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DTSTART:20211124T080000Z
SEQUENCE:0
TRANSP:OPAQUE
DTEND:20211124T160000Z
LOCATION:Online and Trademark Hotel\, Nairobi\, Kenya
SUMMARY:Multi-stakeholder workshop on measuring the contribution of the ser
 vices sector to national and regional value chains 
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:The multi-stakeholder workshop on measuring the contribution of
  the services sector to national and regional value chains is for policy m
 akers and experts from African member States\, Regional Economic Communiti
 es\, the private sector\, academia and development institutions with an in
 terest in regional integration issues\, and in particular the services sec
 tor.\n\nUnlocking the full potential of Africa’s services sector implies
  that its contribution to the economic performance and linkages to the pro
 ductive sectors are fully understood to support timely policy-making proce
 ss. This is very important at a time when the continent has embarked on th
 e liberalization of its services sector under the AfCFTA.\n\nA major chall
 enge that remains for African countries is how to better assess the contri
 bution of the services to the economy and fully capture its linkages to gl
 obal and regional value chains. This entails addressing constraints relate
 d to data gaps on services and strengthening capacities at national and re
 gional levels to measure the value added generated by services sectors wit
 h a view to supporting policy-making processes. \n\nThe objective of the 
 multi-stakeholder workshop is to share experiences and lessons learnt\, as
  well as emerging best practices\, in quantifying the contribution of targ
 eted services sectors to national and regional value chains\, and to suppo
 rt services trade policy making in the project countries.\n\nThe specific 
 multi-stakeholder workshop objectives are to:\n\n\nPut Africa’s services
  sector into perspective within the AfCFTA and post-COVID-19 context.\nSha
 re challenges and opportunities emanating from data collection exercises o
 n trade in services in each of the project countries.\nDiscuss the outcome
 s of the quantification exercises of services value chains in each of the 
 project countries.\nDiscuss policy options that could be considered at reg
 ional and national levels to unlock the potential of the selected services
  sector under the framework of the project (i.e. tourism\, transport and f
 inancial services).\nCollect relevant materials and analysis to be compile
 d into a guidebook.\n\n\nAt the end of the workshop\, participants are exp
 ected to:\n\n\nHave a better understanding of challenges related to data g
 aps in Africa’s services sector and necessary means to address them.\nBu
 ild upon lessons learnt and experiences in quantifying target services val
 ue chains in the project countries to support similar exercises in other s
 ectors and countries.\nDiscuss sectoral impacts of COVID-19 and policy res
 ponses that contribute to building resilience in the project countries.\nB
 e trained to utilize appropriate tools and acquire the knowledge necessary
  to support policy making in services value chains.\n\n\n \n&lt\;p&gt\;Th
 e multi-stakeholder workshop on measuring the contribution of the services
  sector to national and regional value chains is for policy makers and exp
 erts from African member States\, Regional Economic Communities\, the priv
 ate sector\, academia and development institutions with an interest in reg
 ional integration issues\, and in particular the services sector.&lt\;/p&g
 t\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;Unlocking the full potential of Africa’s services sect
 or implies that its contribution to the economic performance and linkages 
 to the productive sectors are fully understood to support timely policy-ma
 king process. This is very important at a time when the continent has emba
 rked on the liberalization of its services sector under the AfCFTA.&lt\;/p
 &gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;A major challenge that remains for African countries i
 s how to better assess the contribution of the services to the economy and
  fully capture its linkages to global and regional value chains. This enta
 ils addressing constraints related to data gaps on services and strengthen
 ing capacities at national and regional levels to measure the value added 
 generated by services sectors with a view to supporting policy-making proc
 esses.&amp\;nbsp\;&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;The objective of the multi-st
 akeholder workshop is to share experiences and lessons learnt\, as well as
  emerging best practices\, in quantifying the contribution of targeted ser
 vices sectors to national and regional value chains\, and to support servi
 ces trade policy making in the project countries.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt
 \;The specific multi-stakeholder workshop objectives are to:&lt\;/p&gt\;\n
 \n&lt\;ul&gt\;\n&lt\;li&gt\;Put Africa’s services sector into perspectiv
 e within the AfCFTA and post-COVID-19 context.&lt\;/li&gt\;\n&lt\;li&gt\;S
 hare challenges and opportunities emanating from data collection exercises
  on trade in services in each of the project countries.&lt\;/li&gt\;\n&lt\
 ;li&gt\;Discuss the outcomes of the quantification exercises of services v
 alue chains in each of the project countries.&lt\;/li&gt\;\n&lt\;li&gt\;Di
 scuss policy options that could be considered at regional and national lev
 els to unlock the potential of the selected services sector under the fram
 ework of the project (i.e. tourism\, transport and financial services).&lt
 \;/li&gt\;\n&lt\;li&gt\;Collect relevant materials and analysis to be comp
 iled into a guidebook.&lt\;/li&gt\;\n&lt\;/ul&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;At the en
 d of the workshop\, participants are expected to:&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;ul&g
 t\;\n&lt\;li&gt\;Have a better understanding of challenges related to data
  gaps in Africa’s services sector and necessary means to address them.&l
 t\;/li&gt\;\n&lt\;li&gt\;Build upon lessons learnt and experiences in quan
 tifying target services value chains in the project countries to support s
 imilar exercises in other sectors and countries.&lt\;/li&gt\;\n&lt\;li&gt\
 ;Discuss sectoral impacts of COVID-19 and policy responses that contribute
  to building resilience in the project countries.&lt\;/li&gt\;\n&lt\;li&gt
 \;Be trained to utilize appropriate tools and acquire the knowledge necess
 ary to support policy making in services value chains.&lt\;/li&gt\;\n&lt\;
 /ul&gt\;\n\n&lt\;h3 class=&quot\;text-align-center\n\nView meeting on unct
 ad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/multi-stakeholder-workshop-measuring-co
 ntribution-services-sector-national-and-regional
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DTSTART:20211125T080000Z
SEQUENCE:0
TRANSP:OPAQUE
DTEND:20211125T160000Z
LOCATION:Online and Trademark Hotel\, Nairobi\, Kenya
SUMMARY:Multi-stakeholder workshop on measuring the contribution of the ser
 vices sector to national and regional value chains 
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:The multi-stakeholder workshop on measuring the contribution of
  the services sector to national and regional value chains is for policy m
 akers and experts from African member States\, Regional Economic Communiti
 es\, the private sector\, academia and development institutions with an in
 terest in regional integration issues\, and in particular the services sec
 tor.\n\nUnlocking the full potential of Africa’s services sector implies
  that its contribution to the economic performance and linkages to the pro
 ductive sectors are fully understood to support timely policy-making proce
 ss. This is very important at a time when the continent has embarked on th
 e liberalization of its services sector under the AfCFTA.\n\nA major chall
 enge that remains for African countries is how to better assess the contri
 bution of the services to the economy and fully capture its linkages to gl
 obal and regional value chains. This entails addressing constraints relate
 d to data gaps on services and strengthening capacities at national and re
 gional levels to measure the value added generated by services sectors wit
 h a view to supporting policy-making processes. \n\nThe objective of the 
 multi-stakeholder workshop is to share experiences and lessons learnt\, as
  well as emerging best practices\, in quantifying the contribution of targ
 eted services sectors to national and regional value chains\, and to suppo
 rt services trade policy making in the project countries.\n\nThe specific 
 multi-stakeholder workshop objectives are to:\n\n\nPut Africa’s services
  sector into perspective within the AfCFTA and post-COVID-19 context.\nSha
 re challenges and opportunities emanating from data collection exercises o
 n trade in services in each of the project countries.\nDiscuss the outcome
 s of the quantification exercises of services value chains in each of the 
 project countries.\nDiscuss policy options that could be considered at reg
 ional and national levels to unlock the potential of the selected services
  sector under the framework of the project (i.e. tourism\, transport and f
 inancial services).\nCollect relevant materials and analysis to be compile
 d into a guidebook.\n\n\nAt the end of the workshop\, participants are exp
 ected to:\n\n\nHave a better understanding of challenges related to data g
 aps in Africa’s services sector and necessary means to address them.\nBu
 ild upon lessons learnt and experiences in quantifying target services val
 ue chains in the project countries to support similar exercises in other s
 ectors and countries.\nDiscuss sectoral impacts of COVID-19 and policy res
 ponses that contribute to building resilience in the project countries.\nB
 e trained to utilize appropriate tools and acquire the knowledge necessary
  to support policy making in services value chains.\n\n\n \n&lt\;p&gt\;Th
 e multi-stakeholder workshop on measuring the contribution of the services
  sector to national and regional value chains is for policy makers and exp
 erts from African member States\, Regional Economic Communities\, the priv
 ate sector\, academia and development institutions with an interest in reg
 ional integration issues\, and in particular the services sector.&lt\;/p&g
 t\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;Unlocking the full potential of Africa’s services sect
 or implies that its contribution to the economic performance and linkages 
 to the productive sectors are fully understood to support timely policy-ma
 king process. This is very important at a time when the continent has emba
 rked on the liberalization of its services sector under the AfCFTA.&lt\;/p
 &gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;A major challenge that remains for African countries i
 s how to better assess the contribution of the services to the economy and
  fully capture its linkages to global and regional value chains. This enta
 ils addressing constraints related to data gaps on services and strengthen
 ing capacities at national and regional levels to measure the value added 
 generated by services sectors with a view to supporting policy-making proc
 esses.&amp\;nbsp\;&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;The objective of the multi-st
 akeholder workshop is to share experiences and lessons learnt\, as well as
  emerging best practices\, in quantifying the contribution of targeted ser
 vices sectors to national and regional value chains\, and to support servi
 ces trade policy making in the project countries.&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt
 \;The specific multi-stakeholder workshop objectives are to:&lt\;/p&gt\;\n
 \n&lt\;ul&gt\;\n&lt\;li&gt\;Put Africa’s services sector into perspectiv
 e within the AfCFTA and post-COVID-19 context.&lt\;/li&gt\;\n&lt\;li&gt\;S
 hare challenges and opportunities emanating from data collection exercises
  on trade in services in each of the project countries.&lt\;/li&gt\;\n&lt\
 ;li&gt\;Discuss the outcomes of the quantification exercises of services v
 alue chains in each of the project countries.&lt\;/li&gt\;\n&lt\;li&gt\;Di
 scuss policy options that could be considered at regional and national lev
 els to unlock the potential of the selected services sector under the fram
 ework of the project (i.e. tourism\, transport and financial services).&lt
 \;/li&gt\;\n&lt\;li&gt\;Collect relevant materials and analysis to be comp
 iled into a guidebook.&lt\;/li&gt\;\n&lt\;/ul&gt\;\n\n&lt\;p&gt\;At the en
 d of the workshop\, participants are expected to:&lt\;/p&gt\;\n\n&lt\;ul&g
 t\;\n&lt\;li&gt\;Have a better understanding of challenges related to data
  gaps in Africa’s services sector and necessary means to address them.&l
 t\;/li&gt\;\n&lt\;li&gt\;Build upon lessons learnt and experiences in quan
 tifying target services value chains in the project countries to support s
 imilar exercises in other sectors and countries.&lt\;/li&gt\;\n&lt\;li&gt\
 ;Discuss sectoral impacts of COVID-19 and policy responses that contribute
  to building resilience in the project countries.&lt\;/li&gt\;\n&lt\;li&gt
 \;Be trained to utilize appropriate tools and acquire the knowledge necess
 ary to support policy making in services value chains.&lt\;/li&gt\;\n&lt\;
 /ul&gt\;\n\n&lt\;h3 class=&quot\;text-align-center\n\nView meeting on unct
 ad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/multi-stakeholder-workshop-measuring-co
 ntribution-services-sector-national-and-regional
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