BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a7c0e4f5493b DTSTART:20210507T080000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20210507T100000Z LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland SUMMARY:P166 Short Course: Services value-added in exports: policies for de velopment CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Services provide intermediate inputs to all economic sectors: p rimary\, industrial\, and even the tertiary sector. For example\, automate d crop monitoring services are increasingly relevant for agriculture\, sof tware services are key for the automotive industry\, and telecommunication services are necessary for mobile and digital financial services. This in creased use\, production\, and export of services embedded in all sectors is the servicification of the economy and trade. As such\, the performance of the whole economy and trade is related to the effectiveness of service s inputs. In developing countries\, services account for two-thirds of tot al productivity growth. In Brazil\, where UNCTAD undertook a case-study re search on services value-added\, services accounted for 17 per cent of d irect exports and 48 per cent of value-added exports in 2015. The 2030 A genda for Sustainable Development reflects this importance of services in several goals\, for example by placing transport\, ICT\, and financial ser vices as conditions to achieve goal 9 on industry and innovation. The econ omic crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic calls\, with more urgency\, for the use of servicification to promote export diversification\, upgrad ing\, and a robust economic recovery. Servicification and its effects have not been sufficiently discussed in policy debates\, including on trade po licy. This is because some servicification-related concepts break some tra ditional analytical approaches\, and also due to insufficient data and inf ormation on its relevance.\n\nThis short course addresses this gap by cove ring servicification concepts\, its relevance\, and how this can be addres sed in policymaking\, including in trade policy and regulatory frameworks.   It will also discuss the strategic importance of services value-added t o the economy and international trade.  This short course will provide de legates the opportunity to deepen their understanding of this strategic im portance and of the ways through which services value-added is incorporate d in economy and trade. It will shed light on the significance of servicif ication\, including utilizing UNCTAD’s guidebook on the methodology to m easure services value-added\, in addition to gaining knowledge on the serv ices-related policy\, regulatory and institutional frameworks necessary to use services value-added in exports to pursue development goals.\n<\;p& gt\;Services provide intermediate inputs to all economic sectors: primary\ , industrial\, and even the tertiary sector. For example\, automated crop monitoring services are increasingly relevant for agriculture\, software s ervices are key for the automotive industry\, and telecommunication servic es are necessary for mobile and digital financial services. This increased use\, production\, and export of services embedded in all sectors is the servicification of the economy and trade. As such\, the performance of the whole economy and trade is related to the effectiveness of services input s. In developing countries\, services account for two-thirds of total prod uctivity growth. In Brazil\, where UNCTAD undertook a case-study research on services value-added\, services accounted for 17&\;nbsp\;per&\;nb sp\;cent of direct exports and 48&\;nbsp\;per&\;nbsp\;cent of value- added exports in 2015. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development reflect s this importance of services in several goals\, for example by placing tr ansport\, ICT\, and financial services as conditions to achieve goal 9 on industry and innovation. The economic crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pan demic calls\, with more urgency\, for the use of servicification to promot e export diversification\, upgrading\, and a robust economic recovery. Ser vicification and its effects have not been sufficiently discussed in polic y debates\, including on trade policy. This is because some servicificatio n-related concepts break some traditional analytical approaches\, and also due to insufficient data and information on its relevance.<\;/p>\;\n\ n<\;p id="\;yui_3_17_2_1_1618902610118_30\n\nView meeting on unctad. org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/p166-short-course-services-value-added-exp orts-policies-development DTSTAMP:20260812T061023Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR