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DTSTART:20260421T140000Z
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LOCATION:New York\, United States of America
SUMMARY:Fin4Dev Dialogue:  Trade\, investment and productive jobs: Supporti
 ng implementation of the Sevilla Financing for Development Commitments
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Trade\, investment and productive capacity are closely linked w
 ithin the Financing for Development framework. The outcome adopted in Sevi
 lla underscores the importance of mobilising private investment\, strength
 ening productive capacities\, building entrepreneurship ecosystems and imp
 roving access to finance for enterprises\, particularly SMEs. It also high
 lights the need for stronger coherence between trade\, investment and deve
 lopment strategies.Discussions in the Financing for Development process ha
 ve highlighted the importance of ensuring stronger coherence between trade
 \, investment and financing frameworks to support productive capacity and 
 enterprise growth. Persistent trade finance gaps\, uneven participation in
  regional and global value chains and fragmentation across policy framewor
 ks continue to affect the ability of many enterprises\, particularly SMEs 
 and entrepreneurs\, to expand\, invest and integrate into value chains.As 
 attention shifts toward implementation of the Sevilla commitments\, this s
 ide event will examine how stronger alignment between trade\, investment a
 nd enterprise policies can support productive transformation and enterpris
 e growth\, and how enhanced public-private cooperation can help translate 
 policy priorities into concrete development outcomes.Objective of the even
 tTo identify practical approaches to strengthening coherence between trade
 \, investment and enterprise policies in support of the implementation of 
 the Financing for Development commitments adopted in Sevilla.The event wil
 l examine how closer alignment between trade dynamics\, investment framewo
 rks and enterprise development can support productive capacity\, facilitat
 e private investment and enable enterprise and entrepreneurship growth\, p
 articularly for SMEs\, including at firm level and within entrepreneurial 
 ecosystems.Bringing together perspectives from international organisations
 \, financial institutions and the private sector\, the discussion will aim
  to connect policy priorities with business realities and highlight action
 able pathways to support productive investment and competitiveness through
  trade.Key TopicsStrengthening the link between trade dynamics\, productiv
 e investment\, enterprise and SME growth.Enhancing participation in region
 al and global value chains to support domestic productive capacity.Support
 ing SME internationalisation and participation in value chains through tar
 geted enterprise development policies.Addressing trade finance gaps and im
 proving access to finance for SMEs and exporters.Promoting greater coheren
 ce between trade\, investment and enterprise development frameworks.Advanc
 ing public-private collaboration in the implementation of the Sevilla Fina
 ncing for Development commitments.Expected OutcomesIdentification of pract
 ical approaches to strengthen coherence between trade\, investment and ent
 erprise policies\, including entrepreneurship development\, in support of 
 the implementation of the Sevilla Financing for Development commitments.Cl
 ear policy messages on how trade can more effectively support productive i
 nvestment\, enterprise and entrepreneurship growth and SME participation i
 n regional and global value chains.Strengthened dialogue between public an
 d private stakeholders on implementation pathways within the Financing for
  Development follow-up process.MS-Teams Link:https://teams.microsoft.com/m
 eet/38599438375213?p=NqhdYgM8zWo0krSpcm https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/
 38599438375213?p=NqhdYgM8zWo0krSpcm\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps:/
 /unctad.org/meeting/fin4dev-dialogue-trade-investment-and-productive-jobs-
 supporting-implementation-sevilla
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