Location: The Meeting will be held at the Protea Hotel Victoria Junction, Green Point, Cape Town, South Africa. Participants are requested to make their own travel and hotel arrangements. To benefit from the conference rate of ZAR955 or about $125/night (single, including breakfast, excluding 1% tourist tax), we strongly advise you to confirm your attendance to the GFP Meeting before May 7, 2008. When making your reservation with the Protea Hotel Victoria Junction, (Reservations: +27-(021) 418-1234), please quote the reference "GFP Meeting".

Participants who also participate in the OECD Forum must register with the OECD (www.oecd.org/trade/southafrica2008) in order to continue to benefit from the agreed hotel rate.

Summary: Some time will be devoted to the important issue of improving transit operations. The Bank will also present some initial findings of a major global transit project it has recently commissioned. These should act as catalysts for further discussion.

To register: The meeting will take place on June 9-10, 2008 in Cape Town, South Africa and will be followed by the OECD Regional Forum on Trade Facilitation:
 http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/Finance/register.nsf/GFPRegister?OpenForm

To benefit from the conference rate of ZAR955 (or about $125/night), we strongly advise you to confirm your attendance to the GFP Meeting before May 7, 2008. Participants who also participate in the OECD Forum please use the link below for registration. In order to continue to benefit from the agreed hotel rate, you must register with OECD at www.oecd.org/trade/southafrica2008

Agenda: http://www.gfptt.org/Entities/EventProfile.aspx?id=e9d46a32-76be-4eff-930f-09d5e8d626eb

You will receive confirmation of your registration within one day.

If you are not able to register online, please fax the completed form to Mrs. Helene Stephan at (fax) 1-202-522-3223 or 1-202-614-0468. If you have any problems, please send an email to hstephan@worldbank.orgor to mmustra@worldbank.org.