The Commission provides an opportunity for Member States and investment and development stakeholders to discuss key and emerging issues in the areas of investment and enterprise and technology, and their implications for sustainable development, as well as policy solutions.
Reports of expert meetings
- Multi-year Expert Meeting on Investment, Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Productive Capacity-building and Sustainable Development
- Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting.
High-level panel
A high-level panel will be convened to discuss how developing countries can design coherent investment strategies that support resilience, competitiveness and sustainable development.
Against a backdrop of rising geopolitical tensions, trade-policy uncertainty and growing economic security concerns, discussions will explore different approaches to measure and manage the reshaping of global investment patterns, design industrial policies and leverage regional integration as enabling mechanisms for international investment.
The experiences of Bangladesh and Tunisia will be presented and provide useful illustrations of how developing countries are adapting their investment strategies to position themselves more effectively within a rapidly changing global landscape. Their experiences also highlight the importance of reviewing and adapting investment policies, as well as the role of UNCTAD investment policy reviews in supporting these efforts.
Other business
The Commission will examine progress made on promoting and strengthening synergies among the three pillars of work of UNCTAD in the areas covered by the Commission.
The Commission will also be briefed by the secretariat on the latest developments in trends and policies in the areas of investment and enterprise and science and technology.
Furthermore, in accordance with paragraph 75 of the Geneva Consensus, “the commissions perform the important function of integrating the substantive inputs from their respective subsidiary expert groups, including the intergovernmental groups of experts, into policy-oriented outcomes for the consideration of these outcomes at a political level by the Trade and Development Board. The outcomes of the commissions should therefore be inputs for a draft resolution for the consideration of the Trade and Development Board.”
Participation
This meeting is open to all Member States of UNCTAD.
Other organizations, including specialized agencies, intergovernmental bodies and non-governmental organizations in the general category, as well as investment promotion agencies, may participate as observers.
Registration
Online registration is mandatory for all those wishing to attend the meeting and is required for inclusion in the list of participants.
Logistics
The session will be held in person in room XVI of the Palais des Nations. Those who cannot attend the meeting in person will be able to listen to the live audio stream in the six official languages of the United Nations.
The link to listen live will be sent to registered participants at the email address used for registration, one day in advance of the start of the session.
