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Moderator: Guillermo Valles, Director, Division on International Trade in Goods and Services, and Commoditieis, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
Opening remarks: Mukhisa Kituyi, Secretary-General, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
Panellists:
Raymund Furrer, State Secretary of Switzerland.
Cyril Lombard, CEO, PhytoTrade Africa, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Martha Kangandjo, Manager, Eudafano Women Cooperative, Namibia.
Steve MacFeely, Head, Development Statistics and Information Branch, Globalization and Development Strategies Division, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
The event will discuss the opportunities facing developing countries, focusing on lessons learned from African partners, in enhancing green, creative and innovative sectors that favour employment creation and enhanced livelihoods for rural and marginal communities. The discussion will also address some of the challenges involved in measuring these and other aspects of sustainable development, and how UNCTAD and other agencies are working together in this field. Through discussions and related the case studies, this event aims to convey concrete actions on how BioTrade supports the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly Goals 12, 15 and 17.
The Fashion Show will spotlight the experiences of the fashion industries in Kenya and Africa and highlight the strategic potential of the creative sector, especially designs, to generate new jobs, income and better livelihoods.
It will showcase Kenya's creativity, Kenyan entrepreneurship and how fashion, including ethical and ecological chic fashion, is having an impact on people's lives. The initiative will contribute to raising the visibility of innovative and creative Kenyan designers, artisans and local brands; strengthening the capacities and competitiveness of Kenya's creative products for trade and development, especially for SMEs; promoting partnerships and new initiatives in the Kenya Creative Economy sector; and influencing consumer values and aspirations for local products while at same time to continue to enhance their creative capacities for trade and development.
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