BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a8445cfd12a1 DTSTART:20250226T040000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20250226T120000Z LOCATION:Islamabad\, Pakistan SUMMARY:Second national consultation on integrated policy strategies for a sustainable future of Pakistan 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.Pakistan is among the top ten most climate vulnerab le countries in the world\, experiencing climate change related natural di sasters at high and increasing frequency. Adapting to climate change throu gh green industrialisation is therefore of key importance to any developme nt strategy aiming to address the deep structural problems and perennial m acroeconomic instabilities and vulnerabilities that have beset Pakistan’ s economy for some time.Given complex interrelations between core constrai nts on green transformation in Pakistan – such as  a lack of awareness of greening practices\, an absence of credible pressure on industry player s to engage in greening activities and green innovation\, an inadequate av ailability of green finance and data constraints - as well as Pakistan’s fragile macroeconomic situation\, it is perhaps unsurprising that a syste matic and coordinated policy conceptualisation of green industrialisation is as yet limited. In this context\, this project provides an excellent op portunity to support policymakers in their efforts to overcome bottlenecks at the national and provincial levels as well as through the creation of synergies at regional levels to relevant exchange policy experiences.Purpo se and key objectivesUnder the project\, UNCTAD\, in close cooperation wit h its local partner\, the Social Protection Resource Centre (SPRC) in Isla mabad\, held a successful first national consultation in 2023 that centred on binding constraints and core challenges for Pakistan’s green structu ral transformation\, based a range of sectoral and thematically specific f indings for the industrial\, agricultural\, transport and textile sectors and for the financing of green transformation.This second high-level natio nal consultation will once again bring together national and regional poli cymakers\, researchers and stakeholders from the private sector as well as civil society to discuss (a) two new studies on 6 sub-sectors that focus attention on the critical role of selected sub-sectors in advancing a gree n industrialisation agenda effectively and associated methodologies\, (b) a fully-fledged proposal for an integrated green industrialisation policy framework for Pakistan\, taking account of policy recommendations made in earlier stages of the project\, and (c) an UNCTAD proposal for an Asian Gr een Development Policy Network to facilitate the creation of regional syne rgies on relevant policy experiences and approaches.The meeting comes at a n opportune moment for Pakistan given the establishment\, in May 2024\, of the Pakistan Climate Change Authority by the Ministry of Climate Change a nd Environmental Coordination under the 2017 Climate Change Act\, and the unveiling of Pakistan’s first-ever National Climate Finance Strategy (NC FS) at COP 29 in Baku in November 2024. These recent initiatives\, seeking to strengthen Pakistan’s institutional infrastructure to combat climate change\, provide a rich context for up-to-date discussion and debate at t his national consultation meeting. <\;p>\;Given pressing multifaceted challenges of climate change and development\, it is more imperative than ever for developing countries to adopt innovative and integrated policy s trategies to pursue resilient\, green\, and transformative development. To contribute to the debate on how to address these multifaceted challenges from the perspective of developing countries\, United Nations Trade and De velopment (UNCTAD) has developed a project that aims to assist four major developing countries in Asia – Kazakhstan\, Malaysia\, Pakistan and Tür kiye - in their efforts to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) r elated to green transformative development. In particular\, the project is designed to assist the participating countries in achieving the 2030 Agen da through 1) effective integrated policy strategies and improved capacity at national level\, including South-South peer-learning\; and 2) economic cooperation and policy coordination at the regional level.<\;/p>\;< \;p>\;Pakistan is among the top ten most climate vulnerable countries in the world\, experiencing climate change related natural disasters at high and increasing frequency. Adapting to climate change through green indust rialisation is therefore of key importance to any development strategy aim ing to address the deep structural problems and perennial macroeconomic in stabilities and vulnerabilities that have beset Pakistan’s economy for s ome time.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;Given complex interrelations between core constraints on green transformation in Pakistan – such as &\;nbsp\;a lack of awareness of greening practices\, an absence of credible pressure on industry players to engage in greening activities and green innovation\ , an inadequate availability of green finance and data constraints - as we ll as Pakistan’s fragile macroeconomic situation\, it is perhaps unsurpr ising that a systematic and coordinated policy conceptualisation of green industrialisation is as yet limited. In this context\, this project provid es an excellent opportunity to support policymakers in their efforts to ov ercome bottlenecks at the national and provincial levels as well as throug h the creation of synergies at regional levels to relevant exchange policy experiences.<\;/p>\;<\;h4>\;Purpose and key objectives<\;/h4> \;<\;p>\;Under the project\, UNCTAD\, in close cooperation with its lo cal partner\, the Social Protection Resource Centre (SPRC) in Islamabad\, held a successful first national consultation in 2023 that centred on bind ing constraints and core challenges for Pakistan’s green structural tran sformation\, based a range of sectoral and thematically specific findings for the industrial\, agricultural\, transport and textile sectors and for the financing of green transformation.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;This second h igh-level national consultation will once again bring together national an d regional policymakers\, researchers and stakeholders from the private se ctor as well as civil society to discuss (a) two new studies on 6 sub-sect ors that focus attention on the critical role of selected sub-sectors in a dvancing a green industrialisation agenda effectively and associated metho dologies\, (b) a fully-fledged proposal for an integrated green industrial isation policy framework for Pakistan\, taking account of policy recommend ations made in earlier stages of the project\, and (c) an UNCTAD proposal for an Asian Green Development Policy Network to facilitate the creation o f regional synergies on relevant policy experiences and approaches.<\;/p >\;<\;p>\;The meeting comes at an opportune moment for Pakistan give n the establishment\, in May 2024\, of the Pakistan Climate Change Authori ty by the Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination under the 2017 Climate Change Act\, and the unveiling of Pakistan’s first-ever National Climate Finance Strategy (NCFS) at COP 29 in Baku in November 20 24. These recent initiatives\, seeking to strengthen Pakistan’s institut ional infrastructure to combat climate change\, provide a rich context for up-to-date discussion and debate at this national consultation meeting.&l t\;/p>\;<\;p>\;&\;nbsp\;<\;/p>\;\n\nView meeting on unctad.or g\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/second-national-consultation-integrated-poli cy-strategies-sustainable-future-pakistan DTSTAMP:20260818T114519Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a8445cfd12c5 DTSTART:20250227T040000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20250227T120000Z LOCATION:Islamabad\, Pakistan SUMMARY:Second national consultation on integrated policy strategies for a sustainable future of Pakistan 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.Pakistan is among the top ten most climate vulnerab le countries in the world\, experiencing climate change related natural di sasters at high and increasing frequency. Adapting to climate change throu gh green industrialisation is therefore of key importance to any developme nt strategy aiming to address the deep structural problems and perennial m acroeconomic instabilities and vulnerabilities that have beset Pakistan’ s economy for some time.Given complex interrelations between core constrai nts on green transformation in Pakistan – such as  a lack of awareness of greening practices\, an absence of credible pressure on industry player s to engage in greening activities and green innovation\, an inadequate av ailability of green finance and data constraints - as well as Pakistan’s fragile macroeconomic situation\, it is perhaps unsurprising that a syste matic and coordinated policy conceptualisation of green industrialisation is as yet limited. In this context\, this project provides an excellent op portunity to support policymakers in their efforts to overcome bottlenecks at the national and provincial levels as well as through the creation of synergies at regional levels to relevant exchange policy experiences.Purpo se and key objectivesUnder the project\, UNCTAD\, in close cooperation wit h its local partner\, the Social Protection Resource Centre (SPRC) in Isla mabad\, held a successful first national consultation in 2023 that centred on binding constraints and core challenges for Pakistan’s green structu ral transformation\, based a range of sectoral and thematically specific f indings for the industrial\, agricultural\, transport and textile sectors and for the financing of green transformation.This second high-level natio nal consultation will once again bring together national and regional poli cymakers\, researchers and stakeholders from the private sector as well as civil society to discuss (a) two new studies on 6 sub-sectors that focus attention on the critical role of selected sub-sectors in advancing a gree n industrialisation agenda effectively and associated methodologies\, (b) a fully-fledged proposal for an integrated green industrialisation policy framework for Pakistan\, taking account of policy recommendations made in earlier stages of the project\, and (c) an UNCTAD proposal for an Asian Gr een Development Policy Network to facilitate the creation of regional syne rgies on relevant policy experiences and approaches.The meeting comes at a n opportune moment for Pakistan given the establishment\, in May 2024\, of the Pakistan Climate Change Authority by the Ministry of Climate Change a nd Environmental Coordination under the 2017 Climate Change Act\, and the unveiling of Pakistan’s first-ever National Climate Finance Strategy (NC FS) at COP 29 in Baku in November 2024. These recent initiatives\, seeking to strengthen Pakistan’s institutional infrastructure to combat climate change\, provide a rich context for up-to-date discussion and debate at t his national consultation meeting. <\;p>\;Given pressing multifaceted challenges of climate change and development\, it is more imperative than ever for developing countries to adopt innovative and integrated policy s trategies to pursue resilient\, green\, and transformative development. To contribute to the debate on how to address these multifaceted challenges from the perspective of developing countries\, United Nations Trade and De velopment (UNCTAD) has developed a project that aims to assist four major developing countries in Asia – Kazakhstan\, Malaysia\, Pakistan and Tür kiye - in their efforts to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) r elated to green transformative development. In particular\, the project is designed to assist the participating countries in achieving the 2030 Agen da through 1) effective integrated policy strategies and improved capacity at national level\, including South-South peer-learning\; and 2) economic cooperation and policy coordination at the regional level.<\;/p>\;< \;p>\;Pakistan is among the top ten most climate vulnerable countries in the world\, experiencing climate change related natural disasters at high and increasing frequency. Adapting to climate change through green indust rialisation is therefore of key importance to any development strategy aim ing to address the deep structural problems and perennial macroeconomic in stabilities and vulnerabilities that have beset Pakistan’s economy for s ome time.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;Given complex interrelations between core constraints on green transformation in Pakistan – such as &\;nbsp\;a lack of awareness of greening practices\, an absence of credible pressure on industry players to engage in greening activities and green innovation\ , an inadequate availability of green finance and data constraints - as we ll as Pakistan’s fragile macroeconomic situation\, it is perhaps unsurpr ising that a systematic and coordinated policy conceptualisation of green industrialisation is as yet limited. In this context\, this project provid es an excellent opportunity to support policymakers in their efforts to ov ercome bottlenecks at the national and provincial levels as well as throug h the creation of synergies at regional levels to relevant exchange policy experiences.<\;/p>\;<\;h4>\;Purpose and key objectives<\;/h4> \;<\;p>\;Under the project\, UNCTAD\, in close cooperation with its lo cal partner\, the Social Protection Resource Centre (SPRC) in Islamabad\, held a successful first national consultation in 2023 that centred on bind ing constraints and core challenges for Pakistan’s green structural tran sformation\, based a range of sectoral and thematically specific findings for the industrial\, agricultural\, transport and textile sectors and for the financing of green transformation.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;This second h igh-level national consultation will once again bring together national an d regional policymakers\, researchers and stakeholders from the private se ctor as well as civil society to discuss (a) two new studies on 6 sub-sect ors that focus attention on the critical role of selected sub-sectors in a dvancing a green industrialisation agenda effectively and associated metho dologies\, (b) a fully-fledged proposal for an integrated green industrial isation policy framework for Pakistan\, taking account of policy recommend ations made in earlier stages of the project\, and (c) an UNCTAD proposal for an Asian Green Development Policy Network to facilitate the creation o f regional synergies on relevant policy experiences and approaches.<\;/p >\;<\;p>\;The meeting comes at an opportune moment for Pakistan give n the establishment\, in May 2024\, of the Pakistan Climate Change Authori ty by the Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination under the 2017 Climate Change Act\, and the unveiling of Pakistan’s first-ever National Climate Finance Strategy (NCFS) at COP 29 in Baku in November 20 24. These recent initiatives\, seeking to strengthen Pakistan’s institut ional infrastructure to combat climate change\, provide a rich context for up-to-date discussion and debate at this national consultation meeting.&l t\;/p>\;<\;p>\;&\;nbsp\;<\;/p>\;\n\nView meeting on unctad.or g\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/second-national-consultation-integrated-poli cy-strategies-sustainable-future-pakistan DTSTAMP:20260818T114519Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR