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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 |
Expert Meeting on Environmental Requirements and International Trade
Geneva, Switzerland. 2-4 Oct 2002
At this meeting, the experts will examine actual and potential trade and development effects (both positive and negative) of environmental requirements on developing countries, paying special attention to the conditions and needs of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).
Presentations by country experts are expected to provide country-specific experiences and views. Subsequently, the experts will seek to identify policies and measures to strengthen capacities of developing countries, in particular SMEs, to better respond to environmental requirements and benefit from opportunities in their export and domestic markets. They will also examine means for developed countries to mitigate possible negative effects of their environmental requirements on developing country trading partners. In addition, they will look into relevant issues in the WTO post-Doha work programme.
The Meeting will also draw lessons regarding the role of environmental policies in enhancing international competitiveness and suggest avenues of work in preparation of UNCTAD XI. Member States of UNCTAD are requested to nominate experts at an early date and not later than 4 September 2002. Experts, who will participate in the Meeting in their personal capacities, are expected to have proven expertise in the subject, and may be selected from Governments, the academic world, the public and private sectors, and NGOs. Experts could include, for example, representatives of companies that have been affected by environmental requirements in external markets, certification and compliance assessment organizations, national standard-setting bodies, and export promotion bodies (including at sectoral level).
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| Background Note | Secretariat |  |
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| Agenda | Secretariat |  |
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| Draft List of Participants | Secretariat | |
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| Chairman's summary | Secretariat | |
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| Presentation du Niger | Namata Incha (Niger) | |
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| Efecto de Medidas Medioambientales en el Acceso a Los Mercados. El caso Cubano | Gwendolyne Spech Abreu (Cuba) | |
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| Compliance with Environmental Requirements in a Free Economy: Opportunities, Challenges & Constraints for Oman's SMEs | Hussam M. AL Rawahy (Oman) | |
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| Kenya | Henry Mokaya (Kenya) | |
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| Uganda's Experience | Raymond Agaba (Uganda) | |
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| Strengthening Capacities to Respond to Environmental Requirements in Export Markets | Patrick B.M. Marwa (Tanzania) | |
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| Presentation du Chef de la Division Politiques et Accords Commerciaux du Ministère du Commerce de la Guinée | Ansoumane Berete (Guinée) | |
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| Presentation by International Centre for Environmental Protection of the Baltic Sea Region | Stanislav V. Babitch & Alexey N. Zadorozhny (Russia) | |
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| Communication du Direction de l'Environnement et des Etablissements Classes, Ministère de la Jeunesse, de l'Environnement et de l'Hygiène Publique | Fatima dia Toure (Sénégal) | |
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| Contribution of the Czech Republic for UNCTAD Expert Meeting on Environmental Requirements and Trade | Jiri Becvar (Czech Republic) | |
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| Challenges for Sustainable Timber Production and Export for Tropical Countries: Perspectives from the Asia-Pacific Region | Nirmal Andrews (UNEP/ ROAP) | |
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| Impact of Environmenta l Regulations on the Textile Sector of Pakistan | Atif S. Malik (Pakistan) | |
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| Environmental requirements, market access and Competitiveness in Mongolia | Chilkhaasuren (Mongolia) | |
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| Environmental Requirements and Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs): Experiences of Three Latin American Countries | Marianne Schaper (ECLAC) | |
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| Intervencion de la Delegacion del Peru | Peru | |
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| Barbados Trade Policy and International Environmental Requirements | Barbados |  |
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| Trade Policy And International Environmental Requirements In Barbados | Barbados | |
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| How CBI Deals with Environmental Requirements in International Trade | Ariane van Beuzekom (CBI) | |
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| Developing country market-access concerns with environmental measures | Ron Steenblik (OECD) | |
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| Standards and Trade: Background/results of the project | Veena Jha (UNCTAD) | |
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| Developments in the Electronics Sector | Martin Charter (The Centre for Sustainable Design) | |
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| Environmental Requirements in the Electronics Sector: Implications for Developing Countries | Charuek Hengrasmee (Electrical and Electronics Institute) | |
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| Global Trends in Markets for Certified Forest Products (CFPs) and Implications for Developing Country Suppliers | Christopher Kins (Timber Section, Trade Division, UNECE) | |
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| Challenges for Sustainable Timber Production and Export for Tropical Countries: Perspectives from the Asia-Pacific Region | Nirmal Andrews (UNEP/ ROAP) | |
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| The Ghanaian Experience | Larsey Mensah (Ghana) | |
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| Environmental Requirements and Competitiveness in the Middle East and North Africa | Carol Chouchani Cherfane (ESCWA) | |
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| Environmental Requirements, Standards and International Competitiveness for SMEs | Al Fry (World Business Council for Sustainable Development) | |
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| Cleaner Production Worldwide | Mohammed Eisa (UNIDO) | |
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| Green Markets: Effects and Opportunities for SMEs, with Special Reference to the Electronics and Textiles Sectors | Ritu Kumar (Commonwealth Science Council) | |
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| Experiences from BIOTRADE Initiative | Rik Kutsch Lojenga (BIOTRADE, UNCTAD) | |
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| Meeting Standards to Promote Trade: The Perspective of Mongolia | Ochirbat Chilhaasuren (Mongolian National Center for Standardization and Metrology) | |
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| Trade and developmental dimensions of food safety | Jørgen Schlundt (WHO) | |
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| Effect of Environmental Measures on International Trade, the Indian Experience | Manoj Joshi, (India) | |
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| Centre for the Promotion of Imports from developing countries | Ariane van Beuzekom (CBI) | |
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| UNEP-UNCTAD Capacity Building Task Force on Trade, Environment and Development | Charles Arden-Clarke (UNEP, CBTF) | |
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| Trade, Environment and Development through a Training and Capacity-Building process | Dominique Chantrel (UNCTAD) | |
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| Nepal | Romi Manandhar (Nepal) | |
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Contacts
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| Rafe Dent | Webmaster | tel: +41 (0)22 917 5791 Fax: +41 (0)22 917 0247 | |
| Nuria Castells | Economic Affairs Officer | tel: Fax: | |
| Angela Thompson | Secretary | tel: +41 (0)22 917 1330 Fax: +41 (0)22 917 0247 | |
| Sheila Addy | Secretary | tel: +41 (0)22 917 5831 Fax: +41 (0)22 917 0247 | |