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Trade and Environment Capacity-Building

Division of Technology, Industry, and Economics Economics and Trade Branch. Trade and Environment Capacity-Building. WTO Symposium on Trade and Sustainable Development 10-11 October 2005. Trade and Environment. Mission :

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Trade and Environment Capacity-Building

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  1. Division of Technology, Industry, and Economics Economics and Trade Branch Trade and Environment Capacity-Building WTO Symposium on Trade and Sustainable Development 10-11 October 2005

  2. Trade and Environment • Mission: • Enhance capacities of countries to adopt a balanced and integrated approach to economic, trade and environmental policies, and maximize the contribution of trade to reducing poverty and achieving sustainable development • Key Activity Areas: • Integrated Assessment • Sustainable Fisheries • MEA Implementation • WTO Trade and Environment Issues • Regional Trade Agreements • UNEP-UNCTAD Capacity Building Task Force

  3. UNEP-UNCTAD Capacity Building Task Force • Objective: • To help developing countries enhance their understanding of and address issues at the interface of trade, environment and development • Areas of Thematic Focus: • Environmental Goods and Services • Mutual Supportiveness of Environment and Trade Policies • Organic Agriculture

  4. UNEP-UNCTAD Capacity Building Task Force • Environmental Goods and Services • Three Key Activities: • National and regional capacity-building training workshops • Technical assistance • Analytical research • Environmental goods – identifying items of export interest to developing countries • Examining the relationship between environmental goods and MEA Implementation

  5. UNEP-UNCTAD Capacity Building Task Force • Mutual Supportiveness of Environment and Trade Policies • Two Key Activities: • National and regional capacity-building training workshops • Four country projects focused on enhancing national capacities to assess wildlife trade policies • Project partners (CITES Secretariat and IUED)

  6. Integrated Assessment of Trade-Related Policies • Objective: • To enhance the capacities of countries, particularly developing countries, to assess the environmental, social and economic impacts of trade and trade liberalization • Previous Activities: • Nineteen sector-specific country studies • Development of reference manuals and training materials • Current and Future Activities: • Integrated assessment and planning projects – 11 countries • Follow-up activities focused on the rice sector – organic rice

  7. Structure of Integrated Assessment Projects International Advisory Group UNEP Team - Providing advice to projects - Suggesting methodologies Leading ministries Steering Committee National policy research institute - Facilitating project - Performing analytical work Stakeholder consultations 7

  8. Sustainable Fisheries Management • Objective: • To build capacities in countries to develop sustainable fisheries policies • Previous Activities: • Analytical work on impacts of different types of subsidies and potentials for reform • Five country projects • Five international workshops • Future Activities: • Analytical work on the role of subsidies, economic instruments and market integration for developing country fisheries

  9. MEA Implementation • Objective: • To support governments and MEA Secretariats strengthen the implementation and effectiveness of MEAs • Previous Activities: • Analytical work on the use of economic instruments in support of biodiversity-related MEAs • Current and Future Activities: • Six country projects focused on integrated assessment of trade-related policies in the agricultural sector with a focus on biodiversity impacts • Further development of analytical work • Support for MEA Secretariats on trade negotiations

  10. WTO Trade and Environment Issues Objective: • To build capacities on WTO issues related to trade and environment Previous Activities: • Series of international workshops on enhancing MEA and WTO cooperation and information exchange • Analytical work on issues related to WTO negotiations • Current and Future Activities: • Development of analytical papers (EGs, fisheries subsidies, MEAs-WTO relationship) • Participation in WTO regional training seminars • International workshops

  11. Regional Trade Agreements Objective: • To enhance the capacity of developing countries to assess, develop and implement regional trade agreements (RTAs) in accordance with the objective of sustainable development Current and Future Activities: • Support analytical work on impacts of regional integration processes in Asia and the Pacific • Launching of UNEP-OAS Working Group on Trade and Environment for Latin America and the Caribbean

  12. Thank You United Nations Environment Programme Division of Technology, Industry and Economics Economics and Trade Branch The International Environment House 11-13, chemin des Anémones Ch 1219 Geneva, Switzerland Tel: +41.22.917.8243 www.unep.ch/etb

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