Division of Technology, Industry, and Economics Economics and Trade Branch

1. Division of Technology, Industry, and Economics Economics and Trade Branch Integrated Assessment of Trade-Related Policies and Biological Diversity in the Agriculture Sector LAUNCH MEETING Geneva, 15 July 2005

2. BACKGROUND AND HISTORY • UNEP Governing Council Decision 21/14: • Develop capacity to ensure that trade and environmental policies are mutually supportive. • UNEP-ETB: • CONTRIBUTION TO COP SPECIAL REPORT • PAST INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT INITIATIVES • Convention on Biological Diversity • ARTICLE 14 • COP DECISION VI/5 • COP 7 SPECIAL REPORT (COP/7/INF/15)

3. OBJECTIVES • Overall objective • To build capacity in developing countries to assess the environmental, social and economic impact of policies on the agricultural sector with an emphasis on biodiversity • Specific objectives • To develop an integrated assessment analytical framework; • To assess and identify opportunities provided by biodiversity to poverty reduction and income generation; • To develop and implement an integrated national response to the outcomes from the assessment; • To test the integrated assessment framework; and • To inform ACP countries in their negotiation and implementation of the EU-ACP EPAs.

4. Major Activities • Year 1: Development of integrated assessment analytical framework and refinement of biodiversity indicators. • Year 2-3: Six country–level assessment projects applying framework and indicators. • Year 4: Development and implementation of national policy response actions plans

5. Year One Development of an integrated analytical assessment framework and refinement of biodiversity indicators: The framework and indicators will build on existing efforts.

6. Year Two and Three • Identification of country-level partners based upon applications received from national institutions and government ministries • Tailoring of assessment methodologies to the national level • Application of assessment methodologies by national institutions in six African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries

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

8. Year Four • Development and implementation an integrated national policy action plan to respond to the outcomes from the integrated assessments • Policy recommendations seek to: • Enhance any positive effects and mitigate any negative effects to biological diversity identified in the assessment

9. Expected Outcomes • Strengthened implementation of the CBD • Further refinement and development of agricultural biodiversity assessment methodologies and indicators • Strengthened capacity for coordination and harmonization of biodiversity, trade and development objectives at the national and international levels • Implementation of policies which enhance positive effects and mitigate negative effects to biodiversity from trade-related and other policies impacting the agriculture sector

10. THANK YOU For additional information, please visit the UNEP-ETB website at: www.unep.ch/etb