17 September 2023
11:30 hrs. to 13:15 hrs.
UNHQ, New York
What?
The event is devoted to a high-level exchange of views on the comprehensive approach to development – Transforming4Trade – through the design and implementation of holistic programmes for structural economic transformation. The key objective is to re-orient development policies and global partnerships towards new generation policies centered on the fostering of productive capacities, as the surest way to build socioeconomic resilience to internal and external shocks. The event will be an opportunity to share success stories from the piloting of the approach in Angola, as well as operational and policy lessons learned from the development of similar programmes in Africa and other world regions.
Where?
The High-level Dialogue, with Heads of State and other representatives from the United Nations System, development partners and civil society will take place during the SDG Action Weekend on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly. The event takes place on 17 September 2023. Join us from 11:45 - 13:15 hrs. in Conference Room 1 at United Nations Headquarters in New York.
Who should participate?
The event targets high-level representatives from all United Nations member States, UN system agencies, development partners and members of civil society, and the media.
Registration information:
The deadline to register for participation is 8 September 2023.
If you have a valid UN Grounds Pass:
Anyone with a valid UN Grounds Pass, including members of official government delegations, UN Entities, IGOs, media and Civil Society Representatives, will be able to access UNHQ premises on 16 -17 September without the need for additional registration.
If you DO NOT have a valid UN Grounds Pass (Until 8 September 2023):
All interested participants without a valid UN grounds pass will need to request registration to receive a Special Events Ticket. This includes those who are NOT members of the official delegations of Member States/GA-accredited IGOs/specialized agencies to GA78.
Please use this form to request registration: https://indico.un.org/event/1006879/.
How does Transforming4Trade work?
Transforming4Trade is a new, comprehensive approach to trade and development planning and policymaking. It provides political guidance for a paradigm shift in development policy centered on holistic, multisectoral and multiyear programmes to foster productive capacities and structural economic transformation. UNCTAD, together with beneficiary countries and development partners aims to move the development model away from short-term and narrow sector-based interventions. The new approach is based on a clear identification of comparative advantages and key binding constraints to development that are specific and targeted to each country’s experiences. The programme blends National Productive Capacities Gap Assessments (NPCGAs), which apply the multidimensional Productive Capacities Index (PCI), with a careful examination of domestic policy and institutional challenges to articulate key pillars of the holistic programme.
Why it matters?
UNCTAD's High Impact Initiative - Transforming4Trade - helps countries foster economy-wide productive capacities and achieve structural economic transformation. Productive capacities lie at the heart of the Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030 Agenda. Transforming4Trade particularly focuses on strategic pillars for socio-economic development (such as agriculture, agro-processing, manufacturing, creative economy, and the blue economy) as well as the key drivers or enablers of growth and transformation (such as energy, ICTs, infrastructure, private sector and institutions). The Initiative’s focus on sustainability, green sectors and the empowerment of women, small enterprises and producers responds to the cross-cutting SDG objective of leaving no-one behind, while building prosperity for all.
To learn more:
Event notification on UNCTAD’s website:
SDG Action Weekend
https://www.un.org/en/conferences/SDGSummit2023/SDG-Action-Weekend.
Pilot Programme: EU-UNCTAD Joint Programme for Angola: Train for Trade II
https://unctad.org/project/eu-unctad-joint-programme-angola-train-trade-ii.
