BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a5253e058955 DTSTART:20170718T100000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20170718T100000Z LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland SUMMARY:Multi-year Expert Meeting on Trade\, Services and Development\, fif th session CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The role of the services economy and trade in structural transf ormation and inclusive development\n\nThe objective of the multi-year expe rt meeting is to provide enhanced understanding on the potential of the se rvices economy and trade\, particularly infrastructure services\, for econ omic transformation\, growth\, poverty eradication and job creation\, and on the multidimensional importance of these linkages as levers for achievi ng inclusive and sustainable development. It will aim at providing tools f or participants to identify best-fit\, coherent and comprehensive services policy\, regulatory and institutional approaches and to engage in trade n egotiations and international cooperation at the multilateral and regional levels\, which enable the development potential of services.\n\nTo pursue these objectives\, the multi-year expert meeting provides a platform for multi-stakeholder dialogue and cooperation\, and in particular for facilit ating an exchange of views and lessons learned between policymakers\, trad e negotiators and regulators.\n\nTo focus on the policy\, regulatory and i nstitutional frameworks for the development of the services sector\, inclu ding infrastructure services\, the session will build on the discussions u ndertaken and the recommendations made during previous sessions of the Mul ti-year Expert Meetings on Trade\, Services and Development (between 2009 and 2016).\n\nThis session will examine practices and experiences on the r ole of the services economy and trade\, particularly of infrastructure ser vices\, in leading structural transformation and the coherence of policy\, regulatory and institutional frameworks. It will focus on how these mecha nisms promote productive and export capacity and are conducive to resultin g in structural transformation consistent with competitiveness\, diversifi cation and value chain participation and upgrading\, inclusive and sustain able development aspirations.\n\nServices have a multi-dimensional importa nce for development. Services trade has been more dynamic and resilient th an trade in goods\; it promotes higher education and wages and favours gre ater participation of women and youth. Services have a linkage creation an d coordination role of production processes\, with infrastructure services (e.g. financial\, telecommunication and information and communications te chnology\, energy and transport services) providing the backbone of the ec onomy and the means for different activities to interact. Services are inp ut providers and can expand productivity and export capacity\, including t hat of microenterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises.\n\nBy inte racting with all economic sectors\, and by promoting their efficiency and competitiveness\, services can change economic structure. This structural transformation can promote diversification and upgrading aspirations. Less ons can be learned from country experiences for the identification of prac tices in harvesting this potential through sound and evidence-based policy \, regulatory and institutional frameworks\, including to address domestic supply-side constraints and to establish coherence between several policy areas\, as well as between these domestic policy areas and trade liberali zation. The importance of services for development is recognized in the 20 30 Agenda for Sustainable Development.\n\nInput from Experts\n\nExperts no minated by member States are encouraged to submit brief papers (approximat ely 5-12 pages) as contributions to the work of the meeting. The papers wi ll be made available at the meeting in the form and language in which they are received.\n\nPapers should be submitted to the UNCTAD secretariat in advance of the meeting\, addressed to Ms. Mina Mashayekhi and with a copy to Mr. Taisuke Ito\, Mr. Bruno Antunes and Mr. Aurangzeb Butt\, Palais des Nations\, CH-1211\, Switzerland\; fax: 41 22 917 0044\; e mail: mina.mash ayekhi@unctad.org\, taisuke.ito@unctad.org\, bruno.antunes@unctad.org and aurangzeb.butt@unctad.org.\n<\;p class="\;text-align-center\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/multi-year-expert-meetin g-trade-services-and-development-fifth-session DTSTAMP:20260711T143200Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a5253e05899d DTSTART:20170719T100000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20170719T100000Z LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland SUMMARY:Multi-year Expert Meeting on Trade\, Services and Development\, fif th session CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The role of the services economy and trade in structural transf ormation and inclusive development\n\nThe objective of the multi-year expe rt meeting is to provide enhanced understanding on the potential of the se rvices economy and trade\, particularly infrastructure services\, for econ omic transformation\, growth\, poverty eradication and job creation\, and on the multidimensional importance of these linkages as levers for achievi ng inclusive and sustainable development. It will aim at providing tools f or participants to identify best-fit\, coherent and comprehensive services policy\, regulatory and institutional approaches and to engage in trade n egotiations and international cooperation at the multilateral and regional levels\, which enable the development potential of services.\n\nTo pursue these objectives\, the multi-year expert meeting provides a platform for multi-stakeholder dialogue and cooperation\, and in particular for facilit ating an exchange of views and lessons learned between policymakers\, trad e negotiators and regulators.\n\nTo focus on the policy\, regulatory and i nstitutional frameworks for the development of the services sector\, inclu ding infrastructure services\, the session will build on the discussions u ndertaken and the recommendations made during previous sessions of the Mul ti-year Expert Meetings on Trade\, Services and Development (between 2009 and 2016).\n\nThis session will examine practices and experiences on the r ole of the services economy and trade\, particularly of infrastructure ser vices\, in leading structural transformation and the coherence of policy\, regulatory and institutional frameworks. It will focus on how these mecha nisms promote productive and export capacity and are conducive to resultin g in structural transformation consistent with competitiveness\, diversifi cation and value chain participation and upgrading\, inclusive and sustain able development aspirations.\n\nServices have a multi-dimensional importa nce for development. Services trade has been more dynamic and resilient th an trade in goods\; it promotes higher education and wages and favours gre ater participation of women and youth. Services have a linkage creation an d coordination role of production processes\, with infrastructure services (e.g. financial\, telecommunication and information and communications te chnology\, energy and transport services) providing the backbone of the ec onomy and the means for different activities to interact. Services are inp ut providers and can expand productivity and export capacity\, including t hat of microenterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises.\n\nBy inte racting with all economic sectors\, and by promoting their efficiency and competitiveness\, services can change economic structure. This structural transformation can promote diversification and upgrading aspirations. Less ons can be learned from country experiences for the identification of prac tices in harvesting this potential through sound and evidence-based policy \, regulatory and institutional frameworks\, including to address domestic supply-side constraints and to establish coherence between several policy areas\, as well as between these domestic policy areas and trade liberali zation. The importance of services for development is recognized in the 20 30 Agenda for Sustainable Development.\n\nInput from Experts\n\nExperts no minated by member States are encouraged to submit brief papers (approximat ely 5-12 pages) as contributions to the work of the meeting. The papers wi ll be made available at the meeting in the form and language in which they are received.\n\nPapers should be submitted to the UNCTAD secretariat in advance of the meeting\, addressed to Ms. Mina Mashayekhi and with a copy to Mr. Taisuke Ito\, Mr. Bruno Antunes and Mr. Aurangzeb Butt\, Palais des Nations\, CH-1211\, Switzerland\; fax: 41 22 917 0044\; e mail: mina.mash ayekhi@unctad.org\, taisuke.ito@unctad.org\, bruno.antunes@unctad.org and aurangzeb.butt@unctad.org.\n<\;p class="\;text-align-center\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/multi-year-expert-meetin g-trade-services-and-development-fifth-session DTSTAMP:20260711T143200Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a5253e0589a3 DTSTART:20170720T100000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20170720T100000Z LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland SUMMARY:Multi-year Expert Meeting on Trade\, Services and Development\, fif th session CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The role of the services economy and trade in structural transf ormation and inclusive development\n\nThe objective of the multi-year expe rt meeting is to provide enhanced understanding on the potential of the se rvices economy and trade\, particularly infrastructure services\, for econ omic transformation\, growth\, poverty eradication and job creation\, and on the multidimensional importance of these linkages as levers for achievi ng inclusive and sustainable development. It will aim at providing tools f or participants to identify best-fit\, coherent and comprehensive services policy\, regulatory and institutional approaches and to engage in trade n egotiations and international cooperation at the multilateral and regional levels\, which enable the development potential of services.\n\nTo pursue these objectives\, the multi-year expert meeting provides a platform for multi-stakeholder dialogue and cooperation\, and in particular for facilit ating an exchange of views and lessons learned between policymakers\, trad e negotiators and regulators.\n\nTo focus on the policy\, regulatory and i nstitutional frameworks for the development of the services sector\, inclu ding infrastructure services\, the session will build on the discussions u ndertaken and the recommendations made during previous sessions of the Mul ti-year Expert Meetings on Trade\, Services and Development (between 2009 and 2016).\n\nThis session will examine practices and experiences on the r ole of the services economy and trade\, particularly of infrastructure ser vices\, in leading structural transformation and the coherence of policy\, regulatory and institutional frameworks. It will focus on how these mecha nisms promote productive and export capacity and are conducive to resultin g in structural transformation consistent with competitiveness\, diversifi cation and value chain participation and upgrading\, inclusive and sustain able development aspirations.\n\nServices have a multi-dimensional importa nce for development. Services trade has been more dynamic and resilient th an trade in goods\; it promotes higher education and wages and favours gre ater participation of women and youth. Services have a linkage creation an d coordination role of production processes\, with infrastructure services (e.g. financial\, telecommunication and information and communications te chnology\, energy and transport services) providing the backbone of the ec onomy and the means for different activities to interact. Services are inp ut providers and can expand productivity and export capacity\, including t hat of microenterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises.\n\nBy inte racting with all economic sectors\, and by promoting their efficiency and competitiveness\, services can change economic structure. This structural transformation can promote diversification and upgrading aspirations. Less ons can be learned from country experiences for the identification of prac tices in harvesting this potential through sound and evidence-based policy \, regulatory and institutional frameworks\, including to address domestic supply-side constraints and to establish coherence between several policy areas\, as well as between these domestic policy areas and trade liberali zation. The importance of services for development is recognized in the 20 30 Agenda for Sustainable Development.\n\nInput from Experts\n\nExperts no minated by member States are encouraged to submit brief papers (approximat ely 5-12 pages) as contributions to the work of the meeting. The papers wi ll be made available at the meeting in the form and language in which they are received.\n\nPapers should be submitted to the UNCTAD secretariat in advance of the meeting\, addressed to Ms. Mina Mashayekhi and with a copy to Mr. Taisuke Ito\, Mr. Bruno Antunes and Mr. Aurangzeb Butt\, Palais des Nations\, CH-1211\, Switzerland\; fax: 41 22 917 0044\; e mail: mina.mash ayekhi@unctad.org\, taisuke.ito@unctad.org\, bruno.antunes@unctad.org and aurangzeb.butt@unctad.org.\n<\;p class="\;text-align-center\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/multi-year-expert-meetin g-trade-services-and-development-fifth-session DTSTAMP:20260711T143200Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR