1 UNCTAD Trade, Environment Development Branch and UNEP Economics and Trade Branch Briefing to Geneva-based missions, 21 February 2003 –UNEP-UCTAD Capacity.

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1 UNCTAD Trade, Environment Development Branch and UNEP Economics and Trade Branch Briefing to Geneva-based missions, 21 February 2003 –UNEP-UCTAD Capacity Building Task Force –Related UNCTAD activities

2 UNCTAD: Views of Member States Midterm review (Bangkok) “Joint programmes with other organizations, such as CBTF, are an effective means for delivering mandates and maximizing the impact of UNCTAD’s work“ UNCTAD Trade Commission (Geneva) Agreed recommendation: Strengthen CBTF, BIOTRADE and projects aimed at improved T&E policy making and negotiation

3 Selected CBTF projects Training workshop Cuba (Dec 2001) Training workshop Viet Nam (Dec 2001) Policy dialogue on organic agriculture (Brussels, Feb 2002) Regional workshop on T&E Post-Doha (Singapore May 2002 / back-to-back WTO) Regional project for Central America/Caribbean on sound management of used vehicle batteries (El Salvador, Nov 2002) Regional workshop on Post-Doha T&E (Fiji, 29 Nov 2002 / back-to-back WTO)

4 Selected CBTF projects Intergrated asessments of Trade Policies (Lebanon) Design and implementation of economic instruments (Indonesia) Rice projects

5 In preparation (CBTF-I) Training workshop for selected African countries Workshop for Lusophone countries Luanda, Angola, in May 2003 Workshop for Lusophone countries Brasilia Training workshop in Cambodia

6 Recent activities New CBTF website with detailed information on projects, meetings and projects Publication of report of Brussels organic agriculture meeting in three languages New partnerships for training

7 CBTF Phase II Launched at the World Summit on Sustainable Development UNCTAD-UNEP side event on Capacity Building and Sustainable Development, in cooperation with Common Fund for Commodities Type-2 Partnership New funding from European Commission and the Netherlands

8 CBTF Phase II Regional programmes Regional meeting for Anglophone Countries in the Caribbean Jamaica, Nov 2003 (back-to-back with WTO regional seminar) BIOTRADE Biotrade Facilitation Programme Andean BIOTRADE Programme New Ventures Amazonian Investor Forum UNCTAD/CFC Five projects Other partnerships

9 Improved T&E Policy Making and Negotiation Assist developing countries in: –WTO work programme on T&E –Adressing T&E issues Comprehensive CB needs assessment –Geneva, 30 Sep-1 Oct 2002 –Nairobi, Nov 2002 –Guatemala, Nov 2002 –Bangkok, 3-4 Dec 2002 Strong synergies with CBTF

10 Improved T&E Policy Making and Negotiation Implementation starting in Central America and Caribbean –Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua Asia –Bangladesh, China, Philippines, Thailand and Viet Nam

11 Other UNCTAD events UNCTAD/FAO/IFOAM Task Force on Harmonization and Equivalence in Organic Agriculture (Nuremberg, 18 Feb 2003, Geneva, Nov 2003) UNCTAD-ECLAC regional meeting on EGS (Havana, March 2003) Launching of new TrainforTrade programme for Cambodia and Lao PDR Expert meeting on EGS (Geneva, 9-11 July 2003) (India, August 2003)

12 Contacts, August 2003) Trade, Environment and Development Branch, DITC UNCTAD Tel: Fax: