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LOCATION:Honiara\, Solomon Islands
SUMMARY:MSG Green Trade Project: 1st national workshop Solomon Islands
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:The first National Workshop on the United Nations Conference on
  Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Green Trade Project for Melanesian Spearhe
 ad Group (MSG) countries found place on 30 June 2022 from 9:00am – 1:00p
 m at the Solomon Kitano Mendana Hotel in Honiara\, Solomon Islands.\n\nThe
  workshop was held in a hybrid format in which national participants atten
 ded physically while regional and international participants attended onli
 ne. The workshop involved key government officials as well as the private 
 sector\, including producers and exporters of kava. The workshop focused o
 n raising awareness about how the MSG green Trade Project supports green t
 rade and sustainable development by creating synergistic linkages between 
 the two areas.\n\nWorkshop participants heard several presentations explai
 ning: the objectives of the project\; the role of non-tariff measures (NTM
 s)\; the importance of kava in the local economy\, from a private sector a
 nd government perspective\; and the objectives of the Pacific Quality Infr
 astructure (PQI) project and its relevance for Solomon Islands trade.\n\nD
 uring this workshop\, participants learned about the MSG Green Trade Proje
 ct’s objectives\, how it will be implemented\, and its timeline. Further
 more\, this first national workshop allowed to reunite a large scope of st
 akeholders to discuss about green trade in the Solomon Islands and the cha
 llenges facing the kava value chain\, particularly as an export product.\n
 \nNext steps: As a follow-up to this workshop\, the national consultant\, 
 supported by the Solomon Islands national authorities\, the MSG Secretaria
 t and UNCTAD\, will pursue its work on compiling NTM regulations and asses
 sing the development of voluntary sustainability standards (VSS) for kava.
  This will result in the development of a kava export guide. The findings 
 and conclusions of this work will be presented in another national worksho
 p to be held in early 2023.\n\n\nTo know more about NTM and VSS:\n\n\nNon-
 tariff measures (NTM) data collection  \nVoluntary sustainable standards 
 (VSS) assessment   \n\n\n \nhttps://vssapproach.unctad.org/\n\nView mee
 ting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/msg-green-trade-project-1st
 -national-workshop-solomon-islands
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