BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a51e5bd9c9e5 DTSTART:20171004T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20171004T150000Z LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland SUMMARY:Intergovernmental Group of Experts on E-commerce and the Digital Ec onomy\, First session CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Maximizing the development gains from e-commerce and the digita l economy\n\nInformation and communications technologies (ICTs) are playin g an increasingly important role in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.\n\nThe digitalization of economic activities and trade is of direct relevance to several of these Goals\, for example:\ n\n\n\nE-commerce and various digital applications can be leveraged to pro mote the empowerment of women as entrepreneurs and traders (Goal 5.b).\n\n \nThey can support productive activities\, decent job creation\, entrepren eurship\, creativity and innovation\, and encourage the formalization and growth of micro\, small and medium-sized enterprises\, including through a ccess to ICT-enabled financial services (Goal 8.3).\n\n\nDigital solutions can be leveraged to increase access of such enterprises in developing cou ntries to financial services and markets and enable their integration into value chains (Goal 9.3).\n\n\nMoreover\, e-commerce will become increasin gly important in achieving Goal 17.11\, to significantly increase the expo rts of developing countries and double the share of global exports of the least developed countries (LDCs) by 2020.\n\n\n\nDiscussion topics and gui ding questions for the first session:\n\n\n\nWhat do developing countries need in order to build competitive advantages through e-commerce and the d igital economy?\n\n\nWhat can developing countries do in order to strength en their physical and technology infrastructure?\n\n\nHow can developed co untries partner with developing countries\, in the most impactful way\, to maximize opportunities and address challenges relating to e-commerce and the digital economy?\n\n\n\nWritten contributions\n\nIn order to facilitat e deliberations and the informal exchange of experiences and best practice s on the topics to be discussed\, member States and observers are requeste d to submit written contributions to the UNCTAD secretariat by Wednesday\, 6 September 2017.\n<\;p class="\;text-align-center\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/intergovernmental-group-experts- e-commerce-and-digital-economy-first-session DTSTAMP:20260711T064205Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a51e5bd9ca30 DTSTART:20171005T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20171005T150000Z LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland SUMMARY:Intergovernmental Group of Experts on E-commerce and the Digital Ec onomy\, First session CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Maximizing the development gains from e-commerce and the digita l economy\n\nInformation and communications technologies (ICTs) are playin g an increasingly important role in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.\n\nThe digitalization of economic activities and trade is of direct relevance to several of these Goals\, for example:\ n\n\n\nE-commerce and various digital applications can be leveraged to pro mote the empowerment of women as entrepreneurs and traders (Goal 5.b).\n\n \nThey can support productive activities\, decent job creation\, entrepren eurship\, creativity and innovation\, and encourage the formalization and growth of micro\, small and medium-sized enterprises\, including through a ccess to ICT-enabled financial services (Goal 8.3).\n\n\nDigital solutions can be leveraged to increase access of such enterprises in developing cou ntries to financial services and markets and enable their integration into value chains (Goal 9.3).\n\n\nMoreover\, e-commerce will become increasin gly important in achieving Goal 17.11\, to significantly increase the expo rts of developing countries and double the share of global exports of the least developed countries (LDCs) by 2020.\n\n\n\nDiscussion topics and gui ding questions for the first session:\n\n\n\nWhat do developing countries need in order to build competitive advantages through e-commerce and the d igital economy?\n\n\nWhat can developing countries do in order to strength en their physical and technology infrastructure?\n\n\nHow can developed co untries partner with developing countries\, in the most impactful way\, to maximize opportunities and address challenges relating to e-commerce and the digital economy?\n\n\n\nWritten contributions\n\nIn order to facilitat e deliberations and the informal exchange of experiences and best practice s on the topics to be discussed\, member States and observers are requeste d to submit written contributions to the UNCTAD secretariat by Wednesday\, 6 September 2017.\n<\;p class="\;text-align-center\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/intergovernmental-group-experts- e-commerce-and-digital-economy-first-session DTSTAMP:20260711T064205Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a51e5bd9ca37 DTSTART:20171006T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20171006T150000Z LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland SUMMARY:Intergovernmental Group of Experts on E-commerce and the Digital Ec onomy\, First session CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Maximizing the development gains from e-commerce and the digita l economy\n\nInformation and communications technologies (ICTs) are playin g an increasingly important role in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.\n\nThe digitalization of economic activities and trade is of direct relevance to several of these Goals\, for example:\ n\n\n\nE-commerce and various digital applications can be leveraged to pro mote the empowerment of women as entrepreneurs and traders (Goal 5.b).\n\n \nThey can support productive activities\, decent job creation\, entrepren eurship\, creativity and innovation\, and encourage the formalization and growth of micro\, small and medium-sized enterprises\, including through a ccess to ICT-enabled financial services (Goal 8.3).\n\n\nDigital solutions can be leveraged to increase access of such enterprises in developing cou ntries to financial services and markets and enable their integration into value chains (Goal 9.3).\n\n\nMoreover\, e-commerce will become increasin gly important in achieving Goal 17.11\, to significantly increase the expo rts of developing countries and double the share of global exports of the least developed countries (LDCs) by 2020.\n\n\n\nDiscussion topics and gui ding questions for the first session:\n\n\n\nWhat do developing countries need in order to build competitive advantages through e-commerce and the d igital economy?\n\n\nWhat can developing countries do in order to strength en their physical and technology infrastructure?\n\n\nHow can developed co untries partner with developing countries\, in the most impactful way\, to maximize opportunities and address challenges relating to e-commerce and the digital economy?\n\n\n\nWritten contributions\n\nIn order to facilitat e deliberations and the informal exchange of experiences and best practice s on the topics to be discussed\, member States and observers are requeste d to submit written contributions to the UNCTAD secretariat by Wednesday\, 6 September 2017.\n<\;p class="\;text-align-center\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/intergovernmental-group-experts- e-commerce-and-digital-economy-first-session DTSTAMP:20260711T064205Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR