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LOCATION:Online\, 
SUMMARY:MSG Green Trade Project: Virtual Start-up Regional Workshop
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DESCRIPTION:This virtual start-up regional workshop was to introduce the Me
 lanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) green trade project to the government offic
 ials in the MSG member States and prepare the next steps for the project i
 mplementation. 13 participants (5 male\, 8 female) were from MSG member St
 ates\, MSG Secretariat and UNCTAD.\n\nThe MSG green trade project is funde
 d by 12th tranche of the UN Development Account and implemented by UNCTAD 
 in close collaboration with the MSG secretariat. The project objective is 
 to increase the capacity of four MSG member States - Fiji\, Papua New Guin
 ea\, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu - to identify and strengthen synergistic 
 linkages between (1) green trade promotion and (2) sustainable development
  in a regionally collaborative manner.  The project runs from 2020 to Jun
 e 2023.\n\nThe project is implemented at two levels.\n\n\nNational level: 
 Assessment of synergistic linkages between green trade promotion and susta
 inable development policy\, based on\n\nNon-tariff measures (NTM) data col
 lection\nVoluntary sustainable standards (VSS) assessment\n\n\nRegional le
 vel: Development of a regional action plan and a proposal for a mechanism 
 to implement it\n\n\nFollowing issues were raised for the preparation of t
 he next steps.\n\n\nGovernment contact points should be clarified. One opt
 ion is to have trade ministry as a main contact point and one agency (e.g.
 \, standard institute\, agriculture ministry) as a secondary contact point
 . Another option is to have trade facilitation steering committees as a co
 ntact point because the project requires involvement of multiple ministrie
 s.\nAgriculture product for the VSS Assessment should be selected. A decis
 ion should be made –whether to choose the same or different products tha
 t are subject to other projects (e.g.\, PIFS’s PQII\, the SPC’s SAFE p
 roject). UNCTAD will provide a 1-2 pager to support the decision.\nNationa
 l consultants should be hired.\nThe first national workshop should be orga
 nized in Q1 2022.\n\n\n \nhttps://vssapproach.unctad.org/\n\nView meeting
  on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/msg-green-trade-project-virtual
 -start-regional-workshop
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