BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a5216870530b DTSTART:20220912T083000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20220912T094500Z LOCATION:Online and Bangkok\, Thailand SUMMARY:UNCTAD Thematic Solutions Forum at the Global South-South Developme nt Expo 2022 CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:South-South Economic Integration for Sustainable Recovery\n\nTh e objective of the Thematic Solution Forum is to provide an opportunity to governments\, international organizations\, and academia to reflect and d ebate on the role of South-South economic integration in the post-Covid re covery of developing countries.\n \n\nIssues to be addressed:\n\n\n\nBoos ting sustainable recovery from the Covid-19 shock. \n\nCovid-19 pandemic h as hit the world economy heavily and the developing countries has been aff ected disproportionately given their vulnerabilities and limited fiscal sp ace to deploy stimulus packages. Despite some positive recovery signs from last year\, the inflationary pressures may cause the rise of interest rat es in advanced economies which could further result in global liquidity co nstraints particularly for developing countries. Meanwhile\, other structu ral issues such as unequal access to the vaccines\, narrow economic struct ure\, and deteriorating terms of trade remain.\n\nThe consequences of the crisis in such a difficult context should be carefully examined\, and the recovery strategies and scenarios\, including the contribution of South-So uth economic integration\, need to be explored at both international and r egional level.\n\nAs UNCTAD suggested in a publication on “South-South C ooperation at the time of COVID-19: Building solidarity among developing c ountries”\, South-South cooperation could contribute significantly to th e crisis response and post-covid recovery of developing countries through various action areas including scaling up South-South finance\, building S SC for trade and industrial recovery\, strengthening regional integration and regional value chains\, and building strategic partnership.\n \n\n\nB uilding resilience through successful climate adaptation. \n\nBoosting eco nomic recovery from the pandemic shock will also require effective climate adaption strategy in the medium and long run. Humanly induced climate cha nge has become a major concern for all economies across the globe. Accordi ng to the IPCC analysis\, global mean surface temperature (GMST) for the d ecade 2011-2020 is 1.09°C above the 1850-1900 period.\n\nThe global warmi ng and associated extreme events have caused widespread adverse impacts on land and ocean ecosystems\, which in turn have reduced food and water sec urity\, affected physical health of people\, impacted settlement and infra structure and hindered efforts to achieve UN 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda.\n\nClimate change has also resulted in huge economic damages and l ower economic growth that disproportionately affect developing countries. Therefore\, they will have to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate chan ge to foster economic and climate resilience through integrated policy str ategies. However\, developing countries are also constrained by inadequate institutional capacity\, insufficient access to climate finance and green technologies in developing successful climate adaption strategy.\n\nIn th is regard\, South-South cooperation could play a unique role as it may not only provide complementary resources to ODA but also facilitate South-Sou th technology transfer\, and peer learning of policy strategies.\n \n\n\n \nProgramme\n\n\nWelcome remarks\, Rashmi Banga\, Senior Economic Affairs Officer\, UNCTAD\nOpening remarks and key messages\, Supachai Panitchpakdi \, former Secretary-General\, UNCTAD\n\n\nHigh-Level Panel Discussion\n\nC hair: Supachai Panitchpakdi\n\n\nJurin Laksanawisit\, Deputy Prime Ministe r and Minister of Commerce\, Thailand (tbc)\nRyan Straughn\, M.P.\, Minist er in the Ministry of Finance\, Barbados\nChad Blackman\, Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN Office and other international organiza tions in Geneva\, Barbados\; Chair\, G77 and China (Geneva Chapter)\nSafda r A. Sohail\, Dean\, National Institute of Public Policy\, Lahore\, Pakist an\nJomo Kwame Sundaram\, Senior Advisor\, Khazanah Research Institute Kua la Lumpur\, Malaysia\n\n\nFloor Discussions: 10 mins\n\nLaunch of UNCTAD V ideo on South-South Cooperation\n\nVideo interactive message with Chair\n\ n\nRebecca Grynspan\, Secretary-General\, UNCTAD\n\n\nClosing Remarks: Sup achai Panitchpakdi\n\nAbout GSSD Expo 2022\n\nThe Global South-South Devel opment Expo is an annual event organised by the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC) to showcase evidence-based successful dev elopment solutions and initiatives\, in collaboration with United Nations agencies and all other partners.\nhttps://www.expo.unsouthsouth.org/global -expo-2022/"\; target="\;_blank"\; title="\;The Global Sou th-South Development Expo\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.or g/meeting/unctad-thematic-solutions-forum-global-south-south-development-e xpo-2022 DTSTAMP:20260711T101015Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR