BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a8cc7233f05d DTSTART:20171009T110000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20171009T110000Z LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland SUMMARY:Multi-year Expert Meeting on Investment\, Innovation and Entreprene urship for Productive Capacity-building and Sustainable Development\, fift h session CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The Meeting will form a continuation of the pre-Nairobi\, multi -year expert meetings on related issues. Its fifth session will take stock of the sustainable-development-oriented reform of the international inves tment agreement regime to date\, as well as policy options for the next ph ase of the reform.\n\nMain issues for the session\n\nBased on policy instr uments previously developed by UNCTAD\, in particular the Investment Polic y Framework for Sustainable Development\, road map for reform of the inter national investment agreement regime and global action menu for investment facilitation\, the meeting will take stock of sustainable-development-ori ented reform of the regime\, which manifests itself in new\, more modern m odels and treaties (phase 1 of the reform).\n\nThe meeting will also consi der phase 2 of the reform\, the modernization of first-generation treaties . To that end\, it will share best practices and lessons learned and discu ss initiatives and policy tools\, including 10 options proposed by UNCTAD for phase 2. The legislative mandate is provided by paragraphs 38 (l)\, 55 (q)\, 55 (r) and 55 (hh) of the Nairobi Maafikiano\, as well as by paragr aph 91 of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda.\n\nThe outcome of the Expert Meet ing\, the Chair'\;s summary\, will serve as an input to the policy del iberations of the ninth session of the Commission on Investment\, Enterpri se and Development that will be held from 20 to 24 November 2017.\n\nExper ts will be requested to elaborate on\, and add to\, these key issue areas identified by the secretariat. They will share experiences and best practi ces with regard to the implementation of UNCTAD policy tools related to in ternational investment agreements.\n\nContributions from Experts \n\nExper ts are encouraged to contribute brief papers on the subject under discussi on. These papers will be made available at the meeting in the form and lan guage in which they are received.\n<\;p>\;The Meeting will form a cont inuation of the pre-Nairobi\, multi-year expert meetings on related issues . Its fifth session will take stock of the sustainable-development-oriente d reform of the international investment agreement regime to date\, as wel l as policy options for the next phase of the reform.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\; p>\;<\;strong>\;Main issues for the session<\;/strong>\;<\;/p& gt\;\n\n<\;p>\;Based on policy instruments previously developed by UNC TAD\, in particular the Investment Policy Framework for Sustainable Develo pment\, road map for reform of the international investment agreement regi me and global action menu for investment facilitation\, the meeting will t ake stock of sustainable-development-oriented reform of the regime\, which manifests itself in new\, more modern models and treaties (phase 1 of the reform).<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The meeting will also consider phase 2 of the reform\, the modernization of first-generation treaties. To that e nd\, it will share best practices and lessons learned and discuss initiati ves and policy tools\, including 10 options proposed by UNCTAD for phase 2 . The legislative mandate is provided by paragraphs 38 (l)\, 55 (q)\, 55 ( r) and 55 (hh) of the Nairobi Maafikiano\, as well as by paragraph 91 of t he Addis Ababa Action Agenda.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The outcome of the Expert Meeting\, the Chair'\;s summary\, will serve as an input to th e policy deliberations of the ninth session of the Commission on Investmen t\, Enterprise and Development that will be held from 20 to 24 November 20 17.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;Experts will be requested to elaborate on\, and add to\, these key issue areas identified by the secretariat. They wil l share experiences and best practices with regard to the implementation o f UNCTAD policy tools related to international investment agreements.<\; /p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;<\;strong>\;Contributions from Experts <\;/str ong>\;<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;Experts are encouraged to contribute br ief papers on the subject under discussion. These papers will be made avai lable at the meeting in the form and language in which they are received.& lt\;/p>\;\n\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/mu lti-year-expert-meeting-investment-innovation-and-entrepreneurship-product ive-capacity-3 DTSTAMP:20260824T223515Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a8cc7233f08e DTSTART:20171010T110000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20171010T110000Z LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland SUMMARY:Multi-year Expert Meeting on Investment\, Innovation and Entreprene urship for Productive Capacity-building and Sustainable Development\, fift h session CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The Meeting will form a continuation of the pre-Nairobi\, multi -year expert meetings on related issues. Its fifth session will take stock of the sustainable-development-oriented reform of the international inves tment agreement regime to date\, as well as policy options for the next ph ase of the reform.\n\nMain issues for the session\n\nBased on policy instr uments previously developed by UNCTAD\, in particular the Investment Polic y Framework for Sustainable Development\, road map for reform of the inter national investment agreement regime and global action menu for investment facilitation\, the meeting will take stock of sustainable-development-ori ented reform of the regime\, which manifests itself in new\, more modern m odels and treaties (phase 1 of the reform).\n\nThe meeting will also consi der phase 2 of the reform\, the modernization of first-generation treaties . To that end\, it will share best practices and lessons learned and discu ss initiatives and policy tools\, including 10 options proposed by UNCTAD for phase 2. The legislative mandate is provided by paragraphs 38 (l)\, 55 (q)\, 55 (r) and 55 (hh) of the Nairobi Maafikiano\, as well as by paragr aph 91 of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda.\n\nThe outcome of the Expert Meet ing\, the Chair'\;s summary\, will serve as an input to the policy del iberations of the ninth session of the Commission on Investment\, Enterpri se and Development that will be held from 20 to 24 November 2017.\n\nExper ts will be requested to elaborate on\, and add to\, these key issue areas identified by the secretariat. They will share experiences and best practi ces with regard to the implementation of UNCTAD policy tools related to in ternational investment agreements.\n\nContributions from Experts \n\nExper ts are encouraged to contribute brief papers on the subject under discussi on. These papers will be made available at the meeting in the form and lan guage in which they are received.\n<\;p>\;The Meeting will form a cont inuation of the pre-Nairobi\, multi-year expert meetings on related issues . Its fifth session will take stock of the sustainable-development-oriente d reform of the international investment agreement regime to date\, as wel l as policy options for the next phase of the reform.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\; p>\;<\;strong>\;Main issues for the session<\;/strong>\;<\;/p& gt\;\n\n<\;p>\;Based on policy instruments previously developed by UNC TAD\, in particular the Investment Policy Framework for Sustainable Develo pment\, road map for reform of the international investment agreement regi me and global action menu for investment facilitation\, the meeting will t ake stock of sustainable-development-oriented reform of the regime\, which manifests itself in new\, more modern models and treaties (phase 1 of the reform).<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The meeting will also consider phase 2 of the reform\, the modernization of first-generation treaties. To that e nd\, it will share best practices and lessons learned and discuss initiati ves and policy tools\, including 10 options proposed by UNCTAD for phase 2 . The legislative mandate is provided by paragraphs 38 (l)\, 55 (q)\, 55 ( r) and 55 (hh) of the Nairobi Maafikiano\, as well as by paragraph 91 of t he Addis Ababa Action Agenda.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The outcome of the Expert Meeting\, the Chair'\;s summary\, will serve as an input to th e policy deliberations of the ninth session of the Commission on Investmen t\, Enterprise and Development that will be held from 20 to 24 November 20 17.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;Experts will be requested to elaborate on\, and add to\, these key issue areas identified by the secretariat. They wil l share experiences and best practices with regard to the implementation o f UNCTAD policy tools related to international investment agreements.<\; /p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;<\;strong>\;Contributions from Experts <\;/str ong>\;<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;Experts are encouraged to contribute br ief papers on the subject under discussion. These papers will be made avai lable at the meeting in the form and language in which they are received.& lt\;/p>\;\n\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/mu lti-year-expert-meeting-investment-innovation-and-entrepreneurship-product ive-capacity-3 DTSTAMP:20260824T223515Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a8cc7233f094 DTSTART:20171011T110000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20171011T110000Z LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland SUMMARY:Multi-year Expert Meeting on Investment\, Innovation and Entreprene urship for Productive Capacity-building and Sustainable Development\, fift h session CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The Meeting will form a continuation of the pre-Nairobi\, multi -year expert meetings on related issues. Its fifth session will take stock of the sustainable-development-oriented reform of the international inves tment agreement regime to date\, as well as policy options for the next ph ase of the reform.\n\nMain issues for the session\n\nBased on policy instr uments previously developed by UNCTAD\, in particular the Investment Polic y Framework for Sustainable Development\, road map for reform of the inter national investment agreement regime and global action menu for investment facilitation\, the meeting will take stock of sustainable-development-ori ented reform of the regime\, which manifests itself in new\, more modern m odels and treaties (phase 1 of the reform).\n\nThe meeting will also consi der phase 2 of the reform\, the modernization of first-generation treaties . To that end\, it will share best practices and lessons learned and discu ss initiatives and policy tools\, including 10 options proposed by UNCTAD for phase 2. The legislative mandate is provided by paragraphs 38 (l)\, 55 (q)\, 55 (r) and 55 (hh) of the Nairobi Maafikiano\, as well as by paragr aph 91 of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda.\n\nThe outcome of the Expert Meet ing\, the Chair'\;s summary\, will serve as an input to the policy del iberations of the ninth session of the Commission on Investment\, Enterpri se and Development that will be held from 20 to 24 November 2017.\n\nExper ts will be requested to elaborate on\, and add to\, these key issue areas identified by the secretariat. They will share experiences and best practi ces with regard to the implementation of UNCTAD policy tools related to in ternational investment agreements.\n\nContributions from Experts \n\nExper ts are encouraged to contribute brief papers on the subject under discussi on. These papers will be made available at the meeting in the form and lan guage in which they are received.\n<\;p>\;The Meeting will form a cont inuation of the pre-Nairobi\, multi-year expert meetings on related issues . Its fifth session will take stock of the sustainable-development-oriente d reform of the international investment agreement regime to date\, as wel l as policy options for the next phase of the reform.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\; p>\;<\;strong>\;Main issues for the session<\;/strong>\;<\;/p& gt\;\n\n<\;p>\;Based on policy instruments previously developed by UNC TAD\, in particular the Investment Policy Framework for Sustainable Develo pment\, road map for reform of the international investment agreement regi me and global action menu for investment facilitation\, the meeting will t ake stock of sustainable-development-oriented reform of the regime\, which manifests itself in new\, more modern models and treaties (phase 1 of the reform).<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The meeting will also consider phase 2 of the reform\, the modernization of first-generation treaties. To that e nd\, it will share best practices and lessons learned and discuss initiati ves and policy tools\, including 10 options proposed by UNCTAD for phase 2 . The legislative mandate is provided by paragraphs 38 (l)\, 55 (q)\, 55 ( r) and 55 (hh) of the Nairobi Maafikiano\, as well as by paragraph 91 of t he Addis Ababa Action Agenda.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The outcome of the Expert Meeting\, the Chair'\;s summary\, will serve as an input to th e policy deliberations of the ninth session of the Commission on Investmen t\, Enterprise and Development that will be held from 20 to 24 November 20 17.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;Experts will be requested to elaborate on\, and add to\, these key issue areas identified by the secretariat. They wil l share experiences and best practices with regard to the implementation o f UNCTAD policy tools related to international investment agreements.<\; /p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;<\;strong>\;Contributions from Experts <\;/str ong>\;<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;Experts are encouraged to contribute br ief papers on the subject under discussion. These papers will be made avai lable at the meeting in the form and language in which they are received.& lt\;/p>\;\n\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/mu lti-year-expert-meeting-investment-innovation-and-entrepreneurship-product ive-capacity-3 DTSTAMP:20260824T223515Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR