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DTSTART:20201119T180000Z
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LOCATION:Online\, Lao People’s Democratic Republic
SUMMARY:Working technical meeting on the Vulnerability Profile of Lao PDR 
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Context and objectives\n\nThe Division for Africa\, Least Devel
 oped Countries and Special Programmes of UNCTAD is currently preparing the
  Lao PDR Vulnerability Profile. In the context of the graduation proces of
  Lao PDR\, the Division has had a long-standing\, strong and productive re
 lationship collaborating with the Government in preparing the General Asse
 mbly-mandated Vulnerability Profile for Lao PDR and looks forward to accom
 pany the country throughout its graduation process.\n\n UNCTAD would like
  to host an online (WebEx) short technical working meeting with a few offi
 cials in the Government of Lao PDR on the revised Vulnerability Profile. T
 his will create an opportunity for UNCTAD to discuss with representatives 
 of Lao PDR some of the emerging findings from the Vulnerability Profile be
 fore it is submitted to the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) for wid
 er circulation.\n\nThis will be a small working (technical) meeting betwee
 n a few UNCTAD staff that have been working on the Vulnerability Profile a
 nd some officials in the Government of Lao PDR on 19 November 2020.\n\nThe
  vulnerability profile casts light on the extent to which pre-qualificatio
 n from graduation is synonymous with genuine progress on structural econom
 ic transformation\, a necessary condition for fairness in the decision to 
 reclassify a country. A sound assessment of structural progress (or lack t
 hereof) will not only guide the Committee for Development Policy’s gradu
 ation assessment for the country\, it will also increase the awareness of 
 key relevant issues in Lao PDR and what to do to address them in the futur
 e.\n\nParticipation and organizational arrangements \n\nThe working meetin
 g will be attended by relevant stakeholders in Lao PDR’s Government and 
 represent different sectoral actors among others\, identified by the Gover
 nment.\n\nThe working meeting will be held on 19 November 2020 from 18:00 
 to 19:30 hrs\, Vientiane time (12:00 to 13:30 hrs\, Geneva time) under vir
 tual modalities\, via WebEx.\n\nThe working language of the meeting/ webin
 ar will be English.\n&lt\;p&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Context and objectives&lt\
 ;/strong&gt\;&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;The Division for Africa\, Least De
 veloped Countries and Special Programmes of UNCTAD is currently preparing 
 the Lao PDR Vulnerability Profile. In the context of the graduation proces
  of Lao PDR\, the Division has had a long-standing\, strong and productive
  relationship collaborating with the Government in preparing the General A
 ssembly-mandated Vulnerability Profile for Lao PDR and looks forward to ac
 company the country throughout its graduation process.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\
 ;p&gt\;&amp\;nbsp\;UNCTAD would like to host an online (WebEx) short techn
 ical working meeting with a few officials in the Government of Lao PDR on 
 the revised Vulnerability Profile. This will create an opportunity for UNC
 TAD to discuss with representatives of Lao PDR some of the emerging findin
 gs from the Vulnerability Profile before it is submitted to the Committee 
 for Development Policy (CDP) for wider circulation.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&
 gt\;This will be a small working (technical) meeting between a few UNCTAD 
 staff that have been working on the Vulnerability Profile and some officia
 ls in the Government of Lao PDR on 19 November 2020.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p
 &gt\;The vulnerability profile casts light on the extent to which pre-qual
 ification from graduation is synonymous with genuine progress on structura
 l economic transformation\, a necessary condition for fairness in the deci
 sion to reclassify a country. A sound assessment of structural progress (o
 r lack thereof) will not only guide the Committee for Development Policy
 ’s graduation assessment for the country\, it will also increase the awa
 reness of key relevant issues in Lao PDR and what to do to address them in
  the future.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;Participation and o
 &lt\;/strong&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;rganizational &lt\;/strong&gt\;&lt\;stron
 g&gt\;a&lt\;/strong&gt\;&lt\;strong&gt\;rrangements &lt\;/strong&gt\;&lt\;
 /p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;The working meeting will be attended by relevant sta
 keholders in Lao PDR’s Government and represent different sectoral actor
 s among others\, identified by the Government.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;T
 he working meeting will be held on 19 November 2020 from 18:00 to 19:30 hr
 s\, Vientiane time (12:00 to 13:30 hrs\, Geneva time) under virtual modali
 ties\, via WebEx.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;The working language of the me
 eting/ webinar will be English.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n\nView meeting on unctad.or
 g\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/working-technical-meeting-vulnerability-prof
 ile-lao-pdr
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