BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a51eb84da5e6 DTSTART:20211201T120000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20211201T140000Z LOCATION:Online and Geneva\, Switzerland SUMMARY:Global Policy Dialogue: Post-COVID-19 resurgence of MSMEs and compe tition policy CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The Global Policy Dialogue\, organized by UNCTAD and the United Nations Regional Economic Commissions for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNECLAC)\, for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)\, for Western Asia (UNESCW A) will bring together representatives and officials of government MSME bo dies\, as well as competition agency representatives from across the world to discuss how competition policy could support micro\, small and medi um-sized enterprises post COVID-19.\n\nUNCTAD\, as part of its COVID-19 re sponse project funded by the UN Development Account\, has carried out sinc e 2020 several activities with the five UN Regional Economic Commissions ( UNECLAC\, UNESCAP\, UNECA\, UNECE\, UNESCWA)\, including the following:\n\ n\nA global report on the interlinkage between competition and MSME polici es (Phase I)\nThree national studies on the impact of COVID-19 on specific SME sectors in Brazil\, Thailand and South Africa (Phase 2)\nFive regiona l webinars on how recommendations from the global report and the three nat ional studies can support the recovery of MSMEs (Phase 2)\n\n\nThe Global Policy Dialogue\, organized as part of Phase 3\, will be dedicated to the following interlinked topics and divided in three sessions: \n\n\n1 Decem ber: The impact of competition policy in the digitalization of MSMEs in th e wake of COVID-19\n2 December: Access to finance\, government support in times of COVID-19\n3 December: Inter-agency coordination between MSME age ncies and competition authorities\n\n\n \n<\;p>\;The Global Policy Di alogue\, organized by UNCTAD and the United Nations Regional Economic Comm issions for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNECLAC)\, for Asia and the P acific (UNESCAP)\, for Western Asia (UNESCWA) will bring together represen tatives and officials of government MSME bodies\, as well as competition a gency representatives from across the world to discuss how competition pol icy could support micro\,&\;nbsp\;small&\;nbsp\;and&\;nbsp\;mediu m-sized enterprises post COVID-19.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;UNCTAD\, as p art of its COVID-19 response project funded by the UN Development Account\ , has carried out since 2020 several activities with the five UN Regional Economic Commissions (UNECLAC\, UNESCAP\, UNECA\, UNECE\, UNESCWA)\, inclu ding the following:<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;ul>\;\n<\;li>\;A global repo rt on the interlinkage between competition and MSME policies (Phase I)<\ ;/li>\;\n<\;li>\;Three national studies on the impact of COVID-19 on specific SME sectors in Brazil\, Thailand and South Africa (Phase 2)<\; /li>\;\n<\;li>\;Five regional webinars on how recommendations from t he global report and the three national studies can support the recovery o f MSMEs (Phase 2)<\;/li>\;\n<\;/ul>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The Global Pol icy Dialogue\, organized as part of Phase 3\, will be dedicated to the fol lowing interlinked topics and divided in three sessions:&\;nbsp\;<\;/ p>\;\n\n<\;ul>\;\n<\;li>\;1 December: The impact of competition policy in the digitalization of MSMEs in the wake of COVID-19<\;/li>\; \n<\;li>\;2 December: Access to finance\, government support in times of COVID-19<\;/li>\;\n<\;li>\;3 December:&\;nbsp\;Inter-agency coordination between MSME agencies and competition authorities<\;/li>\ ;\n<\;/ul>\;\n\n<\;p>\;&\;nbsp\;<\;/p>\;\n\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/global-policy-dialogue-post-covi d-19-resurgence-msmes-and-competition-policy DTSTAMP:20260711T070644Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a51eb84da602 DTSTART:20211202T120000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20211202T140000Z LOCATION:Online and Geneva\, Switzerland SUMMARY:Global Policy Dialogue: Post-COVID-19 resurgence of MSMEs and compe tition policy CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The Global Policy Dialogue\, organized by UNCTAD and the United Nations Regional Economic Commissions for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNECLAC)\, for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)\, for Western Asia (UNESCW A) will bring together representatives and officials of government MSME bo dies\, as well as competition agency representatives from across the world to discuss how competition policy could support micro\, small and medi um-sized enterprises post COVID-19.\n\nUNCTAD\, as part of its COVID-19 re sponse project funded by the UN Development Account\, has carried out sinc e 2020 several activities with the five UN Regional Economic Commissions ( UNECLAC\, UNESCAP\, UNECA\, UNECE\, UNESCWA)\, including the following:\n\ n\nA global report on the interlinkage between competition and MSME polici es (Phase I)\nThree national studies on the impact of COVID-19 on specific SME sectors in Brazil\, Thailand and South Africa (Phase 2)\nFive regiona l webinars on how recommendations from the global report and the three nat ional studies can support the recovery of MSMEs (Phase 2)\n\n\nThe Global Policy Dialogue\, organized as part of Phase 3\, will be dedicated to the following interlinked topics and divided in three sessions: \n\n\n1 Decem ber: The impact of competition policy in the digitalization of MSMEs in th e wake of COVID-19\n2 December: Access to finance\, government support in times of COVID-19\n3 December: Inter-agency coordination between MSME age ncies and competition authorities\n\n\n \n<\;p>\;The Global Policy Di alogue\, organized by UNCTAD and the United Nations Regional Economic Comm issions for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNECLAC)\, for Asia and the P acific (UNESCAP)\, for Western Asia (UNESCWA) will bring together represen tatives and officials of government MSME bodies\, as well as competition a gency representatives from across the world to discuss how competition pol icy could support micro\,&\;nbsp\;small&\;nbsp\;and&\;nbsp\;mediu m-sized enterprises post COVID-19.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;UNCTAD\, as p art of its COVID-19 response project funded by the UN Development Account\ , has carried out since 2020 several activities with the five UN Regional Economic Commissions (UNECLAC\, UNESCAP\, UNECA\, UNECE\, UNESCWA)\, inclu ding the following:<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;ul>\;\n<\;li>\;A global repo rt on the interlinkage between competition and MSME policies (Phase I)<\ ;/li>\;\n<\;li>\;Three national studies on the impact of COVID-19 on specific SME sectors in Brazil\, Thailand and South Africa (Phase 2)<\; /li>\;\n<\;li>\;Five regional webinars on how recommendations from t he global report and the three national studies can support the recovery o f MSMEs (Phase 2)<\;/li>\;\n<\;/ul>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The Global Pol icy Dialogue\, organized as part of Phase 3\, will be dedicated to the fol lowing interlinked topics and divided in three sessions:&\;nbsp\;<\;/ p>\;\n\n<\;ul>\;\n<\;li>\;1 December: The impact of competition policy in the digitalization of MSMEs in the wake of COVID-19<\;/li>\; \n<\;li>\;2 December: Access to finance\, government support in times of COVID-19<\;/li>\;\n<\;li>\;3 December:&\;nbsp\;Inter-agency coordination between MSME agencies and competition authorities<\;/li>\ ;\n<\;/ul>\;\n\n<\;p>\;&\;nbsp\;<\;/p>\;\n\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/global-policy-dialogue-post-covi d-19-resurgence-msmes-and-competition-policy DTSTAMP:20260711T070644Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a51eb84da608 DTSTART:20211203T120000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20211203T140000Z LOCATION:Online and Geneva\, Switzerland SUMMARY:Global Policy Dialogue: Post-COVID-19 resurgence of MSMEs and compe tition policy CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The Global Policy Dialogue\, organized by UNCTAD and the United Nations Regional Economic Commissions for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNECLAC)\, for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)\, for Western Asia (UNESCW A) will bring together representatives and officials of government MSME bo dies\, as well as competition agency representatives from across the world to discuss how competition policy could support micro\, small and medi um-sized enterprises post COVID-19.\n\nUNCTAD\, as part of its COVID-19 re sponse project funded by the UN Development Account\, has carried out sinc e 2020 several activities with the five UN Regional Economic Commissions ( UNECLAC\, UNESCAP\, UNECA\, UNECE\, UNESCWA)\, including the following:\n\ n\nA global report on the interlinkage between competition and MSME polici es (Phase I)\nThree national studies on the impact of COVID-19 on specific SME sectors in Brazil\, Thailand and South Africa (Phase 2)\nFive regiona l webinars on how recommendations from the global report and the three nat ional studies can support the recovery of MSMEs (Phase 2)\n\n\nThe Global Policy Dialogue\, organized as part of Phase 3\, will be dedicated to the following interlinked topics and divided in three sessions: \n\n\n1 Decem ber: The impact of competition policy in the digitalization of MSMEs in th e wake of COVID-19\n2 December: Access to finance\, government support in times of COVID-19\n3 December: Inter-agency coordination between MSME age ncies and competition authorities\n\n\n \n<\;p>\;The Global Policy Di alogue\, organized by UNCTAD and the United Nations Regional Economic Comm issions for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNECLAC)\, for Asia and the P acific (UNESCAP)\, for Western Asia (UNESCWA) will bring together represen tatives and officials of government MSME bodies\, as well as competition a gency representatives from across the world to discuss how competition pol icy could support micro\,&\;nbsp\;small&\;nbsp\;and&\;nbsp\;mediu m-sized enterprises post COVID-19.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;UNCTAD\, as p art of its COVID-19 response project funded by the UN Development Account\ , has carried out since 2020 several activities with the five UN Regional Economic Commissions (UNECLAC\, UNESCAP\, UNECA\, UNECE\, UNESCWA)\, inclu ding the following:<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;ul>\;\n<\;li>\;A global repo rt on the interlinkage between competition and MSME policies (Phase I)<\ ;/li>\;\n<\;li>\;Three national studies on the impact of COVID-19 on specific SME sectors in Brazil\, Thailand and South Africa (Phase 2)<\; /li>\;\n<\;li>\;Five regional webinars on how recommendations from t he global report and the three national studies can support the recovery o f MSMEs (Phase 2)<\;/li>\;\n<\;/ul>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The Global Pol icy Dialogue\, organized as part of Phase 3\, will be dedicated to the fol lowing interlinked topics and divided in three sessions:&\;nbsp\;<\;/ p>\;\n\n<\;ul>\;\n<\;li>\;1 December: The impact of competition policy in the digitalization of MSMEs in the wake of COVID-19<\;/li>\; \n<\;li>\;2 December: Access to finance\, government support in times of COVID-19<\;/li>\;\n<\;li>\;3 December:&\;nbsp\;Inter-agency coordination between MSME agencies and competition authorities<\;/li>\ ;\n<\;/ul>\;\n\n<\;p>\;&\;nbsp\;<\;/p>\;\n\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/global-policy-dialogue-post-covi d-19-resurgence-msmes-and-competition-policy DTSTAMP:20260711T070644Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR