BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a589ec33778d DTSTART:20221010T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20221010T150000Z LOCATION:Geneva and Online\, Switzerland SUMMARY:Multi-year Expert Meeting on Commodities and Development\, thirteen th session CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The Accra Accord\, in paragraph 208\, gave a mandate to the Tra de and Development Board of UNCTAD to establish a multi-year expert meetin g on commodities. The mandate was reaffirmed in paragraph 17 of the Doha M andate\, which extended it to 2016\, and in paragraph 100 (s) of the Nairo bi Maafikiano\, which extended it to 2020. The mandate has been further ex tended in line with paragraphs 123 and 127 (m) and (kk) of the Bridgetown Covenant.\n\nIn this regard\, the meeting will provide a forum for sharing national experiences on pathways to economic diversification. The UNCTAD Commodities Branch has reviewed issues related to diversification in commo dity-dependent developing countries and net food-importing developing coun tries.\n\nThe urgent need for diversification is highlighted in the contex t of recent crises\, including the pandemic\, the war in Ukraine and the c limate crisis.\n\nCommodity dependence is associated with a range of negat ive impacts and heightened risks\; diversification can not only reduce vol atility emanating from international commodity markets but also act as a d river of growth and development.\n\nSuccessful examples of diversification show that strong political leadership is required to escape the “commod ity dependence trap”. In this regard\, a range of broad-based enabling c onditions and targeted policy measures are discussed in the background not e prepared by the secretariat. In addition\, strategies need to be tailore d to country-specific conditions\; and regional integration and internatio nal cooperation can help remove obstacles to diversification and value upg rading.\n\nCommodity-dependent developing countries benefiting from a rece nt period of high commodity prices could use the opportunity to promote di versification and value upgrading and thereby reduce commodity dependence in future.\n\nResilience in net food-importing developing countries could be strengthened through the diversification of food import sources\, inclu ding through regional trade and the promotion of the productivity and dive rsity of domestic food production and by building food stocks to absorb sh ort-term shocks.\n \n\nParticipation\n\nThis session is open to all membe r States of UNCTAD. Other organizations\, including specialized agencies\, intergovernmental bodies and non-governmental organizations in the genera l and special categories\, as well as academia and the private sector\, ma y participate as observers.\n\nExperts will participate in the meeting in their personal capacities and are expected to have proven expertise in the subject matter. They may be selected from government ministries such as t hose dealing with trade\, industry\, agriculture\, minerals and metals and oil and gas and may also be selected from the private sector\, including representatives of producer associations or cooperatives\, and non-governm ental organizations.\n\nExperts wishing to participate as panellists shoul d contact the UNCTAD secretariat by 1 September 2022 at commodities@unctad .org\n \n\nRegistration\n\nOnline registration is mandatory for all those wishing to attend the meeting and is required in order to be included in the list of participants.\n \n\nWritten Contributions\n\nExperts are enco uraged to prepare and submit to the meeting brief papers (of about five pa ges) related to one or more of the issues contained in the provisional age nda and to the experiences of their countries. \n\nPresentations will be uploaded in the format received. The views expressed in these documents ar e those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of UNCTAD. \n \n\nLogistics\n\nThe session will be held with physical participation\ , in room XVII of the Palais des Nations\, and remote participation\, thro ugh a simultaneous interpretation platform in the six official languages o f the United Nations.\n\nA link to the formal virtual meeting will be sent to registered participants\, at the email address used for registration\, one day in advance of the start of the session.\n \nmailto:commodities@u nctad.org\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/multi- year-expert-meeting-commodities-and-development-thirteenth-session DTSTAMP:20260716T090507Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a589ec3377f6 DTSTART:20221011T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20221011T150000Z LOCATION:Geneva and Online\, Switzerland SUMMARY:Multi-year Expert Meeting on Commodities and Development\, thirteen th session CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The Accra Accord\, in paragraph 208\, gave a mandate to the Tra de and Development Board of UNCTAD to establish a multi-year expert meetin g on commodities. The mandate was reaffirmed in paragraph 17 of the Doha M andate\, which extended it to 2016\, and in paragraph 100 (s) of the Nairo bi Maafikiano\, which extended it to 2020. The mandate has been further ex tended in line with paragraphs 123 and 127 (m) and (kk) of the Bridgetown Covenant.\n\nIn this regard\, the meeting will provide a forum for sharing national experiences on pathways to economic diversification. The UNCTAD Commodities Branch has reviewed issues related to diversification in commo dity-dependent developing countries and net food-importing developing coun tries.\n\nThe urgent need for diversification is highlighted in the contex t of recent crises\, including the pandemic\, the war in Ukraine and the c limate crisis.\n\nCommodity dependence is associated with a range of negat ive impacts and heightened risks\; diversification can not only reduce vol atility emanating from international commodity markets but also act as a d river of growth and development.\n\nSuccessful examples of diversification show that strong political leadership is required to escape the “commod ity dependence trap”. In this regard\, a range of broad-based enabling c onditions and targeted policy measures are discussed in the background not e prepared by the secretariat. In addition\, strategies need to be tailore d to country-specific conditions\; and regional integration and internatio nal cooperation can help remove obstacles to diversification and value upg rading.\n\nCommodity-dependent developing countries benefiting from a rece nt period of high commodity prices could use the opportunity to promote di versification and value upgrading and thereby reduce commodity dependence in future.\n\nResilience in net food-importing developing countries could be strengthened through the diversification of food import sources\, inclu ding through regional trade and the promotion of the productivity and dive rsity of domestic food production and by building food stocks to absorb sh ort-term shocks.\n \n\nParticipation\n\nThis session is open to all membe r States of UNCTAD. Other organizations\, including specialized agencies\, intergovernmental bodies and non-governmental organizations in the genera l and special categories\, as well as academia and the private sector\, ma y participate as observers.\n\nExperts will participate in the meeting in their personal capacities and are expected to have proven expertise in the subject matter. They may be selected from government ministries such as t hose dealing with trade\, industry\, agriculture\, minerals and metals and oil and gas and may also be selected from the private sector\, including representatives of producer associations or cooperatives\, and non-governm ental organizations.\n\nExperts wishing to participate as panellists shoul d contact the UNCTAD secretariat by 1 September 2022 at commodities@unctad .org\n \n\nRegistration\n\nOnline registration is mandatory for all those wishing to attend the meeting and is required in order to be included in the list of participants.\n \n\nWritten Contributions\n\nExperts are enco uraged to prepare and submit to the meeting brief papers (of about five pa ges) related to one or more of the issues contained in the provisional age nda and to the experiences of their countries. \n\nPresentations will be uploaded in the format received. The views expressed in these documents ar e those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of UNCTAD. \n \n\nLogistics\n\nThe session will be held with physical participation\ , in room XVII of the Palais des Nations\, and remote participation\, thro ugh a simultaneous interpretation platform in the six official languages o f the United Nations.\n\nA link to the formal virtual meeting will be sent to registered participants\, at the email address used for registration\, one day in advance of the start of the session.\n \nmailto:commodities@u nctad.org\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/multi- year-expert-meeting-commodities-and-development-thirteenth-session DTSTAMP:20260716T090507Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a589ec337801 DTSTART:20221012T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20221012T150000Z LOCATION:Geneva and Online\, Switzerland SUMMARY:Multi-year Expert Meeting on Commodities and Development\, thirteen th session CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The Accra Accord\, in paragraph 208\, gave a mandate to the Tra de and Development Board of UNCTAD to establish a multi-year expert meetin g on commodities. The mandate was reaffirmed in paragraph 17 of the Doha M andate\, which extended it to 2016\, and in paragraph 100 (s) of the Nairo bi Maafikiano\, which extended it to 2020. The mandate has been further ex tended in line with paragraphs 123 and 127 (m) and (kk) of the Bridgetown Covenant.\n\nIn this regard\, the meeting will provide a forum for sharing national experiences on pathways to economic diversification. The UNCTAD Commodities Branch has reviewed issues related to diversification in commo dity-dependent developing countries and net food-importing developing coun tries.\n\nThe urgent need for diversification is highlighted in the contex t of recent crises\, including the pandemic\, the war in Ukraine and the c limate crisis.\n\nCommodity dependence is associated with a range of negat ive impacts and heightened risks\; diversification can not only reduce vol atility emanating from international commodity markets but also act as a d river of growth and development.\n\nSuccessful examples of diversification show that strong political leadership is required to escape the “commod ity dependence trap”. In this regard\, a range of broad-based enabling c onditions and targeted policy measures are discussed in the background not e prepared by the secretariat. In addition\, strategies need to be tailore d to country-specific conditions\; and regional integration and internatio nal cooperation can help remove obstacles to diversification and value upg rading.\n\nCommodity-dependent developing countries benefiting from a rece nt period of high commodity prices could use the opportunity to promote di versification and value upgrading and thereby reduce commodity dependence in future.\n\nResilience in net food-importing developing countries could be strengthened through the diversification of food import sources\, inclu ding through regional trade and the promotion of the productivity and dive rsity of domestic food production and by building food stocks to absorb sh ort-term shocks.\n \n\nParticipation\n\nThis session is open to all membe r States of UNCTAD. Other organizations\, including specialized agencies\, intergovernmental bodies and non-governmental organizations in the genera l and special categories\, as well as academia and the private sector\, ma y participate as observers.\n\nExperts will participate in the meeting in their personal capacities and are expected to have proven expertise in the subject matter. They may be selected from government ministries such as t hose dealing with trade\, industry\, agriculture\, minerals and metals and oil and gas and may also be selected from the private sector\, including representatives of producer associations or cooperatives\, and non-governm ental organizations.\n\nExperts wishing to participate as panellists shoul d contact the UNCTAD secretariat by 1 September 2022 at commodities@unctad .org\n \n\nRegistration\n\nOnline registration is mandatory for all those wishing to attend the meeting and is required in order to be included in the list of participants.\n \n\nWritten Contributions\n\nExperts are enco uraged to prepare and submit to the meeting brief papers (of about five pa ges) related to one or more of the issues contained in the provisional age nda and to the experiences of their countries. \n\nPresentations will be uploaded in the format received. The views expressed in these documents ar e those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of UNCTAD. \n \n\nLogistics\n\nThe session will be held with physical participation\ , in room XVII of the Palais des Nations\, and remote participation\, thro ugh a simultaneous interpretation platform in the six official languages o f the United Nations.\n\nA link to the formal virtual meeting will be sent to registered participants\, at the email address used for registration\, one day in advance of the start of the session.\n \nmailto:commodities@u nctad.org\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/multi- year-expert-meeting-commodities-and-development-thirteenth-session DTSTAMP:20260716T090507Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR