Strengthening institutions and building capacities. Statistical capacity building for sustainable development. Unepunctad capacity building task force on trade, environment and sustainable development, phase ii. Furthermore, botswana continued to monitor progress. Empretec is the unctad flagship capacitybuilding programme for the promotion of entrepreneurship and micro, small and medium sized enterprises msmes to.
Unepunctad capacity building task force on trade, environment and sustainable development, phase ii concept note the unepunctad capacity building task force on trade, environment and development was launched in 2000. For several years, janvier has been a resource person in the african economic research consortium, a research and capacity building network based in africa. Commodities, unctad where he directs research on the interaction between primary commodities production, trade, and economic development. Ermias tekeste biadgleng legal expert intellectual property unit, unctad ermias. Susan teltscher chief, ict policy and analysis unit ict and ebusiness branch, site unctad ict and ebusiness branch unctad united nations conference on trade and development. Pdf on dec 6, 2017, raymond auerbach and others published united nations conference on trade and development united nations environment programme cbtf. Wtoescap 12th artnet capacity building workshop for. Overview of unctad programmes related to sanitary and. Pdf united nations conference on trade and development. The purpose of this evaluation is to examine the work of unctads project on capacity building for debt sustainability in terms of its. Unctads empretec programme programme starts in argentina. This capacity development programme covered a wide range of issues from explaining technical func tionality of the internet that impacts policymaking e.
Calendar of international capacity building events in 2012. Unctadescap artnet capacity building workshop on nontariff measures. United nations conference on trade and development division for services infrastructure for development and trade efficiency new technologies, training and capacitybuilding branch activity report 2006 the use of training, research and etools for capacitybuilding new york and geneva 2007. Capacitybuilding enhance international support for implementing effective and targeted capacitybuilding in developing countries to support national plans to implement all the sustainable development goals, including through northsouth, southsouth and triangular cooperation. Unctads investment promotion capacitybuilding programme helps countries to improve policies and institutional capacity for attracting and retaining foreign direct investment for sustainable development. The main areas of work span all of unctads main pillars. Chains for trade, investment, development and jobs, is a joint response from the oecd, wto and unctad to this mandate drawing upon the latest findings in ongoing research. We, over 400 organizations that participated in the civil society forum of the.
International investment agreements navigator unctad. This programme helps countries to better protect consumers while also stimulating. Technical assistance for trade facilitation is provided by the wto, wto members and other intergovernmental organizations, including the world bank, the world customs organization and the united nations conference on trade and development unctad. At unctad, work on capacity building on trade, environment and development has been designed and implemented by the trade, environment and development branch in the division on trade in goods and services, and commodities ditc. In the context of the covid19 pandemic, the investment. Unctad also assists developing countries with the setup of trade portals sps agencies can publish and disseminate information regarding processing periods, fees and charges, requirements related to. United nations conference on trade and development unctad during 2012. The parties shall establish a joint compendium of relevant capacitybuilding and training instruments to be made available to countries and donor organizations. Wtoescap 12th artnet capacity building workshop for trade research. Unctad contributed to a capacitybuilding course on industrial policy in africa organized for african policymakers by the african institute for economic development and planning in dakar in june. Capacity building in science, technology and innovation sti third session geneva, 1921 january 2011 item 3 of the provisional agenda enterprise development policies and capacity building in science, technology and innovation entrepreneurship education, innovation and capacity building in developing countries note by the unctad secretariat. This third edition of the trade capacity building resource guide builds on and further. Empretec annual report about empretec empretec is unctads flagship capacitybuilding programme coordinated from geneva, switzerland, by the enterprise branch of the division of investment and enterprise. The many faces of inequality united nations conference.
Unctads capacitybuilding objectives in the area of competition law and policy 3. Assistance is provided through advisory services and training. Capacity building on measuring producing official statistics on ict use by businesses, employment and value added of the ict sector, trade in ict goods and services ictenabled, and ecommerce. National statistical office, ministry of trade, central bank unctad. Unctad and capacity building in ict statistics unctad unctad training course unctad and capacity building in ict statistics unctad unctad training course course delivered three times colombia 2007, korea 2008 and trinidad in 2009, plans for delivery in africa in 2009. Unido, unctad, wb and wto agreed new classification pilot data collection project 20072009 official ntm data are collected jointly with partners international effort coordinated by unctad.
This is a practical toolbox for internal or external facilitators of capacity building for ngos. Sanitary and phytosanitary measures and capacity building. Examples of capacitybuilding programmes in the area of. Short courses for permanent missions in geneva policy. Capacity building support to ldcs is thus a critical element to back up their efforts to manage the accession process. Pdf on dec 6, 2017, raymond auerbach and others published united nations conference. Unctadescap artnet capacity building workshop on non. Memorandum of understanding between the international. International investment agreements iias are divided into two types. Capacity building for trade analysis page content based on a long lasting involvement in policy making advisory activities and a technical expertise in trade policy issues as reflected in its research program and outputs, the trade analysis branch has committed to the development of capacity building products since its creation in 1999. In order to increase the coordination of capacity building activities worldwide, the oecd secretariat compiles every year a calendar of international events on competition issues.
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Unctad ict and ebusiness branch 062107 2 the data gap in developing countries. Unctad also pioneers and develops new statistical concepts. Wco sad iso 9customs administration capacity building 9foundation of an international group of 100 experts. For example, unctad played a leading role in the global debate addressing the challenges posed by the global crisis to the debt sustainability of. The calendar is regularly updated on the basis of the information provided by oecd members, observers at the competition committee and international organisations. Rather there is a need for tailormade solutions considering the specificities of countries and sectors. Capacity building for debt sustainability in developing countries. Unctad assists ports in developing countries by conducting research, carrying out technical assistance activities and providing training and capacity building. Unctad s investment promotion capacity building programme helps countries to improve policies and institutional capacity for attracting and retaining foreign direct investment for sustainable development. Requested the unctad secretariat to advance its work on core sdg indicators for enterprise reporting in alignment with the sdg monitoring framework, including by pilottesting the core indicators at the country level and by supporting member states through capacitybuilding initiatives in this area. Capacitybuilding on competition law and policy for. We are pleased to deliver it for the 20 saint petersburg summit.
Unctad acknowledges with appreciation the longstanding contributions of the association of chartered certified accountants acca to the work of the intergovernmental working group of experts on international standards of accounting and reporting. Unctad provides uptodate analysis prominent developments and emerging issues in international debt and development finance. Issue 4 20190107 improving pca skills in tonga strengthening human resource management in eswatini support on advance ruling for the lesotho revenue authority first ever workshop for small island economies in the caribbean. The programme aims to promote entrepreneurship and to enhance productive capacity and international competitiveness of small and. A bilateral investment treaty bit is an agreement between two countries regarding promotion and protection of investments made by investors from respective countries in each others territory. The tools can be used to assess an organisations capacity and to plan for strategic and innovative organisational improvement. By 2020, enhance capacitybuilding support to developing countries, including for least developed countries and small island developing states, to increase significantly the availability of highquality, timely and reliable data disaggregated by income, gender, age, race, ethnicity, migratory status, disability, geographic location and other characteristics relevant in national contexts. Unctad also pioneers and develops new statistical concepts and methodologies in. However, there is no room for paternalistic approaches to development finance.
Page 3 of 4 model in 2010 in an effort to close the loopholes that were identified at the time. In the area of capacity building, acca has provided valuable support. Glossary united nations conference on trade and development. Empretec inspiring entrepreneurship across the world empretec is a capacitybuilding programme of unctad. Please cite as unctad 2017 climate change impacts on coastal transport infrastructure in the caribbean. Issue 1 20190111 launch of a 2year extension of the hmrcwcounctad programme integrity and strategic planning engagements with the afghan customs authority palestine and sudan customs enhance their skills. Unctad has supported the strengthening of the capacity of developing country academics to conduct policyoriented teaching and research on trade and development issues through. Value chains have become a dominant feature of the world economy, involving countries. The trainfortrade port training programme strengthens talent management and human resources development in ports in developing countries by setting up a sustainable capacity building. When the unepunctad capacity building task force on trade, environment and development cbtf started its work on organic agriculture in east africa in 2004, a key question repeatedly raised by public and private sector stakeholders in the region was to what.