BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6adbab9e27090 DTSTART:20240604T060000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20240604T140000Z LOCATION:Doha\, Qatar SUMMARY:Inter-regional expert meeting on the measurement of South-South coo peration CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The inter-regional expert meeting on the measurement of South-S outh cooperation\, organized by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the United Nations Economic and Social Commissio n for West Asia (ESCWA)\, in collaboration with the UN Regional Commission s\, and other partners will be hosted by and held in Qatar\, Doha\, from 4 to 6 June 2024.This meeting is part of the United Nations Development Acc ount project on Quantifying South-South Cooperation to Mobilize Funds for the Sustainable Development Goals. The first Expert Meeting held in Brasil ia\, in July 2023\, launched the project and discussed implementation of t he global\, voluntary Framework to Measure South-South Cooperation\, devel oped in a joint effort by the countries of the Global South. The Framework is currently being refined and will be presented in Qatar\, through a Man ual\, a step-by-step guidance supporting countries to fill the Framework w ith data.The Inter-regional expert meeting will have three segments. The m orning of 4 June 2024\, will be holding a preparatory expert meeting invol ving pioneering and pilot countries\, jointly with project partners\, to a dvance methodological and data collection work as a follow-up to the Brasi lia meeting and finalize materials\, like the Manual on the Framework\, fo r sharing with a broader group of countries to guide future reporting of d ata on SDG indicator 17.3.1.  The main meetings will commence in the afte rnoon of 4 June\, with a high-level event to tackle strategic issues relat ed to South-South cooperation\, discussing the importance of South-South c ooperation for accelerating progress towards the 2030 Agenda for Sustainab le Development and the role of data in related research\, development\, an d policy agendas. The high-level segment aims to agree on a way forward to enhance the voice of the global South in development finance debates.Last ly\, a two-day technical capacity development workshop will follow\, on 5- 6 June\, to guide Southern countries on applying the Framework and its Man ual to empower national authorities to collect and analyse data on South-S outh cooperation and enable the reporting of country-owned data to the SDG indicator on development support. The events will discuss countries’ ca pacity support needs\, and future data and tools to enable strategic manag ement and further mobilization of South-South cooperation flows.The event aims to foster dialogue and empower Southern countries to collect and repo rt their own data from country-owned systems. This effort helps to target national policy action and bolster strategic management of development sup port in the global South.The target audience will include national\, regio nal and international experts on South-South cooperation and its measureme nt from development cooperation agencies\, statistical offices\, and minis tries. For the high-level segment\, senior officials from countries\, regi onal and international organizations\, project partners\, and the academic community are invited to discuss and agree on strategies for integration of the Framework to strengthen South-South cooperation. High-Level speake rsOpening remarksMr. Shaheen Ali Al Kaabi\, Director of the Department of International Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs\, Qatar\;Mr. Pedro Manuel Moreno\, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations on Tr ade and Development (UNCTAD) \; Session 1Moderator: Ms. Wafa Aboul Hosn\, Chief of Economic Statistics\, ESCWAHis Excellency Mr. Mohammed Abdul Azi z Al Nuaimi - Assistant President of the Planning and Statistics Authority \;Ms. Cristina Xalma\, the main responsible for the Report of the South-So uth and Triangular Cooperation in Ibero-America\, by the Iberoamerican Gen eral Secretariat (SEGIB)\;Mr. Salah AlMuzahmi\, Ph.D.\, Director of Resear ch &\; Development Indicators department at the Statistical Centre for the Cooperation Council for the Arab Countries of the Gulf (GCC-Stat)\;Mr. Alex Shimuafeni\, Statistician-General of Namibia\;Mr. Sameh Hussein\, Le ad Technical Cooperation Specialist in the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) \; Session 2Moderator: Ms. Anu Peltola\, Director of Statistics\, UN Trad e and Development\;Mr. Denis Nkala\, Ph.D.\, Chief- Intergovernmental and UN Systems Affairs in the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperatio n\;Mr. José Guillermo Ordorica Robles\, Ambassador of Mexico in Qatar\;Ms . Reem Ismail Elsybaey\, head of Sustainable development Unit at the Centr al agency for Public mobilization and statistics (CAPMAS)Mr. Márcio Lopes Corrêa\, General Coordinator for Multilateral Technical Cooperation\, Br azilian Cooperation Agency (ABC)\;Mr. Stefan Schweinfest\, Director of the Statistics Division in UN Department on Economic and Social Affairs (DESA )\;Mr. Matthias Reister\, Chief of the Development Data Section at the Uni ted Nations Statistics Division. https://unctad.org/system/files/informat ion-document/SSCproject_FinalOutcomeFramework_en.pdf\n\nView meeting on un ctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/inter-regional-expert-meeting-measure ment-south-south-cooperation DTSTAMP:20261023T184654Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6adbab9e270e8 DTSTART:20240605T060000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20240605T140000Z LOCATION:Doha\, Qatar SUMMARY:Inter-regional expert meeting on the measurement of South-South coo peration CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The inter-regional expert meeting on the measurement of South-S outh cooperation\, organized by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the United Nations Economic and Social Commissio n for West Asia (ESCWA)\, in collaboration with the UN Regional Commission s\, and other partners will be hosted by and held in Qatar\, Doha\, from 4 to 6 June 2024.This meeting is part of the United Nations Development Acc ount project on Quantifying South-South Cooperation to Mobilize Funds for the Sustainable Development Goals. The first Expert Meeting held in Brasil ia\, in July 2023\, launched the project and discussed implementation of t he global\, voluntary Framework to Measure South-South Cooperation\, devel oped in a joint effort by the countries of the Global South. The Framework is currently being refined and will be presented in Qatar\, through a Man ual\, a step-by-step guidance supporting countries to fill the Framework w ith data.The Inter-regional expert meeting will have three segments. The m orning of 4 June 2024\, will be holding a preparatory expert meeting invol ving pioneering and pilot countries\, jointly with project partners\, to a dvance methodological and data collection work as a follow-up to the Brasi lia meeting and finalize materials\, like the Manual on the Framework\, fo r sharing with a broader group of countries to guide future reporting of d ata on SDG indicator 17.3.1.  The main meetings will commence in the afte rnoon of 4 June\, with a high-level event to tackle strategic issues relat ed to South-South cooperation\, discussing the importance of South-South c ooperation for accelerating progress towards the 2030 Agenda for Sustainab le Development and the role of data in related research\, development\, an d policy agendas. The high-level segment aims to agree on a way forward to enhance the voice of the global South in development finance debates.Last ly\, a two-day technical capacity development workshop will follow\, on 5- 6 June\, to guide Southern countries on applying the Framework and its Man ual to empower national authorities to collect and analyse data on South-S outh cooperation and enable the reporting of country-owned data to the SDG indicator on development support. The events will discuss countries’ ca pacity support needs\, and future data and tools to enable strategic manag ement and further mobilization of South-South cooperation flows.The event aims to foster dialogue and empower Southern countries to collect and repo rt their own data from country-owned systems. This effort helps to target national policy action and bolster strategic management of development sup port in the global South.The target audience will include national\, regio nal and international experts on South-South cooperation and its measureme nt from development cooperation agencies\, statistical offices\, and minis tries. For the high-level segment\, senior officials from countries\, regi onal and international organizations\, project partners\, and the academic community are invited to discuss and agree on strategies for integration of the Framework to strengthen South-South cooperation. High-Level speake rsOpening remarksMr. Shaheen Ali Al Kaabi\, Director of the Department of International Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs\, Qatar\;Mr. Pedro Manuel Moreno\, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations on Tr ade and Development (UNCTAD) \; Session 1Moderator: Ms. Wafa Aboul Hosn\, Chief of Economic Statistics\, ESCWAHis Excellency Mr. Mohammed Abdul Azi z Al Nuaimi - Assistant President of the Planning and Statistics Authority \;Ms. Cristina Xalma\, the main responsible for the Report of the South-So uth and Triangular Cooperation in Ibero-America\, by the Iberoamerican Gen eral Secretariat (SEGIB)\;Mr. Salah AlMuzahmi\, Ph.D.\, Director of Resear ch &\; Development Indicators department at the Statistical Centre for the Cooperation Council for the Arab Countries of the Gulf (GCC-Stat)\;Mr. Alex Shimuafeni\, Statistician-General of Namibia\;Mr. Sameh Hussein\, Le ad Technical Cooperation Specialist in the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) \; Session 2Moderator: Ms. Anu Peltola\, Director of Statistics\, UN Trad e and Development\;Mr. Denis Nkala\, Ph.D.\, Chief- Intergovernmental and UN Systems Affairs in the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperatio n\;Mr. José Guillermo Ordorica Robles\, Ambassador of Mexico in Qatar\;Ms . Reem Ismail Elsybaey\, head of Sustainable development Unit at the Centr al agency for Public mobilization and statistics (CAPMAS)Mr. Márcio Lopes Corrêa\, General Coordinator for Multilateral Technical Cooperation\, Br azilian Cooperation Agency (ABC)\;Mr. Stefan Schweinfest\, Director of the Statistics Division in UN Department on Economic and Social Affairs (DESA )\;Mr. Matthias Reister\, Chief of the Development Data Section at the Uni ted Nations Statistics Division. https://unctad.org/system/files/informat ion-document/SSCproject_FinalOutcomeFramework_en.pdf\n\nView meeting on un ctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/inter-regional-expert-meeting-measure ment-south-south-cooperation DTSTAMP:20261023T184654Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6adbab9e270f5 DTSTART:20240606T060000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20240606T140000Z LOCATION:Doha\, Qatar SUMMARY:Inter-regional expert meeting on the measurement of South-South coo peration CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The inter-regional expert meeting on the measurement of South-S outh cooperation\, organized by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the United Nations Economic and Social Commissio n for West Asia (ESCWA)\, in collaboration with the UN Regional Commission s\, and other partners will be hosted by and held in Qatar\, Doha\, from 4 to 6 June 2024.This meeting is part of the United Nations Development Acc ount project on Quantifying South-South Cooperation to Mobilize Funds for the Sustainable Development Goals. The first Expert Meeting held in Brasil ia\, in July 2023\, launched the project and discussed implementation of t he global\, voluntary Framework to Measure South-South Cooperation\, devel oped in a joint effort by the countries of the Global South. The Framework is currently being refined and will be presented in Qatar\, through a Man ual\, a step-by-step guidance supporting countries to fill the Framework w ith data.The Inter-regional expert meeting will have three segments. The m orning of 4 June 2024\, will be holding a preparatory expert meeting invol ving pioneering and pilot countries\, jointly with project partners\, to a dvance methodological and data collection work as a follow-up to the Brasi lia meeting and finalize materials\, like the Manual on the Framework\, fo r sharing with a broader group of countries to guide future reporting of d ata on SDG indicator 17.3.1.  The main meetings will commence in the afte rnoon of 4 June\, with a high-level event to tackle strategic issues relat ed to South-South cooperation\, discussing the importance of South-South c ooperation for accelerating progress towards the 2030 Agenda for Sustainab le Development and the role of data in related research\, development\, an d policy agendas. The high-level segment aims to agree on a way forward to enhance the voice of the global South in development finance debates.Last ly\, a two-day technical capacity development workshop will follow\, on 5- 6 June\, to guide Southern countries on applying the Framework and its Man ual to empower national authorities to collect and analyse data on South-S outh cooperation and enable the reporting of country-owned data to the SDG indicator on development support. The events will discuss countries’ ca pacity support needs\, and future data and tools to enable strategic manag ement and further mobilization of South-South cooperation flows.The event aims to foster dialogue and empower Southern countries to collect and repo rt their own data from country-owned systems. This effort helps to target national policy action and bolster strategic management of development sup port in the global South.The target audience will include national\, regio nal and international experts on South-South cooperation and its measureme nt from development cooperation agencies\, statistical offices\, and minis tries. For the high-level segment\, senior officials from countries\, regi onal and international organizations\, project partners\, and the academic community are invited to discuss and agree on strategies for integration of the Framework to strengthen South-South cooperation. High-Level speake rsOpening remarksMr. Shaheen Ali Al Kaabi\, Director of the Department of International Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs\, Qatar\;Mr. Pedro Manuel Moreno\, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations on Tr ade and Development (UNCTAD) \; Session 1Moderator: Ms. Wafa Aboul Hosn\, Chief of Economic Statistics\, ESCWAHis Excellency Mr. Mohammed Abdul Azi z Al Nuaimi - Assistant President of the Planning and Statistics Authority \;Ms. Cristina Xalma\, the main responsible for the Report of the South-So uth and Triangular Cooperation in Ibero-America\, by the Iberoamerican Gen eral Secretariat (SEGIB)\;Mr. Salah AlMuzahmi\, Ph.D.\, Director of Resear ch &\; Development Indicators department at the Statistical Centre for the Cooperation Council for the Arab Countries of the Gulf (GCC-Stat)\;Mr. Alex Shimuafeni\, Statistician-General of Namibia\;Mr. Sameh Hussein\, Le ad Technical Cooperation Specialist in the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) \; Session 2Moderator: Ms. Anu Peltola\, Director of Statistics\, UN Trad e and Development\;Mr. Denis Nkala\, Ph.D.\, Chief- Intergovernmental and UN Systems Affairs in the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperatio n\;Mr. José Guillermo Ordorica Robles\, Ambassador of Mexico in Qatar\;Ms . Reem Ismail Elsybaey\, head of Sustainable development Unit at the Centr al agency for Public mobilization and statistics (CAPMAS)Mr. Márcio Lopes Corrêa\, General Coordinator for Multilateral Technical Cooperation\, Br azilian Cooperation Agency (ABC)\;Mr. Stefan Schweinfest\, Director of the Statistics Division in UN Department on Economic and Social Affairs (DESA )\;Mr. Matthias Reister\, Chief of the Development Data Section at the Uni ted Nations Statistics Division. https://unctad.org/system/files/informat ion-document/SSCproject_FinalOutcomeFramework_en.pdf\n\nView meeting on un ctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/inter-regional-expert-meeting-measure ment-south-south-cooperation DTSTAMP:20261023T184654Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR