Special Event of the UN Cluster on Trade and Productive Capacity

"Development of productive capacities and trade: the key to inclusive and sustainable growth"

 

The UN-CEB Cluster on Trade and Productive Capacity is an interagency mechanism designed to coordinate and implement joint initiatives. The Cluster is composed of 15 members: UNCTAD, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, the United Nations Development Programme, the International Trade Centre, the World Trade Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the United Nations Environment Programme, the International Labour Organization, the five United Nations Regional Commissions, the United Nations Office for Project Services and the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law.

 

 

Programme

Monday 9 May 2011 (6.15 - 8.15 pm), Camlica Hall, Istanbul Conference Center

Special event of the UN Cluster on Trade and Productive Capacity
"Development of productive capacities and trade: the key to inclusive and sustainable growth"

Introduction by Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations

Panel moderated by:

  • Mr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

With presentations by :

  • Mr. Kandeh Yumkella Director-General of United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
  • Mr. Juan Somavía, Director General, International Labour Office (ILO)(tbc)Mr. Olav Kjorven, Deputy Administrator, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
  • Mr. Abdoulie Janneh, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
  • Ms. Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Secretary of United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
  • Ms. Patricia Francis, Executive Director of International Trade Center (ITC)
  • Mr. Renaud Sorieul, Secretary, United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) and other senior representatives of agencies members of the Cluster.

This special event is open to delegates, representatives of civil society, and the press.

For more information on the event, please contact:

Sam Hobohm
UNIDO Director, Organizational Strategy and Coordination Group
Email

 

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See also

LDC IV event focuses on trade and productive capacity development for sustainable growth

ISTANBUL, 9 May 2011 – Developing productive capacities and trade as a key component of inclusive and sustainable growth was the focus of an event organized by UNIDO and the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), on behalf of the UN Cluster on Trade and Productive Capacity, at the Fourth Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC-IV) in Istanbul today.