BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6aea4b2beb33f DTSTART:20221006T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20221006T150000Z LOCATION:Lusaka\, Zambia SUMMARY:Workshop on the National Productive Capacities Gap Assessment of Za mbia and the fostering of productive capacities for a smooth transition fr om the LDC category CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Zambia’s National Productive Capacities Gap Assessment (NPCGA ) shows that the country lags behind developing countries in all measures of the PCI\, except on the natural capital component.Nevertheless\, the co untry’s overall performance in the composite PCI is slightly better than the average for LDCs. However\, it is lower than Africa’s regional aver age and\, by far\, lower than the region’s top performers.Zambia’s wea k performance in the energy (electricity)\, ICTs\, private sector\, and tr ansport components is particularly worrying.ObjectiveIn view of the comple tion of Zambia’s NPCGA and listed therein gaps in terms of productive ca pacities as well as suggested policy interventions\, the main objectives o f the workshop are:To present the NPCGA to domestic stakeholders in Zambia \;To validate the results of the NPCGA with the Government of Zambia and t o examine the causes and consequences of the country’s development perfo rmance\, as well as the strengths and weaknesses of Zambia’s productive capacities\;To agree on the formulation of the policy responses to ensure the building of productive capacities\, and to align policy interventions with Zambia’s national development vision\, and domestic plans and strat egies\, particularly\, the 8th National Development Plan 2022-2026.To buil d capacity among Government technical experts to utilize UNCTAD’s Produc tive Capacities Index PCI in order to design tailored and focused policy i nterventions to address the gaps in Zambia’s productive capacities.Speci fic issues to be examined during the national workshop include:Levels of p roductive capacities in Zambia (based on Zambia’s NPCGA) as compared to other developing economies\, and their causes and consequences.Utilization of the PCI to evaluate gaps in productive capacities and to identify bind ing constraints to structural transformation and subsequently formulate ad equate policy responses\;Challenges to fostering productive capacities\, d iversifying the national economy and accelerating structural transformatio n in Zambia\;Successful experiences and best practices in policy formulati on\, building productive capacities and achieving structural economic tran sformation and their implications for Zambia.Participants will include sen ior Government officials\, national\, regional\, and international experts in the field of economic development and representatives of the private s ector and civil society\, including academic institutions in Zambia.<\;p >\;Zambia’s National Productive Capacities Gap Assessment (NPCGA) show s that the country lags behind developing countries in all measures of the PCI\, except on the natural capital component.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;Neve rtheless\, the country’s overall performance in the composite PCI is sli ghtly better than the average for LDCs. However\, it is lower than Africa ’s regional average and\, by far\, lower than the region’s top perform ers.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;Zambia’s weak performance in the energy (elec tricity)\, ICTs\, private sector\, and transport components is particularl y worrying.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;<\;strong>\;Objective<\;/strong> \;<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;In view of the completion of Zambia’s NPCGA and listed therein gaps in terms of productive capacities as well as suggeste d policy interventions\, the main objectives of the workshop are:<\;/p&g t\;<\;ol>\;<\;li>\;To present the NPCGA to domestic stakeholders i n Zambia\;<\;/li>\;<\;li>\;To validate the results of the NPCGA wi th the Government of Zambia and to examine the causes and consequences of the country’s development performance\, as well as the strengths and wea knesses of Zambia’s productive capacities\;<\;/li>\;<\;li>\;To a gree on the formulation of the policy responses to ensure the building of productive capacities\, and to align policy interventions with Zambia’s national development vision\, and domestic plans and strategies\, particul arly\, the 8th National Development Plan 2022-2026.<\;/li>\;<\;li> \;To build capacity among Government technical experts to utilize UNCTAD ’s Productive Capacities Index PCI in order to design tailored and focus ed policy interventions to address the gaps in Zambia’s productive capac ities.<\;/li>\;<\;/ol>\;<\;p>\;<\;strong>\;Specific issues to be examined during the national workshop include:<\;/strong>\;<\ ;/p>\;<\;ol>\;<\;li>\;Levels of productive capacities in Zambia (based on Zambia’s NPCGA) as compared to other developing economies\, an d their causes and consequences.<\;/li>\;<\;li>\;Utilization of th e PCI to evaluate gaps in productive capacities and to identify binding co nstraints to structural transformation and subsequently formulate adequate policy responses\;<\;/li>\;<\;li>\;Challenges to fostering produc tive capacities\, diversifying the national economy and accelerating struc tural transformation in Zambia\;<\;/li>\;<\;li>\;Successful experi ences and best practices in policy formulation\, building productive capac ities and achieving structural economic transformation and their implicati ons for Zambia.<\;/li>\;<\;/ol>\;<\;p>\;Participants will incl ude senior Government officials\, national\, regional\, and international experts in the field of economic development and representatives of the pr ivate sector and civil society\, including academic institutions in Zambia .<\;/p>\;\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/wo rkshop-national-productive-capacities-gap-assessment-zambia-and-fostering- productive DTSTAMP:20261103T205923Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6aea4b2beb36a DTSTART:20221007T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20221007T150000Z LOCATION:Lusaka\, Zambia SUMMARY:Workshop on the National Productive Capacities Gap Assessment of Za mbia and the fostering of productive capacities for a smooth transition fr om the LDC category CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Zambia’s National Productive Capacities Gap Assessment (NPCGA ) shows that the country lags behind developing countries in all measures of the PCI\, except on the natural capital component.Nevertheless\, the co untry’s overall performance in the composite PCI is slightly better than the average for LDCs. However\, it is lower than Africa’s regional aver age and\, by far\, lower than the region’s top performers.Zambia’s wea k performance in the energy (electricity)\, ICTs\, private sector\, and tr ansport components is particularly worrying.ObjectiveIn view of the comple tion of Zambia’s NPCGA and listed therein gaps in terms of productive ca pacities as well as suggested policy interventions\, the main objectives o f the workshop are:To present the NPCGA to domestic stakeholders in Zambia \;To validate the results of the NPCGA with the Government of Zambia and t o examine the causes and consequences of the country’s development perfo rmance\, as well as the strengths and weaknesses of Zambia’s productive capacities\;To agree on the formulation of the policy responses to ensure the building of productive capacities\, and to align policy interventions with Zambia’s national development vision\, and domestic plans and strat egies\, particularly\, the 8th National Development Plan 2022-2026.To buil d capacity among Government technical experts to utilize UNCTAD’s Produc tive Capacities Index PCI in order to design tailored and focused policy i nterventions to address the gaps in Zambia’s productive capacities.Speci fic issues to be examined during the national workshop include:Levels of p roductive capacities in Zambia (based on Zambia’s NPCGA) as compared to other developing economies\, and their causes and consequences.Utilization of the PCI to evaluate gaps in productive capacities and to identify bind ing constraints to structural transformation and subsequently formulate ad equate policy responses\;Challenges to fostering productive capacities\, d iversifying the national economy and accelerating structural transformatio n in Zambia\;Successful experiences and best practices in policy formulati on\, building productive capacities and achieving structural economic tran sformation and their implications for Zambia.Participants will include sen ior Government officials\, national\, regional\, and international experts in the field of economic development and representatives of the private s ector and civil society\, including academic institutions in Zambia.<\;p >\;Zambia’s National Productive Capacities Gap Assessment (NPCGA) show s that the country lags behind developing countries in all measures of the PCI\, except on the natural capital component.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;Neve rtheless\, the country’s overall performance in the composite PCI is sli ghtly better than the average for LDCs. However\, it is lower than Africa ’s regional average and\, by far\, lower than the region’s top perform ers.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;Zambia’s weak performance in the energy (elec tricity)\, ICTs\, private sector\, and transport components is particularl y worrying.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;<\;strong>\;Objective<\;/strong> \;<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;In view of the completion of Zambia’s NPCGA and listed therein gaps in terms of productive capacities as well as suggeste d policy interventions\, the main objectives of the workshop are:<\;/p&g t\;<\;ol>\;<\;li>\;To present the NPCGA to domestic stakeholders i n Zambia\;<\;/li>\;<\;li>\;To validate the results of the NPCGA wi th the Government of Zambia and to examine the causes and consequences of the country’s development performance\, as well as the strengths and wea knesses of Zambia’s productive capacities\;<\;/li>\;<\;li>\;To a gree on the formulation of the policy responses to ensure the building of productive capacities\, and to align policy interventions with Zambia’s national development vision\, and domestic plans and strategies\, particul arly\, the 8th National Development Plan 2022-2026.<\;/li>\;<\;li> \;To build capacity among Government technical experts to utilize UNCTAD ’s Productive Capacities Index PCI in order to design tailored and focus ed policy interventions to address the gaps in Zambia’s productive capac ities.<\;/li>\;<\;/ol>\;<\;p>\;<\;strong>\;Specific issues to be examined during the national workshop include:<\;/strong>\;<\ ;/p>\;<\;ol>\;<\;li>\;Levels of productive capacities in Zambia (based on Zambia’s NPCGA) as compared to other developing economies\, an d their causes and consequences.<\;/li>\;<\;li>\;Utilization of th e PCI to evaluate gaps in productive capacities and to identify binding co nstraints to structural transformation and subsequently formulate adequate policy responses\;<\;/li>\;<\;li>\;Challenges to fostering produc tive capacities\, diversifying the national economy and accelerating struc tural transformation in Zambia\;<\;/li>\;<\;li>\;Successful experi ences and best practices in policy formulation\, building productive capac ities and achieving structural economic transformation and their implicati ons for Zambia.<\;/li>\;<\;/ol>\;<\;p>\;Participants will incl ude senior Government officials\, national\, regional\, and international experts in the field of economic development and representatives of the pr ivate sector and civil society\, including academic institutions in Zambia .<\;/p>\;\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/wo rkshop-national-productive-capacities-gap-assessment-zambia-and-fostering- productive DTSTAMP:20261103T205923Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR