BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a70a48cc7a74 DTSTART:20190617T090000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20190617T060000Z LOCATION:Luena\, Moxico province\, Angola SUMMARY:NGER training workshop on honey and timber in Moxico province\, Ang ola CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:​As part of the EU-UNCTAD joint programme for Angola (Train f or Trade II)\, and in support of Angola’s efforts to strengthen and dive rsify its economy towards more sustainable products\, UNCTAD is organizing a second training event under its National Green Export Review process in the country.  The training workshop\, which will run full time between 1 7-21 June 2019\, focuses on two specific products highlighted in the firs t NGER training which took place in 2018: honey and timber.Honey in Angol a is primarily a natural product\, considered intrinsically green\, and is part of the list of products selected by the executive\, through DP 40/16 of February 24 (Master Lines of Strategy to exit the crisis derived from the drop in the price of oil in the international market). Honey has a nat ional market\, including high-value niches like natural medicine\, and lar ge export potential in the SADC region\, as well as markets in Europe\, As ia and the United States. The potential of the honey sector development in Angola received additional interest from the representations of France an d EU in Luanda – potential export markets – especially if harmonizatio n and certification issues are addressed.The honey sector lacks specific l egislation\, means of financing and faces logistics problems\, such as dep endence on the import of containers\, low adoption of certification and ex tensive informality.In the case of timber\, the product is specifically me ntioned in the National Development Plan (PND 2018-2022 pages 75 &\; 15 7). The forested area in Angola is estimated at 53 million hectares. Timbe r is currently extracted and exported primarily in logs (with low added va lue)\, and the emergence of a clusters industry can add value to the secto r. High financing costs\, costly phytosanitary regulations and difficultie s in accessing modern extraction and processing equipment increase costs i n the timber sector in Angola. In environmental terms\, it is important to reduce pressure on natural forests by promoting incentives for the creati on of planted forests and conservation of ecosystems.Under this background and listening to suggestions from Angola’s Ministry of Commerce (MINCO) \, local associations\, as well as 2018’s NGER workshop stakeholders\, U NCTAD will now hold a provincial workshop where honey and timber productio n is most concentrated\, the province of Moxico\, especially its capital\, Luena.GoalsThe provincial NGER training in Luena\, Moxico province\, will have two goals:Train provincial officials\, members of associations\, pro ducers and local civil society to increase the capacity for analysis of na tional policies for the promotion and development of Honey and Timber\, in cluding harmonization and product certification issues.Transfer cross-cutt ing knowledge on green product promotion\, certification and export proces ses for Honey and Timber\, including members of local public\, private and civil society institutions.BackgroundThe National Green Export Review ini tiative developed by UNCTAD has helped more than 10 countries since its in ception in 2012.  In Angola\, an intensive\, 2-week training workshop in June 2018 benefited more than two dozen government officials\, industry ma nagers and academics on methods to identify products that\, unlike oil\, c ould deliver positive environmental and social gains as production grows. The training also examined the domestic and export market characteristics of alternative products\, in order to help practitioners understand the na tional competitive strengths and how to best develop them.In connection to the 2018 training\, a set of training materials were produced and publis hed – in English and Portuguese – by UNCTAD. Furthermore\, targeted st udy tours were made to strengthen Angolan connections to major pan-African and international events which can serve to further empower local stakeho lders with knowledge and contacts to trade internationally.The National Gr een Export Review of Angola is an ongoing training project and will contin ue until 2021.<\;p>\;<\;img alt="\;ditc-ted-17062019-nger-angola 2-honey-400.jpg"\; src="\;/sites/default/files/inline-images/ditc- ted-17062019-nger-angola2-honey-400.jpg"\; style="\;vertical-align &\;#58\;auto\;float&\;#58\;right\;margin&\;#58\;5px\;\n\nView mee ting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/nger-training-workshop-hone y-and-timber-moxico-province-angola DTSTAMP:20260803T142412Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a70a48cc7aaf DTSTART:20190618T090000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20190618T060000Z LOCATION:Luena\, Moxico province\, Angola SUMMARY:NGER training workshop on honey and timber in Moxico province\, Ang ola CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:​As part of the EU-UNCTAD joint programme for Angola (Train f or Trade II)\, and in support of Angola’s efforts to strengthen and dive rsify its economy towards more sustainable products\, UNCTAD is organizing a second training event under its National Green Export Review process in the country.  The training workshop\, which will run full time between 1 7-21 June 2019\, focuses on two specific products highlighted in the firs t NGER training which took place in 2018: honey and timber.Honey in Angol a is primarily a natural product\, considered intrinsically green\, and is part of the list of products selected by the executive\, through DP 40/16 of February 24 (Master Lines of Strategy to exit the crisis derived from the drop in the price of oil in the international market). Honey has a nat ional market\, including high-value niches like natural medicine\, and lar ge export potential in the SADC region\, as well as markets in Europe\, As ia and the United States. The potential of the honey sector development in Angola received additional interest from the representations of France an d EU in Luanda – potential export markets – especially if harmonizatio n and certification issues are addressed.The honey sector lacks specific l egislation\, means of financing and faces logistics problems\, such as dep endence on the import of containers\, low adoption of certification and ex tensive informality.In the case of timber\, the product is specifically me ntioned in the National Development Plan (PND 2018-2022 pages 75 &\; 15 7). The forested area in Angola is estimated at 53 million hectares. Timbe r is currently extracted and exported primarily in logs (with low added va lue)\, and the emergence of a clusters industry can add value to the secto r. High financing costs\, costly phytosanitary regulations and difficultie s in accessing modern extraction and processing equipment increase costs i n the timber sector in Angola. In environmental terms\, it is important to reduce pressure on natural forests by promoting incentives for the creati on of planted forests and conservation of ecosystems.Under this background and listening to suggestions from Angola’s Ministry of Commerce (MINCO) \, local associations\, as well as 2018’s NGER workshop stakeholders\, U NCTAD will now hold a provincial workshop where honey and timber productio n is most concentrated\, the province of Moxico\, especially its capital\, Luena.GoalsThe provincial NGER training in Luena\, Moxico province\, will have two goals:Train provincial officials\, members of associations\, pro ducers and local civil society to increase the capacity for analysis of na tional policies for the promotion and development of Honey and Timber\, in cluding harmonization and product certification issues.Transfer cross-cutt ing knowledge on green product promotion\, certification and export proces ses for Honey and Timber\, including members of local public\, private and civil society institutions.BackgroundThe National Green Export Review ini tiative developed by UNCTAD has helped more than 10 countries since its in ception in 2012.  In Angola\, an intensive\, 2-week training workshop in June 2018 benefited more than two dozen government officials\, industry ma nagers and academics on methods to identify products that\, unlike oil\, c ould deliver positive environmental and social gains as production grows. The training also examined the domestic and export market characteristics of alternative products\, in order to help practitioners understand the na tional competitive strengths and how to best develop them.In connection to the 2018 training\, a set of training materials were produced and publis hed – in English and Portuguese – by UNCTAD. Furthermore\, targeted st udy tours were made to strengthen Angolan connections to major pan-African and international events which can serve to further empower local stakeho lders with knowledge and contacts to trade internationally.The National Gr een Export Review of Angola is an ongoing training project and will contin ue until 2021.<\;p>\;<\;img alt="\;ditc-ted-17062019-nger-angola 2-honey-400.jpg"\; src="\;/sites/default/files/inline-images/ditc- ted-17062019-nger-angola2-honey-400.jpg"\; style="\;vertical-align &\;#58\;auto\;float&\;#58\;right\;margin&\;#58\;5px\;\n\nView mee ting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/nger-training-workshop-hone y-and-timber-moxico-province-angola DTSTAMP:20260803T142412Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a70a48cc7ab5 DTSTART:20190619T090000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20190619T060000Z LOCATION:Luena\, Moxico province\, Angola SUMMARY:NGER training workshop on honey and timber in Moxico province\, Ang ola CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:​As part of the EU-UNCTAD joint programme for Angola (Train f or Trade II)\, and in support of Angola’s efforts to strengthen and dive rsify its economy towards more sustainable products\, UNCTAD is organizing a second training event under its National Green Export Review process in the country.  The training workshop\, which will run full time between 1 7-21 June 2019\, focuses on two specific products highlighted in the firs t NGER training which took place in 2018: honey and timber.Honey in Angol a is primarily a natural product\, considered intrinsically green\, and is part of the list of products selected by the executive\, through DP 40/16 of February 24 (Master Lines of Strategy to exit the crisis derived from the drop in the price of oil in the international market). Honey has a nat ional market\, including high-value niches like natural medicine\, and lar ge export potential in the SADC region\, as well as markets in Europe\, As ia and the United States. The potential of the honey sector development in Angola received additional interest from the representations of France an d EU in Luanda – potential export markets – especially if harmonizatio n and certification issues are addressed.The honey sector lacks specific l egislation\, means of financing and faces logistics problems\, such as dep endence on the import of containers\, low adoption of certification and ex tensive informality.In the case of timber\, the product is specifically me ntioned in the National Development Plan (PND 2018-2022 pages 75 &\; 15 7). The forested area in Angola is estimated at 53 million hectares. Timbe r is currently extracted and exported primarily in logs (with low added va lue)\, and the emergence of a clusters industry can add value to the secto r. High financing costs\, costly phytosanitary regulations and difficultie s in accessing modern extraction and processing equipment increase costs i n the timber sector in Angola. In environmental terms\, it is important to reduce pressure on natural forests by promoting incentives for the creati on of planted forests and conservation of ecosystems.Under this background and listening to suggestions from Angola’s Ministry of Commerce (MINCO) \, local associations\, as well as 2018’s NGER workshop stakeholders\, U NCTAD will now hold a provincial workshop where honey and timber productio n is most concentrated\, the province of Moxico\, especially its capital\, Luena.GoalsThe provincial NGER training in Luena\, Moxico province\, will have two goals:Train provincial officials\, members of associations\, pro ducers and local civil society to increase the capacity for analysis of na tional policies for the promotion and development of Honey and Timber\, in cluding harmonization and product certification issues.Transfer cross-cutt ing knowledge on green product promotion\, certification and export proces ses for Honey and Timber\, including members of local public\, private and civil society institutions.BackgroundThe National Green Export Review ini tiative developed by UNCTAD has helped more than 10 countries since its in ception in 2012.  In Angola\, an intensive\, 2-week training workshop in June 2018 benefited more than two dozen government officials\, industry ma nagers and academics on methods to identify products that\, unlike oil\, c ould deliver positive environmental and social gains as production grows. The training also examined the domestic and export market characteristics of alternative products\, in order to help practitioners understand the na tional competitive strengths and how to best develop them.In connection to the 2018 training\, a set of training materials were produced and publis hed – in English and Portuguese – by UNCTAD. Furthermore\, targeted st udy tours were made to strengthen Angolan connections to major pan-African and international events which can serve to further empower local stakeho lders with knowledge and contacts to trade internationally.The National Gr een Export Review of Angola is an ongoing training project and will contin ue until 2021.<\;p>\;<\;img alt="\;ditc-ted-17062019-nger-angola 2-honey-400.jpg"\; src="\;/sites/default/files/inline-images/ditc- ted-17062019-nger-angola2-honey-400.jpg"\; style="\;vertical-align &\;#58\;auto\;float&\;#58\;right\;margin&\;#58\;5px\;\n\nView mee ting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/nger-training-workshop-hone y-and-timber-moxico-province-angola DTSTAMP:20260803T142412Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a70a48cc7ab9 DTSTART:20190620T090000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20190620T060000Z LOCATION:Luena\, Moxico province\, Angola SUMMARY:NGER training workshop on honey and timber in Moxico province\, Ang ola CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:​As part of the EU-UNCTAD joint programme for Angola (Train f or Trade II)\, and in support of Angola’s efforts to strengthen and dive rsify its economy towards more sustainable products\, UNCTAD is organizing a second training event under its National Green Export Review process in the country.  The training workshop\, which will run full time between 1 7-21 June 2019\, focuses on two specific products highlighted in the firs t NGER training which took place in 2018: honey and timber.Honey in Angol a is primarily a natural product\, considered intrinsically green\, and is part of the list of products selected by the executive\, through DP 40/16 of February 24 (Master Lines of Strategy to exit the crisis derived from the drop in the price of oil in the international market). Honey has a nat ional market\, including high-value niches like natural medicine\, and lar ge export potential in the SADC region\, as well as markets in Europe\, As ia and the United States. The potential of the honey sector development in Angola received additional interest from the representations of France an d EU in Luanda – potential export markets – especially if harmonizatio n and certification issues are addressed.The honey sector lacks specific l egislation\, means of financing and faces logistics problems\, such as dep endence on the import of containers\, low adoption of certification and ex tensive informality.In the case of timber\, the product is specifically me ntioned in the National Development Plan (PND 2018-2022 pages 75 &\; 15 7). The forested area in Angola is estimated at 53 million hectares. Timbe r is currently extracted and exported primarily in logs (with low added va lue)\, and the emergence of a clusters industry can add value to the secto r. High financing costs\, costly phytosanitary regulations and difficultie s in accessing modern extraction and processing equipment increase costs i n the timber sector in Angola. In environmental terms\, it is important to reduce pressure on natural forests by promoting incentives for the creati on of planted forests and conservation of ecosystems.Under this background and listening to suggestions from Angola’s Ministry of Commerce (MINCO) \, local associations\, as well as 2018’s NGER workshop stakeholders\, U NCTAD will now hold a provincial workshop where honey and timber productio n is most concentrated\, the province of Moxico\, especially its capital\, Luena.GoalsThe provincial NGER training in Luena\, Moxico province\, will have two goals:Train provincial officials\, members of associations\, pro ducers and local civil society to increase the capacity for analysis of na tional policies for the promotion and development of Honey and Timber\, in cluding harmonization and product certification issues.Transfer cross-cutt ing knowledge on green product promotion\, certification and export proces ses for Honey and Timber\, including members of local public\, private and civil society institutions.BackgroundThe National Green Export Review ini tiative developed by UNCTAD has helped more than 10 countries since its in ception in 2012.  In Angola\, an intensive\, 2-week training workshop in June 2018 benefited more than two dozen government officials\, industry ma nagers and academics on methods to identify products that\, unlike oil\, c ould deliver positive environmental and social gains as production grows. The training also examined the domestic and export market characteristics of alternative products\, in order to help practitioners understand the na tional competitive strengths and how to best develop them.In connection to the 2018 training\, a set of training materials were produced and publis hed – in English and Portuguese – by UNCTAD. Furthermore\, targeted st udy tours were made to strengthen Angolan connections to major pan-African and international events which can serve to further empower local stakeho lders with knowledge and contacts to trade internationally.The National Gr een Export Review of Angola is an ongoing training project and will contin ue until 2021.<\;p>\;<\;img alt="\;ditc-ted-17062019-nger-angola 2-honey-400.jpg"\; src="\;/sites/default/files/inline-images/ditc- ted-17062019-nger-angola2-honey-400.jpg"\; style="\;vertical-align &\;#58\;auto\;float&\;#58\;right\;margin&\;#58\;5px\;\n\nView mee ting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/nger-training-workshop-hone y-and-timber-moxico-province-angola DTSTAMP:20260803T142412Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a70a48cc7abe DTSTART:20190621T090000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20190621T060000Z LOCATION:Luena\, Moxico province\, Angola SUMMARY:NGER training workshop on honey and timber in Moxico province\, Ang ola CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:​As part of the EU-UNCTAD joint programme for Angola (Train f or Trade II)\, and in support of Angola’s efforts to strengthen and dive rsify its economy towards more sustainable products\, UNCTAD is organizing a second training event under its National Green Export Review process in the country.  The training workshop\, which will run full time between 1 7-21 June 2019\, focuses on two specific products highlighted in the firs t NGER training which took place in 2018: honey and timber.Honey in Angol a is primarily a natural product\, considered intrinsically green\, and is part of the list of products selected by the executive\, through DP 40/16 of February 24 (Master Lines of Strategy to exit the crisis derived from the drop in the price of oil in the international market). Honey has a nat ional market\, including high-value niches like natural medicine\, and lar ge export potential in the SADC region\, as well as markets in Europe\, As ia and the United States. The potential of the honey sector development in Angola received additional interest from the representations of France an d EU in Luanda – potential export markets – especially if harmonizatio n and certification issues are addressed.The honey sector lacks specific l egislation\, means of financing and faces logistics problems\, such as dep endence on the import of containers\, low adoption of certification and ex tensive informality.In the case of timber\, the product is specifically me ntioned in the National Development Plan (PND 2018-2022 pages 75 &\; 15 7). The forested area in Angola is estimated at 53 million hectares. Timbe r is currently extracted and exported primarily in logs (with low added va lue)\, and the emergence of a clusters industry can add value to the secto r. High financing costs\, costly phytosanitary regulations and difficultie s in accessing modern extraction and processing equipment increase costs i n the timber sector in Angola. In environmental terms\, it is important to reduce pressure on natural forests by promoting incentives for the creati on of planted forests and conservation of ecosystems.Under this background and listening to suggestions from Angola’s Ministry of Commerce (MINCO) \, local associations\, as well as 2018’s NGER workshop stakeholders\, U NCTAD will now hold a provincial workshop where honey and timber productio n is most concentrated\, the province of Moxico\, especially its capital\, Luena.GoalsThe provincial NGER training in Luena\, Moxico province\, will have two goals:Train provincial officials\, members of associations\, pro ducers and local civil society to increase the capacity for analysis of na tional policies for the promotion and development of Honey and Timber\, in cluding harmonization and product certification issues.Transfer cross-cutt ing knowledge on green product promotion\, certification and export proces ses for Honey and Timber\, including members of local public\, private and civil society institutions.BackgroundThe National Green Export Review ini tiative developed by UNCTAD has helped more than 10 countries since its in ception in 2012.  In Angola\, an intensive\, 2-week training workshop in June 2018 benefited more than two dozen government officials\, industry ma nagers and academics on methods to identify products that\, unlike oil\, c ould deliver positive environmental and social gains as production grows. The training also examined the domestic and export market characteristics of alternative products\, in order to help practitioners understand the na tional competitive strengths and how to best develop them.In connection to the 2018 training\, a set of training materials were produced and publis hed – in English and Portuguese – by UNCTAD. Furthermore\, targeted st udy tours were made to strengthen Angolan connections to major pan-African and international events which can serve to further empower local stakeho lders with knowledge and contacts to trade internationally.The National Gr een Export Review of Angola is an ongoing training project and will contin ue until 2021.<\;p>\;<\;img alt="\;ditc-ted-17062019-nger-angola 2-honey-400.jpg"\; src="\;/sites/default/files/inline-images/ditc- ted-17062019-nger-angola2-honey-400.jpg"\; style="\;vertical-align &\;#58\;auto\;float&\;#58\;right\;margin&\;#58\;5px\;\n\nView mee ting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/nger-training-workshop-hone y-and-timber-moxico-province-angola DTSTAMP:20260803T142412Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR