BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6af352b7c192d DTSTART:20191203T230000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20191203T230000Z LOCATION:Hanoi\, Viet Nam SUMMARY:Second Regional Coordination Workshop on BioTrade and Access and Be nefit-Sharing in the Mekong Region CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:​While many countries in South East Asia have ratified the Na goya Protocol\, which set a minimum reference ABS standard\, there are few cases of ABS laws and regulation in place. Many countries in the region a re therefore seeking to establish their own ABS systems in light of their own national biodiversity priorities\, including the potential development of BioTrade value chains.This two-day workshop will bring together two pr ojects funded by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic affairs: the Glo bal BioTrade Programme "\;Linking Trade and Biodiversity"\; implem ented by UNCTAD in cooperation with BioTrade partners\, and the Regional B ioTrade Project in Southeast Asia\, implemented by Helvetas Swiss Intercoo peration. To support the successful implementation of these two projects\ , UNCTAD\, Helvetas\, SECO and BCA will host a regional workshop on BioTra de and Access and Benefit-Sharing on 4-5 December in Hanoi\, Viet Nam.This workshop will consist of two parts. The first day will be a multi-stakeho lder workshop that brings together governments\, civil society and the pri vate sector to discuss developments in the implementation of ABS rules and BioTrade in the three countries participating in the Mekong Plan of Actio n (Viet Nam\, Lao PDR and Myanmar)\; learn from regional BioTrade project cases\; present UNCTAD policy research on ABS\, BioTrade and intellectual property rights\; consider different challenges\, tools and approaches on ABS and BioTrade\; and revise the Mekong Plan of Action\, which consists o f key joint activities and cooperation initiatives with partners and parti cipants\, for the next phase of implementation. The second day will consi st of an intergovernmental exchange\, where regulators will share relevant knowledge and experience about ABS implementation successes and challenge s between countries\; help to catalogue and preserve knowledge that may ot herwise be lost due to staff turnover and termination of projects at agenc ies working on ABS\; and\, encourage adoption of good practices and avoida nce of mistakes due to lessons learned from neighbouring countries. <\; p>\;​While many countries in South East Asia have ratified the Nagoya Protocol\, which set a minimum reference ABS standard\, there are few case s of ABS laws and regulation in place. Many countries in the region are th erefore seeking to establish their own ABS systems in light of their own n ational biodiversity priorities\, including the potential development of B ioTrade value chains.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;This two-day workshop will bri ng together two projects funded by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economi c affairs: the Global BioTrade Programme "\;Linking Trade and Biodiver sity"\; implemented by UNCTAD in cooperation with BioTrade partners\, and the Regional BioTrade Project in Southeast Asia\, implemented by Helve tas Swiss Intercooperation.&\;nbsp\;To support the successful implement ation of these two projects\, UNCTAD\, Helvetas\, SECO and BCA will host a regional workshop on BioTrade and Access and Benefit-Sharing on 4-5 Decem ber in Hanoi\, Viet Nam.<\;/p>\;<\;div>\;<\;div>\;This worksho p will consist of two parts. The first day will be a multi-stakeholder wor kshop that brings together governments\, civil society and the private sec tor to discuss developments in the implementation of ABS rules and BioTrad e in the three countries participating in the Mekong Plan of Action (Viet Nam\, Lao PDR and Myanmar)\; learn from regional BioTrade project cases\; present UNCTAD policy research on ABS\, BioTrade and intellectual property rights\; consider different challenges\, tools and approaches on ABS and BioTrade\; and revise the Mekong Plan of Action\, which consists of key jo int activities and cooperation initiatives with partners and participants\ , for the next phase of implementation.<\;/div>\;<\;/div>\;<\;di v>\;&\;nbsp\;<\;/div>\;<\;div>\;The second day will consist o f an intergovernmental exchange\, where regulators will share relevant kno wledge and experience about ABS implementation successes and challenges be tween countries\; help to catalogue and preserve knowledge that may otherw ise be lost due to staff turnover and termination of projects at agencies working on ABS\; and\, encourage adoption of good practices and avoidance of mistakes due to lessons learned from neighbouring countries.<\;/div&g t\;<\;p>\;<\;img class="\;img-responsive"\; style="\;mar gin:5px\;"\; src="\;/meetings/en/PublishingImages/ditc-ted-0412201 9-biotrade-hanoi-logos.JPG"\; alt="\; \n\nView meeting on unctad.o rg\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/second-regional-coordination-workshop-biotr ade-and-access-and-benefit-sharing-mekong-region DTSTAMP:20261110T172159Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6af352b7c1968 DTSTART:20191204T230000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20191204T230000Z LOCATION:Hanoi\, Viet Nam SUMMARY:Second Regional Coordination Workshop on BioTrade and Access and Be nefit-Sharing in the Mekong Region CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:​While many countries in South East Asia have ratified the Na goya Protocol\, which set a minimum reference ABS standard\, there are few cases of ABS laws and regulation in place. Many countries in the region a re therefore seeking to establish their own ABS systems in light of their own national biodiversity priorities\, including the potential development of BioTrade value chains.This two-day workshop will bring together two pr ojects funded by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic affairs: the Glo bal BioTrade Programme "\;Linking Trade and Biodiversity"\; implem ented by UNCTAD in cooperation with BioTrade partners\, and the Regional B ioTrade Project in Southeast Asia\, implemented by Helvetas Swiss Intercoo peration. To support the successful implementation of these two projects\ , UNCTAD\, Helvetas\, SECO and BCA will host a regional workshop on BioTra de and Access and Benefit-Sharing on 4-5 December in Hanoi\, Viet Nam.This workshop will consist of two parts. The first day will be a multi-stakeho lder workshop that brings together governments\, civil society and the pri vate sector to discuss developments in the implementation of ABS rules and BioTrade in the three countries participating in the Mekong Plan of Actio n (Viet Nam\, Lao PDR and Myanmar)\; learn from regional BioTrade project cases\; present UNCTAD policy research on ABS\, BioTrade and intellectual property rights\; consider different challenges\, tools and approaches on ABS and BioTrade\; and revise the Mekong Plan of Action\, which consists o f key joint activities and cooperation initiatives with partners and parti cipants\, for the next phase of implementation. The second day will consi st of an intergovernmental exchange\, where regulators will share relevant knowledge and experience about ABS implementation successes and challenge s between countries\; help to catalogue and preserve knowledge that may ot herwise be lost due to staff turnover and termination of projects at agenc ies working on ABS\; and\, encourage adoption of good practices and avoida nce of mistakes due to lessons learned from neighbouring countries. <\; p>\;​While many countries in South East Asia have ratified the Nagoya Protocol\, which set a minimum reference ABS standard\, there are few case s of ABS laws and regulation in place. Many countries in the region are th erefore seeking to establish their own ABS systems in light of their own n ational biodiversity priorities\, including the potential development of B ioTrade value chains.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;This two-day workshop will bri ng together two projects funded by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economi c affairs: the Global BioTrade Programme "\;Linking Trade and Biodiver sity"\; implemented by UNCTAD in cooperation with BioTrade partners\, and the Regional BioTrade Project in Southeast Asia\, implemented by Helve tas Swiss Intercooperation.&\;nbsp\;To support the successful implement ation of these two projects\, UNCTAD\, Helvetas\, SECO and BCA will host a regional workshop on BioTrade and Access and Benefit-Sharing on 4-5 Decem ber in Hanoi\, Viet Nam.<\;/p>\;<\;div>\;<\;div>\;This worksho p will consist of two parts. The first day will be a multi-stakeholder wor kshop that brings together governments\, civil society and the private sec tor to discuss developments in the implementation of ABS rules and BioTrad e in the three countries participating in the Mekong Plan of Action (Viet Nam\, Lao PDR and Myanmar)\; learn from regional BioTrade project cases\; present UNCTAD policy research on ABS\, BioTrade and intellectual property rights\; consider different challenges\, tools and approaches on ABS and BioTrade\; and revise the Mekong Plan of Action\, which consists of key jo int activities and cooperation initiatives with partners and participants\ , for the next phase of implementation.<\;/div>\;<\;/div>\;<\;di v>\;&\;nbsp\;<\;/div>\;<\;div>\;The second day will consist o f an intergovernmental exchange\, where regulators will share relevant kno wledge and experience about ABS implementation successes and challenges be tween countries\; help to catalogue and preserve knowledge that may otherw ise be lost due to staff turnover and termination of projects at agencies working on ABS\; and\, encourage adoption of good practices and avoidance of mistakes due to lessons learned from neighbouring countries.<\;/div&g t\;<\;p>\;<\;img class="\;img-responsive"\; style="\;mar gin:5px\;"\; src="\;/meetings/en/PublishingImages/ditc-ted-0412201 9-biotrade-hanoi-logos.JPG"\; alt="\; \n\nView meeting on unctad.o rg\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/second-regional-coordination-workshop-biotr ade-and-access-and-benefit-sharing-mekong-region DTSTAMP:20261110T172159Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR