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WTO LDC group workshop on rules of origin negotiations

MTAVARES1 — Tue, 13 May 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Tuesday, 13 May 2025 - 10:00am

13 May 2025

The WTO LDC Group, in collaboration with UNCTAD, held a capacity-building workshop focusing on the evolution of technical assistance to LDCs in WTO negotiations, with a spotlight on Rules of Origin. More information here.

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UNCTAD

LDC Group - WTO

WTO

Rules of Origin

Trade

UNCTAD: Launch of the Least Developed Countries Report 2024: Leveraging Carbon Markets for Development

MTAVARES1 — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 14:00:00 +0000

4 November 2024.

Information here: Launch of the Least Developed Countries Report 2024 | UNCTAD

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From UNCTAD: Mounting fiscal deficits and debt in least developed countries require urgent international action

MTAVARES1 — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 13:00:00 +0000

18 September 2024. "Amidst a polycrisis, these countries face an increasingly unsustainable financial situation, with high structural deficits and unaffordable debt, underscoring the urgent need for international action. Debt is one of the most pressing challenges facing developing nations, especially the least developed countries (LDCs). (...).

Read the news item here.

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WTO Public Forum event: Making trade part of the solution: Climate change in the LDCs

MTAVARES1 — Wed, 11 Sep 2024 23:00:00 +0000

Wednesday, 11 September 2024 - 5:00pm

11 September 2024, 17:00-18:15, Geneva.

Organizer: EIF

Information: WTO | Public Forum 2024 - "Re-globalization: Better Trade for a Better World"

Audio recording available.

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Global Shea Alliance (GSA)

Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF)

9th Global Aid for Trade Review side event: Strategies to position trade at the core of the LDC development agenda

MTAVARES1 — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 16:00:00 +0000

Thursday, 27 June 2024 - 12:00pm

27 June 2024,

Organized by UNCTAD, Commonwealth Secretariat, Government of Nepal.

Information here.

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UNCTAD

Commonwealth Secretariat

Nepal

Trade

Webinar on harnessing intellectual property rights for innovation, development and economic transformation in LDCs (UNCTAD, Commonwealth Secretariat)

MTAVARES1 — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 16:00:00 +0000

Monday, 29 January 2024 - 11:00am

29 January 2024. This webinar will officially launch a joint report by the Commonwealth Secretariat and UNCTAD that explores how LDCs can use intellectual property protection strategically to stimulate innovation and development, and craft regimes and systems for intellectual property rights that help to build productive capacities, enable technological upgrading, boost trade and investment and drive economic transformation.

Webinar on harnessing intellectual property rights for innovation, development and economic transformation in LDCs | UNCTAD

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UNCTAD

Intellectual property

Commonwealth Secretariat

LDCs Participation in Digital Economy Agreements and E-commerce Provisions in FTA (Cambodia) (UNCTAD e-Week 2023)

MTAVARES1 — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 14:00:00 +0000

Monday, 04 December 2023 - 9:00am

4 Dec 2023

AI-generated summary of the event: LDCs Participation in Digital Economy Agreements and E-commerce Provisions in FTA (Cambodia) | Digital Watch Observatory

Enabling a “Green Seize” of New Trade Opportunities for LDCs: Learning from the Covid-19 response to address the climate emergency (Session host: WTO)

MTAVARES1 — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 14:00:00 +0000

Sunday, 03 December 2023 - 9:00am

3 December 2023. WTO events at COP28.

Event held during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) by EIF and ODI, hosted at the Trade House (International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the International Trade Centre (ITC), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), and the World Trade Organization (WTO) Secretariat).

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Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF)

The Gambia

From UNCTAD: Time to unlock the creative potential of least developed countries

MTAVARES1 — Thu, 09 Mar 2023 14:00:00 +0000

9 March 2023. Creative industries can play a critical role in building more resilient, sustainable and inclusive economies in the world’s most vulnerable countries.

Read the news item here: Time to unlock the creative potential of least developed countries | UNCTAD

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Regional workshop on coherent strategies for productive capacities development in African least developed countries - UNCTAD, United Republic of Tanzania, REPOA

MTAVARES1 — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 13:01:00 +0000

Wednesday, 12 October 2022 - 9:30am to Thursday, 13 October 2022 - 6:30pm

Information here: Regional workshop on coherent strategies for productive capacities development in African least developed countries | UNCTAD

The workshop will bring together officials from the beneficiary countries, selected nonbeneficiary African countries, representatives of the private sector, partner implementing agencies, and international experts to: ▪ Discuss challenges and opportunities associated with developing coherent strategies for productive capacities development. ▪ Identify recommendations on possible measures and options to address existing constraints on productive capacities development ▪ Share best practices and experiences in formulating and implementing holistic and coherent approaches to productive capacities development amongst government officials and stakeholders. ▪ Draw lessons for the three project beneficiary countries from the experiences of nonLDCs in Africa as well as non-African countries that have successfully developed productive capacities. Given the importance of cross-cutting issues (such as gender and inequality) in the development of productive capacities, the workshop includes a session on Gender, Inequality and the Challenge of Productive Transformation in African LDCs to enhance participants understanding of how addressing these challenges could contribute to the development of productive capacities in the beneficiary countries.

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UNCTAD

Tanzania

Productive capacity