UNCTAD’s technical assistance activities to advance a green economy
Through National Green Export Reviews (NGERs) UNCTAD responds to growing demand in developing countries and countries with transition economies for assessments of national potential to advance the development of green sectors in order to generate new employment and export opportunities while promoting sustainable development. Within these technical assistance projects, UNCTAD works in a close partnership with interested countries through an interactive national stakeholder process to first identify their most internationally competitive green sectors, and then to design and implement policies and to establish regulatory and institutional frameworks, as well as cooperative G2B and B2B actions, to strengthen the capacity, efficiency and further enhance the competitiveness of these sectors.
As of December 2018, UNCTAD has engaged in NGERs with ten countries including Angola, Ecuador, Vanuatu, Morocco, Ethiopia, Oman, Madagascar, Lebanon, Moldova and Senegal.
To date, financial support for NGERs has been provided by UNCTAD and the United Nations Development Account under project 1415L. Senegal’s NGER is mainly funded through a grant from the Islamic Development Bank, which also provides substantive support to the project. Angola's NGER was funded by the European Commission.
For more information on NGERs please consult the following:
NGER Brief
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21 March 2017Vanuatu assesses its green export potentialStakeholders from the coconut, cocoa and sandalwood sectors participated in a National Stakeholder Workshop sponsored by Vanuatu’s Department of Industry and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) to assess progress made to advance the development of these sectors and to officially launch two UNCTAD projects; one to construct a Market Information Service (MIS), and another to assist producers to achieve certification with Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS). 24 February 2016Ecuadorian officials trained on green industrial policy measuresEcuador's Ministry of Foreign Trade and UNCTAD held a seminar for government officials to examine policy tools they could use to encourage businesses to adopt production processes that are more respectful of the environment, while at the same time respecting the country's multilateral trade agreements. |
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