Exploratory Dialogue on Promoting Sustainable Land Management through Trade
31 January, 2007 - 1 February, 2007
Geneva, Switzerland
Exploratory Dialogue on "Building an Enabling Environment for Increasing Investment in Sustainable Land Management through Market Access and Trade"
An initiative of the Global Mechanism of the UNCCD in collaboration with ICTSD
This workshop is convened by the Global Mechanism in collaboration with the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), and will take place in Geneva, on 31 January and 1 February 2007.
The meeting will discuss ways of promoting investment in sustainable land management (SLM) through market access and trade in the context of the new financial architecture and resource allocation patterns for development and poverty reduction.
The specific objectives are:
i) to generate knowledge for a better understanding of the types of direct and indirect linkages which exist between trade and land management in dryland regions and degraded areas;
ii) to engage stakeholders from various communities in moving forward a positive agenda for promoting SLM through trade and markets; and
iii) to set in motion processes of further engagement in the mobilization of knowledge, and political and financial resources to enhance trade and market opportunities that could support SLM.
The dialogue will bring together a wide range of experts and government officials - including Geneva-based delegates - the donor community, the private sector and civil society organizations which share a common vision of advancing a policy agenda on promoting SLM in dryland regions by creating new market opportunities and/or taking advantage of existing ones.
For further information, please contact
Marie Chamay - mchamay (at) ictsd.ch, Tel: +41 22 917 88 33 or
Eleonora Canigiani - e.canigiani (at) ifad.org, Tel +39 06 5459 2734