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UNEP-UNCTAD Capacity Building Task Force for Trade, Environment and Development

UNEP-UNCTAD Capacity Building Task Force for Trade, Environment and Development. Brief Overview. Permanent Missions Geneva, 21 February 2003. Launch of Second Phase.

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UNEP-UNCTAD Capacity Building Task Force for Trade, Environment and Development

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  1. UNEP-UNCTAD Capacity Building Task Force for Trade, Environment and Development Brief Overview Permanent Missions Geneva, 21 February 2003

  2. Launch of Second Phase • Side event-attended by 5 government ministers & around 100 participants representing government delegations, multilateral & non-governmental organizations; • EC announcing contribution of Euros 1.25m • WSSD- trade as a means of implementation for sustainable development

  3. Main Themes • Integrated assessment/planning; • Trade and environment policies and poverty alleviation; • Trade in environmentally preferable products; • Environmentally sound technologies;

  4. Main Themes • Ehancing synergies between MEAs & WTO; • Subsidy reform to enhance market access & reduce environmental damage.

  5. Implementation Strategy • Packaging capacity-building activities to include needs assessments, identification of target groups & institutions, training, strengthening research, institutional & policy-making capacities;

  6. Implementation Strategy • Translating the outcome of research & analysis into policies & negotiating objectives; • Developing long-term & integrated programmes, in consultation with stakeholders & capacity building providers.

  7. Criteria for the Selection of Projects • Relevance to negotiations and discussions pursuant to the WSSD & Doha Work Programme; • Active engagement of stakeholders in the region/country; • Government long-term commitment to sustainable development; • Priority given to LDCs.

  8. Ongoing Activities • Indonesia – Use of Economic Instruments to Encourage the Sustainable use of Natural Resources & Internalise Environmental Impacts resulting from Trade Liberalisation & Export Growth in the Pulp & paper sector)

  9. Ongoing Activities • Lebanon - Effects of trade liberalization on agriculture with special focus on products where methyl bromide is used

  10. Ongoing Activities • Seven Country projects on the impacts of trade liberalization in the agriculture sector & the environment, with specific focus on the rice sector (China, Colombia, Indonesia, Ivory Coast,Nigeria, Senegal & Vietnam) • Reference Manual

  11. Planned Activities • Seminars for the Geneva-based missions and trade and environment officials from Capitals; • Regional Workshops • Central and Eastern Europe • Arab Region • Carribean

  12. UNEP Planned Activities • Integrated Assessment/Planning • Country Projects • Regional Workshop on Capacity Building on Environment, Trade and Sustainable Development for Latin America; Mexico City, March 2003

  13. UNEP Planned Activities • MEA/WTO meeting in Geneva July 2003; • High-Level Forum on Environment,Trade & Sustainable Development, Seoul, May 2003.

  14. UNEP Planned Activities • Reference handbooks on Policy reform in the fisheries & energy sectors; • Country projects; • Economic instruments for implementation of MEAs;

  15. Contact Points • UNCTADTrade, Environment and Development Branch • UNEPEconomics and Trade Branch www.unep-unctad.org/cbtf

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