1. How to do an Integrated Assessment
Division of Technology, Industry,
and Economics
Economics and Trade Branch
How to do an Integrated Assessment
Stage A: Understanding the policy context
Stage B: Determining the focus
Capacity Building Workshop on Integrated Assessment of Trade-related Policies and Biological Diversity in the Agricultural Sector
Welcome
·           Thank participants for joining us
Background and Purpose of Initiative
·           The global economy has undergone unprecedented levels of liberalization within the last few decades and this shows little signs of slowing given the number of international, regional and bilateral economic and trade agreements currently being negotiated.
·           For commodities and agriculture, such agreements often lead to changes in the prices that farmers are able to get for their crops, which naturally leads to changes in incentives for farmers and investors, and can finally lead to changes in the composition of a country’s agricultural sector.
The relationship between trade liberalization in the agricultural sector and biodiversity, like trade and environment more generally, is complex. In practice, however, more effort is required to understand the linkages to ensure trade policies promote – rather than undermine – national sustainable development, poverty reduction and biodiversity conservation objectives.
25-27 October 2006
Geneva, Switzerland

2. Stages of the Integrated Assessment
Ex ante IA
Issue identified
STAGE E: IMPLEMENTING POLICY
STAGE A: UNDERSTANDING THE POLICY CONTEXT
STAGE B: DETERMINING THE FOCUS
STAGE C: ASSESSING THE IMPACTS
STAGE D: POLICY RECOMMENDATION
STAGE F: MONITORING AND EVALUATION
Ex post IA
Revise policy on the basis of monitoring results
Article 14 calls on Parties to introduce appropriate arrangements to ensure that the environmental consequences of national “programmes and policies that are likely to have significant adverse impacts on biological diversity are duly taken into account.”
In furtherance of this goal, CBD Conference of Parties Decision VI/5 calls for the impacts of trade liberalization on agricultural biodiversity to be studied in cooperation with international organizations, including UNEP.
The CBD Executive Secretary responded to these mandates by preparing a report (UNEP/CBD/COP/7/INF/15), which provides an overview of different assessment frameworks currently under development or being used by various intergovernmental and governmental institutions, and examines to what extent these frameworks examine the impacts of trade on agricultural biodiversity. The UNEP Economics and Trade Branch (ETB) participated in this study and a section of the report is dedicated to describing UNEP’s past assessment work on trade-related policies.

3. Stages of the Integrated Assessment
Ex ante IA
Issue identified
STAGE E: IMPLEMENTING POLICY
STAGE A: UNDERSTANDING THE POLICY CONTEXT
STAGE B: DETERMINING THE FOCUS
STAGE C: ASSESSING THE IMPACTS
STAGE D: POLICY RECOMMENDATION
STAGE F: MONITORING AND EVALUATION
Ex post IA
Revise policy on the basis of monitoring results
Article 14 calls on Parties to introduce appropriate arrangements to ensure that the environmental consequences of national “programmes and policies that are likely to have significant adverse impacts on biological diversity are duly taken into account.”
In furtherance of this goal, CBD Conference of Parties Decision VI/5 calls for the impacts of trade liberalization on agricultural biodiversity to be studied in cooperation with international organizations, including UNEP.
The CBD Executive Secretary responded to these mandates by preparing a report (UNEP/CBD/COP/7/INF/15), which provides an overview of different assessment frameworks currently under development or being used by various intergovernmental and governmental institutions, and examines to what extent these frameworks examine the impacts of trade on agricultural biodiversity. The UNEP Economics and Trade Branch (ETB) participated in this study and a section of the report is dedicated to describing UNEP’s past assessment work on trade-related policies.

4. Stage A: Understanding the Policy Context
Action A1: Identify the overall purpose of the Integrated Assessment
Action A2: Review the proposed policy and policy-making context
Action A3: Identify participants involved in policy decision and stakeholders affected by policy decision
Action A4: Identify and review available information

5. Stages of the Integrated Assessment
Ex ante IA
Issue identified
STAGE E: IMPLEMENTING POLICY
STAGE A: UNDERSTANDING THE POLICY CONTEXT
STAGE B: DETERMINING THE FOCUS
STAGE C: ASSESSING THE IMPACTS
STAGE D: POLICY RECOMMENDATION
STAGE F: MONITORING AND EVALUATION
Ex post IA
Revise policy on the basis of monitoring results
Article 14 calls on Parties to introduce appropriate arrangements to ensure that the environmental consequences of national “programmes and policies that are likely to have significant adverse impacts on biological diversity are duly taken into account.”
In furtherance of this goal, CBD Conference of Parties Decision VI/5 calls for the impacts of trade liberalization on agricultural biodiversity to be studied in cooperation with international organizations, including UNEP.
The CBD Executive Secretary responded to these mandates by preparing a report (UNEP/CBD/COP/7/INF/15), which provides an overview of different assessment frameworks currently under development or being used by various intergovernmental and governmental institutions, and examines to what extent these frameworks examine the impacts of trade on agricultural biodiversity. The UNEP Economics and Trade Branch (ETB) participated in this study and a section of the report is dedicated to describing UNEP’s past assessment work on trade-related policies.

6. Stage B: Determining the Focus
Action B1: Determine the parameters of the Integrated Assessment
Action B2: Develop a conceptual framework
Action B3: Specify main issues determining the focus of the Integrated Assessment

7. Stages of the Integrated Assessment
Ex ante IA
Issue identified
STAGE E: IMPLEMENTING POLICY
STAGE A: UNDERSTANDING THE POLICY CONTEXT
STAGE B: DETERMINING THE FOCUS
STAGE C: ASSESSING THE IMPACTS
STAGE D: POLICY RECOMMENDATION
STAGE F: MONITORING AND EVALUATION
Ex post IA
Revise policy on the basis of monitoring results
Article 14 calls on Parties to introduce appropriate arrangements to ensure that the environmental consequences of national “programmes and policies that are likely to have significant adverse impacts on biological diversity are duly taken into account.”
In furtherance of this goal, CBD Conference of Parties Decision VI/5 calls for the impacts of trade liberalization on agricultural biodiversity to be studied in cooperation with international organizations, including UNEP.
The CBD Executive Secretary responded to these mandates by preparing a report (UNEP/CBD/COP/7/INF/15), which provides an overview of different assessment frameworks currently under development or being used by various intergovernmental and governmental institutions, and examines to what extent these frameworks examine the impacts of trade on agricultural biodiversity. The UNEP Economics and Trade Branch (ETB) participated in this study and a section of the report is dedicated to describing UNEP’s past assessment work on trade-related policies.

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