BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a4d41c77968b DTSTART:20231012T190000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20231012T031500Z LOCATION:Nuku’alofa\, Tonga SUMMARY:Joint IMPACT-SAFE Workshop on Non-Tariff Measures and Trade Promoti on\, and WTO Notification Training CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The Joint National Workshop on Non-Tariff Measures (NTM) and Tr ade Promotion will take place on 13 October 2023 from 9:00 – 17:15 at th e Tanoa International Dateline Hotel in Nuku’alofa\, Tonga.\n\nThe works hop is co-organized by the UNCTAD and the Pacific Community (SPC) under th eir respective projects called “Improving Pacific Island Customs and Tra de (IMPACT)” and “Safe Agriculture trade Facilitation through Economic integration in the Pacific (SAFE)”. Both projects are funded by the Eur opean Union.\n\nA broad spectrum of participants is expected to attend\, r anging from government officials to private sector representatives. Invite d participants are from various sectors and areas because NTMs affect almo st all merchandise goods from agricultural products and food to petroleum\ , vehicles\, and other manufactured products.\n\nThe first session of the workshop aims to sensitize participants to the impact of NTMs on trade and introduce the NTM component within the IMPACT project. UNCTAD will presen t the first ever collected NTM data of Tonga and demonstrate how to find m arket information of the European Union through the TRAINS Portal and Glob al Trade Helpdesk.\n\nThe second session of the workshop will allow govern ment departments\, including plant protection and trade\, with inputs from the private sector\, to discuss key challenges and opportunities for expo rt. It aims to generate collective discussions on ways to address some of the issues and the type of assistance the projects may be able to provide. \n\nThe objective of the third session of the workshop is to inform partic ipants about the work of the Pacific Organic and Ethical Trade Community ( PoetCom) and assistance available to both public and private sector throug h the SAFE project. SPC will delve into sanitary and phytosanitary standar ds and biosecurity requirements – explaining why compliance is important and how trade (that is\, businesses) are affected when biosecurity risks are detected.\n\nThe objective of the workshop is to increase the particip ants’ understanding on NTMs including SPS requirements and facilitate th e discussion of how to address NTMs in view of trade promotion and other p ublic objectives.\n\nWTO Notification Training\n\nThe day before the works hop (12 October 2023)  UNCTAD will hold the WTO SPS and TBT Notification Training Session for the government officials to enhance their capacity of complying with transparency obligations under the WTO and other trade agr eements such as the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA).\n<\;p>\;The Joint National Workshop on Non-Tariff Measures (NTM) and Trade Promotion will take place on 13 October 2023 from 9:00 – 17:15 at the Tanoa Intern ational Dateline Hotel in Nuku’alofa\, Tonga.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\; The workshop is co-organized by the UNCTAD and the Pacific Community (SPC) under their respective projects called “Improving Pacific Island Custom s and Trade (IMPACT)” and “Safe Agriculture trade Facilitation through Economic integration in the Pacific (SAFE)”. Both projects are funded b y the European Union.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;A broad spectrum of partic ipants is expected to attend\, ranging from government officials to privat e sector representatives. Invited participants are from various sectors an d areas because NTMs affect almost all merchandise goods from agricultural products and food to petroleum\, vehicles\, and other manufactured produc ts.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The first session of the workshop aims to se nsitize participants to the impact of NTMs on trade and introduce the NTM component within the IMPACT project. UNCTAD will present the first ever co llected NTM data of Tonga and demonstrate how to find market information o f the European Union through the TRAINS Portal and Global Trade Helpdesk.& lt\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The second session of the workshop will allow go vernment departments\, including plant protection and trade\, with inputs from the private sector\, to discuss key challenges and opportunities for export. It aims to generate collective discussions on ways to address some of the issues and the type of assistance the projects may be able to prov ide.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The objective of the third session of the w orkshop is to inform participants about the work of the Pacific Organic an d Ethical Trade Community (PoetCom) and assistance available to both publi c and private sector through the SAFE project. SPC will delve into sanitar y and phytosanitary standards and biosecurity requirements – explaining why compliance is important and how trade (that is\, businesses) are affec ted when biosecurity risks are detected.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The obj ective of the workshop is to increase the participants’ understanding on NTMs including SPS requirements and facilitate the discussion of how to a ddress NTMs in view of trade promotion and other public objectives.<\;/p >\;\n\n<\;h4>\;<\;strong>\;WTO Notification Training<\;/strong >\;<\;/h4>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The day before the workshop (12 October 2 023)&\;nbsp\; UNCTAD will hold the WTO SPS and TBT Notification Trainin g Session for the government officials to enhance their capacity of comply ing with transparency obligations under the WTO and other trade agreements such as the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA).<\;/p>\;\n\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/joint-impact-safe-worksh op-non-tariff-measures-and-trade-promotion-and-wto-notification DTSTAMP:20260707T181327Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a4d41c7796f5 DTSTART:20231013T190000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20231013T031500Z LOCATION:Nuku’alofa\, Tonga SUMMARY:Joint IMPACT-SAFE Workshop on Non-Tariff Measures and Trade Promoti on\, and WTO Notification Training CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The Joint National Workshop on Non-Tariff Measures (NTM) and Tr ade Promotion will take place on 13 October 2023 from 9:00 – 17:15 at th e Tanoa International Dateline Hotel in Nuku’alofa\, Tonga.\n\nThe works hop is co-organized by the UNCTAD and the Pacific Community (SPC) under th eir respective projects called “Improving Pacific Island Customs and Tra de (IMPACT)” and “Safe Agriculture trade Facilitation through Economic integration in the Pacific (SAFE)”. Both projects are funded by the Eur opean Union.\n\nA broad spectrum of participants is expected to attend\, r anging from government officials to private sector representatives. Invite d participants are from various sectors and areas because NTMs affect almo st all merchandise goods from agricultural products and food to petroleum\ , vehicles\, and other manufactured products.\n\nThe first session of the workshop aims to sensitize participants to the impact of NTMs on trade and introduce the NTM component within the IMPACT project. UNCTAD will presen t the first ever collected NTM data of Tonga and demonstrate how to find m arket information of the European Union through the TRAINS Portal and Glob al Trade Helpdesk.\n\nThe second session of the workshop will allow govern ment departments\, including plant protection and trade\, with inputs from the private sector\, to discuss key challenges and opportunities for expo rt. It aims to generate collective discussions on ways to address some of the issues and the type of assistance the projects may be able to provide. \n\nThe objective of the third session of the workshop is to inform partic ipants about the work of the Pacific Organic and Ethical Trade Community ( PoetCom) and assistance available to both public and private sector throug h the SAFE project. SPC will delve into sanitary and phytosanitary standar ds and biosecurity requirements – explaining why compliance is important and how trade (that is\, businesses) are affected when biosecurity risks are detected.\n\nThe objective of the workshop is to increase the particip ants’ understanding on NTMs including SPS requirements and facilitate th e discussion of how to address NTMs in view of trade promotion and other p ublic objectives.\n\nWTO Notification Training\n\nThe day before the works hop (12 October 2023)  UNCTAD will hold the WTO SPS and TBT Notification Training Session for the government officials to enhance their capacity of complying with transparency obligations under the WTO and other trade agr eements such as the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA).\n<\;p>\;The Joint National Workshop on Non-Tariff Measures (NTM) and Trade Promotion will take place on 13 October 2023 from 9:00 – 17:15 at the Tanoa Intern ational Dateline Hotel in Nuku’alofa\, Tonga.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\; The workshop is co-organized by the UNCTAD and the Pacific Community (SPC) under their respective projects called “Improving Pacific Island Custom s and Trade (IMPACT)” and “Safe Agriculture trade Facilitation through Economic integration in the Pacific (SAFE)”. Both projects are funded b y the European Union.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;A broad spectrum of partic ipants is expected to attend\, ranging from government officials to privat e sector representatives. Invited participants are from various sectors an d areas because NTMs affect almost all merchandise goods from agricultural products and food to petroleum\, vehicles\, and other manufactured produc ts.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The first session of the workshop aims to se nsitize participants to the impact of NTMs on trade and introduce the NTM component within the IMPACT project. UNCTAD will present the first ever co llected NTM data of Tonga and demonstrate how to find market information o f the European Union through the TRAINS Portal and Global Trade Helpdesk.& lt\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The second session of the workshop will allow go vernment departments\, including plant protection and trade\, with inputs from the private sector\, to discuss key challenges and opportunities for export. It aims to generate collective discussions on ways to address some of the issues and the type of assistance the projects may be able to prov ide.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The objective of the third session of the w orkshop is to inform participants about the work of the Pacific Organic an d Ethical Trade Community (PoetCom) and assistance available to both publi c and private sector through the SAFE project. SPC will delve into sanitar y and phytosanitary standards and biosecurity requirements – explaining why compliance is important and how trade (that is\, businesses) are affec ted when biosecurity risks are detected.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The obj ective of the workshop is to increase the participants’ understanding on NTMs including SPS requirements and facilitate the discussion of how to a ddress NTMs in view of trade promotion and other public objectives.<\;/p >\;\n\n<\;h4>\;<\;strong>\;WTO Notification Training<\;/strong >\;<\;/h4>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The day before the workshop (12 October 2 023)&\;nbsp\; UNCTAD will hold the WTO SPS and TBT Notification Trainin g Session for the government officials to enhance their capacity of comply ing with transparency obligations under the WTO and other trade agreements such as the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA).<\;/p>\;\n\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/joint-impact-safe-worksh op-non-tariff-measures-and-trade-promotion-and-wto-notification DTSTAMP:20260707T181327Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR