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LOCATION:Online\, 
SUMMARY:Webinar on revisiting trade and industrial policies in the times of
  COVID-19
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:South-South Integration - Sharing of Policy Experiences\n\nThis
  webinar will present the country-case studies on industrial and trade pol
 icies that were prepared for Ethiopia under the UNCTAD-project and discuss
  their findings.\n\nIt brings together policymakers and researchers from v
 arious developing countries and addresses a wide audience. The objective i
 s to stimulate domestic debate on the policy agenda and the key priorities
  for 2022.\n\nThe key objectives and expected outcomes of the event are th
 e following:\n\n\nTo assess the experience of Ethiopia regarding industria
 l and trade policies designed to foster industrialization and structural t
 ransformation.\n \nTo discuss how the COVID-19 crisis has changed the sce
 nario and the key challenges and opportunities faced by the country.\n \n
 To create an open dialogue in which member States can gain a better unders
 tanding of the key industrial and trade challenges that developing countri
 es are facing in the current global economic environment.\n \n\n\nProgram
 me\n\n(Central European Time)\n\nModerator: Mr. Piergiuseppe Fortunato\, E
 conomic Affairs Officer\, UNCTAD\n\n8:00–8:05            Welc
 ome address\, UNCTAD (5 mins)\n\n8:05–8:15            Keynote
  address: High-level official from Ethiopia (10 mins) – Professor Beyene
  Peteros\n\n8:15–9:05            Panel discussion\n\n\nKiflu 
 G. Molla\, PSI Ethiopia (15 mins)\nBerihu Assefa Gebrehiwot\, PSI Ethiopia
  (15 mins)\nNeva Makgetla\, TIPS\, South Africa (10 min)\nAnushka Wijesinh
 a\, Institute of Policy Studies\, Sri Lanka (10 min)\n\n\n9:05–9:25  
           Open discussion (20 mins)\n\n9:25–9:30       
      Concluding remarks\, PSI (5 mins)\n\nThe event will take place th
 rough zoom. Online registration is required.\n\n \n\nWatch video recordin
 g\n\n \nhttps://youtu.be/nT86yXo7YgI&quot\; target=&quot\;_blank&quot\; t
 itle=&quot\;Watch video recording on YouTube\n\nView meeting on unctad.org
 \nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/webinar-revisiting-trade-and-industrial-polic
 ies-times-covid-19
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