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Enhancing Trade and Environment Capacities in Developing Countries

Explore how UNCTAD's Technical Cooperation and Capacity Building initiatives empower developing countries to address trade and environmental issues on national, regional, and international levels. Current focuses include environmental requirements, market access, and promoting organic agricultural products. Join efforts like the Biotrade Initiative and CBTF to improve policy-making and negotiation skills in key areas.

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Enhancing Trade and Environment Capacities in Developing Countries

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  1. UNCTAD’s Technical Cooperation and Capacity Building in the Area of Trade, Environment and Development Sophia Twarog, Ph.D.

  2. Objectives • Enhance capacities of developing countries to analyze issues at interface of trade and environment • Effectively address them at national, regional and international levels

  3. Current Focus • Environmental requirements and market access • Environmental Goods and Services

  4. Consultative Task Force on Environmental Requirements and Market Access for Developing Countries (CTF)

  5. Building Capacity for Improved Policy Making and Negotiation on Key Trade and Environment Issues (UNCTAD/FIELD)

  6. International Task Force on Harmonization and Equivalence in Organic Agriculture (UNCTAD/FAO/IFOAM)

  7. Biotrade Initiative

  8. UNEP-UNCTAD Capacity Building Task Force on Trade, Environment and Development (CBTF)

  9. CBTF Current Focus • Promoting production and export of organic agricultural products from developing countries • Environmental Goods and Services • Relationship between MEAs and WTO

  10. CBTF Project on Promoting Production and Trading Opportunities for Organic Agricultural Products in East Africa

  11. Thank you!

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