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LOCATION:Online\, 
SUMMARY:Webinar on mainstreaming SDGs into investment promotion and facilit
 ation
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Focus on African SEZs\n\nAs part of the capacity building and t
 echnical cooperation events organized for the dissemination of The Handboo
 k on Special Economic Zones in Africa: Towards Economic Diversification ac
 ross the Continent\, a series of webinars is being organized during 2022. 
 The webinars aim to bring together a diverse audience of stakeholders invo
 lved with SEZs’ issues and planning from Africa\, and panel discussions 
 including experts\, policymakers and practitioners. \n\nThe Handbook\, de
 veloped by UNCTAD in partnership with German Development Cooperation Agenc
 y (GIZ)\, examines trends in African SEZs\, scrutinizes best practices\, a
 nd provides practical policy guidelines for the development of more effect
 ive\, resilient and sustainable SEZs in Africa. The Handbook makes particu
 lar emphasis on providing policy guidelines to support SEZs to adjust to t
 he new trade and investment environment in Africa after the full implement
 ation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). In addition\, i
 t delivers recommendations aimed at enabling SEZs and SEZ programmes to ad
 just proactively to current and future changes in global value chains and 
 investment patterns.\n\nWebinar Programme\n\nGeneral introduction and sett
 ing the scene (15 min)\n\n\nMr. James X. Zhan | Director\, Division on Inv
 estment and Enterprise\, UNCTAD\nMr. Jan Miksch | Component Lead\, Program
 me Support to the AfCFTA\, GIZ AU Office\n\n\nSEZs in Africa &amp\; SDG pr
 actices: Case studies and opportunities in the context of the AfCFTA (20 m
 in)\n\n\nProf. Andrés Rodríguez-Pose | Princesa de Asturias Professor &a
 mp\; Professor of Economic Geography\; Director\, Cañada Blanch Centre\n\
 n\nPanel Discussion (40 min)\n\nModerator: Ms. U. Amelia Santos Paulino | 
 Chief – Investment Issues and Analysis Section\, Division on Investment 
 and Enterprise\, UNCTAD\n\n\nMr. Andrew Mold | Chief\, Regional Integratio
 n and AfCFTA Cluster\, Office for Eastern Africa\, United Nations Economic
  Commission for Africa\nMr. Ismail Ersahin  | Executive Director\,  Worl
 d Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA)\nMs. Githa Roelans
   | Head\, Multinational Enterprises and Enterprise Engagement Unit at In
 ternational Labour Organization (ILO)\nMs. Ursula Wellmann | Skills\, Ente
 rprise and Community Development Project Specialist\, Atlantis SEZ\n\n\nCo
 ncluding remarks\n\n \n/publication/handbook-special-economic-zones-afric
 a\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/webinar-mainst
 reaming-sdgs-investment-promotion-and-facilitation
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