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LOCATION:Online\, 
SUMMARY:MSG Green Trade Project End of the Year Meeting
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:On December 15\, 2022\, the MSG green Trade Project team met on
 line to review the progress made during the current year and to look forwa
 rd to the year to come. During the meeting\, the team made a common presen
 tation (see PowerPoint attached to the news) which allowed to highlight th
 e work done. \n\nThe year 2022 saw the holding of national workshops in P
 apua New Guinea\, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. These workshops launche
 d the subsequent activity of collecting non-tariff measures (NTM) data in 
 all Melanesian Spearhead Group countries (MSG)\, which comprise the three 
 countries mentioned above as well as Fiji. Ms. Seul Lee\, Associate Econom
 ic Officer at UNCTAD\, briefed participants on the NTM data coding\, share
 d that it was almost complete and would be available on the  TRAINS onlin
 e platform in the first quarter of 2023. Participants were also informed t
 hat the second activity of the MSG Green Trade Project\, the voluntary sus
 tainability standards (VSS) assessment\, was well underway. Field missions
  have been successfully completed in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Isla
 nds\, thanks to the local team and the valuable support of the national au
 thorities. The writing of the reports is now in progress with a finalizati
 on planned for early 2023. More recently\, the redaction of export guides 
 has also started and is planned to be completed in the first months of 202
 3. \n\nIn view of the current good progress\, it has been communicated th
 at it will be possible to organize the second national workshops in the 4 
 MSG member countries as planned\, by the end of the first quarter of 2023.
  These workshops will be an opportunity to share the results of the differ
 ent activities and in particular to decide on common ways to use their fin
 dings to contribute to the sustainable development of the target countries
 . In addition\, they will also pave the way for the regional component of 
 this project\, with the creation of an action plan. \n\nAt the end of the
  exchanges\, the MSG Green Trade Project team wished everyone a happy holi
 day and especially thanked the national governments officials for their su
 pport and commitment\, without which the success of this project would not
  be possible. \nhttps://trainsonline.unctad.org/home\n\nView meeting on u
 nctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/msg-green-trade-project-end-year-mee
 ting
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