Trade and Environment Capacity-Building WTO Symposium on Trade and Sustainable Development 10-11 October 2005 Division of Technology, Industry, and Economics

Trade and Environment Trade and Environment

Capacity-BuildingCapacity-Building

WTO Symposium on Trade and

Sustainable Development

10-11 October 2005

Division of Technology, Industry,

and Economics

Economics and Trade Branch

Mission:

• Enhance capacities of countries to adopt a balanced and integrated approach to economic, trade and environmental policies, and maximize the contribution of trade to reducing poverty and achieving sustainable development

Trade and Environment

Key Activity Areas:

• Integrated Assessment

• Sustainable Fisheries

• MEA Implementation

• WTO Trade and Environment Issues

• Regional Trade Agreements

• UNEP-UNCTAD Capacity Building Task Force

UNEP-UNCTAD Capacity Building Task ForceUNEP-UNCTAD Capacity Building Task Force

Objective:

• To help developing countries enhance their understanding of and address issues at the interface of trade, environment and development

Areas of Thematic Focus:

• Environmental Goods and Services

• Mutual Supportiveness of Environment and Trade Policies

• Organic Agriculture


Environmental Goods and Services

Three Key Activities:

1. National and regional capacity-building training workshops

2. Technical assistance

3. Analytical research

• Environmental goods – identifying items of export interest to developing countries

• Examining the relationship between environmental goods and MEA Implementation


Mutual Supportiveness of Environment and Trade Policies

Two Key Activities:

1. National and regional capacity-building training workshops

2. Four country projects focused on enhancing national capacities to assess wildlife trade policies

• Project partners (CITES Secretariat and IUED)

Integrated Assessment of Trade-Related PoliciesIntegrated Assessment of Trade-Related Policies

ObjectiveObjective: :

• To enhance the capacities of countries, particularly developing To enhance the capacities of countries, particularly developing countries, to assess the environmental, social and economic countries, to assess the environmental, social and economic impacts of trade and trade liberalization impacts of trade and trade liberalization

Previous ActivitiesPrevious Activities::

• Nineteen sector-specific country studiesNineteen sector-specific country studies

• Development of reference manuals and training materialsDevelopment of reference manuals and training materials

Current and Future ActivitiesCurrent and Future Activities::

• Integrated assessment and planning projects – 11 countriesIntegrated assessment and planning projects – 11 countries

• Follow-up activities focused on the rice sector – organic riceFollow-up activities focused on the rice sector – organic rice

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Leading ministries

Steering Committee

National policy research institute

UNEP Team

International Advisory Group

Stakeholder consultations

- Providing advice to projects - Suggesting methodologies

- Facilitating project

- Performing analytical work

Structure of Integrated Assessment ProjectsStructure of Integrated Assessment Projects


• To build capacities in countries to develop sustainable fisheries To build capacities in countries to develop sustainable fisheries policiespolicies


• Analytical work on impacts of different types of subsidies and Analytical work on impacts of different types of subsidies and potentials for reformpotentials for reform

• Five country projects Five country projects

• Five international workshopsFive international workshops

Future ActivitiesFuture Activities::

• Analytical work on the role of subsidies, economic instruments Analytical work on the role of subsidies, economic instruments and market integration for developing country fisheriesand market integration for developing country fisheries

Sustainable Fisheries ManagementSustainable Fisheries Management


• To support governments and MEA Secretariats strengthen the To support governments and MEA Secretariats strengthen the implementation and effectiveness of MEAsimplementation and effectiveness of MEAs


• Analytical work on the use of economic instruments in support of Analytical work on the use of economic instruments in support of biodiversity-related MEAsbiodiversity-related MEAs


• Six country projects focused on integrated assessment of trade-Six country projects focused on integrated assessment of trade-related policies in the agricultural sector with a focus on related policies in the agricultural sector with a focus on biodiversity impactsbiodiversity impacts

• Further development of analytical workFurther development of analytical work

• Support for MEA Secretariats on trade negotiationsSupport for MEA Secretariats on trade negotiations

MEA ImplementationMEA Implementation


• To build capacities on WTO issues related to trade and To build capacities on WTO issues related to trade and environmentenvironment


• Series of international workshops on enhancing MEA and WTO Series of international workshops on enhancing MEA and WTO cooperation and information exchangecooperation and information exchange

• Analytical work on issues related to WTO negotiationsAnalytical work on issues related to WTO negotiations


• Development of analytical papers (EGs, fisheries subsidies, MEAs-Development of analytical papers (EGs, fisheries subsidies, MEAs-WTO relationship)WTO relationship)

• Participation in WTO regional training seminars Participation in WTO regional training seminars

• International workshops International workshops

WTO Trade and Environment IssuesWTO Trade and Environment Issues

Regional Trade AgreementsRegional Trade Agreements


• To To enhance the capacity of developing countries to assess, enhance the capacity of developing countries to assess, develop and implement regional trade agreements (RTAs) develop and implement regional trade agreements (RTAs) in accordance with the objective of sustainable developmentin accordance with the objective of sustainable development


• Support analytical work on impacts of regional integration processes in Asia and the Pacific

• Launching of UNEP-OAS Working Group on Trade and Environment for Latin America and the Caribbean

United Nations Environment Programme

Division of Technology, Industry and Economics

Economics and Trade Branch

The International Environment House

11-13, chemin des Anémones

Ch 1219 Geneva, Switzerland

Tel: +41.22.917.8243

www.unep.ch/etb

Thank You

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Trade and Environment Capacity-Building WTO Symposium on Trade and Sustainable Development 10-11 October 2005 Division of Technology, Industry, and Economics