BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6af87ce44074f DTSTART:20210501T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20210501T150000Z LOCATION:On-line\, SUMMARY:Fourth Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC) meeting for BioTrade CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Building on the achievements from the past few years\, the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting will be held virtua lly. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the existing Roadmap\, shar e new projects and upcoming activities among partners\, discuss priority/e merging issues within BioTrade and debate  areas of potential collaborati on and joint work.In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions will be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:Upda tes and highlights of BioTrade partners\;post-2020 global biodiversity fra mework\;Communication and Awareness Raising\, andCOVID-19.BackgroundIn Mar ch 2018\, the UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative launched its programme “Linking trade\, biodiversity and sustainable development” with the financial su pport of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO. This 4-yea r programme aims to contribute to the advancement of SDGs 15 and 17\, and relevant Aichi targets – as well as the upcoming post-Aichi targets – by increasing coordination and knowledge sharing among stakeholders\; crea ting an enabling policy environment for BioTrade companies\; and facilitat ing market linkages for companies selling BioTrade-related products. To ac hieve these objectives\, the programme is implemented by UNCTAD in close c ollaboration with its BioTrade partners and relevant stakeholders. A cruc ial element of the programme is the Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC)\ , which annually brings tighter BioTrade partners and serves as the coordi nation mechanism set out under the programme to promote collaboration and cooperation of BioTrade activities. The SSC also serves to review a four-y ear work plan known as the Roadmap which sets priorities\, guides partners '\; interventions\, allocates responsibilities\, and lists areas of po tential partnerships. Additionally\, the SSC serves as a platform to ident ify emerging issues\, and transfer of knowledge\, and sharing lessons and good practices learned from BioTrade related activitiesParticipantsBioTrad e partners<\;p>\;Building on the achievements from the past few years\ , the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting&\;nbsp\ ;will be held virtually. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the exi sting Roadmap\, share new projects and upcoming activities among partners\ , discuss priority/emerging issues within BioTrade and debate &\;nbsp\; areas of potential collaboration and joint work.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions wi ll be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:<\;/p>\;<\;ol>\;& lt\;li data-list-item-id="\;e4e7563ebf630ba693400e1848072959e\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/fourth-stakeholders-stee ring-committee-ssc-meeting-biotrade DTSTAMP:20261114T152316Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6af87ce4407ac DTSTART:20210502T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20210502T150000Z LOCATION:On-line\, SUMMARY:Fourth Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC) meeting for BioTrade CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Building on the achievements from the past few years\, the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting will be held virtua lly. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the existing Roadmap\, shar e new projects and upcoming activities among partners\, discuss priority/e merging issues within BioTrade and debate  areas of potential collaborati on and joint work.In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions will be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:Upda tes and highlights of BioTrade partners\;post-2020 global biodiversity fra mework\;Communication and Awareness Raising\, andCOVID-19.BackgroundIn Mar ch 2018\, the UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative launched its programme “Linking trade\, biodiversity and sustainable development” with the financial su pport of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO. This 4-yea r programme aims to contribute to the advancement of SDGs 15 and 17\, and relevant Aichi targets – as well as the upcoming post-Aichi targets – by increasing coordination and knowledge sharing among stakeholders\; crea ting an enabling policy environment for BioTrade companies\; and facilitat ing market linkages for companies selling BioTrade-related products. To ac hieve these objectives\, the programme is implemented by UNCTAD in close c ollaboration with its BioTrade partners and relevant stakeholders. A cruc ial element of the programme is the Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC)\ , which annually brings tighter BioTrade partners and serves as the coordi nation mechanism set out under the programme to promote collaboration and cooperation of BioTrade activities. The SSC also serves to review a four-y ear work plan known as the Roadmap which sets priorities\, guides partners '\; interventions\, allocates responsibilities\, and lists areas of po tential partnerships. Additionally\, the SSC serves as a platform to ident ify emerging issues\, and transfer of knowledge\, and sharing lessons and good practices learned from BioTrade related activitiesParticipantsBioTrad e partners<\;p>\;Building on the achievements from the past few years\ , the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting&\;nbsp\ ;will be held virtually. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the exi sting Roadmap\, share new projects and upcoming activities among partners\ , discuss priority/emerging issues within BioTrade and debate &\;nbsp\; areas of potential collaboration and joint work.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions wi ll be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:<\;/p>\;<\;ol>\;& lt\;li data-list-item-id="\;e4e7563ebf630ba693400e1848072959e\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/fourth-stakeholders-stee ring-committee-ssc-meeting-biotrade DTSTAMP:20261114T152316Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6af87ce4407b7 DTSTART:20210503T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20210503T150000Z LOCATION:On-line\, SUMMARY:Fourth Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC) meeting for BioTrade CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Building on the achievements from the past few years\, the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting will be held virtua lly. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the existing Roadmap\, shar e new projects and upcoming activities among partners\, discuss priority/e merging issues within BioTrade and debate  areas of potential collaborati on and joint work.In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions will be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:Upda tes and highlights of BioTrade partners\;post-2020 global biodiversity fra mework\;Communication and Awareness Raising\, andCOVID-19.BackgroundIn Mar ch 2018\, the UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative launched its programme “Linking trade\, biodiversity and sustainable development” with the financial su pport of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO. This 4-yea r programme aims to contribute to the advancement of SDGs 15 and 17\, and relevant Aichi targets – as well as the upcoming post-Aichi targets – by increasing coordination and knowledge sharing among stakeholders\; crea ting an enabling policy environment for BioTrade companies\; and facilitat ing market linkages for companies selling BioTrade-related products. To ac hieve these objectives\, the programme is implemented by UNCTAD in close c ollaboration with its BioTrade partners and relevant stakeholders. A cruc ial element of the programme is the Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC)\ , which annually brings tighter BioTrade partners and serves as the coordi nation mechanism set out under the programme to promote collaboration and cooperation of BioTrade activities. The SSC also serves to review a four-y ear work plan known as the Roadmap which sets priorities\, guides partners '\; interventions\, allocates responsibilities\, and lists areas of po tential partnerships. Additionally\, the SSC serves as a platform to ident ify emerging issues\, and transfer of knowledge\, and sharing lessons and good practices learned from BioTrade related activitiesParticipantsBioTrad e partners<\;p>\;Building on the achievements from the past few years\ , the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting&\;nbsp\ ;will be held virtually. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the exi sting Roadmap\, share new projects and upcoming activities among partners\ , discuss priority/emerging issues within BioTrade and debate &\;nbsp\; areas of potential collaboration and joint work.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions wi ll be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:<\;/p>\;<\;ol>\;& lt\;li data-list-item-id="\;e4e7563ebf630ba693400e1848072959e\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/fourth-stakeholders-stee ring-committee-ssc-meeting-biotrade DTSTAMP:20261114T152316Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6af87ce4407c1 DTSTART:20210504T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20210504T150000Z LOCATION:On-line\, SUMMARY:Fourth Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC) meeting for BioTrade CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Building on the achievements from the past few years\, the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting will be held virtua lly. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the existing Roadmap\, shar e new projects and upcoming activities among partners\, discuss priority/e merging issues within BioTrade and debate  areas of potential collaborati on and joint work.In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions will be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:Upda tes and highlights of BioTrade partners\;post-2020 global biodiversity fra mework\;Communication and Awareness Raising\, andCOVID-19.BackgroundIn Mar ch 2018\, the UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative launched its programme “Linking trade\, biodiversity and sustainable development” with the financial su pport of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO. This 4-yea r programme aims to contribute to the advancement of SDGs 15 and 17\, and relevant Aichi targets – as well as the upcoming post-Aichi targets – by increasing coordination and knowledge sharing among stakeholders\; crea ting an enabling policy environment for BioTrade companies\; and facilitat ing market linkages for companies selling BioTrade-related products. To ac hieve these objectives\, the programme is implemented by UNCTAD in close c ollaboration with its BioTrade partners and relevant stakeholders. A cruc ial element of the programme is the Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC)\ , which annually brings tighter BioTrade partners and serves as the coordi nation mechanism set out under the programme to promote collaboration and cooperation of BioTrade activities. The SSC also serves to review a four-y ear work plan known as the Roadmap which sets priorities\, guides partners '\; interventions\, allocates responsibilities\, and lists areas of po tential partnerships. Additionally\, the SSC serves as a platform to ident ify emerging issues\, and transfer of knowledge\, and sharing lessons and good practices learned from BioTrade related activitiesParticipantsBioTrad e partners<\;p>\;Building on the achievements from the past few years\ , the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting&\;nbsp\ ;will be held virtually. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the exi sting Roadmap\, share new projects and upcoming activities among partners\ , discuss priority/emerging issues within BioTrade and debate &\;nbsp\; areas of potential collaboration and joint work.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions wi ll be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:<\;/p>\;<\;ol>\;& lt\;li data-list-item-id="\;e4e7563ebf630ba693400e1848072959e\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/fourth-stakeholders-stee ring-committee-ssc-meeting-biotrade DTSTAMP:20261114T152316Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6af87ce4407c9 DTSTART:20210505T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20210505T150000Z LOCATION:On-line\, SUMMARY:Fourth Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC) meeting for BioTrade CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Building on the achievements from the past few years\, the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting will be held virtua lly. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the existing Roadmap\, shar e new projects and upcoming activities among partners\, discuss priority/e merging issues within BioTrade and debate  areas of potential collaborati on and joint work.In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions will be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:Upda tes and highlights of BioTrade partners\;post-2020 global biodiversity fra mework\;Communication and Awareness Raising\, andCOVID-19.BackgroundIn Mar ch 2018\, the UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative launched its programme “Linking trade\, biodiversity and sustainable development” with the financial su pport of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO. This 4-yea r programme aims to contribute to the advancement of SDGs 15 and 17\, and relevant Aichi targets – as well as the upcoming post-Aichi targets – by increasing coordination and knowledge sharing among stakeholders\; crea ting an enabling policy environment for BioTrade companies\; and facilitat ing market linkages for companies selling BioTrade-related products. To ac hieve these objectives\, the programme is implemented by UNCTAD in close c ollaboration with its BioTrade partners and relevant stakeholders. A cruc ial element of the programme is the Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC)\ , which annually brings tighter BioTrade partners and serves as the coordi nation mechanism set out under the programme to promote collaboration and cooperation of BioTrade activities. The SSC also serves to review a four-y ear work plan known as the Roadmap which sets priorities\, guides partners '\; interventions\, allocates responsibilities\, and lists areas of po tential partnerships. Additionally\, the SSC serves as a platform to ident ify emerging issues\, and transfer of knowledge\, and sharing lessons and good practices learned from BioTrade related activitiesParticipantsBioTrad e partners<\;p>\;Building on the achievements from the past few years\ , the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting&\;nbsp\ ;will be held virtually. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the exi sting Roadmap\, share new projects and upcoming activities among partners\ , discuss priority/emerging issues within BioTrade and debate &\;nbsp\; areas of potential collaboration and joint work.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions wi ll be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:<\;/p>\;<\;ol>\;& lt\;li data-list-item-id="\;e4e7563ebf630ba693400e1848072959e\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/fourth-stakeholders-stee ring-committee-ssc-meeting-biotrade DTSTAMP:20261114T152316Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6af87ce4407d1 DTSTART:20210506T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20210506T150000Z LOCATION:On-line\, SUMMARY:Fourth Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC) meeting for BioTrade CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Building on the achievements from the past few years\, the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting will be held virtua lly. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the existing Roadmap\, shar e new projects and upcoming activities among partners\, discuss priority/e merging issues within BioTrade and debate  areas of potential collaborati on and joint work.In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions will be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:Upda tes and highlights of BioTrade partners\;post-2020 global biodiversity fra mework\;Communication and Awareness Raising\, andCOVID-19.BackgroundIn Mar ch 2018\, the UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative launched its programme “Linking trade\, biodiversity and sustainable development” with the financial su pport of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO. This 4-yea r programme aims to contribute to the advancement of SDGs 15 and 17\, and relevant Aichi targets – as well as the upcoming post-Aichi targets – by increasing coordination and knowledge sharing among stakeholders\; crea ting an enabling policy environment for BioTrade companies\; and facilitat ing market linkages for companies selling BioTrade-related products. To ac hieve these objectives\, the programme is implemented by UNCTAD in close c ollaboration with its BioTrade partners and relevant stakeholders. A cruc ial element of the programme is the Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC)\ , which annually brings tighter BioTrade partners and serves as the coordi nation mechanism set out under the programme to promote collaboration and cooperation of BioTrade activities. The SSC also serves to review a four-y ear work plan known as the Roadmap which sets priorities\, guides partners '\; interventions\, allocates responsibilities\, and lists areas of po tential partnerships. Additionally\, the SSC serves as a platform to ident ify emerging issues\, and transfer of knowledge\, and sharing lessons and good practices learned from BioTrade related activitiesParticipantsBioTrad e partners<\;p>\;Building on the achievements from the past few years\ , the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting&\;nbsp\ ;will be held virtually. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the exi sting Roadmap\, share new projects and upcoming activities among partners\ , discuss priority/emerging issues within BioTrade and debate &\;nbsp\; areas of potential collaboration and joint work.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions wi ll be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:<\;/p>\;<\;ol>\;& lt\;li data-list-item-id="\;e4e7563ebf630ba693400e1848072959e\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/fourth-stakeholders-stee ring-committee-ssc-meeting-biotrade DTSTAMP:20261114T152316Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6af87ce4407da DTSTART:20210507T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20210507T150000Z LOCATION:On-line\, SUMMARY:Fourth Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC) meeting for BioTrade CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Building on the achievements from the past few years\, the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting will be held virtua lly. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the existing Roadmap\, shar e new projects and upcoming activities among partners\, discuss priority/e merging issues within BioTrade and debate  areas of potential collaborati on and joint work.In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions will be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:Upda tes and highlights of BioTrade partners\;post-2020 global biodiversity fra mework\;Communication and Awareness Raising\, andCOVID-19.BackgroundIn Mar ch 2018\, the UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative launched its programme “Linking trade\, biodiversity and sustainable development” with the financial su pport of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO. This 4-yea r programme aims to contribute to the advancement of SDGs 15 and 17\, and relevant Aichi targets – as well as the upcoming post-Aichi targets – by increasing coordination and knowledge sharing among stakeholders\; crea ting an enabling policy environment for BioTrade companies\; and facilitat ing market linkages for companies selling BioTrade-related products. To ac hieve these objectives\, the programme is implemented by UNCTAD in close c ollaboration with its BioTrade partners and relevant stakeholders. A cruc ial element of the programme is the Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC)\ , which annually brings tighter BioTrade partners and serves as the coordi nation mechanism set out under the programme to promote collaboration and cooperation of BioTrade activities. The SSC also serves to review a four-y ear work plan known as the Roadmap which sets priorities\, guides partners '\; interventions\, allocates responsibilities\, and lists areas of po tential partnerships. Additionally\, the SSC serves as a platform to ident ify emerging issues\, and transfer of knowledge\, and sharing lessons and good practices learned from BioTrade related activitiesParticipantsBioTrad e partners<\;p>\;Building on the achievements from the past few years\ , the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting&\;nbsp\ ;will be held virtually. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the exi sting Roadmap\, share new projects and upcoming activities among partners\ , discuss priority/emerging issues within BioTrade and debate &\;nbsp\; areas of potential collaboration and joint work.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions wi ll be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:<\;/p>\;<\;ol>\;& lt\;li data-list-item-id="\;e4e7563ebf630ba693400e1848072959e\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/fourth-stakeholders-stee ring-committee-ssc-meeting-biotrade DTSTAMP:20261114T152316Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6af87ce4407e3 DTSTART:20210508T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20210508T150000Z LOCATION:On-line\, SUMMARY:Fourth Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC) meeting for BioTrade CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Building on the achievements from the past few years\, the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting will be held virtua lly. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the existing Roadmap\, shar e new projects and upcoming activities among partners\, discuss priority/e merging issues within BioTrade and debate  areas of potential collaborati on and joint work.In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions will be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:Upda tes and highlights of BioTrade partners\;post-2020 global biodiversity fra mework\;Communication and Awareness Raising\, andCOVID-19.BackgroundIn Mar ch 2018\, the UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative launched its programme “Linking trade\, biodiversity and sustainable development” with the financial su pport of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO. This 4-yea r programme aims to contribute to the advancement of SDGs 15 and 17\, and relevant Aichi targets – as well as the upcoming post-Aichi targets – by increasing coordination and knowledge sharing among stakeholders\; crea ting an enabling policy environment for BioTrade companies\; and facilitat ing market linkages for companies selling BioTrade-related products. To ac hieve these objectives\, the programme is implemented by UNCTAD in close c ollaboration with its BioTrade partners and relevant stakeholders. A cruc ial element of the programme is the Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC)\ , which annually brings tighter BioTrade partners and serves as the coordi nation mechanism set out under the programme to promote collaboration and cooperation of BioTrade activities. The SSC also serves to review a four-y ear work plan known as the Roadmap which sets priorities\, guides partners '\; interventions\, allocates responsibilities\, and lists areas of po tential partnerships. Additionally\, the SSC serves as a platform to ident ify emerging issues\, and transfer of knowledge\, and sharing lessons and good practices learned from BioTrade related activitiesParticipantsBioTrad e partners<\;p>\;Building on the achievements from the past few years\ , the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting&\;nbsp\ ;will be held virtually. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the exi sting Roadmap\, share new projects and upcoming activities among partners\ , discuss priority/emerging issues within BioTrade and debate &\;nbsp\; areas of potential collaboration and joint work.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions wi ll be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:<\;/p>\;<\;ol>\;& lt\;li data-list-item-id="\;e4e7563ebf630ba693400e1848072959e\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/fourth-stakeholders-stee ring-committee-ssc-meeting-biotrade DTSTAMP:20261114T152316Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6af87ce4407eb DTSTART:20210509T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20210509T150000Z LOCATION:On-line\, SUMMARY:Fourth Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC) meeting for BioTrade CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Building on the achievements from the past few years\, the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting will be held virtua lly. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the existing Roadmap\, shar e new projects and upcoming activities among partners\, discuss priority/e merging issues within BioTrade and debate  areas of potential collaborati on and joint work.In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions will be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:Upda tes and highlights of BioTrade partners\;post-2020 global biodiversity fra mework\;Communication and Awareness Raising\, andCOVID-19.BackgroundIn Mar ch 2018\, the UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative launched its programme “Linking trade\, biodiversity and sustainable development” with the financial su pport of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO. This 4-yea r programme aims to contribute to the advancement of SDGs 15 and 17\, and relevant Aichi targets – as well as the upcoming post-Aichi targets – by increasing coordination and knowledge sharing among stakeholders\; crea ting an enabling policy environment for BioTrade companies\; and facilitat ing market linkages for companies selling BioTrade-related products. To ac hieve these objectives\, the programme is implemented by UNCTAD in close c ollaboration with its BioTrade partners and relevant stakeholders. A cruc ial element of the programme is the Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC)\ , which annually brings tighter BioTrade partners and serves as the coordi nation mechanism set out under the programme to promote collaboration and cooperation of BioTrade activities. The SSC also serves to review a four-y ear work plan known as the Roadmap which sets priorities\, guides partners '\; interventions\, allocates responsibilities\, and lists areas of po tential partnerships. Additionally\, the SSC serves as a platform to ident ify emerging issues\, and transfer of knowledge\, and sharing lessons and good practices learned from BioTrade related activitiesParticipantsBioTrad e partners<\;p>\;Building on the achievements from the past few years\ , the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting&\;nbsp\ ;will be held virtually. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the exi sting Roadmap\, share new projects and upcoming activities among partners\ , discuss priority/emerging issues within BioTrade and debate &\;nbsp\; areas of potential collaboration and joint work.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions wi ll be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:<\;/p>\;<\;ol>\;& lt\;li data-list-item-id="\;e4e7563ebf630ba693400e1848072959e\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/fourth-stakeholders-stee ring-committee-ssc-meeting-biotrade DTSTAMP:20261114T152316Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6af87ce4407f5 DTSTART:20210510T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20210510T150000Z LOCATION:On-line\, SUMMARY:Fourth Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC) meeting for BioTrade CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Building on the achievements from the past few years\, the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting will be held virtua lly. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the existing Roadmap\, shar e new projects and upcoming activities among partners\, discuss priority/e merging issues within BioTrade and debate  areas of potential collaborati on and joint work.In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions will be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:Upda tes and highlights of BioTrade partners\;post-2020 global biodiversity fra mework\;Communication and Awareness Raising\, andCOVID-19.BackgroundIn Mar ch 2018\, the UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative launched its programme “Linking trade\, biodiversity and sustainable development” with the financial su pport of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO. This 4-yea r programme aims to contribute to the advancement of SDGs 15 and 17\, and relevant Aichi targets – as well as the upcoming post-Aichi targets – by increasing coordination and knowledge sharing among stakeholders\; crea ting an enabling policy environment for BioTrade companies\; and facilitat ing market linkages for companies selling BioTrade-related products. To ac hieve these objectives\, the programme is implemented by UNCTAD in close c ollaboration with its BioTrade partners and relevant stakeholders. A cruc ial element of the programme is the Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC)\ , which annually brings tighter BioTrade partners and serves as the coordi nation mechanism set out under the programme to promote collaboration and cooperation of BioTrade activities. The SSC also serves to review a four-y ear work plan known as the Roadmap which sets priorities\, guides partners '\; interventions\, allocates responsibilities\, and lists areas of po tential partnerships. Additionally\, the SSC serves as a platform to ident ify emerging issues\, and transfer of knowledge\, and sharing lessons and good practices learned from BioTrade related activitiesParticipantsBioTrad e partners<\;p>\;Building on the achievements from the past few years\ , the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting&\;nbsp\ ;will be held virtually. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the exi sting Roadmap\, share new projects and upcoming activities among partners\ , discuss priority/emerging issues within BioTrade and debate &\;nbsp\; areas of potential collaboration and joint work.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions wi ll be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:<\;/p>\;<\;ol>\;& lt\;li data-list-item-id="\;e4e7563ebf630ba693400e1848072959e\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/fourth-stakeholders-stee ring-committee-ssc-meeting-biotrade DTSTAMP:20261114T152316Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6af87ce4407fd DTSTART:20210511T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20210511T150000Z LOCATION:On-line\, SUMMARY:Fourth Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC) meeting for BioTrade CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Building on the achievements from the past few years\, the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting will be held virtua lly. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the existing Roadmap\, shar e new projects and upcoming activities among partners\, discuss priority/e merging issues within BioTrade and debate  areas of potential collaborati on and joint work.In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions will be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:Upda tes and highlights of BioTrade partners\;post-2020 global biodiversity fra mework\;Communication and Awareness Raising\, andCOVID-19.BackgroundIn Mar ch 2018\, the UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative launched its programme “Linking trade\, biodiversity and sustainable development” with the financial su pport of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO. This 4-yea r programme aims to contribute to the advancement of SDGs 15 and 17\, and relevant Aichi targets – as well as the upcoming post-Aichi targets – by increasing coordination and knowledge sharing among stakeholders\; crea ting an enabling policy environment for BioTrade companies\; and facilitat ing market linkages for companies selling BioTrade-related products. To ac hieve these objectives\, the programme is implemented by UNCTAD in close c ollaboration with its BioTrade partners and relevant stakeholders. A cruc ial element of the programme is the Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC)\ , which annually brings tighter BioTrade partners and serves as the coordi nation mechanism set out under the programme to promote collaboration and cooperation of BioTrade activities. The SSC also serves to review a four-y ear work plan known as the Roadmap which sets priorities\, guides partners '\; interventions\, allocates responsibilities\, and lists areas of po tential partnerships. Additionally\, the SSC serves as a platform to ident ify emerging issues\, and transfer of knowledge\, and sharing lessons and good practices learned from BioTrade related activitiesParticipantsBioTrad e partners<\;p>\;Building on the achievements from the past few years\ , the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting&\;nbsp\ ;will be held virtually. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the exi sting Roadmap\, share new projects and upcoming activities among partners\ , discuss priority/emerging issues within BioTrade and debate &\;nbsp\; areas of potential collaboration and joint work.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions wi ll be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:<\;/p>\;<\;ol>\;& lt\;li data-list-item-id="\;e4e7563ebf630ba693400e1848072959e\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/fourth-stakeholders-stee ring-committee-ssc-meeting-biotrade DTSTAMP:20261114T152316Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6af87ce440806 DTSTART:20210512T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20210512T150000Z LOCATION:On-line\, SUMMARY:Fourth Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC) meeting for BioTrade CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Building on the achievements from the past few years\, the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting will be held virtua lly. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the existing Roadmap\, shar e new projects and upcoming activities among partners\, discuss priority/e merging issues within BioTrade and debate  areas of potential collaborati on and joint work.In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions will be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:Upda tes and highlights of BioTrade partners\;post-2020 global biodiversity fra mework\;Communication and Awareness Raising\, andCOVID-19.BackgroundIn Mar ch 2018\, the UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative launched its programme “Linking trade\, biodiversity and sustainable development” with the financial su pport of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO. This 4-yea r programme aims to contribute to the advancement of SDGs 15 and 17\, and relevant Aichi targets – as well as the upcoming post-Aichi targets – by increasing coordination and knowledge sharing among stakeholders\; crea ting an enabling policy environment for BioTrade companies\; and facilitat ing market linkages for companies selling BioTrade-related products. To ac hieve these objectives\, the programme is implemented by UNCTAD in close c ollaboration with its BioTrade partners and relevant stakeholders. A cruc ial element of the programme is the Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC)\ , which annually brings tighter BioTrade partners and serves as the coordi nation mechanism set out under the programme to promote collaboration and cooperation of BioTrade activities. The SSC also serves to review a four-y ear work plan known as the Roadmap which sets priorities\, guides partners '\; interventions\, allocates responsibilities\, and lists areas of po tential partnerships. Additionally\, the SSC serves as a platform to ident ify emerging issues\, and transfer of knowledge\, and sharing lessons and good practices learned from BioTrade related activitiesParticipantsBioTrad e partners<\;p>\;Building on the achievements from the past few years\ , the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting&\;nbsp\ ;will be held virtually. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the exi sting Roadmap\, share new projects and upcoming activities among partners\ , discuss priority/emerging issues within BioTrade and debate &\;nbsp\; areas of potential collaboration and joint work.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions wi ll be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:<\;/p>\;<\;ol>\;& lt\;li data-list-item-id="\;e4e7563ebf630ba693400e1848072959e\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/fourth-stakeholders-stee ring-committee-ssc-meeting-biotrade DTSTAMP:20261114T152316Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6af87ce44080f DTSTART:20210513T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20210513T150000Z LOCATION:On-line\, SUMMARY:Fourth Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC) meeting for BioTrade CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Building on the achievements from the past few years\, the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting will be held virtua lly. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the existing Roadmap\, shar e new projects and upcoming activities among partners\, discuss priority/e merging issues within BioTrade and debate  areas of potential collaborati on and joint work.In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions will be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:Upda tes and highlights of BioTrade partners\;post-2020 global biodiversity fra mework\;Communication and Awareness Raising\, andCOVID-19.BackgroundIn Mar ch 2018\, the UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative launched its programme “Linking trade\, biodiversity and sustainable development” with the financial su pport of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO. This 4-yea r programme aims to contribute to the advancement of SDGs 15 and 17\, and relevant Aichi targets – as well as the upcoming post-Aichi targets – by increasing coordination and knowledge sharing among stakeholders\; crea ting an enabling policy environment for BioTrade companies\; and facilitat ing market linkages for companies selling BioTrade-related products. To ac hieve these objectives\, the programme is implemented by UNCTAD in close c ollaboration with its BioTrade partners and relevant stakeholders. A cruc ial element of the programme is the Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC)\ , which annually brings tighter BioTrade partners and serves as the coordi nation mechanism set out under the programme to promote collaboration and cooperation of BioTrade activities. The SSC also serves to review a four-y ear work plan known as the Roadmap which sets priorities\, guides partners '\; interventions\, allocates responsibilities\, and lists areas of po tential partnerships. Additionally\, the SSC serves as a platform to ident ify emerging issues\, and transfer of knowledge\, and sharing lessons and good practices learned from BioTrade related activitiesParticipantsBioTrad e partners<\;p>\;Building on the achievements from the past few years\ , the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting&\;nbsp\ ;will be held virtually. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the exi sting Roadmap\, share new projects and upcoming activities among partners\ , discuss priority/emerging issues within BioTrade and debate &\;nbsp\; areas of potential collaboration and joint work.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions wi ll be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:<\;/p>\;<\;ol>\;& lt\;li data-list-item-id="\;e4e7563ebf630ba693400e1848072959e\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/fourth-stakeholders-stee ring-committee-ssc-meeting-biotrade DTSTAMP:20261114T152316Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6af87ce440818 DTSTART:20210514T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20210514T150000Z LOCATION:On-line\, SUMMARY:Fourth Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC) meeting for BioTrade CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Building on the achievements from the past few years\, the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting will be held virtua lly. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the existing Roadmap\, shar e new projects and upcoming activities among partners\, discuss priority/e merging issues within BioTrade and debate  areas of potential collaborati on and joint work.In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions will be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:Upda tes and highlights of BioTrade partners\;post-2020 global biodiversity fra mework\;Communication and Awareness Raising\, andCOVID-19.BackgroundIn Mar ch 2018\, the UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative launched its programme “Linking trade\, biodiversity and sustainable development” with the financial su pport of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO. This 4-yea r programme aims to contribute to the advancement of SDGs 15 and 17\, and relevant Aichi targets – as well as the upcoming post-Aichi targets – by increasing coordination and knowledge sharing among stakeholders\; crea ting an enabling policy environment for BioTrade companies\; and facilitat ing market linkages for companies selling BioTrade-related products. To ac hieve these objectives\, the programme is implemented by UNCTAD in close c ollaboration with its BioTrade partners and relevant stakeholders. A cruc ial element of the programme is the Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC)\ , which annually brings tighter BioTrade partners and serves as the coordi nation mechanism set out under the programme to promote collaboration and cooperation of BioTrade activities. The SSC also serves to review a four-y ear work plan known as the Roadmap which sets priorities\, guides partners '\; interventions\, allocates responsibilities\, and lists areas of po tential partnerships. Additionally\, the SSC serves as a platform to ident ify emerging issues\, and transfer of knowledge\, and sharing lessons and good practices learned from BioTrade related activitiesParticipantsBioTrad e partners<\;p>\;Building on the achievements from the past few years\ , the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting&\;nbsp\ ;will be held virtually. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the exi sting Roadmap\, share new projects and upcoming activities among partners\ , discuss priority/emerging issues within BioTrade and debate &\;nbsp\; areas of potential collaboration and joint work.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions wi ll be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:<\;/p>\;<\;ol>\;& lt\;li data-list-item-id="\;e4e7563ebf630ba693400e1848072959e\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/fourth-stakeholders-stee ring-committee-ssc-meeting-biotrade DTSTAMP:20261114T152316Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6af87ce440821 DTSTART:20210515T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20210515T150000Z LOCATION:On-line\, SUMMARY:Fourth Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC) meeting for BioTrade CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Building on the achievements from the past few years\, the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting will be held virtua lly. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the existing Roadmap\, shar e new projects and upcoming activities among partners\, discuss priority/e merging issues within BioTrade and debate  areas of potential collaborati on and joint work.In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions will be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:Upda tes and highlights of BioTrade partners\;post-2020 global biodiversity fra mework\;Communication and Awareness Raising\, andCOVID-19.BackgroundIn Mar ch 2018\, the UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative launched its programme “Linking trade\, biodiversity and sustainable development” with the financial su pport of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO. This 4-yea r programme aims to contribute to the advancement of SDGs 15 and 17\, and relevant Aichi targets – as well as the upcoming post-Aichi targets – by increasing coordination and knowledge sharing among stakeholders\; crea ting an enabling policy environment for BioTrade companies\; and facilitat ing market linkages for companies selling BioTrade-related products. To ac hieve these objectives\, the programme is implemented by UNCTAD in close c ollaboration with its BioTrade partners and relevant stakeholders. A cruc ial element of the programme is the Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC)\ , which annually brings tighter BioTrade partners and serves as the coordi nation mechanism set out under the programme to promote collaboration and cooperation of BioTrade activities. The SSC also serves to review a four-y ear work plan known as the Roadmap which sets priorities\, guides partners '\; interventions\, allocates responsibilities\, and lists areas of po tential partnerships. Additionally\, the SSC serves as a platform to ident ify emerging issues\, and transfer of knowledge\, and sharing lessons and good practices learned from BioTrade related activitiesParticipantsBioTrad e partners<\;p>\;Building on the achievements from the past few years\ , the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting&\;nbsp\ ;will be held virtually. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the exi sting Roadmap\, share new projects and upcoming activities among partners\ , discuss priority/emerging issues within BioTrade and debate &\;nbsp\; areas of potential collaboration and joint work.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions wi ll be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:<\;/p>\;<\;ol>\;& lt\;li data-list-item-id="\;e4e7563ebf630ba693400e1848072959e\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/fourth-stakeholders-stee ring-committee-ssc-meeting-biotrade DTSTAMP:20261114T152316Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6af87ce44082a DTSTART:20210516T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20210516T150000Z LOCATION:On-line\, SUMMARY:Fourth Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC) meeting for BioTrade CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Building on the achievements from the past few years\, the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting will be held virtua lly. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the existing Roadmap\, shar e new projects and upcoming activities among partners\, discuss priority/e merging issues within BioTrade and debate  areas of potential collaborati on and joint work.In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions will be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:Upda tes and highlights of BioTrade partners\;post-2020 global biodiversity fra mework\;Communication and Awareness Raising\, andCOVID-19.BackgroundIn Mar ch 2018\, the UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative launched its programme “Linking trade\, biodiversity and sustainable development” with the financial su pport of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO. This 4-yea r programme aims to contribute to the advancement of SDGs 15 and 17\, and relevant Aichi targets – as well as the upcoming post-Aichi targets – by increasing coordination and knowledge sharing among stakeholders\; crea ting an enabling policy environment for BioTrade companies\; and facilitat ing market linkages for companies selling BioTrade-related products. To ac hieve these objectives\, the programme is implemented by UNCTAD in close c ollaboration with its BioTrade partners and relevant stakeholders. A cruc ial element of the programme is the Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC)\ , which annually brings tighter BioTrade partners and serves as the coordi nation mechanism set out under the programme to promote collaboration and cooperation of BioTrade activities. The SSC also serves to review a four-y ear work plan known as the Roadmap which sets priorities\, guides partners '\; interventions\, allocates responsibilities\, and lists areas of po tential partnerships. Additionally\, the SSC serves as a platform to ident ify emerging issues\, and transfer of knowledge\, and sharing lessons and good practices learned from BioTrade related activitiesParticipantsBioTrad e partners<\;p>\;Building on the achievements from the past few years\ , the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting&\;nbsp\ ;will be held virtually. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the exi sting Roadmap\, share new projects and upcoming activities among partners\ , discuss priority/emerging issues within BioTrade and debate &\;nbsp\; areas of potential collaboration and joint work.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions wi ll be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:<\;/p>\;<\;ol>\;& lt\;li data-list-item-id="\;e4e7563ebf630ba693400e1848072959e\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/fourth-stakeholders-stee ring-committee-ssc-meeting-biotrade DTSTAMP:20261114T152316Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6af87ce440834 DTSTART:20210517T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20210517T150000Z LOCATION:On-line\, SUMMARY:Fourth Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC) meeting for BioTrade CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Building on the achievements from the past few years\, the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting will be held virtua lly. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the existing Roadmap\, shar e new projects and upcoming activities among partners\, discuss priority/e merging issues within BioTrade and debate  areas of potential collaborati on and joint work.In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions will be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:Upda tes and highlights of BioTrade partners\;post-2020 global biodiversity fra mework\;Communication and Awareness Raising\, andCOVID-19.BackgroundIn Mar ch 2018\, the UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative launched its programme “Linking trade\, biodiversity and sustainable development” with the financial su pport of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO. This 4-yea r programme aims to contribute to the advancement of SDGs 15 and 17\, and relevant Aichi targets – as well as the upcoming post-Aichi targets – by increasing coordination and knowledge sharing among stakeholders\; crea ting an enabling policy environment for BioTrade companies\; and facilitat ing market linkages for companies selling BioTrade-related products. To ac hieve these objectives\, the programme is implemented by UNCTAD in close c ollaboration with its BioTrade partners and relevant stakeholders. A cruc ial element of the programme is the Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC)\ , which annually brings tighter BioTrade partners and serves as the coordi nation mechanism set out under the programme to promote collaboration and cooperation of BioTrade activities. The SSC also serves to review a four-y ear work plan known as the Roadmap which sets priorities\, guides partners '\; interventions\, allocates responsibilities\, and lists areas of po tential partnerships. Additionally\, the SSC serves as a platform to ident ify emerging issues\, and transfer of knowledge\, and sharing lessons and good practices learned from BioTrade related activitiesParticipantsBioTrad e partners<\;p>\;Building on the achievements from the past few years\ , the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting&\;nbsp\ ;will be held virtually. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the exi sting Roadmap\, share new projects and upcoming activities among partners\ , discuss priority/emerging issues within BioTrade and debate &\;nbsp\; areas of potential collaboration and joint work.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions wi ll be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:<\;/p>\;<\;ol>\;& lt\;li data-list-item-id="\;e4e7563ebf630ba693400e1848072959e\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/fourth-stakeholders-stee ring-committee-ssc-meeting-biotrade DTSTAMP:20261114T152316Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6af87ce44083e DTSTART:20210518T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20210518T150000Z LOCATION:On-line\, SUMMARY:Fourth Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC) meeting for BioTrade CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Building on the achievements from the past few years\, the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting will be held virtua lly. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the existing Roadmap\, shar e new projects and upcoming activities among partners\, discuss priority/e merging issues within BioTrade and debate  areas of potential collaborati on and joint work.In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions will be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:Upda tes and highlights of BioTrade partners\;post-2020 global biodiversity fra mework\;Communication and Awareness Raising\, andCOVID-19.BackgroundIn Mar ch 2018\, the UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative launched its programme “Linking trade\, biodiversity and sustainable development” with the financial su pport of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO. This 4-yea r programme aims to contribute to the advancement of SDGs 15 and 17\, and relevant Aichi targets – as well as the upcoming post-Aichi targets – by increasing coordination and knowledge sharing among stakeholders\; crea ting an enabling policy environment for BioTrade companies\; and facilitat ing market linkages for companies selling BioTrade-related products. To ac hieve these objectives\, the programme is implemented by UNCTAD in close c ollaboration with its BioTrade partners and relevant stakeholders. A cruc ial element of the programme is the Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC)\ , which annually brings tighter BioTrade partners and serves as the coordi nation mechanism set out under the programme to promote collaboration and cooperation of BioTrade activities. The SSC also serves to review a four-y ear work plan known as the Roadmap which sets priorities\, guides partners '\; interventions\, allocates responsibilities\, and lists areas of po tential partnerships. Additionally\, the SSC serves as a platform to ident ify emerging issues\, and transfer of knowledge\, and sharing lessons and good practices learned from BioTrade related activitiesParticipantsBioTrad e partners<\;p>\;Building on the achievements from the past few years\ , the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting&\;nbsp\ ;will be held virtually. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the exi sting Roadmap\, share new projects and upcoming activities among partners\ , discuss priority/emerging issues within BioTrade and debate &\;nbsp\; areas of potential collaboration and joint work.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions wi ll be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:<\;/p>\;<\;ol>\;& lt\;li data-list-item-id="\;e4e7563ebf630ba693400e1848072959e\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/fourth-stakeholders-stee ring-committee-ssc-meeting-biotrade DTSTAMP:20261114T152316Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6af87ce440847 DTSTART:20210519T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20210519T150000Z LOCATION:On-line\, SUMMARY:Fourth Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC) meeting for BioTrade CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Building on the achievements from the past few years\, the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting will be held virtua lly. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the existing Roadmap\, shar e new projects and upcoming activities among partners\, discuss priority/e merging issues within BioTrade and debate  areas of potential collaborati on and joint work.In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions will be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:Upda tes and highlights of BioTrade partners\;post-2020 global biodiversity fra mework\;Communication and Awareness Raising\, andCOVID-19.BackgroundIn Mar ch 2018\, the UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative launched its programme “Linking trade\, biodiversity and sustainable development” with the financial su pport of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO. This 4-yea r programme aims to contribute to the advancement of SDGs 15 and 17\, and relevant Aichi targets – as well as the upcoming post-Aichi targets – by increasing coordination and knowledge sharing among stakeholders\; crea ting an enabling policy environment for BioTrade companies\; and facilitat ing market linkages for companies selling BioTrade-related products. To ac hieve these objectives\, the programme is implemented by UNCTAD in close c ollaboration with its BioTrade partners and relevant stakeholders. A cruc ial element of the programme is the Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC)\ , which annually brings tighter BioTrade partners and serves as the coordi nation mechanism set out under the programme to promote collaboration and cooperation of BioTrade activities. The SSC also serves to review a four-y ear work plan known as the Roadmap which sets priorities\, guides partners '\; interventions\, allocates responsibilities\, and lists areas of po tential partnerships. Additionally\, the SSC serves as a platform to ident ify emerging issues\, and transfer of knowledge\, and sharing lessons and good practices learned from BioTrade related activitiesParticipantsBioTrad e partners<\;p>\;Building on the achievements from the past few years\ , the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting&\;nbsp\ ;will be held virtually. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the exi sting Roadmap\, share new projects and upcoming activities among partners\ , discuss priority/emerging issues within BioTrade and debate &\;nbsp\; areas of potential collaboration and joint work.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions wi ll be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:<\;/p>\;<\;ol>\;& lt\;li data-list-item-id="\;e4e7563ebf630ba693400e1848072959e\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/fourth-stakeholders-stee ring-committee-ssc-meeting-biotrade DTSTAMP:20261114T152316Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6af87ce44084f DTSTART:20210520T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20210520T150000Z LOCATION:On-line\, SUMMARY:Fourth Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC) meeting for BioTrade CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Building on the achievements from the past few years\, the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting will be held virtua lly. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the existing Roadmap\, shar e new projects and upcoming activities among partners\, discuss priority/e merging issues within BioTrade and debate  areas of potential collaborati on and joint work.In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions will be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:Upda tes and highlights of BioTrade partners\;post-2020 global biodiversity fra mework\;Communication and Awareness Raising\, andCOVID-19.BackgroundIn Mar ch 2018\, the UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative launched its programme “Linking trade\, biodiversity and sustainable development” with the financial su pport of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO. This 4-yea r programme aims to contribute to the advancement of SDGs 15 and 17\, and relevant Aichi targets – as well as the upcoming post-Aichi targets – by increasing coordination and knowledge sharing among stakeholders\; crea ting an enabling policy environment for BioTrade companies\; and facilitat ing market linkages for companies selling BioTrade-related products. To ac hieve these objectives\, the programme is implemented by UNCTAD in close c ollaboration with its BioTrade partners and relevant stakeholders. A cruc ial element of the programme is the Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC)\ , which annually brings tighter BioTrade partners and serves as the coordi nation mechanism set out under the programme to promote collaboration and cooperation of BioTrade activities. The SSC also serves to review a four-y ear work plan known as the Roadmap which sets priorities\, guides partners '\; interventions\, allocates responsibilities\, and lists areas of po tential partnerships. Additionally\, the SSC serves as a platform to ident ify emerging issues\, and transfer of knowledge\, and sharing lessons and good practices learned from BioTrade related activitiesParticipantsBioTrad e partners<\;p>\;Building on the achievements from the past few years\ , the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting&\;nbsp\ ;will be held virtually. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the exi sting Roadmap\, share new projects and upcoming activities among partners\ , discuss priority/emerging issues within BioTrade and debate &\;nbsp\; areas of potential collaboration and joint work.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions wi ll be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:<\;/p>\;<\;ol>\;& lt\;li data-list-item-id="\;e4e7563ebf630ba693400e1848072959e\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/fourth-stakeholders-stee ring-committee-ssc-meeting-biotrade DTSTAMP:20261114T152316Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6af87ce440857 DTSTART:20210521T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20210521T150000Z LOCATION:On-line\, SUMMARY:Fourth Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC) meeting for BioTrade CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Building on the achievements from the past few years\, the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting will be held virtua lly. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the existing Roadmap\, shar e new projects and upcoming activities among partners\, discuss priority/e merging issues within BioTrade and debate  areas of potential collaborati on and joint work.In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions will be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:Upda tes and highlights of BioTrade partners\;post-2020 global biodiversity fra mework\;Communication and Awareness Raising\, andCOVID-19.BackgroundIn Mar ch 2018\, the UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative launched its programme “Linking trade\, biodiversity and sustainable development” with the financial su pport of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO. This 4-yea r programme aims to contribute to the advancement of SDGs 15 and 17\, and relevant Aichi targets – as well as the upcoming post-Aichi targets – by increasing coordination and knowledge sharing among stakeholders\; crea ting an enabling policy environment for BioTrade companies\; and facilitat ing market linkages for companies selling BioTrade-related products. To ac hieve these objectives\, the programme is implemented by UNCTAD in close c ollaboration with its BioTrade partners and relevant stakeholders. A cruc ial element of the programme is the Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC)\ , which annually brings tighter BioTrade partners and serves as the coordi nation mechanism set out under the programme to promote collaboration and cooperation of BioTrade activities. The SSC also serves to review a four-y ear work plan known as the Roadmap which sets priorities\, guides partners '\; interventions\, allocates responsibilities\, and lists areas of po tential partnerships. Additionally\, the SSC serves as a platform to ident ify emerging issues\, and transfer of knowledge\, and sharing lessons and good practices learned from BioTrade related activitiesParticipantsBioTrad e partners<\;p>\;Building on the achievements from the past few years\ , the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting&\;nbsp\ ;will be held virtually. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the exi sting Roadmap\, share new projects and upcoming activities among partners\ , discuss priority/emerging issues within BioTrade and debate &\;nbsp\; areas of potential collaboration and joint work.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions wi ll be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:<\;/p>\;<\;ol>\;& lt\;li data-list-item-id="\;e4e7563ebf630ba693400e1848072959e\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/fourth-stakeholders-stee ring-committee-ssc-meeting-biotrade DTSTAMP:20261114T152316Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6af87ce44085f DTSTART:20210522T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20210522T150000Z LOCATION:On-line\, SUMMARY:Fourth Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC) meeting for BioTrade CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Building on the achievements from the past few years\, the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting will be held virtua lly. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the existing Roadmap\, shar e new projects and upcoming activities among partners\, discuss priority/e merging issues within BioTrade and debate  areas of potential collaborati on and joint work.In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions will be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:Upda tes and highlights of BioTrade partners\;post-2020 global biodiversity fra mework\;Communication and Awareness Raising\, andCOVID-19.BackgroundIn Mar ch 2018\, the UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative launched its programme “Linking trade\, biodiversity and sustainable development” with the financial su pport of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO. This 4-yea r programme aims to contribute to the advancement of SDGs 15 and 17\, and relevant Aichi targets – as well as the upcoming post-Aichi targets – by increasing coordination and knowledge sharing among stakeholders\; crea ting an enabling policy environment for BioTrade companies\; and facilitat ing market linkages for companies selling BioTrade-related products. To ac hieve these objectives\, the programme is implemented by UNCTAD in close c ollaboration with its BioTrade partners and relevant stakeholders. A cruc ial element of the programme is the Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC)\ , which annually brings tighter BioTrade partners and serves as the coordi nation mechanism set out under the programme to promote collaboration and cooperation of BioTrade activities. The SSC also serves to review a four-y ear work plan known as the Roadmap which sets priorities\, guides partners '\; interventions\, allocates responsibilities\, and lists areas of po tential partnerships. Additionally\, the SSC serves as a platform to ident ify emerging issues\, and transfer of knowledge\, and sharing lessons and good practices learned from BioTrade related activitiesParticipantsBioTrad e partners<\;p>\;Building on the achievements from the past few years\ , the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting&\;nbsp\ ;will be held virtually. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the exi sting Roadmap\, share new projects and upcoming activities among partners\ , discuss priority/emerging issues within BioTrade and debate &\;nbsp\; areas of potential collaboration and joint work.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions wi ll be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:<\;/p>\;<\;ol>\;& lt\;li data-list-item-id="\;e4e7563ebf630ba693400e1848072959e\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/fourth-stakeholders-stee ring-committee-ssc-meeting-biotrade DTSTAMP:20261114T152316Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6af87ce440868 DTSTART:20210523T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20210523T150000Z LOCATION:On-line\, SUMMARY:Fourth Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC) meeting for BioTrade CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Building on the achievements from the past few years\, the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting will be held virtua lly. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the existing Roadmap\, shar e new projects and upcoming activities among partners\, discuss priority/e merging issues within BioTrade and debate  areas of potential collaborati on and joint work.In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions will be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:Upda tes and highlights of BioTrade partners\;post-2020 global biodiversity fra mework\;Communication and Awareness Raising\, andCOVID-19.BackgroundIn Mar ch 2018\, the UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative launched its programme “Linking trade\, biodiversity and sustainable development” with the financial su pport of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO. This 4-yea r programme aims to contribute to the advancement of SDGs 15 and 17\, and relevant Aichi targets – as well as the upcoming post-Aichi targets – by increasing coordination and knowledge sharing among stakeholders\; crea ting an enabling policy environment for BioTrade companies\; and facilitat ing market linkages for companies selling BioTrade-related products. To ac hieve these objectives\, the programme is implemented by UNCTAD in close c ollaboration with its BioTrade partners and relevant stakeholders. A cruc ial element of the programme is the Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC)\ , which annually brings tighter BioTrade partners and serves as the coordi nation mechanism set out under the programme to promote collaboration and cooperation of BioTrade activities. The SSC also serves to review a four-y ear work plan known as the Roadmap which sets priorities\, guides partners '\; interventions\, allocates responsibilities\, and lists areas of po tential partnerships. Additionally\, the SSC serves as a platform to ident ify emerging issues\, and transfer of knowledge\, and sharing lessons and good practices learned from BioTrade related activitiesParticipantsBioTrad e partners<\;p>\;Building on the achievements from the past few years\ , the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting&\;nbsp\ ;will be held virtually. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the exi sting Roadmap\, share new projects and upcoming activities among partners\ , discuss priority/emerging issues within BioTrade and debate &\;nbsp\; areas of potential collaboration and joint work.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions wi ll be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:<\;/p>\;<\;ol>\;& lt\;li data-list-item-id="\;e4e7563ebf630ba693400e1848072959e\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/fourth-stakeholders-stee ring-committee-ssc-meeting-biotrade DTSTAMP:20261114T152316Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6af87ce440870 DTSTART:20210524T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20210524T150000Z LOCATION:On-line\, SUMMARY:Fourth Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC) meeting for BioTrade CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Building on the achievements from the past few years\, the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting will be held virtua lly. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the existing Roadmap\, shar e new projects and upcoming activities among partners\, discuss priority/e merging issues within BioTrade and debate  areas of potential collaborati on and joint work.In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions will be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:Upda tes and highlights of BioTrade partners\;post-2020 global biodiversity fra mework\;Communication and Awareness Raising\, andCOVID-19.BackgroundIn Mar ch 2018\, the UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative launched its programme “Linking trade\, biodiversity and sustainable development” with the financial su pport of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO. This 4-yea r programme aims to contribute to the advancement of SDGs 15 and 17\, and relevant Aichi targets – as well as the upcoming post-Aichi targets – by increasing coordination and knowledge sharing among stakeholders\; crea ting an enabling policy environment for BioTrade companies\; and facilitat ing market linkages for companies selling BioTrade-related products. To ac hieve these objectives\, the programme is implemented by UNCTAD in close c ollaboration with its BioTrade partners and relevant stakeholders. A cruc ial element of the programme is the Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC)\ , which annually brings tighter BioTrade partners and serves as the coordi nation mechanism set out under the programme to promote collaboration and cooperation of BioTrade activities. The SSC also serves to review a four-y ear work plan known as the Roadmap which sets priorities\, guides partners '\; interventions\, allocates responsibilities\, and lists areas of po tential partnerships. Additionally\, the SSC serves as a platform to ident ify emerging issues\, and transfer of knowledge\, and sharing lessons and good practices learned from BioTrade related activitiesParticipantsBioTrad e partners<\;p>\;Building on the achievements from the past few years\ , the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting&\;nbsp\ ;will be held virtually. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the exi sting Roadmap\, share new projects and upcoming activities among partners\ , discuss priority/emerging issues within BioTrade and debate &\;nbsp\; areas of potential collaboration and joint work.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions wi ll be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:<\;/p>\;<\;ol>\;& lt\;li data-list-item-id="\;e4e7563ebf630ba693400e1848072959e\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/fourth-stakeholders-stee ring-committee-ssc-meeting-biotrade DTSTAMP:20261114T152316Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6af87ce44087a DTSTART:20210525T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20210525T150000Z LOCATION:On-line\, SUMMARY:Fourth Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC) meeting for BioTrade CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Building on the achievements from the past few years\, the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting will be held virtua lly. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the existing Roadmap\, shar e new projects and upcoming activities among partners\, discuss priority/e merging issues within BioTrade and debate  areas of potential collaborati on and joint work.In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions will be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:Upda tes and highlights of BioTrade partners\;post-2020 global biodiversity fra mework\;Communication and Awareness Raising\, andCOVID-19.BackgroundIn Mar ch 2018\, the UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative launched its programme “Linking trade\, biodiversity and sustainable development” with the financial su pport of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO. This 4-yea r programme aims to contribute to the advancement of SDGs 15 and 17\, and relevant Aichi targets – as well as the upcoming post-Aichi targets – by increasing coordination and knowledge sharing among stakeholders\; crea ting an enabling policy environment for BioTrade companies\; and facilitat ing market linkages for companies selling BioTrade-related products. To ac hieve these objectives\, the programme is implemented by UNCTAD in close c ollaboration with its BioTrade partners and relevant stakeholders. A cruc ial element of the programme is the Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC)\ , which annually brings tighter BioTrade partners and serves as the coordi nation mechanism set out under the programme to promote collaboration and cooperation of BioTrade activities. The SSC also serves to review a four-y ear work plan known as the Roadmap which sets priorities\, guides partners '\; interventions\, allocates responsibilities\, and lists areas of po tential partnerships. Additionally\, the SSC serves as a platform to ident ify emerging issues\, and transfer of knowledge\, and sharing lessons and good practices learned from BioTrade related activitiesParticipantsBioTrad e partners<\;p>\;Building on the achievements from the past few years\ , the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting&\;nbsp\ ;will be held virtually. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the exi sting Roadmap\, share new projects and upcoming activities among partners\ , discuss priority/emerging issues within BioTrade and debate &\;nbsp\; areas of potential collaboration and joint work.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions wi ll be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:<\;/p>\;<\;ol>\;& lt\;li data-list-item-id="\;e4e7563ebf630ba693400e1848072959e\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/fourth-stakeholders-stee ring-committee-ssc-meeting-biotrade DTSTAMP:20261114T152316Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6af87ce440883 DTSTART:20210526T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20210526T150000Z LOCATION:On-line\, SUMMARY:Fourth Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC) meeting for BioTrade CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Building on the achievements from the past few years\, the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting will be held virtua lly. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the existing Roadmap\, shar e new projects and upcoming activities among partners\, discuss priority/e merging issues within BioTrade and debate  areas of potential collaborati on and joint work.In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions will be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:Upda tes and highlights of BioTrade partners\;post-2020 global biodiversity fra mework\;Communication and Awareness Raising\, andCOVID-19.BackgroundIn Mar ch 2018\, the UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative launched its programme “Linking trade\, biodiversity and sustainable development” with the financial su pport of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO. This 4-yea r programme aims to contribute to the advancement of SDGs 15 and 17\, and relevant Aichi targets – as well as the upcoming post-Aichi targets – by increasing coordination and knowledge sharing among stakeholders\; crea ting an enabling policy environment for BioTrade companies\; and facilitat ing market linkages for companies selling BioTrade-related products. To ac hieve these objectives\, the programme is implemented by UNCTAD in close c ollaboration with its BioTrade partners and relevant stakeholders. A cruc ial element of the programme is the Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC)\ , which annually brings tighter BioTrade partners and serves as the coordi nation mechanism set out under the programme to promote collaboration and cooperation of BioTrade activities. The SSC also serves to review a four-y ear work plan known as the Roadmap which sets priorities\, guides partners '\; interventions\, allocates responsibilities\, and lists areas of po tential partnerships. Additionally\, the SSC serves as a platform to ident ify emerging issues\, and transfer of knowledge\, and sharing lessons and good practices learned from BioTrade related activitiesParticipantsBioTrad e partners<\;p>\;Building on the achievements from the past few years\ , the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting&\;nbsp\ ;will be held virtually. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the exi sting Roadmap\, share new projects and upcoming activities among partners\ , discuss priority/emerging issues within BioTrade and debate &\;nbsp\; areas of potential collaboration and joint work.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions wi ll be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:<\;/p>\;<\;ol>\;& lt\;li data-list-item-id="\;e4e7563ebf630ba693400e1848072959e\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/fourth-stakeholders-stee ring-committee-ssc-meeting-biotrade DTSTAMP:20261114T152316Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6af87ce44088c DTSTART:20210527T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20210527T150000Z LOCATION:On-line\, SUMMARY:Fourth Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC) meeting for BioTrade CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Building on the achievements from the past few years\, the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting will be held virtua lly. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the existing Roadmap\, shar e new projects and upcoming activities among partners\, discuss priority/e merging issues within BioTrade and debate  areas of potential collaborati on and joint work.In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions will be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:Upda tes and highlights of BioTrade partners\;post-2020 global biodiversity fra mework\;Communication and Awareness Raising\, andCOVID-19.BackgroundIn Mar ch 2018\, the UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative launched its programme “Linking trade\, biodiversity and sustainable development” with the financial su pport of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO. This 4-yea r programme aims to contribute to the advancement of SDGs 15 and 17\, and relevant Aichi targets – as well as the upcoming post-Aichi targets – by increasing coordination and knowledge sharing among stakeholders\; crea ting an enabling policy environment for BioTrade companies\; and facilitat ing market linkages for companies selling BioTrade-related products. To ac hieve these objectives\, the programme is implemented by UNCTAD in close c ollaboration with its BioTrade partners and relevant stakeholders. A cruc ial element of the programme is the Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC)\ , which annually brings tighter BioTrade partners and serves as the coordi nation mechanism set out under the programme to promote collaboration and cooperation of BioTrade activities. The SSC also serves to review a four-y ear work plan known as the Roadmap which sets priorities\, guides partners '\; interventions\, allocates responsibilities\, and lists areas of po tential partnerships. Additionally\, the SSC serves as a platform to ident ify emerging issues\, and transfer of knowledge\, and sharing lessons and good practices learned from BioTrade related activitiesParticipantsBioTrad e partners<\;p>\;Building on the achievements from the past few years\ , the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting&\;nbsp\ ;will be held virtually. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the exi sting Roadmap\, share new projects and upcoming activities among partners\ , discuss priority/emerging issues within BioTrade and debate &\;nbsp\; areas of potential collaboration and joint work.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions wi ll be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:<\;/p>\;<\;ol>\;& lt\;li data-list-item-id="\;e4e7563ebf630ba693400e1848072959e\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/fourth-stakeholders-stee ring-committee-ssc-meeting-biotrade DTSTAMP:20261114T152316Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6af87ce440895 DTSTART:20210528T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20210528T150000Z LOCATION:On-line\, SUMMARY:Fourth Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC) meeting for BioTrade CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Building on the achievements from the past few years\, the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting will be held virtua lly. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the existing Roadmap\, shar e new projects and upcoming activities among partners\, discuss priority/e merging issues within BioTrade and debate  areas of potential collaborati on and joint work.In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions will be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:Upda tes and highlights of BioTrade partners\;post-2020 global biodiversity fra mework\;Communication and Awareness Raising\, andCOVID-19.BackgroundIn Mar ch 2018\, the UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative launched its programme “Linking trade\, biodiversity and sustainable development” with the financial su pport of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO. This 4-yea r programme aims to contribute to the advancement of SDGs 15 and 17\, and relevant Aichi targets – as well as the upcoming post-Aichi targets – by increasing coordination and knowledge sharing among stakeholders\; crea ting an enabling policy environment for BioTrade companies\; and facilitat ing market linkages for companies selling BioTrade-related products. To ac hieve these objectives\, the programme is implemented by UNCTAD in close c ollaboration with its BioTrade partners and relevant stakeholders. A cruc ial element of the programme is the Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC)\ , which annually brings tighter BioTrade partners and serves as the coordi nation mechanism set out under the programme to promote collaboration and cooperation of BioTrade activities. The SSC also serves to review a four-y ear work plan known as the Roadmap which sets priorities\, guides partners '\; interventions\, allocates responsibilities\, and lists areas of po tential partnerships. Additionally\, the SSC serves as a platform to ident ify emerging issues\, and transfer of knowledge\, and sharing lessons and good practices learned from BioTrade related activitiesParticipantsBioTrad e partners<\;p>\;Building on the achievements from the past few years\ , the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting&\;nbsp\ ;will be held virtually. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the exi sting Roadmap\, share new projects and upcoming activities among partners\ , discuss priority/emerging issues within BioTrade and debate &\;nbsp\; areas of potential collaboration and joint work.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions wi ll be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:<\;/p>\;<\;ol>\;& lt\;li data-list-item-id="\;e4e7563ebf630ba693400e1848072959e\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/fourth-stakeholders-stee ring-committee-ssc-meeting-biotrade DTSTAMP:20261114T152316Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6af87ce44089e DTSTART:20210529T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20210529T150000Z LOCATION:On-line\, SUMMARY:Fourth Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC) meeting for BioTrade CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Building on the achievements from the past few years\, the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting will be held virtua lly. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the existing Roadmap\, shar e new projects and upcoming activities among partners\, discuss priority/e merging issues within BioTrade and debate  areas of potential collaborati on and joint work.In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions will be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:Upda tes and highlights of BioTrade partners\;post-2020 global biodiversity fra mework\;Communication and Awareness Raising\, andCOVID-19.BackgroundIn Mar ch 2018\, the UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative launched its programme “Linking trade\, biodiversity and sustainable development” with the financial su pport of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO. This 4-yea r programme aims to contribute to the advancement of SDGs 15 and 17\, and relevant Aichi targets – as well as the upcoming post-Aichi targets – by increasing coordination and knowledge sharing among stakeholders\; crea ting an enabling policy environment for BioTrade companies\; and facilitat ing market linkages for companies selling BioTrade-related products. To ac hieve these objectives\, the programme is implemented by UNCTAD in close c ollaboration with its BioTrade partners and relevant stakeholders. A cruc ial element of the programme is the Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC)\ , which annually brings tighter BioTrade partners and serves as the coordi nation mechanism set out under the programme to promote collaboration and cooperation of BioTrade activities. The SSC also serves to review a four-y ear work plan known as the Roadmap which sets priorities\, guides partners '\; interventions\, allocates responsibilities\, and lists areas of po tential partnerships. Additionally\, the SSC serves as a platform to ident ify emerging issues\, and transfer of knowledge\, and sharing lessons and good practices learned from BioTrade related activitiesParticipantsBioTrad e partners<\;p>\;Building on the achievements from the past few years\ , the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting&\;nbsp\ ;will be held virtually. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the exi sting Roadmap\, share new projects and upcoming activities among partners\ , discuss priority/emerging issues within BioTrade and debate &\;nbsp\; areas of potential collaboration and joint work.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions wi ll be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:<\;/p>\;<\;ol>\;& lt\;li data-list-item-id="\;e4e7563ebf630ba693400e1848072959e\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/fourth-stakeholders-stee ring-committee-ssc-meeting-biotrade DTSTAMP:20261114T152316Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6af87ce4408a7 DTSTART:20210530T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20210530T150000Z LOCATION:On-line\, SUMMARY:Fourth Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC) meeting for BioTrade CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Building on the achievements from the past few years\, the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting will be held virtua lly. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the existing Roadmap\, shar e new projects and upcoming activities among partners\, discuss priority/e merging issues within BioTrade and debate  areas of potential collaborati on and joint work.In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions will be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:Upda tes and highlights of BioTrade partners\;post-2020 global biodiversity fra mework\;Communication and Awareness Raising\, andCOVID-19.BackgroundIn Mar ch 2018\, the UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative launched its programme “Linking trade\, biodiversity and sustainable development” with the financial su pport of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO. This 4-yea r programme aims to contribute to the advancement of SDGs 15 and 17\, and relevant Aichi targets – as well as the upcoming post-Aichi targets – by increasing coordination and knowledge sharing among stakeholders\; crea ting an enabling policy environment for BioTrade companies\; and facilitat ing market linkages for companies selling BioTrade-related products. To ac hieve these objectives\, the programme is implemented by UNCTAD in close c ollaboration with its BioTrade partners and relevant stakeholders. A cruc ial element of the programme is the Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC)\ , which annually brings tighter BioTrade partners and serves as the coordi nation mechanism set out under the programme to promote collaboration and cooperation of BioTrade activities. The SSC also serves to review a four-y ear work plan known as the Roadmap which sets priorities\, guides partners '\; interventions\, allocates responsibilities\, and lists areas of po tential partnerships. Additionally\, the SSC serves as a platform to ident ify emerging issues\, and transfer of knowledge\, and sharing lessons and good practices learned from BioTrade related activitiesParticipantsBioTrad e partners<\;p>\;Building on the achievements from the past few years\ , the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting&\;nbsp\ ;will be held virtually. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the exi sting Roadmap\, share new projects and upcoming activities among partners\ , discuss priority/emerging issues within BioTrade and debate &\;nbsp\; areas of potential collaboration and joint work.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions wi ll be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:<\;/p>\;<\;ol>\;& lt\;li data-list-item-id="\;e4e7563ebf630ba693400e1848072959e\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/fourth-stakeholders-stee ring-committee-ssc-meeting-biotrade DTSTAMP:20261114T152316Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6af87ce4408dd DTSTART:20210531T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20210531T150000Z LOCATION:On-line\, SUMMARY:Fourth Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC) meeting for BioTrade CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Building on the achievements from the past few years\, the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting will be held virtua lly. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the existing Roadmap\, shar e new projects and upcoming activities among partners\, discuss priority/e merging issues within BioTrade and debate  areas of potential collaborati on and joint work.In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions will be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:Upda tes and highlights of BioTrade partners\;post-2020 global biodiversity fra mework\;Communication and Awareness Raising\, andCOVID-19.BackgroundIn Mar ch 2018\, the UNCTAD BioTrade Initiative launched its programme “Linking trade\, biodiversity and sustainable development” with the financial su pport of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO. This 4-yea r programme aims to contribute to the advancement of SDGs 15 and 17\, and relevant Aichi targets – as well as the upcoming post-Aichi targets – by increasing coordination and knowledge sharing among stakeholders\; crea ting an enabling policy environment for BioTrade companies\; and facilitat ing market linkages for companies selling BioTrade-related products. To ac hieve these objectives\, the programme is implemented by UNCTAD in close c ollaboration with its BioTrade partners and relevant stakeholders. A cruc ial element of the programme is the Stakeholders Steering Committee (SSC)\ , which annually brings tighter BioTrade partners and serves as the coordi nation mechanism set out under the programme to promote collaboration and cooperation of BioTrade activities. The SSC also serves to review a four-y ear work plan known as the Roadmap which sets priorities\, guides partners '\; interventions\, allocates responsibilities\, and lists areas of po tential partnerships. Additionally\, the SSC serves as a platform to ident ify emerging issues\, and transfer of knowledge\, and sharing lessons and good practices learned from BioTrade related activitiesParticipantsBioTrad e partners<\;p>\;Building on the achievements from the past few years\ , the 4th annual Stakeholders Steering Committee (4SSC) Meeting&\;nbsp\ ;will be held virtually. The aim of the meeting will be to: update the exi sting Roadmap\, share new projects and upcoming activities among partners\ , discuss priority/emerging issues within BioTrade and debate &\;nbsp\; areas of potential collaboration and joint work.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;In light of the SSC meetings being held virtually\, this year the sessions wi ll be held on 4 separate days in May focusing on:<\;/p>\;<\;ol>\;& lt\;li data-list-item-id="\;e4e7563ebf630ba693400e1848072959e\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/fourth-stakeholders-stee ring-committee-ssc-meeting-biotrade DTSTAMP:20261114T152316Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR