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Meeting on the Integrated Assessment of Trade Liberalization in the Agriculture Sector  19-20 February 2003 Geneva, Switzerland Environmental integrated assessment has been one of the major activities of UNEP's work during the last decade. Since 1997, UNEP has conducted 11 studies assessing the impacts of trade-related policies on specific sectors (such as fisheries, cotton and forestry). These assessments, undertaken by domestic policy research institutions, provide data on the linkages among trade, environment and development policies, identifying positive and negative impacts of trade and trade liberalization. Following two workshops organised in 2002, the Economics and Trade Branch (ETB) of UNEP has launched a third set of country projects on trade liberalisation in the agricultural sector focusing on the rice sector. These projects are intended to analyse the environmental, social and economic effects of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture for the rice sector in six different countries: Colombia, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Senegal and Vietnam. They will also tackle important related issues, such as poverty alleviation, biological diversity and food security. Furthermore, in parallel to this project, UNEP has also initiated the preparation of the Reference Manual for the Integrated Assessment of Trade-Related Policies for the Agriculture Sector. The new operational manual is designed to be a practical tool for policy makers and practitioners for the integrated assessment of the impacts of trade liberalization on the agriculture sector. A Technic Review Meeting was organized by UNEP and held in Geneva on 19 and 20 Feb 2003 in order to review the preliminary results of the studies, as well as the first draft of the reference manual for the agriculture sector. The Meeting was attended by the members of the UNEP Working Group supporting the work of the country projects, as well as representatives of other international organizations, NGOs and academic institutions. The Meeting achieved the following objectives: - review and comment on the preliminary results of the country projects; and - review the first draft of the Reference Manual for the Integrated Assessment of Trade-Related Policies for the Agriculture Sector. Presentations were made by the project team leaders at the meeting and the results were commented on by the Working Group. UNEP will organise a final review meeting in September 2003 and the country studies will be completed and the results published by the end of 2003. UNEP also plans to have the Reference Manual for the Integrated Assessment of Trade-Related Policies for the Agriculture Sector published by 2003. If you have any questions regarding this meeting or other related issues, please email us at: etb@unep.ch BACK TO TOP |
MEETING DOCUMENTS Agenda Intermediate results of the rice studies - Colombia (in PDF, 413KB) - Indonesia (in PDF, 133KB) - Ivory Coast (in PDF, 211KB) - Nigeria (in PDF, 214KB) - Senegal (in PDF, 184KB) - Vietnam (in PDF, 189KB) Reference Manual for the Integrated Assessment of Trade-Realted Policies for the Agriculture Sector (First Draft, in PDF) Presentations made during the Meeting - Colombia and Executive Summary - Cote d'Ivoire - Indonesia - Lebanon - Nigeria - Senegal - Vietnam - WTO ETB Publications UNEP Briefs on Economics, Trade and Sustainable Development New UNEP Publication Integrated Assessment of Trade and Trade-Related Policies: UNEP Country Projects Round II - A Synthesis Report 
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