ICTSD launched the E15 Initiative in 2011 to stimulate a fresh, strategic look at key challenges and opportunities for the global trade and investment system and improve its efficacy, fairness, and inclusiveness as well as its ability to promote sustainable development.
Since then, ICTSD, the World Economic Forum, and 16 partnering institutions have brought together more than 375 leading international experts in over 80 interactive dialogues.
From 14 to 17 December 2015, ICTSD has organised the Trade and Development Symposium in partnership with the University of Nairobi and the Saana Institute, with the support of the Republic of Kenya.
Jaime de Melo, Scientific Advisor at Ferdi was a speaker for four sessions :
Trade, Nature and the 2030 Agenda: The Quest for Policy Coherence Tuesday 15 December Session organised by ICTSD, IISD et Earth Mind Moderator : Ricardo MELENDEZ-ORTIZ, Chief Executive Officer, ICTSD Speakers: - Selina JACKSON, Special Representative to the UN and the WTO, World Bank - David RUNNALLS, Distinguished Fellow and former President, International Institute for Sustainable Development - Prof. Jaime DE MELO, Emeritus Professor, University of Geneva and Scientific Director Ferdi - Daudi SUMBA, Vice President, Government Relations & Program Design, African Wildlife Foundation - Ana ESCOBEDO, Director of International Government Affairs, ArcelorMittal Session objectives The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and supported by the commitments made in the Addis Ababa Action Agenda (AAAA), was adopted in September 2015. Among the set of global priorities, the Agenda includes reform of illegal and unsustainable resource extraction (including illegal fishing, and the poaching and trafficking of protected species) and promotion of sustainable marine and terrestrial resource use. As the attention of policy-makers and civil society turns to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, this high-level panel discussion will explore the key inter-dependencies between trade, environment, and other policy areas that need to be addressed to build a coherent policy framework to support legal and sustainable trade in wild natural resources and the achievement of the 2030 Agenda.
presentation by Jaime de Melo
Harnessing Manufacturing to Africa's Trade and Growth: From Lagging to Leading Sector Wednesday 16 December 2015 Session organised by International Growth Centre (IGC) and Ferdi.
Moderator : Dr. Richard NEWFARMER, Country Director for Rwanda, Uganda and South Sudan, The International Growth Centre
Speakers : - John PAGE, Country Director, The International Growth Centre - Prof. Jaime DE MELO, Emeritus Professor, University of Geneva and Scientific Advisor at Ferdi - Dr. Stephen KARINGI, Director, Regional Integration and Trade Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Session objectives
Although Africa has seen celebrated improvement in its economic performance in recent decades, the region’s slow underlying pace of structural change has led some observers to be pessimistic about Africa’s prospects. Indeed, its manufacturing sector constitute a smaller share of output and employment in Africa now than in the mid-1980 and its share of world manufactured exports has fallen during the same period. Recent research, analysing how differences in countries policies and institutional approaches affect industrialisation, has pointed toward government policy playing a crucial role in incentivizing deepened growth in Africa’s manufacturing sector. Is Africa doomed to slow growth and technological change because its manufacturing sector is small? What are the major impediments to its future expansion? What is the appropriate role for industrial policy? The session will explore reasons for the slow take off of manufacturing and policies designed to spur further industrial growth.
presentation by Jaime de Melo
"Industrial and Structural Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa"
Role of Trade Facilitation in the Context of Increasing Regional Integration of LDCs Thursday 17 December 2015 Organised by LDC IV Monitor, Southern Voice and the Centre for Policy Dialogue.
Moderator : Dr. Debapriya BHATTACHARYA, Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Policy Dialogue
Speakers : - Prof. Mustafizur RAHMAN, Executive Director, Centre for Policy Dialogue - Nicolas IMBODEN, Partner & Co-founder, IDEAS Centre - Dr. Ratnakar ADHIKARI, Executive Director, Enhanced Integrated Framework Executive Secretariat, World Trade Organization - Prof. Jaime DE MELO, Emeritus Professor, University of Geneva and Scientific Advisor at Ferdi - Dr. Jodie KEANE, Research Fellow, Overseas Development Institute Session objectives :
The session on "Role of Trade Facilitation in the Context of Increasing Regional Integration of LDCs", organised by the LDC IV Monitor along with Southern Voice on Post-MDG International Development Goals and the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), envisages to explore possible avenues and modalities to implement the needed Trade Facilitation (TF) measures which could help the least developed countries (LDCs) in their efforts to take advantage of increasing regional integration of their economies. The objectives of the session are to: (a) identify the emerging TF-related deficits in view of regional integration of the LDCs; (b) examine concrete measures to address these deficits; and (c) explore possible supportive measures including finance to help LDCs in implementing TF measures
presentations by Jaime de Melo :
"Aid-for-Trade and the Trade Facilitation Agreement : What can it do for LDCs"
"The Climate and WTO Regimes: Reforms to avoid collision"
The WTO and Sustainable Development: An Agenda for the General Council
Thursday 17 December 2015
Organised by ICTSD
Moderator : Amb. Darlington MWAPE, Senior Fellow, ICTSD
Speakers : - Dr. Debapriya BHATTACHARYA, Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Policy Dialogue - Christophe BELLMANN, Senior Resident Research Fellow, ICTSD - Dr. Mia MIKIC, Chief, Trade Policy and Analysis – Trade and Investment Division,United Nations Economic and Social Commission for the Asia and the Pacific - Prof. Jaime DE MELO, Emeritus Professor, University of Geneva and Scientific Advisor at Ferdi - Yaw ANSU, Chief Economist, African Center for Economic Transformation
Session objectives
The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and supported by the commitments made in the Addis Ababa Action Agenda (AAAA), was adopted in September 2015. Paragraph 86 of the AAAA invites the WTO General Council to consider the WTO’s contribution to sustainable development. To date, there has not been much public discussion of how this invitation will be taken up.
This session provides space for an informal conversation among experts about how the WTO’s General Council could respond to this invitation, and specifically to identify what key contributions the WTO could, or should, make to sustainable development in the next 15 years.
mardi 15 décembre
Session organisée par ICTSD, IISD et Earth Mind
Les participants :
Modérateur : Ricardo MELENDEZ-ORTIZ, Chief Executive Officer, ICTSD
Intervenants : - Selina JACKSON, Special Representative to the UN and the WTO, World Bank - David RUNNALLS, Distinguished Fellow and former President, International Institute for Sustainable Development - Prof. Jaime DE MELO, Emeritus Professor, University of Geneva and Scientific Director Ferdi - Daudi SUMBA, Vice President, Government Relations & Program Design, African Wildlife Foundation - Ana ESCOBEDO, Director of International Government Affairs, ArcelorMittal
mercredi 16 décembre 2015
Session organisée par l'International Growth Centre (IGC) et la Ferdi.
Les participants :
Modérateur : Dr. Richard NEWFARMER, Country Director for Rwanda, Uganda and South Sudan, The International Growth Centre
Intervenants : - John PAGE, Directeur régional, The International Growth Centre - Prof. Jaime DE MELO, Professeur Emerite de l'Université de Genève et Directeur scientifique de la Ferdi - Dr. Stephen KARINGI, Directeur, Division Intégration régionale et commerce, Commission économique des Nations unies pour l'Afrique
Objectifs de la session :
Bien que le continent africain ait été salué pour ses performances économiques de ces dernières décennies, la région connaît une transformation structurelle lente de son économie, conduisant les observateurs à être pessimistes quant aux perspectives. En effet, en Afrique, la part du secteur industriel dans la production et l'emploi a diminué par rapport au milieu des années 80 et la part des exportations manufacturées africaines a également diminué sur cette même période. Des recherches récentes ont analysé comment les politiques différentes des États et les approches institutionnelles affectent l'industrialisation. Elles montrent que les politiques des gouvernements jouent un rôle crucial en impulsant une croissance profonde du secteur industriel en Afrique. L'Afrique est-elle condamnée à une croissance et à des changement technologiques ralentis parce que son industrie manufacturière est petite ? Quels sont les empêchements principaux à sa future expansion ? Quel est le rôle approprié pour une politique industrielle ? La session explorera les raisons du lent décollage de l'industrie et des politiques conçues pour stimuler davantage de croissance industrielle.
jeudi 17 décembre 2015
Organisée par LDC IV Monitor, Southern Voice et le Centre for Policy Dialogue.
Les participants :
Modérateur : Dr. Debapriya BHATTACHARYA, Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Policy Dialogue
Intervenants : - Prof. Mustafizur RAHMAN, Directeur exécutif, Centre for Policy Dialogue - Nicolas IMBODEN, Partenaire et co-fondateur, IDEAS Centre - Dr. Ratnakar ADHIKARI, Directeur exéctutif, Secrétariat exécutif du Cadre intégré renforcé, Organisation mondiale du commerce - Prof. Jaime DE MELO, Professeur Emerite de l'Université de Genève et Directeur scientifique de la Ferdi - Dr. Jodie KEANE, Research Fellow, Overseas Development Institute
Objectifs de la session : La session souhaite explorer les voies possibles et les modalités pour la mise en application des mesures de "facilitation des échanges" (Trade Facilitation (TF)) qui pourraient aider les pays les moins avancés (PMA) dans leurs efforts à tirer profit de l'intégration régionale croissante de leurs économies. Les objectifs de la session sont : identifier les déficits émergents de TF dans le cadre de l'intégration régionale des PMA; (b) examiner les mesures concrètes pour résoudre ces déficits; et (c) explorer les mesures d'aide possible incluant le financement pour aider les PMA à mettre en oeuvre ces TF.
jeudi 17 décembre 2015
Organisée par ICTSD
Les participants :
Modérateur : Amb. Darlington MWAPE, Senior Fellow, ICTSD
Intervenants : - Dr. Debapriya BHATTACHARYA, Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Policy Dialogue - Christophe BELLMANN, Senior Resident Research Fellow, ICTSD - Dr. Mia MIKIC, Responsable des politiques commerciales et analyses, Division du Commerce et de l'Investissement, Commission économique et sociale des Nations unies pour l'Asie et le Pacific. - Prof. Jaime DE MELO, Professeur Emerite de l'Université de Genève et Directeur scientifique de la Ferdi - Yaw ANSU, Economiste en Chef, African Center for Economic Transformation
Objectifs de la session :
L'agenda 2030 des Nations unies pour le développement durable comprenant les Objectifs de Développement Durable (ODD) et soutenu par les engagements pris dans le cadre du Programme d'Action d'Addis Abeba (AAAA) a été adopté en septembre 2015. Le paragraphe 86 du Programme invite le Conseil général de l'OMC à étudier la contribution de l'OMC au développement durable. À ce jour, il n'y a pas eu beaucoup de débat public sur la façon dont cette invitation sera repris.
Cette session avait pour objectif d'inviter à une discussion informelle antre experts sur la manière dont le Conseil général pourrait répondre à cette invitation et de manière spécifique d'identifier quelles contributions clés, l'OMC pourrait, ou devrait, apporter au développement durable dans les 15 prochaines années.
