BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a58ba881fc31 DTSTART:20250925T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20250925T160000Z LOCATION:\, Trinidad and Tobago SUMMARY:Regional and national dialogues on external financing and climate-r esilient development CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:This event is part of a UN development Account project\, which seeks to build capacities in four beneficiary SIDS - Belize and Saint Vinc ent and the Grenadines in Latin America and the Caribbean\, and Cabo Verde and the Union of Comoros in Africa - to identify climate investment needs \, align development priorities with external financing options\, and desi gn and implement innovative financing instruments that promote sustainable and climate-resilient development.The regional dialogue will bring togeth er stakeholders from beneficiary and non-beneficiary countries and aims to foster peer learning and strengthen regional solidarity by sharing lesson s and exploring scalable practices across similar contexts.This dialogue w ill serve as a platform to present the two primary outputs of Outcome 1 fo r the beneficiary countries\, Belize and Saint Vincent and Grenadines:A co untry study on the regulatory\, institutional\, and market-related challen ges to mobilize climate external financing\, including through innovative financial instruments and other financial sources.A SDFA Report on the cli mate financial requirements for achieving greener\, more equal and sustain able development and more equitable societies while achieving external and public sector financial sustainability.The regional dialogue will be foll owed by the two national dialogues where the tailored national financial s trategies and roadmaps to mobilize climate external finance to achieve cli mate-sensitive development goals with external and public sector financial sustainability for the two beneficiary SIDS will be presented.These strat egies and roadmaps are the two primary outputs of Outcome 2: Enhancing the capability in beneficiary SIDS to design policies that would enable mobil ization of affordable external financial resources for a greener\, more eq ual\, and sustainable development without jeopardizing external financial sustainability.ObjectivesPresent the country studies\, SDFA reports and th e national financial strategies and roadmaps for Belize and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.Engage stakeholders in assessing the feasibility\, cohe rence\, and implementation pathways of the national financial strategies a nd roadmaps to address the challenges identified in the country studies an d SDFA reports.Facilitate cross-country learning among the Caribbean commu nity\, allowing non-beneficiary countries to gain insights from the experi ences of Belize and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and vice-versa.Streng then regional dialogue on climate finance and external resource mobilizati on for sustainable development.Expected OutcomesEnhanced awareness and und erstanding among stakeholders of challenges to adopt innovative finance st rategies tailored to SIDS contexts and to achieve the climate-related SDGs with external and public sector financial sustainability.Recommendations to the financial strategy and roadmaps for mobilizing external resources w ith external and public sector financial sustainability in Belize and Sain t Vincent and the Grenadines. These recommendations may be incorporated in to the final version of the strategy and roadmap.Increased regional knowle dge-sharing and networking among Caribbean SIDS on climate finance practic es.Strengthened collaboration between UN ECLAC\, beneficiary governments\, regional peers and the Resident Coordinator Offices.Lessons learned will also inform the virtual regional workshop planned for later in the year\, which aims to foster further dissemination and scaling of good practices.F ormat and StructureThe event will be held in hybrid format\, hosted at the Hilton Trinidad and Conference Centre\, with in-person attendance from na tional stakeholders\, regional experts\, UN ECLAC\, UNCTAD and UN system p artners\, and virtual participation from other stakeholders from the benef iciary countries and non-beneficiary Caribbean SIDS.ParticipantsUN ECLAC\, UNCTAD and UN system partners (e.g.\, UNDP\, UN Resident Coordinators)Gov ernment representatives from Belize\, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and other Caribbean countriesPrivate sector\, academia\, and civil society or ganizationsRegional consultants and national think tanksOrganizersLead: Un ited Nations Economic Commission for Latin American (UN ECLAC) and the Car ibbeanWith Support From: UNCTAD and RCOs and national governments of Beliz e and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.<\;p>\;This event is part of a UN development Account project\, which seeks to build capacities in four b eneficiary SIDS - Belize and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in Latin Ame rica and the Caribbean\, and Cabo Verde and the Union of Comoros in Africa - to identify climate investment needs\, align development priorities wit h external financing options\, and design and implement innovative financi ng instruments that promote sustainable and climate-resilient development. <\;/p>\;<\;p>\;The <\;strong>\;regional dialogue<\;/strong&g t\; will bring together stakeholders from beneficiary and non-beneficiary countries and aims to foster peer learning and strengthen regional solidar ity by sharing lessons and exploring scalable practices across similar con texts.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;This dialogue will serve as a platform to pre sent the two primary outputs of <\;strong>\;Outcome 1<\;/strong>\; for the beneficiary countries\, Belize and Saint Vincent and Grenadines:& lt\;/p>\;<\;ul>\;<\;li>\;A country study on the regulatory\, ins titutional\, and market-related challenges to mobilize climate external fi nancing\, including through innovative financial instruments and other fin ancial sources.<\;/li>\;<\;li>\;A SDFA Report on the climate finan cial requirements for achieving greener\, more equal and sustainable devel opment and more equitable societies while achieving external and public se ctor financial sustainability.<\;/li>\;<\;/ul>\;<\;p>\;The reg ional dialogue will be followed by the two <\;strong>\;national dialog ues<\;/strong>\; where the tailored national financial strategies and roadmaps to mobilize climate external finance to achieve climate-sensitive development goals with external and public sector financial sustainabilit y for the two beneficiary SIDS will be presented.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;Th ese strategies and roadmaps are the two primary outputs of <\;strong>\ ;Outcome 2<\;/strong>\;: Enhancing the capability in beneficiary SIDS to design policies that would enable mobilization of affordable external f inancial resources for a greener\, more equal\, and sustainable developmen t without jeopardizing external financial sustainability.<\;/p>\;<\; h4>\;Objectives<\;/h4>\;<\;ul>\;<\;li>\;Present the country studies\, SDFA reports and the national financial strategies and roadmaps for Belize and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.<\;/li>\;<\;li>\;E ngage stakeholders in assessing the feasibility\, coherence\, and implemen tation pathways of the national financial strategies and roadmaps to addre ss the challenges identified in the country studies and SDFA reports.<\; /li>\;<\;li>\;Facilitate cross-country learning among the Caribbean community\, allowing non-beneficiary countries to gain insights from the e xperiences of Belize and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and vice-versa.& lt\;/li>\;<\;li>\;Strengthen regional dialogue on climate finance an d external resource mobilization for sustainable development.<\;/li>\; <\;/ul>\;<\;h4>\;Expected Outcomes<\;/h4>\;<\;ul>\;<\;li >\;Enhanced awareness and understanding among stakeholders of challenges to adopt innovative finance strategies tailored to SIDS contexts and to a chieve the climate-related SDGs with external and public sector financial sustainability.<\;/li>\;<\;li>\;Recommendations to the financial s trategy and roadmaps for mobilizing external resources with external and p ublic sector financial sustainability in Belize and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. These recommendations may be incorporated into the final versi on of the strategy and roadmap.<\;/li>\;<\;li>\;Increased regional knowledge-sharing and networking among Caribbean SIDS on climate finance practices.<\;/li>\;<\;li>\;Strengthened collaboration between UN E CLAC\, beneficiary governments\, regional peers and the Resident Coordinat or Offices.<\;/li>\;<\;li>\;Lessons learned will also inform the v irtual regional workshop planned for later in the year\, which aims to fos ter further dissemination and scaling of good practices.<\;/li>\;<\; /ul>\;<\;h4>\;Format and Structure<\;/h4>\;<\;p>\;The event will be held in hybrid format\, hosted at the Hilton Trinidad and Conferen ce Centre\, with in-person attendance from national stakeholders\, regiona l experts\, UN ECLAC\, UNCTAD and UN system partners\, and virtual partici pation from other stakeholders from the beneficiary countries and non-bene ficiary Caribbean SIDS.<\;/p>\;<\;h4>\;Participants<\;/h4>\;&l t\;ul>\;<\;li>\;UN ECLAC\, UNCTAD and UN system partners (e.g.\, UND P\, UN Resident Coordinators)<\;/li>\;<\;li>\;Government represent atives from Belize\, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and other Caribbean countries<\;/li>\;<\;li>\;Private sector\, academia\, and civil so ciety organizations<\;/li>\;<\;li>\;Regional consultants and natio nal think tanks<\;/li>\;<\;/ul>\;<\;h4>\;Organizers<\;/h4> \;<\;p>\;Lead: United Nations Economic Commission for Latin American ( UN ECLAC) and the Caribbean<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;With Support From: UNCTA D and RCOs and national governments of Belize and Saint Vincent and the Gr enadines.<\;/p>\;\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/me eting/regional-and-national-dialogues-external-financing-and-climate-resil ient-development DTSTAMP:20260716T110336Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a58ba881fc83 DTSTART:20250926T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20250926T160000Z LOCATION:\, Trinidad and Tobago SUMMARY:Regional and national dialogues on external financing and climate-r esilient development CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:This event is part of a UN development Account project\, which seeks to build capacities in four beneficiary SIDS - Belize and Saint Vinc ent and the Grenadines in Latin America and the Caribbean\, and Cabo Verde and the Union of Comoros in Africa - to identify climate investment needs \, align development priorities with external financing options\, and desi gn and implement innovative financing instruments that promote sustainable and climate-resilient development.The regional dialogue will bring togeth er stakeholders from beneficiary and non-beneficiary countries and aims to foster peer learning and strengthen regional solidarity by sharing lesson s and exploring scalable practices across similar contexts.This dialogue w ill serve as a platform to present the two primary outputs of Outcome 1 fo r the beneficiary countries\, Belize and Saint Vincent and Grenadines:A co untry study on the regulatory\, institutional\, and market-related challen ges to mobilize climate external financing\, including through innovative financial instruments and other financial sources.A SDFA Report on the cli mate financial requirements for achieving greener\, more equal and sustain able development and more equitable societies while achieving external and public sector financial sustainability.The regional dialogue will be foll owed by the two national dialogues where the tailored national financial s trategies and roadmaps to mobilize climate external finance to achieve cli mate-sensitive development goals with external and public sector financial sustainability for the two beneficiary SIDS will be presented.These strat egies and roadmaps are the two primary outputs of Outcome 2: Enhancing the capability in beneficiary SIDS to design policies that would enable mobil ization of affordable external financial resources for a greener\, more eq ual\, and sustainable development without jeopardizing external financial sustainability.ObjectivesPresent the country studies\, SDFA reports and th e national financial strategies and roadmaps for Belize and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.Engage stakeholders in assessing the feasibility\, cohe rence\, and implementation pathways of the national financial strategies a nd roadmaps to address the challenges identified in the country studies an d SDFA reports.Facilitate cross-country learning among the Caribbean commu nity\, allowing non-beneficiary countries to gain insights from the experi ences of Belize and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and vice-versa.Streng then regional dialogue on climate finance and external resource mobilizati on for sustainable development.Expected OutcomesEnhanced awareness and und erstanding among stakeholders of challenges to adopt innovative finance st rategies tailored to SIDS contexts and to achieve the climate-related SDGs with external and public sector financial sustainability.Recommendations to the financial strategy and roadmaps for mobilizing external resources w ith external and public sector financial sustainability in Belize and Sain t Vincent and the Grenadines. These recommendations may be incorporated in to the final version of the strategy and roadmap.Increased regional knowle dge-sharing and networking among Caribbean SIDS on climate finance practic es.Strengthened collaboration between UN ECLAC\, beneficiary governments\, regional peers and the Resident Coordinator Offices.Lessons learned will also inform the virtual regional workshop planned for later in the year\, which aims to foster further dissemination and scaling of good practices.F ormat and StructureThe event will be held in hybrid format\, hosted at the Hilton Trinidad and Conference Centre\, with in-person attendance from na tional stakeholders\, regional experts\, UN ECLAC\, UNCTAD and UN system p artners\, and virtual participation from other stakeholders from the benef iciary countries and non-beneficiary Caribbean SIDS.ParticipantsUN ECLAC\, UNCTAD and UN system partners (e.g.\, UNDP\, UN Resident Coordinators)Gov ernment representatives from Belize\, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and other Caribbean countriesPrivate sector\, academia\, and civil society or ganizationsRegional consultants and national think tanksOrganizersLead: Un ited Nations Economic Commission for Latin American (UN ECLAC) and the Car ibbeanWith Support From: UNCTAD and RCOs and national governments of Beliz e and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.<\;p>\;This event is part of a UN development Account project\, which seeks to build capacities in four b eneficiary SIDS - Belize and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in Latin Ame rica and the Caribbean\, and Cabo Verde and the Union of Comoros in Africa - to identify climate investment needs\, align development priorities wit h external financing options\, and design and implement innovative financi ng instruments that promote sustainable and climate-resilient development. <\;/p>\;<\;p>\;The <\;strong>\;regional dialogue<\;/strong&g t\; will bring together stakeholders from beneficiary and non-beneficiary countries and aims to foster peer learning and strengthen regional solidar ity by sharing lessons and exploring scalable practices across similar con texts.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;This dialogue will serve as a platform to pre sent the two primary outputs of <\;strong>\;Outcome 1<\;/strong>\; for the beneficiary countries\, Belize and Saint Vincent and Grenadines:& lt\;/p>\;<\;ul>\;<\;li>\;A country study on the regulatory\, ins titutional\, and market-related challenges to mobilize climate external fi nancing\, including through innovative financial instruments and other fin ancial sources.<\;/li>\;<\;li>\;A SDFA Report on the climate finan cial requirements for achieving greener\, more equal and sustainable devel opment and more equitable societies while achieving external and public se ctor financial sustainability.<\;/li>\;<\;/ul>\;<\;p>\;The reg ional dialogue will be followed by the two <\;strong>\;national dialog ues<\;/strong>\; where the tailored national financial strategies and roadmaps to mobilize climate external finance to achieve climate-sensitive development goals with external and public sector financial sustainabilit y for the two beneficiary SIDS will be presented.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;Th ese strategies and roadmaps are the two primary outputs of <\;strong>\ ;Outcome 2<\;/strong>\;: Enhancing the capability in beneficiary SIDS to design policies that would enable mobilization of affordable external f inancial resources for a greener\, more equal\, and sustainable developmen t without jeopardizing external financial sustainability.<\;/p>\;<\; h4>\;Objectives<\;/h4>\;<\;ul>\;<\;li>\;Present the country studies\, SDFA reports and the national financial strategies and roadmaps for Belize and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.<\;/li>\;<\;li>\;E ngage stakeholders in assessing the feasibility\, coherence\, and implemen tation pathways of the national financial strategies and roadmaps to addre ss the challenges identified in the country studies and SDFA reports.<\; /li>\;<\;li>\;Facilitate cross-country learning among the Caribbean community\, allowing non-beneficiary countries to gain insights from the e xperiences of Belize and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and vice-versa.& lt\;/li>\;<\;li>\;Strengthen regional dialogue on climate finance an d external resource mobilization for sustainable development.<\;/li>\; <\;/ul>\;<\;h4>\;Expected Outcomes<\;/h4>\;<\;ul>\;<\;li >\;Enhanced awareness and understanding among stakeholders of challenges to adopt innovative finance strategies tailored to SIDS contexts and to a chieve the climate-related SDGs with external and public sector financial sustainability.<\;/li>\;<\;li>\;Recommendations to the financial s trategy and roadmaps for mobilizing external resources with external and p ublic sector financial sustainability in Belize and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. These recommendations may be incorporated into the final versi on of the strategy and roadmap.<\;/li>\;<\;li>\;Increased regional knowledge-sharing and networking among Caribbean SIDS on climate finance practices.<\;/li>\;<\;li>\;Strengthened collaboration between UN E CLAC\, beneficiary governments\, regional peers and the Resident Coordinat or Offices.<\;/li>\;<\;li>\;Lessons learned will also inform the v irtual regional workshop planned for later in the year\, which aims to fos ter further dissemination and scaling of good practices.<\;/li>\;<\; /ul>\;<\;h4>\;Format and Structure<\;/h4>\;<\;p>\;The event will be held in hybrid format\, hosted at the Hilton Trinidad and Conferen ce Centre\, with in-person attendance from national stakeholders\, regiona l experts\, UN ECLAC\, UNCTAD and UN system partners\, and virtual partici pation from other stakeholders from the beneficiary countries and non-bene ficiary Caribbean SIDS.<\;/p>\;<\;h4>\;Participants<\;/h4>\;&l t\;ul>\;<\;li>\;UN ECLAC\, UNCTAD and UN system partners (e.g.\, UND P\, UN Resident Coordinators)<\;/li>\;<\;li>\;Government represent atives from Belize\, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and other Caribbean countries<\;/li>\;<\;li>\;Private sector\, academia\, and civil so ciety organizations<\;/li>\;<\;li>\;Regional consultants and natio nal think tanks<\;/li>\;<\;/ul>\;<\;h4>\;Organizers<\;/h4> \;<\;p>\;Lead: United Nations Economic Commission for Latin American ( UN ECLAC) and the Caribbean<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;With Support From: UNCTA D and RCOs and national governments of Belize and Saint Vincent and the Gr enadines.<\;/p>\;\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/me eting/regional-and-national-dialogues-external-financing-and-climate-resil ient-development DTSTAMP:20260716T110336Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR