BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a4d14d978545 DTSTART:20221026T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20221026T150000Z LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland SUMMARY:Multi-year Expert Meeting on Enhancing the Enabling Economic Enviro nment at All Levels in Support of Inclusive and Sustainable Development\, and the Promotion of Economic Integration and Cooperation\, fifth session CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Regional solutions for inclusive and sustainable development\n\ nThe growing economic\, health and environmental crises facing developing countries\, along with a more inward turn of leading economies and their i ncreasing attention to the geopolitical dimensions of trade\, technology a nd financial flows\, raises the threat of a more fragmented global economy and challenges the integrity of the multilateral system. As a result\, re gional arrangements\, and their historically embedded identities\, norms a nd values\, may come to play a more prominent role and shape distinct regi onal responses to crisis management and development pathways.\n\nManaging economic interdependence in such a polycentric world would require a more synergetic relationship between global institutions and regional arrangeme nts. Contrary to the deep free trade agreements of the 1990s and early 200 0s\, or the recent megaregional agreements inspired by the Trans-Pacific P artnership Agreement\, open developmental regionalism could be an importan t element of making the voice of developing countries heard while reinforc ing South–South cooperation towards achieving a more development-oriente d international trade governance. Open developmental regionalism would lim it binding commitments to border measures\, while relying on cooperation a nd flexible policies that aim at regional harmonization of behind-the-bord er trade measures.\n\nThe meeting will focus on the existing scenario and the difficulties it poses for the realization of the 2030 Agenda for Susta inable Development. The problems encountered by developing countries as th ey climb the ladder along global value chains will be examined\, and the r isks related to financialization and corporate arbitrage will be analysed. \n\nParticipants will also explore how new international agreements and in stitutional structures can sustain open developmental regionalism and faci litate the management of the diverging interests and sensitivities of deve loping and developed countries for a more inclusive and developmental inte rnational economic governance. In this context\, the opportunities offered by regional trade agreements and regional value chains\, and the role tha t regional development finance and infrastructural investments can play\, will be examined in detail.\n\nContributions by Experts\n\nExperts nominat ed by member States are encouraged to submit brief papers as contributions to the work of the Meeting. The papers will be made available at the meet ing in the form and language in which they are received.\n\nThe papers\, w hich should draw on the experts’ experiences\, may address one or more o f the following issues:\n\n\nHow can Governments show more support for the ir national and regional public banks\, including through finance and capi talization\, guarantees or political willingness to support a more public and developmental mandate?\nWhat are the implications for the rising domin ance of bilateral capital flows as compared to financial support for regio nal institutions?\nHow can regional banks contribute better to the interna tional financial architecture? Can they be a useful stepping-stone to a mo re equitable and effective multilateralism?\nThe coronavirus disease (COVI D-19) crisis has exposed profound fault lines in the functioning of global value chains. How can this window of opportunity be exploited to relaunch regional value chains? What infrastructural investment is needed?\nThe sc ope and impact of many regional trade agreements between economies of the global South remain limited\, despite their diffusion since the turn of th e millennium. What additional provisions and/or clauses\, or complementary measures\, are needed to make these trade agreements more relevant?\nHow can the phenomenon of trade regionalism be understood and to what extent i s it a stepping-stone towards a more inclusive\, constructive and cooperat ive approach to multilateralism?\nWhat institutional arrangements may be s uited best to manage the diverging interests and sensitivities of developi ng and developed countries for a more inclusive and developmental internat ional trade governance?\n\n<\;h3 class="\;text-align-center\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/multi-year-expert-meetin g-enhancing-enabling-economic-environment-all-levels-support-6 DTSTAMP:20260707T150145Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a4d14d97857c DTSTART:20221027T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20221027T150000Z LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland SUMMARY:Multi-year Expert Meeting on Enhancing the Enabling Economic Enviro nment at All Levels in Support of Inclusive and Sustainable Development\, and the Promotion of Economic Integration and Cooperation\, fifth session CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Regional solutions for inclusive and sustainable development\n\ nThe growing economic\, health and environmental crises facing developing countries\, along with a more inward turn of leading economies and their i ncreasing attention to the geopolitical dimensions of trade\, technology a nd financial flows\, raises the threat of a more fragmented global economy and challenges the integrity of the multilateral system. As a result\, re gional arrangements\, and their historically embedded identities\, norms a nd values\, may come to play a more prominent role and shape distinct regi onal responses to crisis management and development pathways.\n\nManaging economic interdependence in such a polycentric world would require a more synergetic relationship between global institutions and regional arrangeme nts. Contrary to the deep free trade agreements of the 1990s and early 200 0s\, or the recent megaregional agreements inspired by the Trans-Pacific P artnership Agreement\, open developmental regionalism could be an importan t element of making the voice of developing countries heard while reinforc ing South–South cooperation towards achieving a more development-oriente d international trade governance. Open developmental regionalism would lim it binding commitments to border measures\, while relying on cooperation a nd flexible policies that aim at regional harmonization of behind-the-bord er trade measures.\n\nThe meeting will focus on the existing scenario and the difficulties it poses for the realization of the 2030 Agenda for Susta inable Development. The problems encountered by developing countries as th ey climb the ladder along global value chains will be examined\, and the r isks related to financialization and corporate arbitrage will be analysed. \n\nParticipants will also explore how new international agreements and in stitutional structures can sustain open developmental regionalism and faci litate the management of the diverging interests and sensitivities of deve loping and developed countries for a more inclusive and developmental inte rnational economic governance. In this context\, the opportunities offered by regional trade agreements and regional value chains\, and the role tha t regional development finance and infrastructural investments can play\, will be examined in detail.\n\nContributions by Experts\n\nExperts nominat ed by member States are encouraged to submit brief papers as contributions to the work of the Meeting. The papers will be made available at the meet ing in the form and language in which they are received.\n\nThe papers\, w hich should draw on the experts’ experiences\, may address one or more o f the following issues:\n\n\nHow can Governments show more support for the ir national and regional public banks\, including through finance and capi talization\, guarantees or political willingness to support a more public and developmental mandate?\nWhat are the implications for the rising domin ance of bilateral capital flows as compared to financial support for regio nal institutions?\nHow can regional banks contribute better to the interna tional financial architecture? Can they be a useful stepping-stone to a mo re equitable and effective multilateralism?\nThe coronavirus disease (COVI D-19) crisis has exposed profound fault lines in the functioning of global value chains. How can this window of opportunity be exploited to relaunch regional value chains? What infrastructural investment is needed?\nThe sc ope and impact of many regional trade agreements between economies of the global South remain limited\, despite their diffusion since the turn of th e millennium. What additional provisions and/or clauses\, or complementary measures\, are needed to make these trade agreements more relevant?\nHow can the phenomenon of trade regionalism be understood and to what extent i s it a stepping-stone towards a more inclusive\, constructive and cooperat ive approach to multilateralism?\nWhat institutional arrangements may be s uited best to manage the diverging interests and sensitivities of developi ng and developed countries for a more inclusive and developmental internat ional trade governance?\n\n<\;h3 class="\;text-align-center\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/multi-year-expert-meetin g-enhancing-enabling-economic-environment-all-levels-support-6 DTSTAMP:20260707T150145Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR