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DTSTART:20161116T080000Z
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DTEND:20161116T170000Z
LOCATION:Geneva\, 
SUMMARY:Investment\, Enterprise and Development Commission\, eighth session
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:The Commission provides an opportunity for member States and in
 vestment and development stakeholders to discuss key and emerging issues i
 n the area of investment and enterprise and their implications for sustain
 able development\, as well as policy solutions. In particular\, the Commis
 sion will hear a presentation by the secretariat on the latest development
 s in trends and policies in the area of investment and enterprise.\n\nIn a
 ccordance with the decision of the Extended Bureau of the Trade and Develo
 pment Board of 23 September 2016\, the Commission will consider the post-s
 ession reports of the following expert meetings\, and review their outcome
 s and recommendations:\n\n\n\nMulti-Year Expert Meeting on Investment\, In
 novation and Entrepreneurship for Productive Capacity-building and Sustain
 able Development (fourth session)\, which resulted in the refinement and s
 haring of experience regarding the implementation of the UNCTAD Investment
  Policy Framework for Sustainable Development\, the Entrepreneurship Polic
 y Framework and the Science\, Technology and Innovation Policy Framework\;
 \n\n\nThirty-second and thirty-third sessions of the Intergovernmental Gro
 up of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting\, whi
 ch discussed the key foundations of high-quality reporting and reviewed go
 od practices on enhancing the role of corporate reporting in attaining the
  Sustainable Development Goals.\n\n\n\nIn addition\, the Commission will e
 xamine progress made in the implementation of the mandates received by the
  secretariat\, highlighting areas in which synergies have been achieved am
 ong the three pillars of UNCTAD work.\n\nThe Commission will be preceded b
 y an Investment Policy Review Day on 15 November 2016\, during which the i
 nvestment policy reviews of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan will be presented at
  the ministerial level. The presentations will afford policymakers\, inves
 tment promotion agencies and private sector representatives an opportunity
  to exchange best practices and share experience.\n&lt\;p&gt\;The Commissi
 on provides an opportunity for member States and investment and developmen
 t stakeholders to discuss key and emerging issues in the area of investmen
 t and enterprise and their implications for sustainable development\, as w
 ell as policy solutions. In particular\, the Commission will hear a presen
 tation by the secretariat on the latest developments in trends and policie
 s in the area of investment and enterprise.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;In a
 ccordance with the decision of the Extended Bureau of the Trade and Develo
 pment Board of 23 September 2016\, the Commission will consider the post-s
 ession reports of the following expert meetings\, and review their outcome
 s and recommendations:&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;ol type=&quot\;a\n\nView meetin
 g on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/investment-enterprise-and-deve
 lopment-commission-eighth-session
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