BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6aa82f1456e3d DTSTART:20251022T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20251022T150000Z LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland SUMMARY:UNCTAD16 exhibition: Transforming for trade – building productive capacities for sustainable and inclusive development CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Productive capacities are the resources\, entrepreneurial capab ilities and production links that determine a country'\;s ability to p roduce goods and services that will help it achieve economic growth.To cha rt a new and different development course\, UN Trade and Development (UNCT AD) designs and delivers a comprehensive programme of research and policy guidance\, technical cooperation and targeted capacity-building.The exhibi tion will showcase how we help developing countries enhance their producti ve capacities by supporting productive sectors\, tapping comparative advan tages and building competitiveness.We do this by delivering National Produ ctive Capacities Gap Assessments (NPCGAs)\, which leverage the Productive Capacities Index to support policymakers in measuring and benchmarking the ir productive capacities. To close the gaps\, UNCTAD formulates and implem ents country-specific\, multi-year and multi-sectoral national programmes – holistic productive capacities development programmes – that are key in fostering productive capacities and kick-starting structural economic transformation.For example\, the EU-UNCTAD joint programme for Angola\, im plemented from 2017 to 2023\, trained more than 3\,300 individuals from th e public and private sectors\, supported 15 key policy processes and platf orms\, and identified and mapped new\, green economic sectors to support e xport diversification.<\;p>\;Productive capacities are the resources\, entrepreneurial capabilities and production links that determine a countr y'\;s ability to produce goods and services that will help it achieve economic growth.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;To chart a new and different develo pment course\, UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) designs and delivers a co mprehensive programme of research and policy guidance\, technical cooperat ion and targeted capacity-building.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;<\;strong>\; The exhibition will showcase how we help developing countries enhance thei r productive capacities<\;/strong>\; by supporting productive sectors\ , tapping comparative advantages and building competitiveness.<\;/p>\; <\;p>\;We do this by delivering National Productive Capacities Gap Ass essments (NPCGAs)\, which leverage the Productive Capacities Index to supp ort policymakers in measuring and benchmarking their productive capacities . To close the gaps\, UNCTAD formulates and implements country-specific\, multi-year and multi-sectoral national programmes – holistic productive capacities development programmes – that are key in fostering productive capacities and kick-starting structural economic transformation.<\;/p&g t\;<\;p>\;For example\, the EU-UNCTAD joint programme for Angola\, imp lemented from 2017 to 2023\, trained more than 3\,300 individuals from the public and private sectors\, supported 15 key policy processes and platfo rms\, and identified and mapped new\, green economic sectors to support ex port diversification.<\;/p>\;\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://u nctad.org/unctad16/exhibition-transforming-trade-building-productive-capac ities-sustainable-and DTSTAMP:20260914T172956Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR