BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6ad6bf6ec2509 DTSTART:20240815T080000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20240815T160000Z LOCATION:Lima\, Peru SUMMARY:The 15th APEC Sub-Committee on Standards and Conformance’s Confer ence on Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Leveraging VSS to Strengthen APEC Member Economies’ Trade Par tnerships and Economic CooperationIn the interest of facilitating Asia Pac ific Economic Cooperation (APEC)’s role in promoting regional economic c ooperation\, there is a course of action to increase awareness of the inco rporation in trade agreements\, provisions related to sustainable developm ent. These provisions can be included in a chapter devoted to sustainable development\, environmental or social matters. However\, the effectivenes s of the design of these provisions in contributing to sustainable develop ment may be debated. The 15th APEC Sub-Committee on Standards and Conform ance (SCSC) Conference is co-organized between UN Trade and Development an d APEC to delve into this issue with a focus on Voluntary Sustainability S tandards (VSS). The conference will address how VSS could be implemented and could contribute to sustainable trade\, as well as the interaction\, i f any\, of VSS with international trade obligations\, including free trade agreements and WTO Agreements.Objective of this conferenceAdvance the APE C member economies’ understanding of VSS\, including related opportuniti es and challenges of their implementation as well as how VSS could promote cooperation mechanisms among APEC member economies when VSS are based on science and follow internationally agreed methodologies. Analyze the inte raction of VSS on the WTO Agreements. The conference is exclusive to the registered participants from 21 APEC member economies. <\;h4 class=&quo t\;text-align-center\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/mee ting/15th-apec-sub-committee-standards-and-conformances-conference-volunta ry-sustainability DTSTAMP:20261020T011006Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6ad6bf6ec2552 DTSTART:20240816T080000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20240816T160000Z LOCATION:Lima\, Peru SUMMARY:The 15th APEC Sub-Committee on Standards and Conformance’s Confer ence on Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Leveraging VSS to Strengthen APEC Member Economies’ Trade Par tnerships and Economic CooperationIn the interest of facilitating Asia Pac ific Economic Cooperation (APEC)’s role in promoting regional economic c ooperation\, there is a course of action to increase awareness of the inco rporation in trade agreements\, provisions related to sustainable developm ent. These provisions can be included in a chapter devoted to sustainable development\, environmental or social matters. However\, the effectivenes s of the design of these provisions in contributing to sustainable develop ment may be debated. The 15th APEC Sub-Committee on Standards and Conform ance (SCSC) Conference is co-organized between UN Trade and Development an d APEC to delve into this issue with a focus on Voluntary Sustainability S tandards (VSS). The conference will address how VSS could be implemented and could contribute to sustainable trade\, as well as the interaction\, i f any\, of VSS with international trade obligations\, including free trade agreements and WTO Agreements.Objective of this conferenceAdvance the APE C member economies’ understanding of VSS\, including related opportuniti es and challenges of their implementation as well as how VSS could promote cooperation mechanisms among APEC member economies when VSS are based on science and follow internationally agreed methodologies. Analyze the inte raction of VSS on the WTO Agreements. The conference is exclusive to the registered participants from 21 APEC member economies. <\;h4 class=&quo t\;text-align-center\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/mee ting/15th-apec-sub-committee-standards-and-conformances-conference-volunta ry-sustainability DTSTAMP:20261020T011006Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR