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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:6ae04ee5ca962
DTSTART:20161005T070000Z
SEQUENCE:0
TRANSP:OPAQUE
DTEND:20161005T150000Z
LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland
SUMMARY:Expert Meeting on Non-tariff Measures (NTMs) and Productivity\, Non
 -Tariff Measures and Openness (PRONTO) Meeting
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:The Expert Meeting on Non-tariff Measures (NTMs) will discuss t
 he importance of NTMs in international trade\, the international taxonomy 
 of NTMs - progress made and challenges ahead\, and the case of transparenc
 y gap in the area of NTMs data.\n\nThe NTMs database covering 80 per cent 
 of the world trade will be launched during the meeting: i-tip.unctad.org\n
 \nToday\, the ability to gain and to benefit from market access depends in
 creasingly on compliance with trade regulatory measures such as sanitary r
 equirements and goods standards. These non-tariff measures as well as trad
 itional trade policies such as quotas and subsidies represent a growing ch
 allenge for exporters\, importers and policy makers.\n\nIn this regard\, t
 he Multi-Agency Support Team (MAST)* developed taxonomy of NTMs\, the Inte
 rnational Classification of NTMs\, that became a common language for the i
 nternational trade community\, including researchers\, regional and intern
 ational organizations as well as governments.\n\nMany NTMs such as SPS and
  TBT measures are also directly linked to the Sustainable Development Goal
 s.\n\nMAST group members are involved in both development and revision of 
 the NTMs taxonomy and NTMs data collection that is coordinated by UNCTAD.\
 n\nThe expert meeting follows up on the September 2015 Expert Meeting on N
 TMs Classification to take stock of the work that has been conducted on th
 e further development and revision of the NTMs taxonomy.\n\nSix expert gro
 ups have been working on specific areas to revise and further develop the 
 International Classification on Non-Tariff Measures.\n\nThe event is combi
 ned with a PRONTO meeting on NTMs. The PRONTO project is a collaborative r
 esearch project on regulatory barriers to trade\, supported by the Europea
 n Commission.\n\nThe expert meeting will bring together senior trade and d
 evelopment experts\, policymakers\, trade negotiators\, academia and other
  stakeholders to examine the challenges and progress made in the common un
 derstanding of NTMs and transparency.\n\n \n\n*Multi-Agency Support Team 
 (MAST) group members:\n\n\nhttp://i-tip.unctad.org/\n\nView meeting on unc
 tad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/expert-meeting-non-tariff-measures-ntm
 s-and-productivity-non-tariff-measures-and-openness
DTSTAMP:20261027T071237Z
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:6ae04ee5ca9c8
DTSTART:20161006T070000Z
SEQUENCE:0
TRANSP:OPAQUE
DTEND:20161006T150000Z
LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland
SUMMARY:Expert Meeting on Non-tariff Measures (NTMs) and Productivity\, Non
 -Tariff Measures and Openness (PRONTO) Meeting
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:The Expert Meeting on Non-tariff Measures (NTMs) will discuss t
 he importance of NTMs in international trade\, the international taxonomy 
 of NTMs - progress made and challenges ahead\, and the case of transparenc
 y gap in the area of NTMs data.\n\nThe NTMs database covering 80 per cent 
 of the world trade will be launched during the meeting: i-tip.unctad.org\n
 \nToday\, the ability to gain and to benefit from market access depends in
 creasingly on compliance with trade regulatory measures such as sanitary r
 equirements and goods standards. These non-tariff measures as well as trad
 itional trade policies such as quotas and subsidies represent a growing ch
 allenge for exporters\, importers and policy makers.\n\nIn this regard\, t
 he Multi-Agency Support Team (MAST)* developed taxonomy of NTMs\, the Inte
 rnational Classification of NTMs\, that became a common language for the i
 nternational trade community\, including researchers\, regional and intern
 ational organizations as well as governments.\n\nMany NTMs such as SPS and
  TBT measures are also directly linked to the Sustainable Development Goal
 s.\n\nMAST group members are involved in both development and revision of 
 the NTMs taxonomy and NTMs data collection that is coordinated by UNCTAD.\
 n\nThe expert meeting follows up on the September 2015 Expert Meeting on N
 TMs Classification to take stock of the work that has been conducted on th
 e further development and revision of the NTMs taxonomy.\n\nSix expert gro
 ups have been working on specific areas to revise and further develop the 
 International Classification on Non-Tariff Measures.\n\nThe event is combi
 ned with a PRONTO meeting on NTMs. The PRONTO project is a collaborative r
 esearch project on regulatory barriers to trade\, supported by the Europea
 n Commission.\n\nThe expert meeting will bring together senior trade and d
 evelopment experts\, policymakers\, trade negotiators\, academia and other
  stakeholders to examine the challenges and progress made in the common un
 derstanding of NTMs and transparency.\n\n \n\n*Multi-Agency Support Team 
 (MAST) group members:\n\n\nhttp://i-tip.unctad.org/\n\nView meeting on unc
 tad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/expert-meeting-non-tariff-measures-ntm
 s-and-productivity-non-tariff-measures-and-openness
DTSTAMP:20261027T071237Z
END:VEVENT
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