BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a524c20155bd DTSTART:20140711T060000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20140711T060000Z LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland SUMMARY:Ad Hoc Expert Meeting on Addressing the Transport and Trade Logisti cs Challenges of the Small Island Developing States (SIDS): Samoa Conferen ce and Beyond CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The Third International Conference on Small Island Developing S tates (SIDS)\, to be held in Samoa from 1 to 4 September 2014 (Samoa Confe rence) and the designation of 2014 as the International Year of SIDS offer an opportunity to focus international attention on the unique transport-r elated challenges facing SIDS and consider ways in which these can be bett er understood and adequately addressed.\n\nAgainst this background\, and i n line with the UNCTAD mandate\, including in particular the Doha Mandate\ , which directs UNCTAD to "\;advise SIDS on the design and implementat ion of policies addressing their specific trade and trade logistics challe nges linked to their remoteness and geographical isolation"\; (para. 5 6(j))\, the Ad Hoc Expert Meeting will provide a platform for expert discu ssions on transport-related challenges facing SIDS and on how best to addr ess these challenges. The main outcomes of the meeting and insight gained will help inform an UNCTAD report on the subject that is currently in prep aration ahead of the Samoa Conference.\n\nRelevant issues to be considered include\, inter alia\, the following:\n\n\n\nTransport and trade logistic s challenges in SIDS: Current state of play\n\n\nSectoral interlinkages be tween transport and trade as well as other key economic sectors of relevan ce to SIDS\, in particular\, tourism and fisheries\n\n\nClimate change imp acts on transport infrastructure in SIDS and adaptation needs\n\n\nFinanci ng as a cross-cutting enabling factor\n\n\nPriority action areas and effec tive response measures\n\n\nThe role of partnerships\, relevant partners a nd collaboration mechanisms\n\n\n\nAs appropriate\, experts may wish to ma ke suggestions for each session topic on the way forward and identify some concrete actionable recommendations ahead of the Samoa Conference and reg arding the post-2015 development agenda.\n<\;p>\;The Third Internation al Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS)\, to be held in Sam oa from 1 to 4 September 2014 (Samoa Conference) and the designation of 20 14 as the International Year of SIDS offer an opportunity to focus interna tional attention on the unique transport-related challenges facing SIDS an d consider ways in which these can be better understood and adequately add ressed.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;Against this background\, and in line wi th the UNCTAD mandate\, including in particular the Doha Mandate\, which d irects UNCTAD to "\;advise SIDS on the design and implementation of po licies addressing their specific trade and trade logistics challenges link ed to their remoteness and geographical isolation"\; (para. 56(j))\, t he Ad Hoc Expert Meeting will provide a platform for expert discussions on transport-related challenges facing SIDS and on how best to address these challenges. The main outcomes of the meeting and insight gained will help inform an UNCTAD report on the subject that is currently in preparation a head of the Samoa Conference.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;Relevant issues to be considered include\, inter alia\, the following:<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;u l>\;\n<\;li>\;\n<\;p>\;Transport and trade logistics challenges in SIDS: Current state of play<\;/p>\;\n<\;/li>\;\n<\;li>\;\n& lt\;p>\;Sectoral interlinkages between transport and trade as well as ot her key economic sectors of relevance to SIDS\, in particular\, tourism an d fisheries<\;/p>\;\n<\;/li>\;\n<\;li>\;\n<\;p>\;Climate c hange impacts on transport infrastructure in SIDS and adaptation needs<\ ;/p>\;\n<\;/li>\;\n<\;li>\;\n<\;p>\;Financing as a cross-cut ting enabling factor<\;/p>\;\n<\;/li>\;\n<\;li>\;\n<\;p>\; Priority action areas and effective response measures<\;/p>\;\n<\;/l i>\;\n<\;li>\;\n<\;p>\;The role of partnerships\, relevant partn ers and collaboration mechanisms<\;/p>\;\n<\;/li>\;\n<\;/ul>\; \n\n<\;p>\;As appropriate\, experts may wish to make suggestions for e ach session topic on the way forward and identify some concrete actionable recommendations ahead of the Samoa Conference and regarding the post-2015 development agenda.<\;/p>\;\n\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps:// unctad.org/meeting/ad-hoc-expert-meeting-addressing-transport-and-trade-lo gistics-challenges-small-island DTSTAMP:20260711T135856Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR