BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a4d059dd9d5e DTSTART:20241128T080000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20241128T170000Z 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\, seventh sessio n CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Optimizing policy space for development strategies: Productive capacities\, value addition and economic diversificationSuccessful develop ment is based on an open trade regime that expands limited domestic aggreg ate demand and incentivizes and enables industrial investment that\, in tu rn\, generates growth and development\, understood as increased productive capacity\, by means of backward and forward linkages in the domestic econ omy\, as well as increased productivity and quality.The current geopolitic al context\, in which major globalization and fragmentation trends are lik ely to co-evolve\, necessitates discussions of development strategies that optimize policy space across various areas\, including international trad e\; investment\, particularly with regard to green and sustainable industr ies\; crisis response\; and the promotion of economic resilience.The persi stent difficulty in developing countries is in the identification of trade and investment policies that build productive capacities\, promote value addition and foster economic diversification and resilience amid compound crises. Thus\, addressing the issue of policy space is crucial\, as the pr imary macroeconomic policy challenge in developing countries is in improvi ng the sectoral composition of their economies in order to support resilie nce and sustainability in the face of multiple external constraints and th e growing costs of climate change.At present\, there are also opportunitie s for the economies of the global South\, including with regard to rapidly increasing South-South trade\, enabling growth\; and in bargaining for fa vourable trade\, aid and financing conditions. Governance issues and inter national policy coordination are increasingly important in three key areas .First\, there is an increasing need to ensure greater coordination and co herence among various policies\, including those related to competition an d consumer protection\, trade\, industrial strategy\, data protection\, di gitalization\, labour and taxation.Second\, artificial intelligence needs to be globally governed through agreed principles and standards.Third\, ma ny countries have access to self-help policies in the search for long-term development finance and domestic revenue mobilization\, yet such policies should be nested in a greater global trade and investment regime\, to avo id trade conflicts and deflation.Services-export-led growth as a path to d evelopment can only remain feasible if new policy barriers are not enacted and if access to markets and technologies is safeguarded.Objective of the meetingThe objective of the seventh session is to discuss which trade and investment policies can help developing countries build productive capaci ties\, as well as promote value addition\, economic diversification and re silience in a time of compound crises.Contributed PapersExperts nominated by member States are encouraged to submit brief papers (approximately 5-12 pages) as contributions to the work of the session\, related to their stu dies\, findings and/or national experiences. The papers will be made avai lable at the session in the form and language in which they are received.P articipationThis session is open to all member States of UNCTAD. Other or ganizations\, including specialized agencies\, intergovernmental bodies an d non-governmental organizations in the general and special categories\, a s well as academia and the private sector\, may participate as observers.  Experts will participate in the session in their personal capacities and are expected to have proven expertise in the subject matter.RegistrationO nline registration is mandatory for all those wishing to attend the sessio n and is required in order to be included in the list of participants.Logi sticsThe session will be held with physical participation in room XXVI of the Palais des Nations. Those who cannot attend the session in person wil l be able to listen to the live audio stream in the six official languages of the United Nations. The link to listen live will be sent to registere d participants\, at the email address used for registration\, one day in a dvance of the start of the session.<\;h3 class="\;text-align-center\ n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/multi-year-exper t-meeting-enhancing-enabling-economic-environment-all-levels-support-8 DTSTAMP:20260707T135645Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR