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27th Regional Course on Key Issues on the International Economic Agenda for Africa
… The course will focus on the links between trade, investment, finance and development, including in the context of international trade negotiations. Its aim is …
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Regional Dialogue on Promoting Services Development and Trade in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)
… The meeting is related to assistance that UNCTAD has extended … development partners and donors to exchange views on the topic of promoting services sector development and … to policy-making and trade negotiations in services. The objectives of the meeting are: i) Exchanging information …
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UNCTAD trains port operators from the Namibian Ports Authority on "Future Challenges to Ports"
… The Namibian Ports Authority (Namport) will train twenty-three port operators from the local port communities on “Commercial and Economic Management” – Module 6 of the UNCTAD’s TrainForTrade Port Training Programme, part of …
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UNCTAD Public Symposium: Making Trade and Finance Work for People and the Planet
… development: global and regional initiatives What are the global and regional initiatives needed to avert new … inequalities and promote sustainable development? Making the transition to a green economy fair and equitable How can the move to a green economy be fair – in terms of finance, …
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Side Event 1 - Trade Portals for Trade Facilitation: How to success
… (Organized by UNCTAD) The Trade Facilitation Portal provides online step by step … descriptions of import, export and transit procedures from the trader's point of view. It helps a country comply with Art. 1 of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement, which entered into …
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Session 2 - The WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement - Status of ratification, categorisation and notifications in Africa
… This session will provide an update on the current ratifications of the Agreement and the necessary 'A', 'B' and 'C' categorisations of provisions …
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The Commodities and Development Report 2017: Commodity Markets, Economic Growth and Development
… efforts to formulate strategies and policies to respond to the challenges and opportunities of commodity markets. Objectives: At the Eleventh WTO Ministerial Conference and in partnership with the FAO, UNCTAD will launch the Commodities and Development …
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COP22 Side Event on Implementing the Paris Agreement: United Nations Agencies' Dialogue on Impacts of Mitigation Measures and Linkages with Trade
… With the Paris Agreement in place, countries are looking at the prospect of a collective transformation. The extent and the pace of this transformation will be …
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Book Launch: Intellectual Property Rights and Climate Change: Interpreting the TRIPS Agreement for Environmentally Sound Technologies
… The UN General Assembly has characterised climate change as … sound technologies (ESTs), which form part of the solution to climate change, has not taken place fast enough to effectively mitigate climate change. To the extent that ESTs are protected by intellectual property …
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32nd Regional Course on Key Issues on the International Economic Agenda for Latin American and Caribbean economies
… The course will focus on the links between trade, investment, finance and development, including in the context of international trade negotiations. Its aim is …