BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a8445ce199e5 DTSTART:20250129T060000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20250129T140000Z LOCATION:Ankara\, Türkiye SUMMARY:Second national consultation on integrated policy strategies for a sustainable future of Türkiye CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Given pressing multifaceted challenges of climate change and de velopment\, it is more imperative than ever for developing countries to ad opt innovative and integrated policy strategies to pursue resilient\, gree n\, and transformative development. To contribute to the debate on how to address these multifaceted challenges from the perspective of developing c ountries\, United Nations Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has developed a p roject that aims to assist four major developing countries in Asia – Kaz akhstan\, Malaysia\, Pakistan and Türkiye - in their efforts to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to green transformative devel opment. In particular\, the project is designed to assist the participatin g countries in achieving the 2030 Agenda through 1) effective integrated p olicy strategies and improved capacity at national level\, including South -South peer-learning\; and 2) economic cooperation and policy coordination at the regional level.Türkiye is an upper middle-income country with str ong infrastructure connectivity and trade links to other Asian economies. Like most Mediterranean countries\, Türkiye is highly vulnerable to the i mpacts of climate change. In recent decades\, flooding\, heatwaves\, droug hts\, wildfires\, landslides and extreme windstorms have affected the coun try with increasing frequency and intensity.Türkiye ratified the Paris Cl imate Agreement in 2021 and aims to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2 053. Efforts to embark on a greening agenda for industrial transformation date back to the mid-1990s and the 7th Five Year Development Plan and incl ude incentives for renewable energy investments\, improvements in energy e fficiency by businesses and households\, and to make agricultural producti on more sustainable. Türkiye today ranks 5th in Europe and 12th globally for installed capacity in renewable energy. It also ranks 4th in the world in regard to geothermal installed power\, holding one-tenth of global geo thermal capacity\, and 7th in Europe for wind and solar installed power\, as well as 2nd globally for using solar energy for heating purposes. Despi te this shift to cleaner industry over the past two decades\, the country ’s overall carbon emissions remain among the fastest rising in the world s among countries that disclose this information.In this context\, this pr oject provides an excellent opportunity to support policymakers in their e ffective delivery of national plans and policies as well as to facilitate creating synergies and strengthening policy coordination at the regional l evel around green developmental transformation and industrialization.Purpo se and key objectivesUnder the project\, UNCTAD\, in close cooperation wit h its local partners\, Kadir Has University and the Sustainable Economics and Finance Association (SEFiA)\, held a successful first national consult ation with local stakeholders in government\, the private sectors and civi l society in the spring of 2022 that centred on binding constraints and co re challenges for Türkiye’s green structural transformation.This second high-level national consultation will once again bring together national and regional policymakers\, researchers and stakeholders from the private sector as well as civil society to 1) identify appropriate policies to res pond to current challenges to green industrialisation\, 2) identify and an alyse core integrated policy strategies and areas which require stronger c oordination between institutions and stakeholders\, and 3) discuss the rol e and potential of regional synergies and partnerships for assisting natio nal efforts in promoting green development.It comes at an opportune moment for Türkiye that has recently launched several national initiatives to s upport its green transition agenda. This includes “The Green Deal Action Plan of Türkiye” prepared by the Ministry of Trade to combat global cl imate change and support green transformation in alignment with the Europe an Green Deal. *simultaneous translation available in Turkish<\;p>\;G iven pressing multifaceted challenges of climate change and development\, it is more imperative than ever for developing countries to adopt innovati ve and integrated policy strategies to pursue resilient\, green\, and tran sformative development. To contribute to the debate on how to address thes e multifaceted challenges from the perspective of developing countries\, U nited Nations Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has developed a project that aims to assist four major developing countries in Asia – Kazakhstan\, Ma laysia\, Pakistan and Türkiye - in their efforts to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to green transformative development. In p articular\, the project is designed to assist the participating countries in achieving the 2030 Agenda through 1) effective integrated policy strate gies and improved capacity at national level\, including South-South peer- learning\; and 2) economic cooperation and policy coordination at the regi onal level.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;Türkiye is an upper middle-income count ry with strong infrastructure connectivity and trade links to other Asian economies. Like most Mediterranean countries\, Türkiye is highly vulnerab le to the impacts of climate change. In recent decades\, flooding\, heatwa ves\, droughts\, wildfires\, landslides and extreme windstorms have affect ed the country with increasing frequency and intensity.<\;br>\;Türkiy e ratified the Paris Climate Agreement in 2021 and aims to achieve net-zer o carbon emissions by 2053. Efforts to embark on a greening agenda for ind ustrial transformation date back to the mid-1990s and the 7th Five Year De velopment Plan and include incentives for renewable energy investments\, i mprovements in energy efficiency by businesses and households\, and to mak e agricultural production more sustainable. Türkiye today ranks 5th in Eu rope and 12th globally for installed capacity in renewable energy. It also ranks 4th in the world in regard to geothermal installed power\, holding one-tenth of global geothermal capacity\, and 7th in Europe for wind and s olar installed power\, as well as 2nd globally for using solar energy for heating purposes. Despite this shift to cleaner industry over the past two decades\, the country’s overall carbon emissions remain among the faste st rising in the worlds among countries that disclose this information.< \;/p>\;<\;p>\;In this context\, this project provides an excellent o pportunity to support policymakers in their effective delivery of national plans and policies as well as to facilitate creating synergies and streng thening policy coordination at the regional level around green development al transformation and industrialization.<\;/p>\;<\;h4>\;Purpose an d key objectives<\;/h4>\;<\;p>\;Under the project\, UNCTAD\, in cl ose cooperation with its local partners\, Kadir Has University and the Sus tainable Economics and Finance Association (SEFiA)\, held a successful fir st national consultation with local stakeholders in government\, the priva te sectors and civil society in the spring of 2022 that centred on binding constraints and core challenges for Türkiye’s green structural transfo rmation.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;This second high-level national consultatio n will once again bring together national and regional policymakers\, rese archers and stakeholders from the private sector as well as civil society to 1) identify appropriate policies to respond to current challenges to gr een industrialisation\, 2) identify and analyse core integrated policy str ategies and areas which require stronger coordination between institutions and stakeholders\, and 3) discuss the role and potential of regional syne rgies and partnerships for assisting national efforts in promoting green d evelopment.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;It comes at an opportune moment for Tür kiye that has recently launched several national initiatives to support it s green transition agenda. This includes “The Green Deal Action Plan of Türkiye” prepared by the Ministry of Trade to combat global climate cha nge and support green transformation in alignment with the European Green Deal.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;&\;nbsp\;<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;*simultaneo us translation available in Turkish<\;/p>\;\n\nView meeting on unctad. org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/second-national-consultation-integrated-po licy-strategies-sustainable-future-turkiye DTSTAMP:20260818T114518Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a8445ce19a3c DTSTART:20250130T060000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20250130T140000Z LOCATION:Ankara\, Türkiye SUMMARY:Second national consultation on integrated policy strategies for a sustainable future of Türkiye CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Given pressing multifaceted challenges of climate change and de velopment\, it is more imperative than ever for developing countries to ad opt innovative and integrated policy strategies to pursue resilient\, gree n\, and transformative development. To contribute to the debate on how to address these multifaceted challenges from the perspective of developing c ountries\, United Nations Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has developed a p roject that aims to assist four major developing countries in Asia – Kaz akhstan\, Malaysia\, Pakistan and Türkiye - in their efforts to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to green transformative devel opment. In particular\, the project is designed to assist the participatin g countries in achieving the 2030 Agenda through 1) effective integrated p olicy strategies and improved capacity at national level\, including South -South peer-learning\; and 2) economic cooperation and policy coordination at the regional level.Türkiye is an upper middle-income country with str ong infrastructure connectivity and trade links to other Asian economies. Like most Mediterranean countries\, Türkiye is highly vulnerable to the i mpacts of climate change. In recent decades\, flooding\, heatwaves\, droug hts\, wildfires\, landslides and extreme windstorms have affected the coun try with increasing frequency and intensity.Türkiye ratified the Paris Cl imate Agreement in 2021 and aims to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2 053. Efforts to embark on a greening agenda for industrial transformation date back to the mid-1990s and the 7th Five Year Development Plan and incl ude incentives for renewable energy investments\, improvements in energy e fficiency by businesses and households\, and to make agricultural producti on more sustainable. Türkiye today ranks 5th in Europe and 12th globally for installed capacity in renewable energy. It also ranks 4th in the world in regard to geothermal installed power\, holding one-tenth of global geo thermal capacity\, and 7th in Europe for wind and solar installed power\, as well as 2nd globally for using solar energy for heating purposes. Despi te this shift to cleaner industry over the past two decades\, the country ’s overall carbon emissions remain among the fastest rising in the world s among countries that disclose this information.In this context\, this pr oject provides an excellent opportunity to support policymakers in their e ffective delivery of national plans and policies as well as to facilitate creating synergies and strengthening policy coordination at the regional l evel around green developmental transformation and industrialization.Purpo se and key objectivesUnder the project\, UNCTAD\, in close cooperation wit h its local partners\, Kadir Has University and the Sustainable Economics and Finance Association (SEFiA)\, held a successful first national consult ation with local stakeholders in government\, the private sectors and civi l society in the spring of 2022 that centred on binding constraints and co re challenges for Türkiye’s green structural transformation.This second high-level national consultation will once again bring together national and regional policymakers\, researchers and stakeholders from the private sector as well as civil society to 1) identify appropriate policies to res pond to current challenges to green industrialisation\, 2) identify and an alyse core integrated policy strategies and areas which require stronger c oordination between institutions and stakeholders\, and 3) discuss the rol e and potential of regional synergies and partnerships for assisting natio nal efforts in promoting green development.It comes at an opportune moment for Türkiye that has recently launched several national initiatives to s upport its green transition agenda. This includes “The Green Deal Action Plan of Türkiye” prepared by the Ministry of Trade to combat global cl imate change and support green transformation in alignment with the Europe an Green Deal. *simultaneous translation available in Turkish<\;p>\;G iven pressing multifaceted challenges of climate change and development\, it is more imperative than ever for developing countries to adopt innovati ve and integrated policy strategies to pursue resilient\, green\, and tran sformative development. To contribute to the debate on how to address thes e multifaceted challenges from the perspective of developing countries\, U nited Nations Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has developed a project that aims to assist four major developing countries in Asia – Kazakhstan\, Ma laysia\, Pakistan and Türkiye - in their efforts to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to green transformative development. In p articular\, the project is designed to assist the participating countries in achieving the 2030 Agenda through 1) effective integrated policy strate gies and improved capacity at national level\, including South-South peer- learning\; and 2) economic cooperation and policy coordination at the regi onal level.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;Türkiye is an upper middle-income count ry with strong infrastructure connectivity and trade links to other Asian economies. Like most Mediterranean countries\, Türkiye is highly vulnerab le to the impacts of climate change. In recent decades\, flooding\, heatwa ves\, droughts\, wildfires\, landslides and extreme windstorms have affect ed the country with increasing frequency and intensity.<\;br>\;Türkiy e ratified the Paris Climate Agreement in 2021 and aims to achieve net-zer o carbon emissions by 2053. Efforts to embark on a greening agenda for ind ustrial transformation date back to the mid-1990s and the 7th Five Year De velopment Plan and include incentives for renewable energy investments\, i mprovements in energy efficiency by businesses and households\, and to mak e agricultural production more sustainable. Türkiye today ranks 5th in Eu rope and 12th globally for installed capacity in renewable energy. It also ranks 4th in the world in regard to geothermal installed power\, holding one-tenth of global geothermal capacity\, and 7th in Europe for wind and s olar installed power\, as well as 2nd globally for using solar energy for heating purposes. Despite this shift to cleaner industry over the past two decades\, the country’s overall carbon emissions remain among the faste st rising in the worlds among countries that disclose this information.< \;/p>\;<\;p>\;In this context\, this project provides an excellent o pportunity to support policymakers in their effective delivery of national plans and policies as well as to facilitate creating synergies and streng thening policy coordination at the regional level around green development al transformation and industrialization.<\;/p>\;<\;h4>\;Purpose an d key objectives<\;/h4>\;<\;p>\;Under the project\, UNCTAD\, in cl ose cooperation with its local partners\, Kadir Has University and the Sus tainable Economics and Finance Association (SEFiA)\, held a successful fir st national consultation with local stakeholders in government\, the priva te sectors and civil society in the spring of 2022 that centred on binding constraints and core challenges for Türkiye’s green structural transfo rmation.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;This second high-level national consultatio n will once again bring together national and regional policymakers\, rese archers and stakeholders from the private sector as well as civil society to 1) identify appropriate policies to respond to current challenges to gr een industrialisation\, 2) identify and analyse core integrated policy str ategies and areas which require stronger coordination between institutions and stakeholders\, and 3) discuss the role and potential of regional syne rgies and partnerships for assisting national efforts in promoting green d evelopment.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;It comes at an opportune moment for Tür kiye that has recently launched several national initiatives to support it s green transition agenda. This includes “The Green Deal Action Plan of Türkiye” prepared by the Ministry of Trade to combat global climate cha nge and support green transformation in alignment with the European Green Deal.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;&\;nbsp\;<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;*simultaneo us translation available in Turkish<\;/p>\;\n\nView meeting on unctad. org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/second-national-consultation-integrated-po licy-strategies-sustainable-future-turkiye DTSTAMP:20260818T114518Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR