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1. Capacity Building: Enhancing institutional and human capacities for integrated decision making. -Country projects on trade liberalisation and the environment -Capacity Building Task Force -Regional and international Meetings and Workshops 2. Manuals and Policy Tools: Incorporating the environment into economic and trade policies. 3. Partnerships and Consensus Building ETB works intensively with various organisations to develop synergies and build partnerships. 4. Enhancing Awareness: Clarifying the relationships between trade, environment and development in order to design mutually supportive policies. 5. International Cooperation: Enhancing cooperation between UNEP, governments and relevant intergovernmental and non-governmental organisations. ETB publications |
Country Projects on Trade Liberalisation and the Environment and on the Design and Implementation of Economic Instruments UNEP's programme has been built around two series of country-based projects assessing the environmental impacts of structural adjustment programmes on specific sectors, with a focus on the trade component of these policies. The first round of six country projects assessing the environmental, and related economic and developmental effects of trade and trade-related policies was initiated in 1997, and a second round of country projects was launched in 2000. In mid 2002, the third round of country projects on trade liberalisation in the agricultural sector and the environment was launched. Focusing on a specific sector of national importance, each project: Performs an environmental impact assessment, a resource valuation analysis and, taking into account developmental impacts, a complete cost benefit analysis of trade liberalisation in the selected sector. Designs a corrective policy package including economic instruments that minimizes negative and maximizes positive environmental impacts. Consults national stakeholders on all aspects of the project through national workshops. Implements the recommended policy package on a pilot basis. All projects were launched through national stakeholder workshops. Round One Project Reports:  Synthesis Report Bangladesh Shrimp Farming Industry Chile's Mining Sector India's Automobile Sector Romania's Water Sector Uganda's Fisheries Sector Philippines' Forestry Sector Round Two Projects: Synthesis Report The Argentina Fisheries Sector The China Cotton Sector The Ecuador Banana Sector The Export Crop in Nigeria The Fisheries Sector in Senegal The Forestry Sector in Tanzania Round Three Projects Following the UNEP Workshop on Integrated Assessment of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture in the Rice Sector held in Geneva, in April 2002, a third set of country projects on trade liberalisation in the agricultural sector and the environment was launched. These are: - Colombia - Indonesia - Ivory Coast - Nigeria - Senegal and - Viet Nam In addition, the following projects formed part of the Round 3 projects: - Phase 2 of the Uganda Fisheries Project (continued from Round 1) - Phase 2 of the Senegal Fisheries Project (continued from Round 2) Back to top |
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