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| UNCTAD/ TED Palais des Nations, CH - 1211 Genève 10, Suisse trade.environment@unctad.org tél +41 (0)22 917 1330 Terms & conditions Privacy |
Building Capacity for Improved Policy Making and Negotiation on Key Trade and Environment Issues (UNCTAD-FIELD)
DFID II Meetings
South East Asian Regional Cluster meetings
| Date | Location | Title | M |
| 3-4 Nov 2005 | Hanoi, VietNam | Training workshop on Environmental Requirements and Market Access for Horticultural Products | More |
| 27-28 Oct 2005 | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | National Training Workshop on Trade and Environment | More |
| 16-17 June 2005 | Manila, The Philippines | Workshop on Trade & Enviroment for the participants of the WTO regional seminar. CBTF | More |
| 8-9 June 2005 | Manila, The Philippines | National Stakeholder Workshop Definition, Criteria, Issues and Identification of Environmental Goods. CBTF | More |
| 2-3 Dec 2004 | Manila, Philippines | National Policy Dialogue On Horticultural Market Access Issues | More |
| 23-24 Nov Dec 2004 | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | National Workshop on Environmental and Health-related Requirements and Market Access for Horticultural Products from Cambodia | More |
| 4-5 Oct 2004 | Dhaka, Bangledesh | Sub-Regional Workshop on Environmental Requirements, Market Access/Entry and Export Competitiveness in the Horticultural Sector | More |
| 29 Sept - 1 Oct 2004 | Bangkok, Thailand | Sub-regional Workshop on Environmental Requirements, Market Access/Entry and Export Competitiveness for the Horticultural sector | More |
| 25-31 Mar 2004 | Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam | National training workshop on environmental requirements, market access/entry and export competitiveness for leather and footwear products from Vietnam | More |
| 25-31 Mar 2004 | Bangkok, Thailand | Round table on Cleaner Production – Asian Perspective | More |
| 25-31 Mar 2004 | Jeju Island, Rep. of Korea | UNEP Conference on Capacity-Building for Integrated Policy Design and Implementation for Sustainable Development | More |
| 18-20 Feb 2004 | Manila, Philippines | Environmental requirements and market access for exports of electrical and electronic products from China, the Philippines and Thailand | More |
| 19-21 Nov 2003 | Bangkok, Thailand | Sub-Regional Workshop on Environmental requirements, market access/penetration and export competitiveness in the Leather and Footwear Sector | More |
| 11-13 Nov 2003 | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | National Training Workshop, DFID II project | More |
| 19-21 Aug 2003 | Dhaka, Bangladesh | National Training Workshop, DFID II Project | More |
| 30 July - 1 Aug 2003 | Bangkok, Thailand | Sub-regional Workshop, DFID II Project | More |
| 3-4 Dec 2002 | Bangkok, Thailand | Sub-regional Consultative Meeting, DFID II Project | More |
Central American & Caribbean Regional Cluster meetings
| Date | Location | Title | M |
| 6-7 Dec 2005 | Havana, Cuba | Seminario Nacional Sobre Comercio, Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo | More |
| 8-10 Nov 2005 | Managua, Nicaragua | Taller regional sobre Comercio, medio ambiente y desarrollo sostenible | More |
| 13-15 July 2005 | Tegucigalpa, Honduras | Taller Nacional. Servicios Ambientales y Bienes Preferibles para el Ambiente: Conceptos y elementos para las negociaciones comerciales | More |
| 30-31 Mar 2005 | San José, Costa Rica | Taller Regional sobre Requisitos Ambientales, Acceso a Mercado y Oportunidades para la Exportación de Productos Orgánicos Market Access, Environmental Requirements and Organic Agriculture | More |
| 2-3 Dec 2004 | Havana, Cuba | Taller nacional sobre Bienes y Servicios Ambientales y Requisitos Ambientales y Acceso a mercado. | More |
| 27-29 April 2004 | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | Regional workshop on Environmental Goods and Services (EGS) and Market Access | More |
| 26-27 June 2003 | Panama City, Panama | National workshop on Environmental Goods and Services, DFID II project | More |
| 23-24 June 2003 | Managua, Nicaragua | National workshop on Environmental Goods and Services, DFID II project | More |
| 24-25 March 2003 | Havana, Cuba | Taller Regional de Expertos sobre Bienes y Servicios Ambientales, DFID II Project | More |
| 11-25 Nov 2002 | Guatemala City, Guatemala | DFID II project | More |
Other DFID II meetings
| Date | Location | Title | M |
| 3-4 July 2006 | Geneva, Switzerland | Wrap-up Workshop of the UK-DFID-funded UNCTAD Project "Building Capacity for Improved Policy Making and Negotiation on Key Trade and Environment Issues" and Annual Session of UNCTAD's Consultative Task Force on Environmental Requirements and Market Access for Developing Countries | More |
| 23-24 Jan 2003 | London, England | DFID Meeting to discuss Technical Assistance Projects | More |
| 30 Sept - 1 Oct 2002 | Geneva, Switzerland | Inter-regional Consultative Meeting for the DFID II project | More |
| 7 May 2002 | London, UK | 1st meeting of the (Building Capacity for Improved Policy Making and Negotiation on Key Trade & Environment Issues) project monitoring team ot the UK DFID. | More |
DFID II Coordinators
| Name | Position | Email, tel, fax |
|
| Ulrich Hoffmann | Chief | ulrich.hoffmann@unctad.org | tel: +41 (0)22 917 5780 Fax: +41 (0)22 917 0247 |
Status of Project Implementation
Funded by the UK Department for International Development and implemented by the UNCTAD secretariat and the Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development (FIELD), the project (Project INT/0T/2AQ) started with a planning phase from May 2002 to December 2002, and started the implementation phase in 2003. It will finalise on 30 September 2006.
Donor
UK Department for International Development (DFID). The DFID contribution to UNCTAD and FIELD amounts to £ 1 million.
Background
This project is a follow-up to the UNCTAD/FIELD project on Strengthening Research and Policy-Making Capacity on Trade and Environment in Developing Countries (Project INT/98/A61) implemented between mid-1999 and mid-2001. It brought together trade and environment policy makers from 10 developing countries: Bangladesh, Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, India, Philippines, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia and Uganda. Three workshops were held in different developing regions that involved a larger group of policy makers, the private sector and NGOs. In the end-of-project workshop (Dar es Salaam, April 2001), participants from developing countries drafted recommendations on technical assistance and capacity-building in trade, environment and development. The lessons learned from this project and the above-mentioned recommendations have played a key role in the design of the new project, which started in June 2002.
Beneficiaries
The project has involved some 14 developing countries in 2 regions (South-east Asia, and Central America and the Caribbean). In each region, activities have involved one or two "core" countries and, in addition, three to five "partner" countries (see below). The Asian components of the project paid special attention to the needs of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs). The primary beneficiaries of the project's activities are government officials based in capitals. The project also targets representatives of Geneva-based missions responsible for negotiations in the World Trade Organization (WTO) and multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs). In addition, the project included as target participants of capacity-building activities senior managers in the private sector, academics, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
Objectives
- Facilitate a process of improving policy co-ordination and developing
holistic approaches to trade and environment issues of key concern to the
beneficiary countries in a manner that reflects developmental needs.
- Assist interested developing countries in participating effectively in
negotiations and discussions on trade and environment in the post-Doha
process.
- Assist the core countries in developing and implementing practical and
meaningful legal and policy initiatives in at least one specific trade and
environment
area.
- Contribute to consensus building at the regional level (aimed, among other
things, at strengthening developing countries' voices in international discussions
and/or negotiations).
Value Added of the Project
The value added of the project is, among other
things, derived from:
- The regional emphasis and interaction between a "core" country
and several "partner" countries in the same region.
- An interdisciplinary and inter-ministerial process, embedded in multi-stakeholder
approaches to specifically selected trade and environment issues.
- Active involvement of the private sector in all policy dialogues and related
analysis with particular emphasis on assuring representation of small and medium
sized enterprises (SMEs).
- Recognition of the diversity in developing country priorities and policy
options.
- Organization of training workshops on specific T&E issues to facilitate
national policy dialogue between trade and environment communities. Training
workshops were customized to the needs of specific stakeholders and centred
on case studies prepared by national experts.
- Consistent involvement of Geneva-based trade and environment negotiators.
- Effective integration of different components of trade and environment linkages
in one project and cross-fertilization with other capacity building projects.
Trade and Environment Issues to be Addressed
Each region selected key issues from two clusters of subjects outlined below. The selection was facilitated by scoping papers that were prepared for each region. These subjects were formulated as specifically as possible (for instance, have a specific sectoral or product group focus) to maximize the benefit to be drawn from national and regional policy dialogues and also to facilitate the objective of moving beyond mere national dialogue on one subject and assist interested countries in developing and implementing practical and meaningful legal and policy initiatives.
Cluster 1
Issues arising from the Doha Ministerial Declaration
The project assisted beneficiary developing countries by enhancing understanding
of trade and environment issues included in the post-Doha WTO work programme,
as well as effective participation in WTO negotiations and discussions
on environmental issues of national or regional interest. The project has
focused
on the following issues:
- Environmental measures and market access for developing countries;
- The reduction or elimination of tariff and non-tariff barriers to environmental
goods and services (EGS);
- The relationship between existing WTO rules and specific trade obligations
set out in multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs);
- Labeling for environmental purposes;
- Agriculture and environment, i.e. organic agriculture;
- Sectoral analyisis and market access (i.e. leather and foorwear, electric
sector)
Cluster 2
Issues emerging from a previous UNCTAD/FIELD project
This cluster addressed key trade and environment issues identified by developing
countries under the previous project. All these issues are instrumental
in helping to ensure that further trade liberalization contributes to sustainable
development. They also assist developing countries to derive trade and
development
gains from the sustainable use of environmental factors. A number of these
issues relate directly or indirectly to paragraphs 19, 31 and 32 of the
Doha Ministerial Declaration and further support activities under cluster
one
above. The cluster covers the following issues:
promoting trading opportunities for environmentally preferable products;
improving market access for agricultural and tropical products, by enhancing
capacities to rrespond to environmental requirements and sanitary and phyto-sanitary
measures;
preservation of bio-diversity, access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing
and systems for the protection of traditional knowledge, including in the
area of forestry management;
encouraging sustainable management of materials and natural resources, including
material/resource recovery.
Poject Activities
The project will undertake the following main activities:
- National policy dialogues to facilitate policy-coordination on key issues,
preferably based on a multi-stakeholder process and with the active involvement
of the private sector and other members of civil society.
- Customized training workshops for specific stakeholders based on national
case studies in core and partner countries (3 to 4 days).
- Regional workshops bringing together experts from the 'core' country and
the 'partner' countries in the same region (one workshop per year in each region)
with a view to sharing the results from policy dialogues and other project
activities in the core country with the partner countries and facilitating
an exchange of national experiences.
- The workshops participants are from government (trade, environment and/or
industry ministries), the business community, academia and NGOs.
Inputs and Outputs
The project activities will generate the following specific
inputs and outputs:
- Analytical papers;
- Training packages, as far as possible based on the
- Policy briefing notes;
- Workshop reports.