEFS).

- Introduction to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). The Ummah.
- Subsidiary organs. Statistical, economic and social research and training centre for the Islamic countries (SESRIC).
- Islamic centre for the development of trade (ICDT). Islamic chamber of commerce and industry (ICCI).
- Economic report on the OIC countries.

- Introduction to the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf. Objectives. Organizational structure.
- Economic, trade and customs cooperation. Economic nationalization. Monetary union and single currency.
- The economic agreement between the Gulf Cooperation Council States.
- Implementation procedures for the GCC customs union.
- Economic relations with the other economic groupings.
- Federation of GCC Chambers of Commerce.
- Intra GCC trade. Statistics.
- GCC FTA's: Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Bahrain, India, Mercosur, EFTA, European Union

Principles of Islamic Economy

Modes of Islamic financing (prohibition of interest in Islam, Mudarabah, Shirkah, Ijarah, ...)

- Summit of South American-Arab Countries.
- UNASUR and the League of Arab States.
- III Summit of Heads of State.
- The Brasilia and Doha Declarations.

- Introduction to the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).
- UNECE Committee on Trade.
- Economic Cooperation and Integration Division.

- The European Union. EU enlargement.
- EU economy. Foreign trade: exports and imports.
- Doing business in European countries.
- International relations of the European Union: European Free Trade Association (EFTA), European Economic Area (EEA), Asia-Europe (ASEM), ASEAN, Cotonou Africa, Agadir Agreement.

- The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC).
- Europe 2020 multi-annual programme.

- Introduction to the European Investment Bank (EIB).
- The EIB Group: The European Investment Fund (EIF) and EIB.
- EIB Strategy: Enlargement Countries, African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (ACP), Asia and Latin America (ALA), EU Eastern Neighbours.
- Facility for Euro-Mediterranean Investment and Partnership (FEMIP).

- The South Caucasus region.
- EU Trade policy with the South Caucasus.
- EU - South Caucasus Trade Relations.

- Introduction to the European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
- Economic profile of the EFTA States.
- European Economic Area (EEA).
- Free Movement of Goods and Services.
- International Relations. Free Trade Agreements: Singapore, India, Canada, Korea, Chile, Mexico, Colombia, GCC, Jordan ...

- Introduction to the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC).
- Functions and Organization.
- Economic and Social Development.
- The South East Europe Transport Observatory (SEETO).
- The Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe.
- South-East European Cooperation Process.

- Introduction to the Council of the Baltic Sea States.
- Vilnius Declaration: A Vision for the Baltic Sea Region by 2020.
- Economic Development.
- Regional organisations in the Baltic Sea Region.
- State of the region report.

- Introduction to the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC)
- Areas of Cooperation: trade, customs, transport ...
- The Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB).

- Introduction to the Regional Organization for Democracy and Economic Development (GUAM).
- Structure. GUAM Business Council.
- GUAM Free Trade Area.

- Introduction to the Central European Initiative (CEI).
- Funds and Instruments.
- Areas of Activity.
- Case study: Pan European Corridor VIII.

- Introduction to the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA).
- CEFTA Structures. Trade Portal.
- Economic profile of CEFTA countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo.

- Latin America economy.
- Effects of global crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean.
- Key challenges: innovation and technological change.
- Foreign trade of Latin American countries: exports and imports.
- Economic relations with China.
- The growing influence of China and other emerging economies.
- Regional integration in Latin America and the Caribbean.

- The Inter-American Development Bank (IADB).
- Operational chart. Member countries.
- Integration of regional infrastructure in South America (IIRSA).
- Case study : integration and development hubs in Latin America.
- Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC).
- Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF).
- IDB project cycle: preparation, approval, implementation, completion and evaluation.

- The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC CEPAL).
- Objectives. Member countries. History.
- Economic reports of ECLAC, Statistical yearbook, CEPALSTAT, ...

- The Latin American Integration Association (ALADI).
- Montevideo Treaty 1980 (TM80). Institutional organization.
- Agreement on Reciprocal Payments and Credits. Payment System in local currencies SML.
- Economic profile of ALADI countries.
- Customs procedures in ALADI countries.
- Nomenclature of the Latin American Integration Association (NALADISA)
- The Latin American Free trade association (LAFTA)

- The Organization of American States OEA.
- Foreign trade information system SICE.
- Trade agreements in America.
- Summit of the Americas.
- Free trade area of the Americas (FTAA ALCA).

- Mesoamerica project.
- Background: ex Plan Puebla Panama.
- Meso-American countries.
- Transport. Telecommunications.
- Case study: International Network of Mesoamerican Highways (RICAM) and the Pacific corridor.

- Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas ALBA.
- TCP: the Trade Treaty of the Peoples.
- "Grannacionales" projects. PetroCaribe.
- Bank of ALBA. Regional Clearing Unit System of Payments (SUCRE).

- Union of South American Nations (UNASUR).
- Member countries. Organs.
- Objectives of the UNASUR.
- The integration of South America.

- The Latin American and Caribbean economic System (SELA).
- Latin American Council.
- Digital information and knowledge center.

- MERCOSUR Southern Common market. Treaty of Asuncion. The Administrative Secretariat.
- The new institutional phase.
- The MERCOSUR political, economic and commercial.
- The Common external tariff EAC.
- MERCOSUR Origin Regime ROM.

- The Andean Community (CAN).
- The Andean integration system (SAI).
- Economic profile of the Andean countries.
- The Andean Community's common foreign policy (CFP). Relationships with Mercosur, USA, China, India, Russia, ...
- Trade Agreement between Colombia, Peru and the European Union.
- CAN: Productive and commercial development. Trade in goods, services and investments. Transportation.
- The Andean customs union. Free trade area. Common market. The NANDINA nomenclature. Common external tariff (ARIAN).
- The Andean Development Corporation (CAF).

- The North American Free trade agreement (NAFTA).
- NAFTA institutions. Free Trade Commission. NAFTA background.
- NAFTA rules of origin.
- Economic facts about NAFTA.
- Success Stories.

- North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) ©.
- US Free trade agreements (FTA): Australia, Bahrain, Canada Mexico (NAFTA), Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Israel, Jordan, Korea, Morocco, Nicaragua, Oman, Panama, Peru (TPA), Singapore.
- Free Trade Agreements Tariff Tool.
- European Union - US Trade Relations (TEC).
- Trade Investment Framework Agreements (TIFAs). ASEAN - US.
- Bilateral Investment Treaties (BIT).
- Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement (TPP).
- AGOA - African Growth and Opportunity Act. U.S. Africa trade.
- Regional Institutions: PECC, IADB, ESCAP, ECLAC, OEA, RCC.

- The Central American Integration System (SICA).
- Functions and objectives. Member countries. Specialized agencies.
- Secretariat for Central American economic integration (SIECA).
- Central trading scheme: Origins of the goods, safeguard measures, Central American Tariff System (SAC).
- Central America Free trade area. Customs and monetary union.
- Central American Bank for economic integration (BCIE).
- Free trade agreements. Association agreement EU-CA.

- Africa - South America Summit (ASA).
- Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) and the African Union.
- Declaration of Abuja and New Sparta. Marrakech plan of action.

- Central America: Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama.
- Central American economy.
- Foreign trade (exports and imports).
- Foreign direct investment in Central America.

- The Caribbean Community CARICOM.
- Economic profile of the Caribbean countries.
- Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS).
- The CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME).
- Trade Policy of the Caribbean Community. Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB).
- CARIFORUM Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA European Union).
- CARICOM's trade relations. Trade Relationship with Canada. CARICOM - US (United States). Free Trade Agreement with Colombia

- Association of Caribbean States ACS.
- Functions and organization.
- Member countries. Greater Caribbean.

- The European Union. The European Commission and the other European institutions.
- The World Bank Group
- The United Nations Agencies: UNDP, WFP, FAO, WHO, etc.
- The Regional Development Banks: IADB, ADB, AfDB, EBRD; and other sub-regional banks (CAF, CABEI, CDB, BOAD, IsDB, ...)
- Bilateral Aid agencies. Bilateral Donors (USAID, GTZ, SIDA, AECI, France Cooperation, DANIDA, JICA, etc.) and private foundations and large development NGO’s.

- Introduction to international Development Projects. The Project Idea or concept.
- The Development Project cycle. The Project approach of the different Institutions.
- Introduction to the Logical Framework Approach for designing and monitoring projects. The Logical Framework Matrix
- Work-plan and Schedule development.
- Search for consortium partners and subcontractors, pre-bid agreements, pricing and management fees. Consortium negotiation
- Conclusions and review.

- The international Development Project cycle.
- In-depth review of Project cycle Management (PCM) and the Logical Framework Approach (LFA) and its Phases and Documents.
- Project Identification and its Tools.
- Project Formulation or Appraisal and its Tools.
- Project Description or "Fiches" and Drafting Terms of Reference or Statements of Work.
- Project Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation.
- Fundamentals of Financial and Economic Analysis (ECO-FIN) and other Methodologies of Financial Appraisal.
- Conclusions and Review.

- Preliminary considerations before preparing Expressions of Interest or Pre-qualifications.
- Preparation of Expressions of Interest (EOIs) and Pre-qualifications.
- Preparation of the Technical proposal.
- Preparation of the Financial proposal.

- Stages of project implementation and contract follow-up.
- Team management.
- Drafting of reports and presentations.

- Objectives and standards of Project Management (PM).
- Project management framework and the PM Body of Knowledge of the Project Management Institute (PMI) and other bodies.
- Scheduling, scope and human resources techniques applied to development projects.
- Communication and risk analysis techniques in development projects.

- What is a leader: how to be one, contributions to the team.
- Style and coaching of leaders.
- Transparency and credibility attributes.
- Management of expectations and compensation.
- Managing high-performance teams in difficult or far-away locations.
- Leadership failure in international projects.

- Ten key points of efficient international negotiations.
- Step by step negotiations of international consortia: preparation, development and closing.
- Negotiation tactics: direct, persuasive, defensive and aggressive.
- The negotiation team: dynamics and cultural styles
- Negotiation strategy: how to propose, make concessions, introduce bargaining chips, confront objections, etc.
- Successful closing of negotiations: overcoming differences, settlements achievements, etc.

- The culture and the global society. Religion and international business.
- High and low context culture (Edward Hall).
- Cultural dimension (Hofstede): Power distance, Individual, Long-Term orientation, ...
- The seven dimensions of culture (Trompenaars).
- Cross-cultural communication and the international marketing plan.
- Intercultural management and international business.
- Cultural patterns and markets. Countries classification. Key strategies to dealing with new cultures.
- Case study: Ceramic tiles perception in different markets. Hofstede's dimensions and World's Religions.
- How to negotiate successfully in ...

- Introduction to the foreign direct investment (FDI).
- FDI outlook.
- World Trade Organization and FDI. Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures (TRIMs).
- OECD and the foreign direct investment.
- European Union policy on FDI.
- The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency's (MIGA).
- Appendices: Index of economic freedom (Heritage). FDI atlas. FDI and developing countries.

- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and Foreign direct investment.
- FDI index. Inward and outward index. Methodology.
- World investment report.
- Global Investment Prospects Assessment (GIPA).
- Investment compass tool.

- Establishing companies abroad: sales delegations, affiliated companies, branches, joint ventures.
- Optimizing expropriation risks.
- Corporate governance.
- Developing countries.
- Case: Reconstruction of industry in ex-Soviet Republics.