BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6aeb74ed8a872 DTSTART:20130320T080000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20130320T160000Z LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland SUMMARY:Multi-year Expert Meeting on Commodities and Development\, fifth se ssion CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The Accra Accord (para. 208) mandated the Trade and Development Board to establish a Multi-year Expert Meeting on Commodities.\n\nThe exp ert meeting will continue to be convened in the post-Doha 2013-2016 period \, as the outcomes of UNCTAD XIII reaffirm and build upon the Accra Accord \, which remains valid and relevant (Doha Mandate\, para. 17).\n\nThe obje ctive of the meeting is to enable commodity-dependent developing countries (CDDCs)\, in accordance with the Doha Mandate (paras. 4 and 5)\, to ident ify measures in order to secure\, as a priority\, adequate access to food and energy\, use commodity revenues in contributing to economic growth and poverty reduction and cope with the challenges of commodity price volatil ity. The terms of reference were approved by the Trade and Development Boa rd for the Multi-year Expert Meeting on Commodities and Development in Dec ember 2012.\n\nThe Multi-year Expert Meeting on Commodities and Developmen t is expected to provide a forum for sharing country experiences with rega rd to identifying and implementing appropriate policies\, at national\, re gional and international levels\, to address the impacts of the volatility of commodity prices on vulnerable groups\, and to support CDDCs in formul ating sustainable and inclusive development strategies\, including those t hat promote value addition and economic diversification.\n\nThe multi-year expert meeting will identify ways and means for CDDCs\, particularly in A frica and the least developed countries (LDCs)\, to maximize development b enefits from commodity production and trade\, including the promotion of d iversification and the integration of natural resources policies into thei r national development strategies (para. 31(i)).\n\nIn accordance with par agraph 56 (g)\, it will share the experiences of developing countries to a chieve more sustainable and strengthened agricultural production\, food se curity\, investment in agriculture and export capacity\, taking into accou nt the special needs of Africa\, LDCs and net food-importing developing co untries as well as the needs of small-scale farmers and the empowerment of women and youth.\n\nThe multi-year expert meeting will generate lessons l earned from those experiences and identify practical options and actionabl e outcomes for addressing at the national\, regional and international lev els the opportunities and challenges of longstanding commodity trade and d evelopment issues.\n\nIt will also review and evaluate UNCTAD'\;s cont ribution to assisting developing countries in the area of commodities.\n&l t\;p>\;The Accra Accord (para. 208) mandated the Trade and Development B oard to establish a Multi-year Expert Meeting on Commodities.<\;/p>\;\ n\n<\;p>\;The expert meeting will continue to be convened in the post- Doha 2013-2016 period\, as the outcomes of UNCTAD XIII reaffirm and build upon the Accra Accord\, which remains valid and relevant (Doha Mandate\, p ara. 17).<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The objective of the meeting is to ena ble commodity-dependent developing countries (CDDCs)\, in accordance with the Doha Mandate (paras. 4 and 5)\, to identify measures in order to secur e\, as a priority\, adequate access to food and energy\, use commodity rev enues in contributing to economic growth and poverty reduction and cope wi th the challenges of commodity price volatility. The terms of reference we re approved by the Trade and Development Board for the Multi-year Expert M eeting on Commodities and Development in December 2012.<\;/p>\;\n\n< \;p>\;The Multi-year Expert Meeting on Commodities and Development is ex pected to provide a forum for sharing country experiences with regard to i dentifying and implementing appropriate policies\, at national\, regional and international levels\, to address the impacts of the volatility of com modity prices on vulnerable groups\, and to support CDDCs in formulating s ustainable and inclusive development strategies\, including those that pro mote value addition and economic diversification.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p> \;The multi-year expert meeting will identify ways and means for CDDCs\, p articularly in Africa and the least developed countries (LDCs)\, to maximi ze development benefits from commodity production and trade\, including th e promotion of diversification and the integration of natural resources po licies into their national development strategies (para. 31(i)).<\;/p> \;\n\n<\;p>\;In accordance with paragraph 56 (g)\, it will share the e xperiences of developing countries to achieve more sustainable and strengt hened agricultural production\, food security\, investment in agriculture and export capacity\, taking into account the special needs of Africa\, LD Cs and net food-importing developing countries as well as the needs of sma ll-scale farmers and the empowerment of women and youth.<\;/p>\;\n\n&l t\;p>\;The multi-year expert meeting will generate lessons learned from those experiences and identify practical options and actionable outcomes f or addressing at the national\, regional and international levels the oppo rtunities and challenges of longstanding commodity trade and development i ssues.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;It will also review and evaluate UNCTAD&# 039\;s contribution to assisting developing countries in the area of commo dities.<\;/p>\;\n\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/me eting/multi-year-expert-meeting-commodities-and-development-fifth-session DTSTAMP:20261104T180949Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6aeb74ed8a8c5 DTSTART:20130321T080000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20130321T160000Z LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland SUMMARY:Multi-year Expert Meeting on Commodities and Development\, fifth se ssion CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The Accra Accord (para. 208) mandated the Trade and Development Board to establish a Multi-year Expert Meeting on Commodities.\n\nThe exp ert meeting will continue to be convened in the post-Doha 2013-2016 period \, as the outcomes of UNCTAD XIII reaffirm and build upon the Accra Accord \, which remains valid and relevant (Doha Mandate\, para. 17).\n\nThe obje ctive of the meeting is to enable commodity-dependent developing countries (CDDCs)\, in accordance with the Doha Mandate (paras. 4 and 5)\, to ident ify measures in order to secure\, as a priority\, adequate access to food and energy\, use commodity revenues in contributing to economic growth and poverty reduction and cope with the challenges of commodity price volatil ity. The terms of reference were approved by the Trade and Development Boa rd for the Multi-year Expert Meeting on Commodities and Development in Dec ember 2012.\n\nThe Multi-year Expert Meeting on Commodities and Developmen t is expected to provide a forum for sharing country experiences with rega rd to identifying and implementing appropriate policies\, at national\, re gional and international levels\, to address the impacts of the volatility of commodity prices on vulnerable groups\, and to support CDDCs in formul ating sustainable and inclusive development strategies\, including those t hat promote value addition and economic diversification.\n\nThe multi-year expert meeting will identify ways and means for CDDCs\, particularly in A frica and the least developed countries (LDCs)\, to maximize development b enefits from commodity production and trade\, including the promotion of d iversification and the integration of natural resources policies into thei r national development strategies (para. 31(i)).\n\nIn accordance with par agraph 56 (g)\, it will share the experiences of developing countries to a chieve more sustainable and strengthened agricultural production\, food se curity\, investment in agriculture and export capacity\, taking into accou nt the special needs of Africa\, LDCs and net food-importing developing co untries as well as the needs of small-scale farmers and the empowerment of women and youth.\n\nThe multi-year expert meeting will generate lessons l earned from those experiences and identify practical options and actionabl e outcomes for addressing at the national\, regional and international lev els the opportunities and challenges of longstanding commodity trade and d evelopment issues.\n\nIt will also review and evaluate UNCTAD'\;s cont ribution to assisting developing countries in the area of commodities.\n&l t\;p>\;The Accra Accord (para. 208) mandated the Trade and Development B oard to establish a Multi-year Expert Meeting on Commodities.<\;/p>\;\ n\n<\;p>\;The expert meeting will continue to be convened in the post- Doha 2013-2016 period\, as the outcomes of UNCTAD XIII reaffirm and build upon the Accra Accord\, which remains valid and relevant (Doha Mandate\, p ara. 17).<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The objective of the meeting is to ena ble commodity-dependent developing countries (CDDCs)\, in accordance with the Doha Mandate (paras. 4 and 5)\, to identify measures in order to secur e\, as a priority\, adequate access to food and energy\, use commodity rev enues in contributing to economic growth and poverty reduction and cope wi th the challenges of commodity price volatility. The terms of reference we re approved by the Trade and Development Board for the Multi-year Expert M eeting on Commodities and Development in December 2012.<\;/p>\;\n\n< \;p>\;The Multi-year Expert Meeting on Commodities and Development is ex pected to provide a forum for sharing country experiences with regard to i dentifying and implementing appropriate policies\, at national\, regional and international levels\, to address the impacts of the volatility of com modity prices on vulnerable groups\, and to support CDDCs in formulating s ustainable and inclusive development strategies\, including those that pro mote value addition and economic diversification.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p> \;The multi-year expert meeting will identify ways and means for CDDCs\, p articularly in Africa and the least developed countries (LDCs)\, to maximi ze development benefits from commodity production and trade\, including th e promotion of diversification and the integration of natural resources po licies into their national development strategies (para. 31(i)).<\;/p> \;\n\n<\;p>\;In accordance with paragraph 56 (g)\, it will share the e xperiences of developing countries to achieve more sustainable and strengt hened agricultural production\, food security\, investment in agriculture and export capacity\, taking into account the special needs of Africa\, LD Cs and net food-importing developing countries as well as the needs of sma ll-scale farmers and the empowerment of women and youth.<\;/p>\;\n\n&l t\;p>\;The multi-year expert meeting will generate lessons learned from those experiences and identify practical options and actionable outcomes f or addressing at the national\, regional and international levels the oppo rtunities and challenges of longstanding commodity trade and development i ssues.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;It will also review and evaluate UNCTAD&# 039\;s contribution to assisting developing countries in the area of commo dities.<\;/p>\;\n\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/me eting/multi-year-expert-meeting-commodities-and-development-fifth-session DTSTAMP:20261104T180949Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR