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Conference Primer: Trade and Economics

Last updated: 22 January 2021

Geneva Trade Week 2020

Official website
28 September - 2 October 2020
Digital conference organized by the Geneva Trade Platform during the week of the cancelled WTO Public Forum
Preparing for the Next Chapter in Trade and Sustainable Development Governance: Reflections from Geneva Trade Week
by IISD's SDG Knowledge hub

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

UNCTAD calendar

Find all major events with links to relevant documentation

Following events, main outcomes are posted as:

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Press releases

Commentary and analysis

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UNCTAD Conferences

The highest decision-making body of UNCTAD is the quadrennial conference, at which member States make assessments of current trade and development issues, discuss policy options and formulate global policy responses. The conference also sets the organization’s mandate and work priorities.

UNCTAD XV
3 - 8 October 2021
Bridgetown, Barbados

Trade and Development Board

In-between the quadrennial Conferences, the Trade and Development Board oversees the activities of the organization. It meets in Geneva in a regular session and up to three times a year in executive sessions to deal with urgent policy issues, as well as management and institutional matters.

About UNCTAD
Trade and Development Board, 70th executive session - 3 to 5 February 2021
Key issues, Agenda, Documents, Registration and contact details
Trade and Development Board, Sixty-seventh session (first segment)
2 - 3 July 2020
Trade and Development Board, Sixty-seventh session (second segment)
7 - 9 September 2020
Trade and Development Board, Sixty-seventh session (third segment)
28 September - 2 October 2020

More about UNCTAD

UN Research Guide: UNCTAD

World Trade Organization

WTO Interactive meeting calendar
WTO Ministerial Conferences
The topmost decision-making body of the WTO is the Ministerial Conference, which usually meets every two years. It brings together all members of the WTO, all of which are countries or customs unions. The Ministerial Conference can take decisions on all matters under any of the multilateral trade agreements.
The WTO General Council
The General Council is the WTO’s highest-level decision-making body in Geneva, meeting regularly to carry out the functions of the WTO.

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) - Economic Cooperation and Trade

The UNECE Trade Programme
Main body: Steering Committee on Trade Capacity and Standards
Other bodies: Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies (WP.6) and Working Party on Agricultural Quality Standards (WP.7)
Trade Programme: meetings and events
Economic Cooperation and Integration
Main body: Committee on Innovation, Competitiveness and Public-Private Partnerships (CICPPP)
Economic Cooperation and Integration - Committee on Innovation, Competitiveness and Public-Private Partnerships

World Economic Forum Annual Meeting

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The Davos Agenda - Join the online conversation
25 to 29 January 2021
Global Technology Governance Summit 2021
Tokio, Japan, 6 - 7 April 2021
Content coming soon.
Special Annual Meeting 2021 to take place in Singapore on 25-28 May
World Economic Forum website, published on 7 December 2020
WEF 2021 - annual meeting rescheduled to early summer 2021
Davos Dialogues to be held in the week of 25 January 2021
WEF Annual Meeting 2020 - official website
21—24 January 2020, Davos
WEF Annual Meeting 2020: stakeholder capitalism solving urgent challenges
The World Economic Forum's 50th Annual Meeting in Davos focused on how stakeholder capitalism can solve the world's urgent challenges. A collection of articles.
Lighthouses for a perfect storm
Concrete projects WEF supported and highlighted at the 2020 annual meeting.
Stakeholder capitalism and the Davos manifesto
A central conceptual article related to the 2020 theme of the meeting
Stakeholder capitalism in disruptive times
Transformation Map on stakeholder capitalism in the COVID-19 era

G20

G20 leaders seek to help poorest nations in post-COVID world
Reuters
21 November 2020
G20 Ministers Support WTO Reform, Trade Recovery
1 October 2020
G20 Leaders’ Summit 2020
21-22 November 2020.
Online (originally scheduled to take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
G20 Businsess 20 (B20) Summit 2020
26-27 October 2020
By IISD's SDG Knowledge Hub
Five years after Paris, what has the G20 achieved on climate?
by Bruno Jochum
Geneva Solutions, 27 November 2020

Conference primer: Trade and Economics