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WTO Public Forum: Unlocking Bangladesh's Textile Recycling Potential for a sustainable LDC Graduation

MTAVARES1 — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 21:00:00 +0000

Thursday, 12 September 2024 - 5:00pm

12 September 2024. "As Bangladesh approaches its graduation from LDC status in 2026, the country faces both challenges and opportunities. A critical area of focus is the Ready-Made Garment sector, which generates approximately 400,000 tonnes of textile waste annually. Efficient recycling of this waste could unlock $3-6 billion in revenue for Bangladesh and significantly contribute to a sustainable LDC graduation.
This session will bring together government and business representatives from Bangladesh and Europe to discuss strategic trade policies for enhancing textile recycling. Key topics will include necessary national policies, the role of trade partners like the EU, and contributions from business partners."

Information and audio recording here: WTO | Public Forum 2024 - "Re-globalization: Better Trade for a Better World"

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Peer Learning Group Meeting - Production Transformation Policy Review (PTPR) of Bangladesh

MTAVARES1 — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 13:00:00 +0000

Thursday, 08 September 2022 - 9:00am

The Peer Learning Group (PLG) Meeting was organised in the framework of the Production Transformation Policy Review (PTPR) of Bangladesh. The PTPR of Bangladesh is carried out at the request of the Government of Bangladesh. It is implemented by the OECD Development Centre with the financial contribution of the European Commission. It benefits from collaboration with the 51�Թ� Department of Social and Economic Affairs (DESA), the UN Committee for Development Policy (CDP) and its Secretariat, and the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO).

More information:

PLG-Bangladesh-documents.pdf (oecd.org)

Productive Transformation - OECD

South-South Exchange on Preparing Smooth Transition Strategies: Graduating cohort of 2021

MTAVARES1 — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 13:00:00 +0000

Tuesday, 23 August 2022 - 9:00am to Thursday, 25 August 2022 - 6:00pm

South-South Exchange on Preparing Smooth Transition Strategies: Graduating cohort of 2021 | Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States

In 2021, the Committee for Development Policy for the 51�Թ� (CDP) recommended Bangladesh, Lao PDR, and Nepal for graduation from Least Developed Country (LDC) status.

In light of the exceptional circumstances posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, Bangladesh, Lao PDR and Nepal were afforded an extended 5-year preparatory period, in place of the standard 3 years. Since this recommendation, the COVID-19 crisis was compounded by the high cost of food and energy as well as financial constraints, further complicating the efforts of the world’s most vulnerable states in achieving sustainable development.

All three countries are expected to use the preparatory period to develop their Smooth Transition Strategies (STS) ensuring that their development momentum is maintained, while preventing any disruptions to their development progress and ensuring the sustainability of their graduation.

Graduating countries will face several challenges, but also opportunities. By enhancing collaboration between each other during the preparation stages, Bangladesh, Lao PDR and Nepal will be able to benefit from these opportunities while developing their strategies. In this context, the UN - through iGRAD (Sustainable Graduation Support Facility), a country-led, partnership-based global platform offered through the Inter-agency Task Force on LDC graduation (IATF) - is providing integrated capacity-building support in the form of policy and technical advisory and financial support, as recognized in the Doha Programme of Action. It will contribute to smooth transition and sustainable graduation of Bangladesh, Lao PDR and Nepal. This South-South-Exchange workshop is one of the many modalities being offered via iGRAD through the IATF. It is expected to re-energize the STS preparation process, learn from the industry/sector experts, share ideas amongst each other, and devise some common guidelines for transition.

Government officials and key stakeholders from the private sector, academia, research institutes, think tanks and civil society, at the technical level, who would directly work on formulating and drafting the STS in their respective countries are expected to attend the event alongside representatives from RCOs, DESA, ESCAP, OHRLLS, and other relevant UN agencies. The workshop is being funded by DESA as a contribution to iGRAD and through its Project “New assistance measures for graduating LDCs”, supported by the UN Peace and Development Fund.

Objectives:

Discuss common challenges of graduation and identify pathways to address them collaboratively in devising the STS.
Identify key international support for the Smooth Transition Strategies of each country and devise plans for advocacy.
Advocate jointly and separately for effective international support for the implementation of national Smooth Transition Strategies.

Key deliverables:

Working papers or presentations on key challenge areas for graduating LDCs.
Accumulation of views from policymakers, private sector, development partners, academia, and CSOs on graduation related challenges and recommendations to overcome them in their respective country context.
STS processes of the graduating cohort of 2021.
Common advocacy points for the Fifth UN Conference on LDCs (LDC5) Part Two (to be held in Doha in March 2023).

Sustainable Graduation in the challenging situation: Perspectives from Bangladesh and the Region in light of Doha Programme of Action (DPoA) - ESCAP Side event at CS78

MTAVARES1 — Mon, 23 May 2022 17:30:00 +0000

Monday, 23 May 2022 - 1:30pm

Organized by the Governments of Bangladesh and Nepal, this event was held as a side-event to ESCAP's 78th Session.

Concept note [Download PDF]

The Bangladesh’s Side-Event on “Sustainable Graduation in the challenging situation: Perspectives from Bangladesh and the Region in light of Doha Programme of Action (DPoA) “is centered around this year’s theme topic and 2030 agenda for sustainable development as well as Doha Programme of Action. Bangladesh has got growth momentum over the years and recommended in the just concluded second consecutive triennial review by the CPD of ECOSOC to graduate from LDC category. But unprecedented challenges caused by the Covid-19 pandemic made it more challenging.

Similar sustainable development challenges are also facing all other developing countries in this region. International community, UN and other multi-lateral bodies has role to support countries in steering and guiding the process of sustainable development. This Side-Event will try to focus on International Support Measures (ISMs) needed for the countries in the region for their sustainable development specially programme of actions suggested in the just concluded 1st part of LDC5(DPoA) amidst this unprecedented challenging time.

More information here.

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General Assembly issues resolution on the graduation of Bangladesh, Lao PDR and Nepal

MTAVARES1 — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 23:00:00 +0000

24 November 2021. The 51�Թ� General Assembly has adopted resolution A/76/L.6/Rev.1, on the Graduation of Bangladesh, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Nepal from the least developed country category. The three countries will graduate from the LDC category after an exceptionally extended preparatory period of five years (the standard period is of three years) to enable them to prepare for graduation while planning for a post-COVID-19 recovery and implementing policies and strategies to reverse the economic and social damage incurred by the COVID-19 shock.

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