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Saturday 19 April 2008 |
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10.30 – 13.00 World Investment Forum Session I: “Prospects for global FDI and new business opportunities” ITC Executive Director Patricia Francis will moderate this session on FDI trends. The panel is composed of distinguished business leaders. photos | Trade forum articles | ITC Market Analysis Tools | Background Information |
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| 15.00 – 18.00 World Investment Forum Session II: “Global Value Chains: Opportunities and Challenges for International and Domestic Firms” ITC is organizing the second half of the investment forum. A case study of the global value chain, from cotton to clothing, which include buyers, manufacturers, holding companies, investment advisers and trade associations. photos | speaking notes | presentation | Trade forum articles | ITC publications | Textiles and clothing website |
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Sunday 20 April 2008 |
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11.30 – 12.00 Creative Africa (I): Launch of the Creative Economy Report
To raise awareness on how policymakers can use creative industries to boost trade and development, ITC along with WIPO, UNESCO and UNDP have contributed to the ‘Creative Economy Report’, coordinated and launched by UNCTAD. photos | Trade forum articles | ITC Creative Industries site |
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13.45 – 14.45 Special Event: Launching of the United Nations Chief Executives Board (CEB) Inter-Agency Cluster on Trade and Productive Capacity This cluster, created in 2007, is designed to further improve coordination of trade-related technical assistance. Executive Director Patricia Francis will explain the new ITC's vision and how it complements and reinforces the work of the United Nations to make trade work for development. | |
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Monday 21 April 2008 |
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19.00 – 19.30 World Investment Forum: Women in Business Award ITC Executive Director Patricia Francis, part of the jury, will be present at this event. |
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Tuesday 22 April 2008 |
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| 10.00 – 13.00 Round Table 1: “Globalization, development and poverty reduction: their social and gender dimensions” On a panel that includes the President of Finland, Ministers from Mali and the Netherlands and UN representatives, Executive Director Patricia Francis will focus on export impact for good. Ensuring trade development generates the income necessary to contribute to poverty reduction, development and the fulfilment of MDGs. Specific examples will be provided of ITC connecting the marginalized, including women entrepreneurs, to global markets. Photos | Statement | Trade Forum articles | ITC Poverty Reduction Video | ITC and MDGs (PDF) | WEB cast |
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13.00 – 15.00 Lunchtime Event: “Trade and Gender: Perspectives for sustainable growth” ITC Director Aichatou Pouye will bring ITC’s experience to the discussion and make available ITC publication ‘Gender Equality, Export Performance and Competitiveness’. |
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15.00 – 17.00 Free Dialogue: “From Fashion to African communities and the Millennium Development Goals” ITC is organizing this event with Agoralumiere, an NGO mandated to organize Creative Africa events at UNCTAD XII. This session picks up the concept of the global value chain presented earlier in the week, but from a different perspective: from fashion... back to cotton. A dialogue with African designers, manufacturers, buyers, government and development agencies will look at how to grow business in an ethical way, contributing to the Millennium Development Goals. The event will also showcase ITC´s work with disadvantaged African communities to be reliable suppliers for ethical fashion collections in luxury markets. Photos | Press conference photos | Press Release | Presentations | Brochure on Ethical Fashion | ITC and MDGs | ITC Publications | Trade Forum Magazine |
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Wednesday 23 April 2008 |
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13.00 - 15.00 Lunchtime Event: “Aid for Trade: Perspectives of regional commissions” ITC Director Siphana Sok, as a lead discussant, will highlight ITC's role in Aid for Trade. ITC's Role in Aid for Trade | Africa Position paper | Trade Forum Magazine |
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14.00 - 15.00 Lunchtime Event: “Biotrade: making trade work for biodiversity
sustainable use” In this session, an ITC Director will make a short statement about ITC’s participation in the BTFP II programme and will engage in the discussion about future collaboration. |
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15.00 - 18.00 Round Table 4: “Emergence of a new South-South trade as a vehicle for regional and interregional integration for development” ITC Director Siphana Sok will be a lead discussant and showcase ITC's South-South Trade work in creating new regional opportunities in pharmaceuticals, relief supplies, textiles and clothing and other sectors. Photos | Presentation | Trade Forum Magazine | South-South Trade Promotion Programme |
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Thursday 24 April 2008 |
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17.00 - 19.00 Round Table 7: “Developing productive capacities in least developed countries” ITC Director Aichatou Pouye, as a lead discussant, will highlight ITC's approach in working with LDCs at this Round Table. |
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