BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a7adac0db1ad DTSTART:20190503T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20190503T150000Z LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland SUMMARY:Workshop on recognition of qualifications to facilitate movement of natural persons CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:In the World Trade Organization (WTO) agreements\, as well as i n other trade agreements\, trade in services is defined in four modes of d elivery: cross-border (mode 1)\, consumption abroad (mode 2)\, commercial presence (mode 3) and movement of natural persons (mode 4).\n\nWhile the G eneral Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) aims to achieve liberalizatio n for trade in services in all modes of delivery\, movement of natural per sons remains much more restricted than other modes\, especially mode 3.\n\ nOne of the restrictions to mode 4 is non-recognition by a host country of skills or qualifications obtained in a home country.\n\nWhile countries c an provide autonomous recognition of foreign qualifications or skills\, it is often necessary to have a mutual recognition of qualification between countries. Known as Mutual Recognition Agreement or Arrangement (MRA)\, co untries or regions enter into MRA to facilitate the temporary migration of people. Both autonomous recognition and MRA are envisaged in Article VII of GATS.1\n\nObjective\n\nTo provide a platform for multi-stakeholder dial ogue and exchange of views and lessons learned to harvest the benefits fro m the trade in services-migration-development nexus by examining key issue s in relation to that nexus\, the challenges and opportunities facing deve loping countries and options to tackle them.\n\nExpected outcome\n\n\nPart icipants will enhance their understanding on the existing national\, regio nal and multilateral approaches in dealing with recognition of qualificati ons and skills.\nParticipants will gain knowledge of options that countrie s can use to facilitate mode 4 trade in services\, and in a broader sense\ , migration\, through recognition of qualifications and skills\, including under trade agreements or labour agreements.\nParticipants will have conc rete information to contribute to the High-Level Political Forum review in July 2019\, where governments will be invited to report on the implementa tion of the migration-related SDG target 10.7 on “facilitating orderly\, safe\, regular and responsible migration and mobility of people”.\nPart icipants will have concrete information to contribute to the implementatio n of the GCM.\nAreas for possible further work by UNCTAD and co-partners w ill be identified.\n\n\nTarget participants\n\nExperts and policy makers i n the areas of services economy and trade\, labour and migration from gove rnment agencies and institutions\, private sector\, international organiza tions\, academia\, and civil society.\n\nTopic\n\nHow to facilitate mode 4 trade in services through recognition of qualifications\n\nQuestions to b e addressed\n\n\nWhat are the bilateral\, regional and multilateral approa ches to mode 4 services trade and recognition of qualifications?\nWhat are the successful experiences and lessons that can be drawn in trade agreeme nts and regional integration agreements?\nHow to mainstream global and reg ional frameworks on recognition of qualifications into national services a nd migration?\n\n<\;p>\;In the World Trade Organization (WTO) agreemen ts\, as well as in other trade agreements\, trade in services is defined i n four modes of delivery: cross-border (mode 1)\, consumption abroad (mode 2)\, commercial presence (mode 3) and movement of natural persons (mode 4 ).<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;While the General Agreement on Trade in Servi ces (GATS) aims to achieve liberalization for trade in services in all mod es of delivery\, movement of natural persons remains much more restricted than other modes\, especially mode 3.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;One of the restrictions to mode 4 is non-recognition by a host country of skills or qualifications obtained in a home country.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;While countries can provide autonomous recognition of foreign qualifications or skills\, it is often necessary to have a mutual recognition of qualificat ion between countries. Known as Mutual Recognition Agreement or Arrangemen t (MRA)\, countries or regions enter into MRA to facilitate the temporary migration of people. Both autonomous recognition and MRA are envisaged in Article VII of GATS.1<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;<\;strong>\;Objective& lt\;/strong>\;<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;To provide a platform for multi -stakeholder dialogue and exchange of views and lessons learned to harvest the benefits from the trade in services-migration-development nexus by ex amining key issues in relation to that nexus\, the challenges and opportun ities facing developing countries and options to tackle them.<\;/p>\;\ n\n<\;p>\;<\;strong>\;Expected outcome<\;/strong>\;<\;/p>\ ;\n\n<\;ul>\;\n<\;li>\;Participants will enhance their understandi ng on the existing national\, regional and multilateral approaches in deal ing with recognition of qualifications and skills.<\;/li>\;\n<\;li&g t\;Participants will gain knowledge of options that countries can use to f acilitate mode 4 trade in services\, and in a broader sense\, migration\, through recognition of qualifications and skills\, including under trade a greements or labour agreements.<\;/li>\;\n<\;li>\;Participants wil l have concrete information to contribute to the High-Level Political Foru m review in July 2019\, where governments will be invited to report on the implementation of the migration-related SDG target 10.7 on “facilitatin g orderly\, safe\, regular and responsible migration and mobility of peopl e”.<\;/li>\;\n<\;li>\;Participants will have concrete informatio n to contribute to the implementation of the GCM.<\;/li>\;\n<\;li> \;Areas for possible further work by UNCTAD and co-partners will be identi fied.<\;/li>\;\n<\;/ul>\;\n\n<\;p>\;<\;strong>\;Target par ticipants<\;/strong>\;<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;Experts and policy ma kers in the areas of services economy and trade\, labour and migration fro m government agencies and institutions\, private sector\, international or ganizations\, academia\, and civil society.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;<\ ;strong>\;Topic<\;/strong>\;<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;How to facili tate mode 4 trade in services through recognition of qualifications<\;/p >\;\n\n<\;p>\;<\;strong>\;Questions to be addressed<\;/strong& gt\;<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;ul>\;\n<\;li>\;What are the bilateral\, reg ional and multilateral approaches to mode 4 services trade and recognition of qualifications?<\;/li>\;\n<\;li>\;What are the successful expe riences and lessons that can be drawn in trade agreements and regional int egration agreements?<\;/li>\;\n<\;li>\;How to mainstream global an d regional frameworks on recognition of qualifications into national servi ces and migration?<\;/li>\;\n<\;/ul>\;\n\n\nView meeting on unctad .org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/workshop-recognition-qualifications-facil itate-movement-natural-persons DTSTAMP:20260811T081808Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR